Thursday, March 5, 2009

Let's Play Funny, Not Funny!



So I don't know if any of you are familiar with a television program called Wonder Showzen, but you should be.

The basic premise is Sesame Street from the hard streets of New York. If you have ever seen that episode of Chapelle's Show where Snoop Dogg has a venereal disease and they make fun of Oscar the Grouch, I'm pretty sure they ripped of Wonder Showzen. Episodes are sponsored by things such as white people, baby's first sensual oil, etc. It's messed up, and definitely not for children.

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In one, maybe two episodes (hard to tell because I usually watch it in a relaxed or even semi-retarded state of mind), they play a game called funny, not funny. In said game, images or video clips are shown of random things such as a man extracting semen from a horse penis, a cartoon man eating a giant watermelon in one bite, etc. while a chorus of children shouts out "funny!" or "not funny!" in the background.

It is my opinion that all things that are meant to be funny should be judged in such a simple way. Therefore I have altered my ratings system to say "funny!" or "not funny!"

Please rate each blog as such. I won't be offended.

I will continue to urge you to watch Wonder Showzen, I'm glad I did.
I was at a friend's house when I first saw it. Her remote control was lost and the TV was stuck on MTV, at the same time, a Wonder Showzen marathon was playing. Being too "lazy" to get off the couch, I decided to watch it. My life was changed forever. I sat on the couch, plastered to the TV for 8 episodes and an entire bag of Nacho Cheese Doritos. I think I was even supposed to be somewhere that night.
Sadly, only 2 seasons were made before the show got scrapped, and I own both on DVD. If you have a decent means for downloading media, whether legal or illegal, Wonder Showzen should be on your list.

P.S. I expect to receive many "not funny!"'s on this post because, well, it was meant to be instructional, not funny.

1 comment:

  1. wonder showzen is genius... "i've got a number for you, number two all over your chest!"

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