Kevin James: Standup made me fat

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on January 14th, 2009

Or so he tells the NYPost, by way of ContactMusic.com:

I wasn’t always a big guy. Stand-up ruined it for me. I would be sitting at dinner at 2 in the morning after a show, and I wouldn’t wake up until 3 o’clock the next afternoon. That set a pattern that wasn’t great for my metabolism.

James is hitting the bricks to promote his new movie, “Paul Blart: Mall Cop,” which, judging by the trailer, has plenty of goofy, physical humor and a semblance of a plot. (And his co-star is a Segway!)

We’re not going to see it in the theater, but we might actually get it from the Redbox some day. We think James’ work on his series was underrated, underappreciated.

We’re at a lost to explain any of the hostility out there that’s directed at him. Witness the film geek for the Lancaster (PA) weekly giveaway entertainment rag:

Behold, the thing that $5 DVD bins at Wal-Mart are made of. Kevin James plays a Segway-riding New Jersey mall cop named Paul Blart. Furthermore, he’s an unfunny turd. In a one-month-too-late plot twist, the mall is taken over by a mall Santa and his helpers and it’s up to the ‘stached loser to save the day.

That’s right. He’s an unfunny turd!

We suppose it’s tough to stand out in Lancaster, PA, so being outrageous substitutes for actual analysis and commentary.

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