'The Man Show' = For Piglets

BushCountry ^ | 08/18/03 | Joseph Grant Swank

[bedolido]

National Organization for Women will be proud. Their advertisement for males being dumb, drunk and depressing appeared on TV as THE MAN SHOW.

They’re lewd, loose and loony. They act out flatulence and then spark fun (?) at the exercise. One of their favorite pastimes is asking viewers whose butt crack is showing center stage. Is it that of a construction worker or a Hollywood celeb? Inquiring minds wanna know.

THE JERRY SPRINGER SHOW is old hat to THE MAN SHOW. But with the two of them gagging nationwide week after week, terrorists won’t have much to do in taking over the country. And Larry Flynt, for sure, will win the California governorship.

THE MAN SHOW is one loser but there will be those out there who’ll vote it a win win. No doubt.

The masculine gender is having a rough enough time of it lately without the help of this low-slinging display of piglet wannabes. After all, straight men are pictured as gay clones being taught how to lay down a new sofa, decorate a kitchen, and spruce up their limp wardrobes. Surely straights have no sense for fashion, art, balance. So gays have to mentor the laggards in how to get a life.

Now with THE MAN SHOW, the real men in this world with intelligence, manners and morality have pretty much been consigned to minority status. In time, real men will be forced to take to the streets, lobby their Congressmen, and grab tickets for Mars. There won’t be much room left for them in a real male world.

Joe Rogan and Doug Stanhope have outdone sensibility as "stars" of this latest pigsty. If any twosome know how to dish it, they do. But how long will brains in gear stand for this tripe? Sensible citizenry of the world, don’t hold your breath. Recall that WWW is still very much with us.

THE MAN SHOW slops it in your face from minute one. It’s all downhill from then on. Men with any sense of manly graces and respect will cringe, lunging at the remote for a channel turn.

That twosome hanging out at the cameras have no wit, finesse nor cerebral content. They are coarse, corny max and coughing up phlegm from an old ER.

Yet Rogan announces that his show will be a hit — a "turnkey show." So there. It’s already in the bag.

Well, for those who really care about civilization, same will see to it that within their own confines, no matter how small, the likes of R and S don’t hang a hat.

Good luck, men of the planet. We’re being besieged; and this go-round it’s not by NOW. It’s our own turning on us.

Where’s a hangman’s rope when a person needs one?

08.18.03 08:09 AM

[bedolido]

Grab a beer and drop your pants

send the wife and kid to France

IT'S THE MAN SHOW!

Quit your job and light a fart

Yank your favorite private part

IT'S THE MAN SHOW!

It's a place where men can come together

Look at the cans on this chick named Heather

Juggy girls on trampolines

Time to loosen those blue jeans

[TomServo]

Aaron (the Man Show boy) is a dang hoot.

[per loin]

"American Chopper" is a much better "man show".

[discostu]

Seems like these guys just heard of the show. It's funny, it's harmless, these people really need to chill out.

[TomServo]

"American Chopper" is a much better "man show".

Apples and Oranges. They're both good shows.

[LanPB01]

They probably just heard of it due to the barrage of ads Comedy Central has been running to promote the show's return with new hosts.

[NeoCaveman]

And now time for girls jumping on trampolines.

[sam_paine]

Hey "Joseph Grant Swank"....lighten up! (Have a beer.)

[Behind Liberal Lines]

I think the show is stupid, but hardly worth the effort of a column.

And comparison to Springer are ludicrous. Springer is exploitation of real people and sexual perversion during hours when kids are often home alone from school. This is a cable show on late night.

I also wonder how many young male republicans watch this show and will think the author is reinforcing the stereotype of republicans are un-fun censorious prudes

[TheBigB]

Any time is time for girls jumping on trampolines...

[Xthe17th]

Yeah, but at least the Man Show isn't as bad as the new "Guess that Ass-Crack". Unbelievably crude. I have deleted Comedy Central from my channel list.

[aardvark1]

Just to sound completely "un-with-it"...how many of these harmless things do we need before they become harmful? Is there a limit? Or is everything harmless? Just curious.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Rogan and Stanhope?

How did this guy miss all the years with Kimmel and Corolla?

[discostu]

I'm looking forward to the new hosts, things have gotten a little stale on the Man Show, I think Jimmy and Adam are pretty much out of ideas, bringing in some new faces and new pervert minds might be just what the show needs.

[LanPB01]

And don't forget - new Juggies.

[najida]

I am waiting for the Girl Show:

Well oiled hunks bringing out boxes of Jimmy Choo shoes, trays of Godiva and reinacting scenes from Chick Flicks with the participants.

[Hank Rearden]

I've never seen the show, because my cable system doesn't carry it, but this is one of the most poorly-written pieces I've seen in a long time.

[sarasota]

CMT is going to do a special on sex in videos--have we gone too far (they ask)? Believe it airs sometime this week.

[hobbes1]

Someone needs to let the Author in on the Joke.....FCOL...