Re: The Mike O'Meara Show
Posted by:
Pdfky Riot Register That Fuckwad
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Date: October 14, 2014 07:09PM
Four Hour Club Wrote:
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> weight, I really do think so Wrote:
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> > Mike D1 Wrote:
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> > > Not for nuthin' but I loved hearing LFF call
> > Rob
> > > "Jabba".
> >
> > Imagine what Spewak would have loved to retort.
> At
> > least if he has no self-control re. food, he
> can
> > exercise restraint when it comes to biting the
> > hand that feeds him. That's the only exercise
> he
> > gets, other than straining at stool.
>
> That's the best part; for all of Blob(b)'s
> "Comedy Gene" (Spewank brand 52 inch waist Comedy
> Jeans, now available at Costco) and how he "brings
> the funny", he has no retorts. When Oscar pokes
> the morbidly obese bear, he gets a "why don't you
> shut up" or "at least I can speak English".
> Nothing witty, nothing amusing, just bitter and
> sad. He's a broken clown. When something falls
> into his lap and he can re-use one of the 10 joke
> templates he stole from Don or the Marx Brothers,
> he can humor a post-middle age, low IQ audience.
> You put him up against any marginally talented
> comedian (I.E. Mickey), it gets awkward in no
> time.
>
> I was working my way through some of the Earwolf
> podcasts and stumbled across Nerd Poker, with
> Brian Posehn and some other LA
> comedians/actors/writers who play Dungeons and
> Dragons. On average, they're in their late 40's
> and have been working in the real "Business of
> Show" for 30 years. They occasionally go down a
> rabbit hole of comedy or television from the
> 50's-70's, but they consistently make it
> entertaining. I've heard the same people mentioned
> on both podcasts, and when Fat Rob mentions it, I
> hit fast forward, when they bring it up, I know
> they are going to make it relevant and amusing.
> LPS is smug and trying to flex his knowledge of
> stupid old shit as opposed to trying to explain
> why a reference is funny.
There's an unreleased Jerry Lewis movie: "The Day the Clown Exploded: The Rob Spewack Story"