Childish Gambino

http://media.ticketmaster.com/tm/en-us/dbimages/76305a.jpg

I'm a fan.

ban Johnny Fever

http://adventoutpost.com/wp-content/uploads/I-AM-JUST-A-RAPPER-COVER.jpg

I watched his stand up. It was not funny.

Only thing worth the time was a Tracy Morgan story, but you know, that is more because of Tracy than Glover.

http://ology.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/post-image/donald-glover-childish-gambino-red-hoodie.png

he is apparently every tumblr girl's dreamboat

so obviously i hate him

http://www.toogoodforradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Childish-Gambino-e1318634974979.png

http://cdn.hipsterrunoff.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/800/donald-glover-rapper.jpg

lol

the sultan of swag
the kolossus of klout (the kolossus of klout)
THE CHILDISH GAMBINO

http://meatysauce.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/childish-gambino.jpg?w=510&h=382

"Freaks and Geeks" was actually alright, in a kinda lol @ nerdy guy trying to be Weezy way, but I heard Camp and good god is it awful. Like every other bar has a tumblr reference and songs are full of lines about how he doesn't brag about his Emmy. I love the dude on Community and find his stand-up to be decent, but please lord do not cancel his show so he has more time for this.

http://www.toogoodforradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/MG_3509_AD.jpg

Still not as ridiculous as that Drake picture thread.

that is what is blowing my mind

he's really hot and he's funny on community but he sux at rapping.

<--tumblr girl

my manez

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/2969/screenshot20111108at228.png

and with one picture i immediately love him

otttm

The only rap-related albums I noticed in Paste website's recently released list of their fave 2011 albums:

35. Childish Gambino – Camp

48. Drake – Take Care

http://stereogum.com/890842/pastes-top-50-albums-of-2011/list/

Funny stuff. Those pasty folks love their Bon Iver more of course.

I'm not going to go to bat for Glover because let's face it, a large amount (if not all) of his rap persona is tied up in being as corny as humanly possible. I really like the "Bonfire" video, though.

I just remembered that his record features an ILM baiting line, "the only black guy at a Sufjan concert".

So tempted to liveblog this record, "my name's not Mumford, I ain't trying to have sons".

DO IT

http://media.prefixmag.com/site_media/uploads/images/post/c/childish-gambino/ChildishGambino-4_jpg_630x419_q85_jpg_630x419_q85.jpg

"my name's not Mumford, I ain't trying to have sons"

Hmm. Ready the guillotine.

The only rap-related albums I noticed in Paste website's recently released list of their fave 2011 albums:

35. Childish Gambino – Camp

48. Drake – Take Care

http://stereogum.com/890842/pastes-top-50-albums-of-2011/list/

Funny stuff. Those pasty folks love their Bon Iver more of course.

― Another Suburbanite, Wednesday, November 30, 2011 2:24 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Permalink

bon iver bangs harder than drake or gambino

this guy is complete horseshit

hi m@tt!!

dude is terrible, yes, and I am starting to regret impulse-buying his album in a fit of contrarianism... but he's still less annoying to me than Drake

I think the worst of both worlds is that two minute interlude thing on Camp where Glover does his best to channel Drake by singing over a string section while whining.

Love him on Community, listened to this once and couldn't get through it. First couple of tracks were alright but really I lost interest when I realised he wasn't attempting to be the new Will Smith.

hey hoos :)

I love the dude on Community and find his stand-up to be decent, but please lord do not cancel his show so he has more time for this.

My sentiments exactly. I really love him on Community so I wanted to like this, but it is just bad.

he's really hot and he's funny on community but he sux at rapping.

― furnace mane, Tuesday, November 29, 2011 8:47 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Permalink

Plus, he has all of the rape-y punchlines of Tyler, the Creator, except more obnoxious. Taking shots at some girl on Tumblr who called your use of rape jokes rape-y is NAGL.

