{"id":782,"date":"2011-06-03T05:52:04","date_gmt":"2011-06-03T13:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.screencuisine.net\/?p=782"},"modified":"2012-06-11T22:05:33","modified_gmt":"2012-06-12T06:05:33","slug":"lady-business-dude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.screencuisine.net\/screencuisine\/television\/lady-business-dude\/","title":{"rendered":"Lady Business: Dude!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.screencuisine.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Workaholics.S01E05.720p.HDTV_.x264-ORENJI_screenshot.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-796\" title=\"Workaholics.S01E05.720p.HDTV.x264-ORENJI_screenshot\" src=\"http:\/\/www.screencuisine.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Workaholics.S01E05.720p.HDTV_.x264-ORENJI_screenshot.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.screencuisine.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Workaholics.S01E05.720p.HDTV_.x264-ORENJI_screenshot.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.screencuisine.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Workaholics.S01E05.720p.HDTV_.x264-ORENJI_screenshot-300x115.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m surrounded by dudes. If I carried around a bat, I could swing it and hit a guy at nearly every moment of every day. I might blame my current job in a mostly male dominated field, but I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been this way most of my life. At this point, I feel more comfortable being teased than I do having a real conversation. In short, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been punched in the arm a lot.<\/p>\n<p>So, it should come as no surprise that I love dude humor.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The League<\/em><\/strong>, FX \u00e2\u20ac\u201c I had avoided this the first season because I really didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t understand what it was about. They had these odd advertisements for the show that were like a beer commercial or something. Had they just shown actual clips from the show, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m sure I would have watched much sooner. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s basically a story of five guys in a fantasy football league who have known each other since high school. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a non-stop onslaught of insults and jackassery. In my favorite scene, Kevin gets up at a party to give a speech about how much his wife means to him. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Love is a journey, love is a committment&#8230;\u00e2\u20ac\u009d then he gets all choked up, and his wife cries because she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s so touched. Later, they show a video from a few years before where he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s telling his friend how to give a romantic speech. Love is a <em>blank<\/em>, love is a <em>blank <\/em>and then on the third one, you just can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t get it out. Busted.<\/p>\n<p><strong><!--more--><em>Workaholics<\/em><\/strong>, Comedy Central \u00e2\u20ac\u201c  In order to properly give you an idea of how juvenile this show is, its catch phrase is \u00e2\u20ac\u0153tight butthole\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. If something is tight butthole, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s good. Three guys do a ton of drugs and have jobs as telemarketers. They also spend a great deal of time in speedos. I love a show with a call back, and they do it really well. There was a bit about them wearing fedoras in last week&#8217;s episode that had a nice little call back at the end. In the middle there was a bit about a child molester played by Chris D&#8217;Elia, so it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not for everyone. (If you haven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t seen Chris D&#8217;Elia\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Comedy Central special, check it out. He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s got this bit about British caper movies that I rewound and watched about 15 times.)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Always Sunny in Philadelphia<\/em><\/strong>, FX \u00e2\u20ac\u201c This show has had some rough spots recently, but if you go back to the early seasons you can find some great stuff. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Mac bangs Dennis\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Mom\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Dennis and Dee go on Welfare\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Gang Gets Whacked\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Gang Dances Their Asses off\u00e2\u20ac\u009d are my favorites. The Halloween episode from last season had some great moments where Sweet Dee gets gradually more and more bird-like. If I&#8217;m being honest though, I think the Christmas special may have done some damage to my psyche that can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be repaired.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Tosh.O<\/em><\/strong>, Comedy Central\/<strong><em>Web Soup<\/em><\/strong>, G4 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c These two are basically the same show: web videos of people getting hurt and doing stupid things with a comedy commentary. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not quite sure what it is about boys\/dudes\/guys\/men that makes them want to hurt themselves on video and post it for everyone to see, but they do this a lot. For instance, one guy jumped from the back of a moving pickup truck and deliberately landed on a cactus. I tend to look away at these parts of the show and watch Chris wince (which has some entertainment value of its own). I stick around for the Web Redemptions, Palate Cleansers and the comedy.<\/p>\n<p><em>Sports Show with Norm MacDonald<\/em>, Comedy Central \u00e2\u20ac\u201c I like that Norm MacDonald\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s comedy is full of stops and starts. I like that he doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t care if you think he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s funny or not. I like that his delivery and overall comedy timing is just a little bit off. I like that when he tells a joke that he knows didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t go over, he takes a beat and gives himself some time to bask in the bomb. Actually, that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the best part. He gets a twinkle in his eye every time it happens.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Venture Bros<\/strong>.<\/em>, Cartoon Network \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Occasionally, a show will come around that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s perfect for me and I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll resist it for some strange reason. Examples include Arrested Development, Freaks and Geeks and 30 Rock. When I do watch them, I love them. I just can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t sit still long enough to appreciate them. (This makes no sense to me either.) Last season\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Operation P.R.O.M\u00e2\u20ac\u009d was probably the best one I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve ever seen. I laughed so hard that I could barely breathe. My other favorites are \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Tag Sale \u00e2\u20ac\u201c You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re It!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Twenty Years to Midnight\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Victor. Echo. November\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. Anything with a tweaked out Jonny Quest is also a winner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m surrounded by dudes. If I carried around a bat, I could swing it and hit a guy at nearly every moment of every day. I might blame my current job in a mostly male dominated field, but I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been this way most of my life. 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