I Called In Sick Today

[mk 11]

robin williams is not funny.

you also didn't like seinfeld. 1 year probation on humor opinion giving.

[Ouch-8s 4]

agreed, except for the chuck barris part. i don't know him

He was the host of the Gong Show/a CIA operative.

[mrdannyg 274]

you also didn't like seinfeld. 1 year probation on humor opinion giving.

good call. i also don't like radiohead or coldplay, so don't listen to me about music either.i guess i just don't like things that are repetitive, unoriginal, and hugely popular.

[zimmer4141 0]

I don't need your Bill Hicks guilt trip rantI like Denis Leary and I'm ok with thatnow let me sleep in the same bed with you when I come to Chicago?I'm makin the rounds too. I'm sleepin in the tiki roomI'm sleepin in Mike's guest houseRhinestone's garageKeith's mom's room, if she'll have me.on Suited_Up's couch

FYP

[keith crime 8]

agreed, except for the chuck barris part. i don't know him.as i said to strat last night - can you imagine how much awesomer your life would be if you were a personal friend of mitch hedberg? holy ****, i'd probably have just killed myself when he died, knowing my life would never again come close to being as awesome as it had been.

I met mitch and he was the nicest guy in the world - he stayed and smoked with me for 20 minutes outside a clubi read that before he died he had met these college kids who told them how hot their dorm room was and he showed up the next day with an air conditionerhis death is maybe the only celebrity death i was seriously depressed abouti talked to doug stanhope and he said that his gentle nature was part of his problem - people would come up to him and want to party with him and buy him drinks and he couldn't say noit's amazing because stanhopes comedy is really dark and he loved mitch both as a person and as a comediani have a funny tape of hedburg on a radio show and they are discussing warren zevon knowing he was going to die and wanting to finish as much music as possibleand hedberg said - yeah bill hicks was like that too but he he was going to waco and doing political stuff and trying to change the world - my jokes are usually about bananas

[SBriand 4]

i'm bored

So am I. I would play poker but ISAP

[speedz99 145]

Chris, will you please just explain how Williams ruined Politically Incorrect and/or link me to the Simmons article where he mentions it?I tried to youtube the clips but work keeps getting in the way.

[mk 11]

good call. i also don't like radiohead or coldplay, so don't listen to me about music either.i guess i just don't like things that are repetitive, unoriginal, and hugely popular.

it's clear you've never listened to radiohead.

[SBriand 4]

I find Robin Williams funny when he isn't in a movie reading a script. Yes he can go a little overboard, but all in all he is a genius imho.People find Ben Stiller hilarious and I think he sucks donkey balls. Comedy is purely subjective. There is no right or wrong, just people's individuial sense's of humor.

[keith crime 8]

Robin Williams was never a really good stand up as far as having something to say and people have said for years that he stole materialreally as a stand up people were just amazed at his quickness - sort of like a musician that knows a bunch of songs and can spew them out in rapid succession - he was sort of a comedy jukebox the mania was pretty amusing but he never really had a voicehe is a gifted actor and mimic and improviser (if your idea of improvising is tossing other peoples jokes into situations that sort of fit them rapidly)he's ruined his acting gifts with a ton of roles that have gone overboard seeking bathos and sentimentality - he was sort of dangerous in Good Morning Vietnam - those days are long gonebut then again sadly Eddie Murphy used to be dangerous tooSteve Martin tooif drugs don't take out comedians greed usually does God look what hollywood did to Richard Pryor - Toy anyone?

[speedz99 145]

he's ruined his acting gifts with a ton of roles that have gone overboard seeking bathos and sentimentality - he was sort of dangerous in Good Morning Vietnam - those days are long gonebut then again sadly Eddie Murphy used to be dangerous tooSteve Martin tooif drugs don't take out comedians greed usually does God look what hollywood did to Richard Pryor - Toy anyone?

