Hardly Working's Hardliest Workers

College Humor staff members who post videos under the group name "Hardly Working" are some of the most talented online comedians I've seen in recent years. Two of them, Jake and Amir have been making comic shorts that feature an extremely socially awkward Amir seeking Jake's attention. These painfully hilarious videos are worth a watch and won't take too much of your time. Enjoy!!!






Christmas from Amir on Vimeo.




My Boy (HD) from Amir on Vimeo.



Jake and Amir

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Three very special youtube clips

This week, I would like to direct your attention to three Youtube clips I found whilst perusing the internet. The first of which, I must stress, must not be attempted under any circumstances whatsoever. This is the cinnamon challenge. This particular clip shows what happens if it goes wrong. The subject of the clip Eric "Erock" Nagel, Executive producer of the Opie and Anthony show, had to be taken to the hospital following the stunt. The video is, on the other hand, very fucking funny. The next two clips are a two part series mocking the street magician David Blaine... watch and enjoy.










And don't forget about SModcast this week!!!


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Kevin Smith and SModcast

If you have ever seen the movies Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma... etc. Then you know who Kevin Smith is. If you haven't, you should go out and pick up a copy of any one of these films. In the past few years, Smith has expanded upon his role of Director and Actor with a series of behind the scenes/ Q and A specials such as An Evening with Kevin Smith and An Evening With Kevin Smith Part 2: Evening Harder along with a veritable smörgåsbord of online videos featuring the smith in a slightly different light. The most recent revelation among these is the podcast produced by Smith along with his longtime friend and producer on most films, Scott Mosier. The podcast, SModcast, is featured on Quick Stop Entertainment. Along with Smith and Mosier, the podcast features a long list of actors and friends that include, Jason Mewes, Bryan Johnson, Malcom Ingram and even Smiths wife. Up until now, there are 36 episodes in the series, each about an hour long. The conversations range from current events to questions from fans and friends about the View Askewniverse along with future projects. The podcast is available for download or streaming online.

Kevin Smith(above)

Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes

Quickstop Entertainment
SModcast
View Askewniverse

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Dexter Update

I want to first start off and apologize about the Cliché ridden post about my favorite television series, Dexter. In order to redeem myself after a half-assed attempt, I decided to give Dexter another post. After watching the last two episodes, I am even more impressed by the series than before. The show has outdone itself with an amazingly talented Michael C. Hall as the lead and a team of writers and producers that is, in my opinion, producing the best television series on cable. This past week, the deepest darkest fears of everyones favorite serial killer were manifested into reality. The idea had been hinted at all first season, but when this discovery (I'm not going to give away spoilers) occurred, I was quite dumbfounded. The series, unlike any other except for Lost is willing to go down the road of worst case scenario and play it out for the audience to see. I highly recommend you disregard the poor authorship exercised in my last post and give Dexter a shot.

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The Comeback Kid... DEXTER!!!!

After an extensive hiatus, the Showtime series Dexter is back for a second season. At the beginning of the first episode of the season, I had my doubts; however the final scene cured every last one of them. If youre not familiar with the show Ill give you a quick rundown. Dexter Morgan is a Serial killer who Kills by night and works for the police by day, but he's not of the Dahmer or Gacy type... Dexter has morals. If you're still confused, either read the book or check out the wikipedia page. The point to this post is to remind you folks who watched the first season that Dexter is back, and in my opinion better than ever. So instead of indulging in your Reality TV sweet tooth, check out something with a little substance.

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Culmination of Comic Genius

George Carlin. The name alone evokes a plethora of ideas, one of which is the moniker that I believe he deserves, "The King of Comedy". Why do I bring up one of comedy's most singularly defining characters? Carlin along with other comics including Brian Regan, Jeff Garlin, Bob Saget, Jim Norton, and Carlos Mencia will be featured on XM Radio's newest comedy series Unmasked. The series will be hosted by Ron Bennington, the co-host of the XM show Ron and Fez, featured along with the Opie and Anthony Show on XM Radios channel 202 "The Virus". Bennington, a comic in his own rite, is by far the most intelligent and compelling comic interviewer on radio today. The series will feature Bennington doing interviews with the comics, attempting to "unmask" their personalities. Bennington's skills as a entertainment interrogator, has been doing interviews alongside his co-host Fez Whatley, on their show since the late 80's, covering such names as Kareem-Abdul-Jabar, and John Mayer (only to list a few from weeks past). To get a better perspective into Bennington's mind, I suggest you check out the thread on Wackbag.com's Ron Bennington's Line of the Day. The site features all featured on XM 202. Here's a couple of my favourites:

"Ron on MLB Pitchers: They cant even jerk off...there worried they might pull there ACL"

"I'm a sink pissin' motherfucker. And if we're outside, that's a bathroom. I'm not waiting on line like were a bunch of women with vaginas."

Ron, talking to/about Dave (a producer) and bad decisions...

"You know what is the worst choice yet? When your mother let that pregnancy go full-term"


The series will air on XM COMEDY 150 Saturday at 8 PM and the Ron and Fez Show airs on XM THE VIRUS 202 at 12 PM on Weekdays with replays on the weekends.

Ron Bennington

The King Carlin

RON BENNINGTON'S LINE OF THE DAY



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David Cross and America- A love hate relationship

For years now, David Cross, the mind behind such shows as The Bob and David Show on HBO and the short lived but long loved series Freak Show , has toured the nation spreading hilarity like a modern day Johnny Appleseed(if Johnny Appleseed spread jokes about republicans and hard core pornography). But, let us not relegate David Cross to the ever present "Dick and Fart Joke"(of which I usually enjoy) style of comedy. Although many vulgar(and don't think I mean that in a bad way) topics weave their way in and out of Cross' routine, they are done so in a way that is both intelligent and surprisingly hilarious. Cross, a self-professed liberal spends a great deal of his act dealing with social issues and other serious problems that plague our country. But, again let's not get ahead of ourselves, Cross is not one for any kind of censorship that is seen so frequently in the media today in this "post-Imus world". For example, Cross has a routine in which he describes the phenomena that is the "gay accent" that is often accompanied by a lisp and an effeminate tone in the homosexual community. He describes this as an accent that is found only with gay men, then goes on to describe situations in which people claim that "homosexuality is a choice". Using the argument that many gay men are born with this "gay accent" along with the fact that no person in their right mind at the age of fourteen would "chose a life in which intolerant rednecks would constantly berate and abuse" them. This may sound like a wanting for America to disallow of "intolerant rednecks", however if one were to analyze this at all they would realize that Cross is really saying "sure think like and even be intolerant rednecks, but beat the shit out of each other instead of someone else", a simple enough message. Although this is only one example of only one medium in which Cross' comedy is presented, it is fairly representative of the intelligent yet satirical stylings of a great American comic. Please, I implore you... take a look, even if you do believe homosexuality is a choice, because David Cross would be the first to tell you "your an idiot" but at least we live in a country where that's not a crime.

BOB AND DAVID SITE
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