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Really, how does he have a career?

posted 10 years ago by Binkconn
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I mean, aside from his funny recreation of the Footloose dance in Hot Rod, this guy is absolutely abysmal, like watching an eight-grade talent show reject, or a high school nerd who thinks everything he says is hilarious. He just makes a wacky face than says something just so lame and not funny or witty in the slightest. The Lazy Sunday video with Parnell was clever, but that Lazer Cats/Punched In The Face stuff were the worst videos I've seen on SNL, and for that show that's saying something. I guess being out of L.A. made his videos stand out to Lorne Michaels and got him his break - or Michaels was complacent beyond belief when he hired him (have you seen Samberg's audition tape, where he does that 'runner in 1982' impression by - get ready for this - referring to things happening in 1982 while out of breath! Can you believe it?! Fantastic! Way to pass up people like Jim Carrey for that!). You can call me jealous or whatever you like, but even Adam Sandler was funny in the early days before going downhill; this guy was already there and stayed there. So, so bad...

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[–] AtheistRevolution 9 years ago

Yea he sucks like Dane Cook. I think one of the main reason is with the success of comedian shows like Seinfeld a lot of media companies tried to recruit "comedians" and create the next big hit.Especially if they had a social media following. So we ended up with so many talentless pieces of crap.Dane Cook,Sarah Silverman,etc.

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[–] chamohlamb 9 years ago

He has a career because he's really funny. Obviously he's not your cup of tea and that's all there really is to it.

[–] BrunoAntony 9 years ago

I agree that he's awful. But humour is subjective so, unfortunately, he obviously has his fans.

[–] stvbckwth 9 years ago

True. You probably have a better eye for talent than lorne michaels. He doesn't have much of a track record.

[–] shadowmas3 9 years ago

I don't know about his career but how do you have the Internet? I thought disrespectful idiots from third world countries weren't allowed to use the Internet. Oh well, leave it to an internet troll to try and take something away from people who enjoy it just cause they had a feeling that they didn't like.

[–] theannakostan 9 years ago

I agree 100%
This guy is even less funny than Rob Schneider.