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Actually, I want the US-ians on here to just tell me about this. I read an article in the Atlantic that referred to it, and there was a clip off it on some awful Tarrant on TV type thing the other day.

― Alan (Alan), Friday, 7 March 2003 12:54 (twenty-three years ago)

The most homoerotic half hour of television ever produced.

It's about two swarthy men who try to distract their barely supressed lust for each other by talking about hottt chix jumping on trampolines. So classic, but not in the way they probably intended.

― Nicole (Nicole), Friday, 7 March 2003 12:57 (twenty-three years ago)

I was going to say dud, but Nicole's fantastic interpretation has made me think quite possibly classic.

― Justyn Dillingham (Justyn Dillingham), Friday, 7 March 2003 13:06 (twenty-three years ago)

even if it was only slightly funny (as opposed to horrendously unfunny), it'd still be a dud.

― hstencil, Friday, 7 March 2003 13:27 (twenty-three years ago)

the only good thing about it is that apparently the audience gets to drink beer the whole time.

― ron (ron), Friday, 7 March 2003 16:18 (twenty-three years ago)

two swarthy men who try to distract their barely supressed lust for each other by talking about hottt chix

The Man Show, not the Daned Show, dammit.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 7 March 2003 16:21 (twenty-three years ago)

I hated it until I actually watched it myself. My (now ex) girlfriend of all people is the person who made me watch it. I'm amazed how sincerely actually honestly FUNNY it is. They did a spoof of the "Girls Gone Wild" videos called "Muppets Gone Wild" that showed all sorts of full frontal female muppet nudity, and that alone was one of the funniest five minutes of television I've ever witnessed.

Hate me for it, whatevah, I say CLASSIC.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 7 March 2003 16:24 (twenty-three years ago)

Between the confession of being a Man Show fan and my contributions to the yelling-out-of-car-windows thread, I'm beginning to look like the resident redneck fratboy jock fuckwad up in here. Cool.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 7 March 2003 16:33 (twenty-three years ago)

>>Between the confession of being a Man Show fan and my contributions to the yelling-out-of-car-windows thread, I'm beginning to look like the resident redneck fratboy jock fuckwad up in here. Cool.<<

Welcome to the club, bro. Just remember; its everyone else who hates fun. =)

-
Alan

― Alan Conceicao, Friday, 7 March 2003 17:15 (twenty-three years ago)

nickalicious, I like the Man Show too. That's because I am the Man's Man. Their obsession with midgets is alarming.

― Ally (mlescaut), Friday, 7 March 2003 17:21 (twenty-three years ago)

i think adam and jimmy's homoerotism is completely intentional. adam corrola is a genius.

― chaki (chaki), Friday, 7 March 2003 19:31 (twenty-three years ago)

It's about as funny as any other show on Comedy Central. Hit'n'miss, but I've gotten some good belly laughs from it. Kimmel is funnier than Adam.

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Friday, 7 March 2003 22:37 (twenty-three years ago)

The Man Show website is great.
Gotta agree with Anthony, its hit or miss but the first two seasons with The Fox were great.

The most homoerotic half hour of television ever produced.

Thats pretty accurate too.
Jimmy, the slightly tubbier one has his own late late night talk show. Someone of the shows have been great considering the time and lack of any clear direction of most of the shows. Snoop Dogg as a cohost was brilliant.

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Friday, 7 March 2003 22:41 (twenty-three years ago)

I hate seeing it on TV but when I actually catch a glimpse of a segment it's pretty fantastic. They once went around asking women to sign a petition against suffrage. To stop the suffraging. And of course women signed it. Which makes me wheep for my sex but at the same time- jolly good fun.

There's also this show called "Women Behaving Badly" on the Oxygen channel or something (has Melissa from Real World New Orleans) and it's supposed to be a female version of the Man Show but it is such a missed opportunity. They are too nicey and not snarky enough.

― Carey (Carey), Friday, 7 March 2003 22:42 (twenty-three years ago)

It's about as funny as any other show on Comedy Central.

b-but isn't the new Dave Chappelle show on CC? It's fookin funny. As talented as DC is, I didn't like his chances of pulling a sketch "show" off, but he has. "Wu-Tang Financial" -- sounds dreadful, but it was hilarious. And it was the real Wu.

― Aaron A., Friday, 7 March 2003 22:46 (twenty-three years ago)

You know what's hysterical sometimes? When they send out that little kid to harrass people. "Wanna buy a beer?" "You shouldn't sell that on the street, no!" "Your mouth says no, but that beer gut says yes." HAHAHAHAHA

― Ally (mlescaut), Friday, 7 March 2003 22:49 (twenty-three years ago)

This is one of those things where I lose, because I mostly find it dumb and disagreeable, and then they go "hahaha that's the point, we don't care what you think, what do you care anyway, hahaha stop hitting yourself, stop hitting yourself."

There was something on there once that I laughed at, but I can't remember what it was. Out of like a dozen episodes I've seen, it was the only thing I've laughed at.

― nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 7 March 2003 22:54 (twenty-three years ago)

I haven't seen the DC show, but "Wu-Tang Financial" sounds hilarious.

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Friday, 7 March 2003 23:26 (twenty-three years ago)

He had this Redman Toilet-Fresh one where Redman was floating on a tiny boat in the toilet talking about how it stinks, and who had corn last night, and you need to use Redman Toilet-Fresh.

― nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 7 March 2003 23:36 (twenty-three years ago)

I mean, I don't remember all of the gags, but it was way funnier than I expected even as someone who really liked Dave Chapelle.

― nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 7 March 2003 23:36 (twenty-three years ago)

hahahahaha!!! I am going to watch any show that has Redman in a tiny boat in a toilet. This is a given. Sold!

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Friday, 7 March 2003 23:38 (twenty-three years ago)

The whole show is pretty benign, the writing is usually not very sharp, and the budget is probably like $150 an episode...but I remember one very funny moment when they sent out a little boy with a fake ID to buy alcohol and p0rn. After buying a p0rn magazine, he tells the store clerk, "When I get home, I'm going to ruin this."

― Ernest P. (ernestp), Saturday, 8 March 2003 00:12 (twenty-three years ago)

I went to a taping once, they only give you two beers. I think about a third of the show is funny, and when it's bad it's pretty bad. But the kid is very funny, the hidden camera thing they was good (good-looking girl asks guys to help her try on bathing suits, then gets him to shoplift they suits for her). It's biggest saving grace is that the hosts are in on the joke, crassness-wise.

― nickn (nickn), Saturday, 8 March 2003 08:26 (twenty-three years ago)

It's biggest saving grace is that the hosts are in on the joke, crassness-wise.

That's not a saving grace, that's the curse of our sinceronic era!

― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Saturday, 8 March 2003 13:38 (twenty-three years ago)

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