Modified On September 22, 2004
Ant and Sean Kent are the “eliminated comics” on this week’s show. We’re not surprised… although we wouldn’t have been surprised if any of them got tossed.
Kathleen Madigan‘s impression of Ralphie May was a highlight in an episode that contained few such highlights.
At this point, we’d rather see Dat Phan‘s mother perform.
Another fucking roast? That’s right, next week’s format will be a roast. Half of each team hadda decide whether they’d perform tonight or roast someone next week. Good for Gary Gulman for volunteering to be a roaster. We thought that he did the roast perfectly last season and we were peeved that Norm Crosby so cravenly criticized Gulman’s performance in that roast (even to the point of contradicting his own statements that he’d made in the past about Friars’ roasts).
Is Jay Mohr even aware that his mike is on? He can’t be… otherwise he wouldn’t be screeching like that. He makes Joe Rogan look like Perry Como. Why did he keep mentioning jaymohr.com? Why is he so frantic?! Does he owe money to the mob or something? Yeesh!
Jay London summed up tonight’s episode succinctly when he said, “This is death.”
At the top of the hour, we were informed that Season 2’s perfect string is unbroken. They were awarded the chunk of cash for gathering the most votes. But, we were puzzled by the addition of two experienced, name comics onto each of the teams. We were witness to Louie Anderson going to bat for Season 1 and Carrot Top for Season 2. (We wouldn’t doubt that the evil geniuses who produce the show meant for Anderson to be an overwhelming plus for Season 1 and for The Top to essentially be a drag on Season 2– the better to even things out a bit and maybe make this a fair fight. Not so fast, evil geniuses: The Top crushed with his energy, his props and his gags. And here’s a newsflash: Season 2 will win again! Back to the drawing board!)
Performing next week will be… we forget already. It’s all so confusing. Let’s just say that three from each team will be roasting someone next week. And we’re dead certain that Gulman’s one of them.
And, we’re happy to report, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog will be a “guest roaster.”
Remember when, on week two or so, we said, “Bring back the dog from Season 2!” Well, they’ve brought back the dog. And he will POOP ON THIS SHOW!