Pouty TV critic assails plucky standup editors!

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on May 22nd, 2007

360 days ago, on Friday, May 26, 2006, we posted about Terry Morrow of Scripps Howard News Service and his lame critique of Last Comic Standing. In a posting entitled “Last Jackass Standing: Terry Morrow of SHNS,” we said:

Terry Morrow, a blowhard who scribbles for The Knoxville News Sentinel (and whose nonsense is then ejaculated through the entire Scripps Howard News chain via the Scripps Howard News Service) releases his pathetic grip on his hopelessly flaccid penis long enough to tap out the following horse manure:

As a talent search, Last Comic Standing has never been a fresh forum. Instead, it has given airtime to hacks who rely more on their dry delivery than good material to get them by.

A show that should prove that standup is still vital has only impended (sic) the genre.

We all know that most standup is not very funny because the vast majority of comedians lack innovation and imagination.

360 days later, we get this comment, from Terry Morrow, on our MySpace profile:

Wow… You guys blow big time.

What the…?!?

Days earlier, we accepted “Terry Morrow” of Knoxville as a MySpace Friend (as per his request!)– Little did we know it was that Terry Morrow!

Unaware the posting was from the embittered tube expert, we were puzzled. We thought maybe the kids had come up with some sort of new definition of “blow” that we weren’t aware of. We asked what he meant by the icky comment. He replied:

well,dear, basically you two are full of $%#@. You are condescending. You have thin skin and can’t take any kind of criticism without getting mean, spiteful and ugly. People like you think you’re amazingly cool, edgy and relevant. In reality, you’re none of that. You’re just two more passive/aggressive a$$holes on the Internet. That pretty much sums that up.

It was then that we realized that our new “friend” was the SHNS anti-comedian, TV critic, gunslinger Terry Morrow!!! Harboring a grudge for nearly a full year, Morrow cynically asked to be our MySpace friend then dissed us on our own profile! Oh, the ignominy!

Hello? We’re “mean, spiteful and ugly?” Which of us said that “most standup is not very funny because the vast majority of comedians lack innovation and imagination?” That’s right, it was TV/TM of TN!

Hey, if we can get that far under the skin of the occasional Antique Media scribe, it’s a good thing– perhaps they’ll think twice before making such hackneyed and trite observations about an entire segment of artists. We can take it!

In the meantime, read our entire post on Morrow’s sorry review here. It’s a good way to get back into the LCS swing of things!

UPDATE: Morrow has ditched us as a MySpace bud. He ensnared us long enough to make the catty comment, then vanished into the night! Slick!

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