I liked Robin Williams in Good Will Hunting. I hate when he tries to rap and talk black...it's just uncomfortable.You do realize that comedians are human, right? They get older...and most stop becoming "dangerous". Kind of like the rest of us.

[mrdannyg 274]

it's clear you've never listened to radiohead.

i don't find radiohead particularly creative, but i guess it is a stretch to call them unoriginal. i do own The Bends and OK Computer, and have listened to other material (usually when i give my opinion and people call me nuts). maybe i just don't know enough about how music is created to understand how difficult it is to do what they do, but they don't seem particularly interesting to me.i should download that last.fm thing, so you guys could hear what I am listening to. right now its "cruel summer" by ace of base.

[keith crime 8]

I liked Robin Williams in Good Will Hunting. I hate when he tries to rap and talk black...it's just uncomfortable.You do realize that comedians are human, right? They get older...and most stop becoming "dangerous". Kind of like the rest of us.

yeah but Eddie and Steve Martin didn't get old they sold out - Martin less since he sells out a bit and then does something personalEddie has immense immense talent and tons of money and yet he makes nothing but kiddie moviesas for your older comedians theory tell that to Bill Murray and George Carlin

[Ron_Mexico 4,219]

You know Dane will never change your life - he doesn't really have anything to say - he's not out there brilliant and odd like mitch hedbergbut he has energy and enthusiasm and he doesn't offend anyone - he's amusing enough and we'll smile at him and remember him sort of fondly - like chuck barris

I won't remember him fondly. I change the channel whenever I see him.I wish he'd retire

I like Dane Cook. Oh God, I said it. Whatever will you all think of me now?But MK's right. I haven't seen too much of his recent stuff, but 3 years ago he was freaking hil-a-ri-ous. Tears streaming down my face laugh so hard funny. And Ron? Those Bruno Magli loafers? They accentuate the ghey.

please don't ever quote me again commenting that I was being funny. It no longer means anything to me.They aren't loafersI got the white nikes, and fish boots though.

Just tell me honestly. Do you like ANYTHING?

good lord, we are soulmates. When I was reading his post, I was going to light him up for hating everything.He also didn't like The Departed, and anything else that is moderately popularHere's the thing with MDG. I think he convinces himself not to like something or even give it a chance if it is hyped or popular, that way, he can claim to be cool because he's different than everyone else.This is why he aint tastin any taint. Because sex is fun, popular and cool and he just wants to be different.Convo between MDG and typical girlGirl- HelloMDG- oh, you still say hello? So uncool. I don't use that anymore, I've come up up my own greeting. Girl- um, ok, what is it?MDG- slaffengreetnickGirl- well, Slaffengreetnick to youMDG- now you're just a poser, go watch Seinfeld, effin hussy. Got any friends?

FYP

yeah, I kind of avoided going there. I probably wouldn't walk across a casino floor if I knew he was on the other side.

[keith crime 8]

You know who never liked anything Socrates - and they all got together and killed him

[speedz99 145]

yeah but Eddie and Steve Martin didn't get old they sold out - Martin less since he sells out a bit and then does something personalEddie has immense immense talent and tons of money and yet he makes nothing but kiddie moviesas for your older comedians theory tell that to Bill Murray and George Carlin

Murphy didn't just completely sell out. You can find interviews where he talks about the fact that he got older, had kids, and it changed the type of movies that he was interested in. I see nothing wrong with that...I bet he could have made just as much money by making Beverly Hills Cop 4-12.As for Bill Murray and George Carlin, they are obviously special performers. I never said that EVERY comedian changes in a bad way as they get older. Just that it's completely reasonable for someone to change gears without being considered a sellout.

