September 2011
1 post
GG Guys
Nice one, right? It’s stupid but funny.
But that’s not where the comic ends.
We have these two stupid panels that wreck the punchline and make it groan-worthy. First, we’re told what happened when he entered the wrong bathroom. (Thanks for the assistance.) Then, we’re shown an array of other “W” characters that made the same mistake.
But this is not just an example of Buckley-box-style...
August 2011
1 post
Gatling Kitty
You can’t make this stuff up, folks.
Via The Oatmeal Shop
April 2011
1 post
Encyclopedia Dramatica
Rest in peace.
I was never a real ED editor. I made about three articles and significantly contributed to another two. Besides that I just bitched at some of the Chris-chan obsessives and made a fuss when I noticed annoying articles featured on the front page.
But ED was something I cared about, perhaps for what it was once capable of being, more than what it came to represent: an archive of...
March 2011
1 post
Party Cat (and Nedroid generally)
<Zaynman> it’s party time <Zaynman> http://nedroid.com/2009/05/party-cat-full-series/ <SuitCase> this is the “miss” part of why nedroid is hit or miss <Zaynman> I like parties <Zaynman> suit, you don’t like parties? <SuitCase> i don’t like shitty humour <SuitCase> and that’s shit <SuitCase> gunshow style self-conscious absurdism ...
October 2010
1 post
The Oatmeal
February 2010
2 posts
Boxer Hockey's Sonic Comics
Boxer Hockey is a boring comic about video game dudes. But that’s neither here nor there. A recent break from the story lead to a clusterfuck of terrifically unfunny Wacky Sonic Comics that take the worst of 4chan newfaggery and random humour. The end result is absolute shit that’s being eaten up by the Sonic community. And presumably Tyson Hesse’s existing fans, but who cares about them.
There...
30 Rock
30 Rock is pretty bad. It epitomises the slick, hip, self-referential type of television designed very consciously to appeal to those who roll their eyes at your average braindead sitcom. And in some ways it succeeds—while gratingly proud of it, the premise is original and it feels to me like there’s a layer of Manhattan-television-producer-actor industry references that are quite clever.
...
October 2009
1 post
Rachel Maddow
Oh, I’ve been outdone.
September 2009
1 post
KC Green
Oh, KC Green. I should prefix this one with an admission that I’m not sure whether KC cynically cultivates his image, subconsciously panders to the hipster masses, or just happens to have been the right man at the right time. But he’s emblematic of the self-congratulatory ironic hipster humour disease that pervades the indie webcomic world, and he pisses me off.
It seems like I’m alone in this...
August 2009
2 posts
Wait Wait, Don't Tell Me
This NPR radio show is a a funny thing, in the sense that it seems like it’s from another time. Best described as the “dad joke” of political satire, it gathers together a few has-been comics with a raucous audience and subjects various callers to a basic news quiz.
The problem with “Wait Wait” is not that the comics are particularly proud of themselves (though...
Statement of intent
The purpose of Unfunny Things is to ridicule presumptuous comedy within the sphere of pop culture. You know, the type of comedy that thinks it’s funny but is definitely not. While bad humour exists everywhere, the type of comedy that gratingly appears very proud of itself is more often cult classic than mainstream, so don’t expect much on Ace Ventura 3 or Hannah Montana. Instead, as...
July 2009
6 posts
Michael Moore's new movie teaser
This teaser was played before movies in some American cinemas a few weeks ago. People did come down the aisles to collect donations.
This one kind of upsets me. I think at the time it was derided by most intelligent people as a joke that was dreadfully out of date and overdone. It certainly is, but it hurts me a bit to see someone I find generally likeable to do something lame like this. It...
Scrubs
This is a terribly unfunny show, yet it is almost universally adored. It’s a bland TV drama in the guise of an off-beat sitcom. I am still trying to work out why so many people find it funny, but I think the way the bland drama is packaged in a comic shell causes people to feel like it’s somehow heartwarming and rewarding to watch.
It’s not. It’s shit.
J.D.: [to Turk] Okay, fine. Let’s just...
SnorgTees
I think this brand of shirts is meant to be quirky and off-beat. From their About page:
Welcome. SnorgTees got its start back in May 2004 when our group of friends decided that we weren’t meant for a real job. We got our options narrowed down to international jewel thieves or internet t-shirt tycoons. Since it was the middle of the summer, we weren’t able to find enough ski masks,...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
What is this atrocious shit? Did I stumble into a rack of greeting cards?
Via Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Bears with Saws t-shirt
Bears holding saws. Hahahaha fuck off.
Via Topatoco
VG Cats
We will begin with an easy target. A new VG Cats comic. In this comic, obviously the punchline is evident from about one third of the way in. It almost gets there by presenting something half-surprising, but it just isn’t shocking enough to be funny.
Via VG Cats #284