''It's easy to be nice. What's hard is to be a dick and still be liked.'' -Joe Robinson
I made some enemies this past Wednesday on 98 Rock attempting to be funny. Here is a clip of what incited some people.
And the hate mail that followed:
Mickey and Amelia,
I listen to your show every day. I don't always agree with all the guests you have on but it's always in good fun and I find it entertaining. Today was a rare exception. Joe Robinson is an A-hole. I personally know Shannon and he was off the mark. No she's not 18 but she's not grandma Moses either. What she is, is a fun, sexy and vivacious woman. Joe was just plain cruel and there wasn't anything funny about what he said. I think all the credit goes to Shannon for keeping her composure. She is a better woman than I am. I would have cut Joe off at the knees with an equal verbal attack. One thing I know for sure is I won't go see any comedy show where he is billed and the next time he is on 98 rock I will be changing the station.
Hallie
How about this?
Hi Mickey,
Love you guys and you make my 1+ hour drive every evening bearable. However, I agree with all of your e-mails complaining about Joe and his attempt to be funny on account of Shannon (sex toy lady). I could not see what was funny about what he said, except to himself because he was the one laughing the most. I would never pay to see him and like your other listeners said; next time he's on I won't listen to your show (so please don't have him back on).
Oh, and after hearing what he just said again today, that's not funny, keep him off your show, he sucks in a very bad way, kinda like a vacuum cleaner that lost suction (Dyson ref).
Besides that, I love Joel Mchale.
Lena
''All press is good press'' - anonymous
Hey, I thought it was funny.
Here is another clip in which I make fun of Kat Malone's tattoos and homelessness. Funny, no listeners came to her defense.
Okay, you can't be all things to all people. Once again, when I work off the cuff I go to my safe house, fun at other people's expense. Is that cheap? Probably, but not as cheap as the usual fart/dick/gay jokes. I don't know if any hate mail
came in from men, but I do know that some men came to my defense:
Guys I Just have to Say Joe is fing hilarious people need to just chill the Beep Out he is a comedian for god sake and a very good one. Mickey maybe you should take some pointers from him to help you with your six O clock news lately its has sucked step you're A game up man see you guys tomorrow in the Inner Harbor Go 98 Rock. And The 4-2 Ravens
Honestly, I love the attention.
I have decided to take the word 'hack' completely out of my vocabulary. I now realize that one can track any joke back and claim it is derivative of something/or someone else. One of my favorite comics, DC Benny, often closes his show with a rap by a middle eastern cab driver. I'm in the back rolling my eyes while the audience is screaming about how funny it is. Last night, good friend and mentor, Mickey Cucchiella tagged a joke with, 'That's like having Ray Charles teach you how to drive!' I, of course, cringed. Meanwhile, I have worked with Mickey 50+ times and have never, ever out performed him. I could give a million examples, I won't, you get the point. It is ALWAYS most important to get laughs. That is your job first and foremost. It is also the hardest part of comedy. You can craft the most original, stimulating, clever joke ever written, but its success will ALWAYS be measured by how hard people are laughing after you tell it. I get it now. I'm dusting off my Viagra joke.
I went to watch UFC 64 at Amy and Jon Mumma's house last week. The fights reminded me of watching the Maryland Men's Basketball team. I'm a season ticket holder, I live and die with the team and I rarely miss a game, but I'm in agony the entire time I watch them play. I'm not even sure I enjoy it, but I love it. It's almost masochistic. In one fight, a fighter named Sean Sherk was cut on his temple early in the first round, blood was literally streaming from his head. Now the fight was 5 rounds, each round is 5 minutes long which basically meant that this guy would be gushing blood for the next half hour...and he did. There was so much blood in the ring, there were actually deep red footprints everywhere. It looked like a Rorschach test.
My favorite part of the night was right before the main event, Rich Franklin vs. Anderson Silva, Jon ran into his bedroom to change into his Rich Franklin T-Shirt. Literally about two minutes after Jon immerged they were picking Franklin up off the mat with his nose about an inch away from his right ear:
''How many fingers am I holding up?''
''Saturday''
I have a new, can't miss joke, I'm telling at Ned Devine's on Tuesday, come out and laugh at me. If you can't make it there, come root me on to the finals at the Arlington Draft house on Wednesday. If that's no good, see me and Justin Schlegel destroy Maria's on Thursday in Westminster, hosted by 'The Great' Bird Knight. If that date doesn't work, you probably don't want to see me. So screw off.