Here is a single man, living in the big, cluttered world of San Fran, trying to make it as a comedian, and decides to move into this house "full" of his best friend's children. The following is why I feel sorry for Joey Gladstone.
First of all, his comedy. He is trying to earn a living via humor but he lacks the necessary qualifications, namely, being humorous. Let's begin with his Rocky and Bullwinkle imitation. Do you know why this isn't funny? It's because nobody watches Rocky and Bullwinkle. Most people don't even know what this is. Get some current material, Joey, not 1960s animated sitcoms with laugh tracks. But then you have his Popeye impersonation. Again, not quite up to date, but a bit more recognizable. Even still, why is this funny? "Woah...blow me down!" Just stupid.
But of course, his "tag line," his catch phrase, his bread-n-butter is his "Cut-it-Out!" accompanied by correlating hand gestures. You have the scissors for the "cut," the finger point for the "it," and the thumb thrown over the shoulder for the "out." He really wants people to cut it out. Badly. And again.....not funny. Just really, really cheesy. And really bad. It makes me uncomfortable just thinking about it.
So you have a terrible comedy act. But secondly, I feel bad for Joey Gladstone because of his living situation. How is a single man in San Francisco honestly supposed to work the dating circuit when he lives in a house "full" of men and children? (Maybe he's working the dating circuit just fine and NBC didn't feel comfortable airing it??).
What drives this man? What motivates him to wake up and keep going? Is it the courtesy laughter that he is guaranteed? Is it because he honestly thinks he is funny? Is it because he enjoys tapping into his inner child via the children surrounding him? Is it his latent attraction toward Uncle Danny or Uncle Jesse (or maybe Kimmy Gibbler?!?)? Who knows?
The conundrum continunes...
4 comments:
remember dave coulier's 'out of control' on nickelodeon?
also not funny.
for the record, i was a fan of rocky and bullwinkle growing up...but i agree, uncle joey- not funny.
joey might be fun to have at a 4 year old birthday party. His limited material would match their limited attention spans.
PS have you heard Bob Saget's stand up? Not so Mr. Clean and not so Mr. Mom...
-JLAL
It was painful watching the episode where he quits comedy and tries to be a "business man"...then he goes back on stage for his "comeback performance"....and it sucks..I'm like...is this actually supposed to make me laugh..and Joey and (Bob Saget) were laughin' all hard like it was actually funny (acting of course)...but man..God...painful.
But for what its worth...I don't think his impressions are supposed to be laugh-out-loud funny, per se.....I just think they are supposed to be entertaining..impressive..or something like that.
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