[Ron_Mexico 4,219]

Comedy is purely subjective. There is no right or wrong, just people's individuial sense's of humor.

you're wrong

he is a gifted actor and mimic and improviser (if your idea of improvising is tossing other peoples jokes into situations that sort of fit them rapidly)

holy crap, this is me

[mrdannyg 274]

He also didn't like The Departed, and anything else that is moderately popularHere's the thing with MDG. I think he convinces himself not to like something or even give it a chance if it is hyped or popular, that way, he can claim to be cool because he's different than everyone else.This is why he aint tastin any taint. Because sex is fun, popular and cool and he just wants to be different.Convo between MDG and typical girlGirl- HelloMDG- oh, you still say hello? So uncool. I don't use that anymore, I've come up up my own greeting. Girl- um, ok, what is it?MDG- slaffengreetnickGirl- well, Slaffengreetnick to youMDG- now you're just a poser, go watch Seinfeld, effin hussy. Got any friends?yeah, I kind of avoided going there. I probably wouldn't walk across a casino floor if I knew he was on the other side.

i love it.i did like the departed, though i had some criticisms. i do set much higher standards for things if they are very popular though. i guess i'm still living misguidedly, thinking that popular opinion is relevant, and positively correlated to quality. either that, or i just like using words like "misguidedly, relevant, and correlated."Dane Cook is the perfect example. he's pretty funny, but nothing exceptional. and yet there he is on 15 TV channels. he's funny, but not THAT funny.edit - you are wrong about one thing. i wouldn't think quickly enough to ask her if she had any friends. then again, i wouldn't date anyone who was friends with such a spineless poser.

[KDawgCometh 2]

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[rocketpoker828 0]

This paper I'm writing on concealed carry weapons makes me want to shoot myself.Oh the irony.

[SBriand 4]

you're wrong

O RLY?

[keith crime 8]

you're wrongholy crap, this is me

that is me too - - but we never claimed to be the voice of our generation - ok at least not with a straight faceabout Eddie - look it's cool if you say I have kids and I want to make a movie or two that they can see but c'mon he has tried exactly once in the last 15 years - in Bowfinger and just showed up to get paid in basically everything elseI'm saying this as someone who thinks he is perhaps the most talented comic and actor of his generation a guy who could have done anything and yet has not once tried to do a dramatic roleI'm praying that maybe he'll be good in DreamGirls but Eddie could have done anything on film he wanted and what he wanted to do turned out to be show up make Daddy Day Care and get paid It would be like Sting leaving the Police and making nothing but dreary FM lite music for the rest of his life ... er ok forget that

[Ouch-8s 4]

Convo between MDG and typical girlGirl- HelloMDG- oh, you still say hello? So uncool. I don't use that anymore, I've come up up my own greeting. Girl- um, ok, what is it?MDG- slaffengreetnickGirl- well, Slaffengreetnick to youMDG- now you're just a poser, go watch Seinfeld, effin hussy. Got any friends?

Luckily for Ron, I did not find this at all amusing.

[Bizzle 0]

i did like the departed, though i had some criticisms. i do set much higher standards for things if they are very popular though. i guess i'm still living misguidedly, thinking that popular opinion is relevant, and positively correlated to quality. either that, or i just like using words like "misguidedly, relevant, and correlated."

Your argument has a significant flaw here. You claim that popularity has nothing to do with quality (a statement I won't go into) but that you set higher standards for things that are popular. Thus, every single time, if two things to you are of equal quality in absolute terms, clearly the one that is less popular is going to seem better to you. By letting your expectations and preconceived notions affect your thoughts on the quality of an entertainment experience, nothing you expect to be good will ever possibly be as good as something that you have no expectations about.In other words, stop putting the pussy on a pedestal.

[renaedawn 1]

I find Robin Williams funny when he isn't in a movie reading a script. Yes he can go a little overboard, but all in all he is a genius imho.People find Ben Stiller hilarious and I think he sucks donkey balls. Comedy is purely subjective. There is no right or wrong, just people's individuial sense's of humor.

Obviously you don't understand the threads in this personality or you'd realize there's no such thing as subjective. Everything is wright or rong.*Edit - Oops, I meant the personalities in this thread.