Papa’s Basement Radio Show 8-22-13-Area 51 Revealed
I was obsessed with aliens as a kid. Ghosts and Bigfoot, too, but aliens were the big one. I would watch Unsolved Mysteries, Mysteries From Beyond the Other Dominion and […]
The only positive in my life is an AIDS test. That and a solid sense of humor. If the comedy elite finds something funny, I almost always find it funny as well. The exception being the work of Simon Pegg.
When it comes to Mr. Pegg, literally the entirety of people whose taste I trust in humor sings his praises. Which sucks because the guy’s films make me want to fill my ass with baking soda then take a vinegar enema. Personally, Simon seems like a great guy and I loved him on the air with Opie & Anthony. What concerns me more is, to admit you find anything British unfunny instantly makes you sound like a stooge. Just go ahead and give a negative rating to the next Britcom you watch on Netflix and see if it ever recommends you anything more cerebral than King of Queens. Try as I might, though, his work has the appeal to me of receiving oral sex while my mother’s voice is played to me through a pair of headphones.
Maybe it’s the ease of the targets Simon has chosen to lampoon so far: Zombie films with Shaun of the Dead and buddy cop films with Hot Fuzz. Have people been walking around with clenched fists, thinking to themselves, “My God, if only someone were brave enough to take Lethal Weapon down a notch or two”? Now along comes The World’s End which is about an alien invasion. So now cheesy sci-fi films are getting the piss taken out of them. Maybe Pegg will blow a few minds and show us that teen sex comedies can be a just a little formulaic in his next go-around.
If you like Simon Pegg, then The World’s End is going to be the greatest movie you’ve ever seen and this article read like two minutes of having your eyeballs spat in. If you’ve never heard of Simon Pegg or you’re the random curmudgeon like me who somehow doesn’t care for him, The World’s End isn’t going to change any perceptions. Might I suggest instead listening to old episodes of my radio show? They’re all over this website and won’t give you cancer. Can Mr. Pegg say the same of his work?
David on August 23, 2013
It’s pretty simple – never trust a redhead.
Rick on August 26, 2013
“Have people been walking around with clenched fists, thinking to themselves, ‘My God, if only someone were brave enough to take Lethal Weapon down a notch or two?'”
Not I, but only because I’ve seen Loaded Weapon 1. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107659/