Gay Robot: The show that never was
Here's the thing: Nick Swardson is a comedic genius. He really is, and if you don't believe me, then die in a fire. Or, you could just YouTube some of his stuff. Whichever you prefer.
ANYWHO, Nick pitched a show idea to Comedy Central some time back called Gay Robot. As one would imagine, it follows the exploits of a homosexual robot, however this one would be at college. Some of the clips are on YouTube and, uh, have been for quite some time, but it's new to me, and thus this blog post. You can watch the one clip above, but for the rest, you'll need to navigate past the break. Just keep an eye out for the polar bears that managed to claim the lives of four Lithuanians earlier today. The clips are well worth the risk, though, I assure you.
Louis C.K. kicks off my current stand-up fascination
I've had this stint of stand-up in my life, courtesy of the great comedian Louis C.K. Have you ever seen his stuff? Well, it started with me Netflixing Lucky Louie, his season-long HBO series that was damn hilarious and, like most things that are good, got canceled. After plowing through those episodes, I watched his stand-up special Shameless again, followed by his shorter HBO One Night Stand gig. After that, I just kept craving stand-up, so I watched Eddie Murphy's Raw, Jim Norton's Monster Rain and topped it off this morning with Doug Stanhope's No Refunds.
I love stand-up because it's something I can easily put on in the background while I work. I hate working in silence, because the key tapping becomes deafening in my ear and I start feeling like a postal worker that just wants to Uzi the whole damn block. So it's nice to have something on while I blog. Stand-up is perfect for that.
On top of that, I've been having a stand-up kick because comedic films nowadays suck big time. I haven't seen a really funny movie recently (aside from Step Brothers). Where are our equivalents to Caddyshack, Animal House and Trading Places? Is Superbad it? It seems like all we get is Dane Cook.
I hate Dane Cook.
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