We recently decided to force our intern, Spencer, to become a stand-up comedian (jump to: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3). All Spencer has to do is perform at one open mic night, but he's not very comfortable in front of crowds, so we're anticipating a night of awkwardness and hilarity that rivals your grandparents experimenting with bestiality. Spencer's been spending the last couple of weeks studying stand-up comedians and preparing for his big night.
Earlier this week, we started wondering if there was a chance that Spencer might actually succeed. We feel like we're watching a sweet jump at a motocross event: it would be awesome to see Spencer succeed, but we'd also be very excited to see him fail miserably, especially if he shatters his pelvis in the process. So, in order to balance the odds a little bit, we've been sending him clips of terrible stand-up performances all week, just to spook him a little bit:
Spencer's performing early next week, and we'll have the video of his performance ready for the final installment of this series next Thursday. In the meantime, we suggested that maybe Spencer should try acting very hispanic and talking at length about his crazy Mexican family, and we offered this George Lopez clip for inpsiration:
The first guy makes the mistake that many impressionists make... He thinks that the impressions themselves are funny. No, sorry. You actually have to have something funny to say.
The second guy starts out bad, but I'm sorry -- the stuff about the boat and his children dying and "why is it always the bad daughter who survives?" is frickin' hilarious.
The third guy... Well, his only problem is that he doesn't have any punchlines. Or set-ups. Or premises. But other than that he's great.
Worst shit ever. I wasted time and now im wasting even more :-(
fuck comedians, there's nothing funny about terrible, and frankly its sad people invest time into an "act" the only comedians I ever want to see are the ones who sit behind a screen for family guy.
Satire is hilarious, but the actors/actresses dont make a big deal about themselves... they just put humor out there and arent tool fucks.
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Holy Taco Goes to the Bahamas
July 24th, 2009 at 01:40 pm
The first guy makes the mistake that many impressionists make... He thinks that the impressions themselves are funny. No, sorry. You actually have to have something funny to say.
The second guy starts out bad, but I'm sorry -- the stuff about the boat and his children dying and "why is it always the bad daughter who survives?" is frickin' hilarious.
The third guy... Well, his only problem is that he doesn't have any punchlines. Or set-ups. Or premises. But other than that he's great.
July 24th, 2009 at 03:19 pm
this is lame, pretty boring
how about trying to get Spencer laid on AFF? or Craigslist? Or even have him set up his own web cam
July 24th, 2009 at 06:40 pm
are you kidding. that second guy is friggin hilarious
July 25th, 2009 at 12:06 am
boy i tell ya, the last one is like a big brown mexican anal fissure
July 25th, 2009 at 09:36 am
The second guy is obviously a character, not an actual comedian. I found it funny.
July 25th, 2009 at 09:47 am
the fake vietnamese guy was AWESOME. i thought he was brilliant
July 26th, 2009 at 03:16 pm
Where/when is this happening?! I have to see this in person!
July 27th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
I also agree the second guy was funny.
July 28th, 2009 at 01:44 am
The fake vietnamese guy rocks.
"She's sutch a bad wife!"
I love it.
August 25th, 2009 at 11:27 pm
Worst shit ever. I wasted time and now im wasting even more :-(
fuck comedians, there's nothing funny about terrible, and frankly its sad people invest time into an "act" the only comedians I ever want to see are the ones who sit behind a screen for family guy.
Satire is hilarious, but the actors/actresses dont make a big deal about themselves... they just put humor out there and arent tool fucks.
yeah i hate comedy. BOOOO
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