Theo's FYW Blog

I genuinely believe that Eric Andre is one of the funniest people alive. However, I don't blame anybody for disagreeing with that or for not even knowing who he is since he's only on Adult Swim on Cartoon Network, and nobody really watches cable anymore. Eric Andre hosts  The Eric Andre Show , a talk show parody that features street skits and pranks. This description does not do the show justice, however. The entire show is made with a layer of absurdity and is completely different from any other talk show. You could honestly hardly even call it a talk show, its just a montage of Eric doing insane things that aren't even always legal. If you haven't heard of Eric, you've probably heard of his co-host, Hannibal Buress, who is also as ridiculous and funny as Eric is. The two create an atmosphere of insanity and hilarity that no other show can really capture nowadays. Here's a random clip of an interview to help you get a better idea of the show. https://www.yout...

I really liked how Hannah took a totally different approach to her blog post. I didn't watch all of each episode, but I did look up parts of the episodes and found them both to be fairly entertaining. It was very interesting to see how she broke down the laugh tracks and saw how prevalent they were in each show. I liked how people were more likely to not laugh at something if it included a laugh track which also makes me wonder why shows still have them. Personally, I think they're really stupid unless they're used ironically, so this blog post confirmed that for me, which I really enjoyed.

Lindsey made some really interesting points in her blog post which I was interested by. At first I didn't really get what the whole Barbie joke was but I slowly came around to it. She explained how the superiority theory was prevalent by having the characters almost be reflections of people when they were younger and more immature. I also liked how she talked about how the show is extremely bizarre and that's part of what makes it so funny and entertaining. I love absurdist humor, so I eventually ended up somewhat enjoying this.

I liked how Faith took a sociological approach to this since it was something that hasn't really been done before in these blog posts. In it, she talked about how some people were joking that Trump was "mentally ill." She talked about how the joke can be analyzed to reveal a hidden, deeper meaning. It was interesting to see how, on the surface level, a joke doesn't seem like much. However, after you read into it, it can reveal some real opinions behind it.

I've never watched The Office before, as is the theme with most of the shows written about in these blogs, but I am aware of how funny it can be and how good of a show it is. Lucy explained how The Office pulls you in with lovable yet painfully cringe characters. She also talked about how we feel superior to Michael Scott due to his constant stupidity. She also talked about how the show contained some offensive jokes, which only made me consider watching the show even more. Overall she wrote a great analysis about why the show is so lovable and why people love how dumb Michael Scott is.

I really enjoyed Paige's continuation of Jakes Seinfeld analysis. I like how she talked about how sometimes crude Jerry can be and how that adds to the appeal of the show. It's not meant to be a simple sitcom, the characters are flawed and therefore more relatable. Paige talked about how benign violations allow us to laugh at things that aren't necessarily morally correct. She talked about how lacking a filter allowed for characters to say more hilarious things that they usually wouldn't be able to say.