Category: Humor (Page 69 of 74)

…there’s a pretty decent chance you’ll enjoy The Cheap Show…if only because it’s also a haven for sock-puppet humor.

If the names Betty Paraskevas and Michael Paraskevas mean something to you, then you probably have kids. They’ve written a ton of children’s books, including “The Tangerine Bear,” which was made into an animated TV special, as well as “Maggie and the Ferocious Beast,” “Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse,” and “Jerolemon Street Players: Day One.” But they’re also the creators of The Cheap Show, which, until recently, had only been viewable through Plum TV…a network that precious few of us get, as it’s only available in resort cities like Vail, Martha’s Vineyard, and the like. Now, however, the show is available through Podcast…so if you can download it, you can watch it. And if you think this looks like it’ll be funny…

…then, definitely, run and download an episode right now. There’s a very good chance you’ll laugh.

I’m still not sure why it’s called The Cheap Show, though…

This Saturday, it’s Antonio Banderas, with musical guest Mary J. Blige.

But next week…?

Lindsay Lohan, baby…and musical guest Pearl Jam.

Will Lindsay’s weight issues be fair game? Or, more importantly, will Andy Samberg seize the day once more and create something for Lohan that immortalizes her the way he did for Natalie Portman?

…but David Cross and Bob Odenkirk aren’t around to keep the geeks from running the asylum.

And I’m not just talking your garden-variety, ordinary geeks.

No, sir, these are full-on Super Nerds.

This was a failed pilot for Comedy Central, starring Patton Oswalt…

…and Brian Posehn.

The former works at a comic book store, and the latter is his buddy who just hangs out there and reads comics. In this, the pilot, we meet the owner of the store – a Russian, played by John Ennis – and we also witness Patton’s character meet up with a girl who went to high school with him…and who has a crush on him. You’d like to think it’s an alternative universe, since the girl is played by Sarah Silverman…but if she’ll fall for Jimmy Kimmel, you can just about buy that she’d fall for Patton Oswalt.

Anyway, long story short, this is a geek’s paradise and incredibly accurate in its representation of uber-geeks (and, believe me, I know of what I speak; only now that I’m married and have a child can I comfortably admit to having attended a comic / sci-fi convention in my time)…but in no way will you be surprised that didn’t get picked up as a regular series. Not when Patton is uttering put-downs like, “You Jar-Jar loving buttnut!” (Actually, that IS kind of funny…)

Still, they could’ve put it on Friday or Saturday nights. Its target audience would invariably have been home to watch it.