The World Is Just Awesome

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The Only Acceptable Response to a Kansas Joke

When you tell people you are from Kansas, they often respond with some pretty stupid comments. Among the worst are those derived from "The Wizard of Oz." It is never funny. Rob Riggle (The Daily Show) demonstrates that for us here on The Jeannie Tate Show, which is quite funny in its own right. I would definitely recommend checking out the other episodes.

Anyway, around 4:53 into this thing the shit goes down. Riggle provides a textbook response.



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The Internet Has Funny

This is what you watch now.

The Michael Showalter Showalter:



Mr. Showalter (of The State, Stella, and Wet Hot American Summer) has himself a little program over at CollegeHumor.com. It takes the form of a talk show, with spliced in "off-camera" bits. The above video features a young Andy Samberg. Other guests have included Michael Cera, Paul Rudd, David Cross, Jack McBrayer, Michael Ian Black, David Wain and Zach Galifianakis. Watch them.
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Clark and Michael:


Michael Cera ("Superbad" and "Arrested Development") and his best friend Clark Duke bring us Clark and Michael - a story about the two friends' attempt to get their show on tv. The series clocks in at ten episodes, at about ten minutes per episode. The series picks up steam as it goes along, so give it a chance if it doesn't resonate with you right away. I hope this doesn't represent the beginning and the end of this show - I'd come back for more. Here is a little preview for the show, which should give you an idea of what you're missing:



Giggles.

Garth Marenghi's Darkplace

I have just discovered a called Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, and it is probably the best 6 episode show I have ever seen. I first saw the show on adultswim.com, and at the time I thought it was an adultswim production. In fact, it originally aired in the UK back in 2004. All of the episodes are available on youtube, and adultswim is continuing to air them.
Matthew Holness (second from right in the photo) plays Garth Marenghi, a horror writer. Garth wrote, directed and starred as Dr. Rick Dagless in Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, which was supposed to have originally aired in the 1980's. Now the show has been resurrected by the network, and spruced up with commentary from Marenghi, and two other members of the cast. Marenghi is a very David Brent-esque type of character - so you'll probably like this show more if you think that's funny. The show features a lot of intentionally bad acting and editing, which are all pretty enjoyable. A few of my favorite features of this show are:

• that all the characters seem to carry guns, even though they are doctors working in a hospital
• the male characters thoroughly berate the lone female character, frequently driving her to tears
  
• Dr. Dagless inexplicably drives a Knight Rider style golf cart around the hospital grounds
  

After just moments of watching the show, I thought that there was something familiar about Marenghi/Dr. Dagless. It turns out that he played the computer geek in an episode of BBC's The Office, which he was quite good in. I have included the show intro to Darkplace (which I think are pretty funny on their own), and a clip from The Office.

The Show Intro:


A clip of Darkplace star, Matthew Holness, as the "computer geek" from BBC's The Office:

Welcome to Parodyland

So, I have been watching some trusty Mr. Show episodes recently, and last night I watched one of my all time favorites: the Mr. Show Lost Episode. In this episode, they perform what is probably one of my all time favorite tv show parodies, with the "Altered State of Druggachusettes" sketch. Here it is for your enjoyment (btw, if some readers out there still don't have audio, then I apologize for all these video posts - we'll work on that):



Now, this was a parody of Sid and Marty Crofft's HR Pufnstuf. Now, I have acquired all the HR Pufnstuf episodes, and in my personal opinion, it sucks. That show is basically only good for parody and nostalgia. Anyway, here is a clip of the show intro, so you can get a feel for what it was like:



Now I wonder, noble readers, what are your favorite tv show parodies? If you can find video clips of them, please post them in the comments.

Who here has read Flowers for Algernon?

Boosh!

I've learned that...

• Gay guys love karate, but, they are so unpredictable for, like, when they're gonna use it...
• If you open your heart and help people, they're eventually going to try to stab you to death...
• For some reason, people bring tomatoes to AIDS rallies, which is weird...
• Orange cough syrup can make your car fly...
• Whether your gay, or bisexual, it doesn't matter, you know, because at the end of the day, they're both gross...
• Everyone has a hole in their heart to fill, but you can't fill it will a kid, cause they'll just stomp on it and stretch it out and make it impossible to fill in the future...
• Kids are dicks...
  
• Elderly black women are wise beyond their years, but younger black women are prostitutes...?

Watch The Sarah Silverman Program - it's worth it. New season starts Wednesday, October 3, 10:30pm/9:30c on Comedy Central.