OT: Remembering "The Man Show"
Today's "odd name" discussions got me thinking about The Man Show..... indirectly that is. It actually got me thinking about a a name that I heard recently. My mother and wife are both teachers and were talking about something student related. I was tuning out their discussion.... until I heard one of the names of the students they were talking about...... Michael Hunt. I wanted to confirm that I heard that correctly, but I couldn't bring myself to ask my mother if she had just said what I thought she said, not that it mattered because neither my wife nor my mother were going to share the same immature emotions that were racing around in my head. There are unique names. There are odd names. But Michael Hunt is fucking cruel.
Anyway, this got me thinking about The Man Show as I believe they had a bit where they would invite people on the show who had unfortunate first and last name combinations. Then this got me thinking about The Man Show is general (yeah, a day in my life).
For those of you who watched the show, how disappointed were you when they called it quits? The show probably put a strain on a lot of relationships, but it was good television.
A few memories:
There was an episode where Adam and Jimmy played strip basketball against the Juggy Twins. The Twins got them down to their tighty whities and then Adam and Jimmy buckled down and ground out the victory. Unfortunately, as the show was on basic cable, the Juggies' assets were left up to the imagination. Here is the clip. Even with the fuzziness, it is probably NSFW. You are warned
And who can forget The Man Show Boy?. I always assumed that Adam and/or Jimmy were feeding him his lines but, either way, his one liners were classic. A couple for your pleasure (also may be NSFW due to language):
ZIGGA ZAGGA, ZIGGA ZAGGA, OI OI OI!
"The Man Show Boy" is really well into his 30's, he just had some kind of hormone problem as a kid, and still looks like one. I don't have a link, but I actually looked in to that once.
Andy Milonakis. He went on to have his own show which was way more weird than it was funny
The Man Show Boy was Aaron Hamill
http://imdb.com/name/nm1299759/
and not Andy Milanakis
http://imdb.com/name/nm1429102/
Aaron Hamill was indeed a boy at the time the show was aired.
Nope, Andy Milonakis does have a growth condition that makes him look young, but he is not the man show boy. He did however get his start when they started playing his youtube webcam videos on the Jimmy Kimmel Show.
wrong spot
Andy Milonakis?
That segment had a key role in some of my formative years. Although, in retrospect, it was probably about as interesting as glancing through a People magazine...
Don't forget the drunken pilot skit...
The "Stop the Suffrage!" petition bit is still one of the funniest things I've ever seen on television. Show was ahead of its time.
Imagine what it could have been as an HBO or Showtime show...
Even FX shows some scandalous stuff (It's always sunny)...
With the right network behind it this show would have been even more epic
Not even so much that as the era it was on. Think of all the things you can get away with on basic cable in 2010 that you couldn't in 1998-2000. Girls on Trampolines was almost scandalous.
I love that show and I see that you mentioned it here. Are they making new shows or is that show dead? Any idea?
but I just got into it. Episodes are on Comedy Central on Monday Nights (9-11pm i think), the DVR is set.
Absolutely hilarious. Watched this one yesterday.
New season starts in the fall on FX. Its on either Wednesday or Thursdays, usually at 10 or 10:30.
Love that show. "The D.E.N.N.I.S. system" episode is possibly the funniest thing I have seen on television.
that one is still on hulu now, they carry three episodes at a time.
The nightman Cometh is one of my favorites.
"You gotta pay the troll toll to get into this boys hole"
No no NO!! It's the boy's SOUL! -Charlie
By the time the show called it quits, Joe Rogan and Doug Stanhope had pretty well run it into the ground (actually, Joe Rogan wasn't too bad, it was mostly Doug Stanhope). The show ended for me when Adam and Jimmy left.
What a GREAT show it was when they were around though. I was always partial to the "Household tips from adult film stars" segments. JeepinBen is definitely right -- as good as the show was, had it been on a premium channel it could have been insane.
I meant when Adam and Jimmy called it quits..... I don't recall watching one episode with the new guys.
I too like beer and boobs. The schtick got a little old to me though....like truck commercials that have a tough voiced man talking about torque and horsepower and hard work. It just seemed a little juvenile to me. It should have been called "An unapologetic depiction of the most puerile behavior of which your average man is capable". It would have been more appropriate as a skit on Saturday night live IMHO, rather than a half hour television show. And this is coming from a man that loves Married with Children, South Park, and Beavis and Butthead.
"No seriously, head for the mountains....Get out of here!"
My favorite Man Show Boy moment. Classic.
From the Man show....
Ahh, I remember those days like they were yesterday.
That is all.