^^ that's...disappointing to hear about

"that well-spoken token"

he's really really terrible but if there isn't already there's gonna be an infinite feedback loop of PEOPLE SAY I'M TERRIBLE, I'M GONNA RAP ABOUT IT -> man, this guy is fucking terrible -> PEOPLE SAY I'M TERRIBLE, I'M GONNA RAP ABOUT IT

i think the solution here is for everyone to stop watching/caring about COMMUNITY. i'm sorry, but it has to be done for the greater good of the nation.

wait he has a 75 on metacritic, he should stfu

if xxl says this about you -- Taken on the whole, Camp is full of top-tier lyricism, honesty, uncertainty and triumph. -- then you no longer get to complain about people telling you not to rap because you're a nerd or w/e

it's weird to me that for being a comedian, his music is incredibly humorless. like, i'm not saying he needs to be doing weird al shit, but his self-crucifixion complex is so off-putting. like, his music isn't even as funny as das racist, let alone, like, ludacris (at least when he was good)

is Childish Gambino the dumbest name for an mc yet

btw if u guys didn't know--he got "childish gambino" from an internet wu tang name generator

First couple of tracks were alright but really I lost interest when I realised he wasn't attempting to be the new Will Smith.

Will Smith don't gotta tumbl to sell records
Well I do
So fuck you and fuck your mouth too

he's really really terrible but if there isn't already there's gonna be an infinite feedback loop of PEOPLE SAY I'M TERRIBLE, I'M GONNA RAP ABOUT IT -> man, this guy is fucking terrible -> PEOPLE SAY I'M TERRIBLE, I'M GONNA RAP ABOUT IT

― v-shasty, Wednesday, November 30, 2011 10:59 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Permalink

have you noticed how every 5 star grammy-winning kanye west album is full of constant references to how people dare criticize him and try to stop his greatness?

i used to call childish gambino the new 'eddie murphy's music career' but on the real this shit isn't even as good as "party all the time"

at least kanye has been publicly vilified twice by people that like watch the view

"my name's not Mumford, I ain't trying to have sons"

Hmm. Ready the guillotine.

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, November 30, 2011 3:27 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Permalink

lol

seriously tho fuck this guy

Busy getting brain like Krang

cccccccummm in myyy mooooooouttttthhhhh

he gives me goosebumps...R.L. STINE!!!

strip off that caridgan im hard again like the last level of ninja gaiden
sd her name was jenny sd shed show me hers i showed her my emmy
late nite momofuku grab the last pork bun and done we won
the right to bare arms, gold charms, lace stockings
nerd rappers feast on asian girls and coriander hot wings

This nerd shit has to go, it's a disease. I think a lot of people feel this way, but they are scared to admit it. I'm not scared to admit it. I know I might disappoint a chosen few and lose some fans, but if that what it takes to get to the bigger cause, then I'm with it. I honestly feel in my heart, FUCK THIS NERD SHIT!!

just listening for the first time. awful.

kinda feels like the
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4mTTigqTSA
of rap to me

hold up forks doesn't like this dude?

i know you have a low opinion of my sense of taste kev but seriously come the fuck on

haha i'm just messing with u

ilx stands united on this one

i was totally getting incensed there btw

is Childish Gambino the dumbest name for an mc yet

― good webinar (ha ha I'm having a fantasy), Wednesday, 30 November 2011 23:05 (Yesterday) Bookmark Permalink

rip big pooh, heaven needed to wikipedia little brother every now and again to see what happened

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapper_Big_Pooh

wld have been terrific for the jimmy wales meme fyi

it's the having to put "Rapper" in front of the name that really makes it awful imo

late nite momofuku grab the last pork bun and done we won

i can get w this

haha well i mean

i go hard in the paint like i'm fucking on her menstrual

i'm a bit ashamed to say i knew this line from memory, this guy gets a lot of play in the chilli household

Delightful.

broken link

err

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16074-camp/

pullin no punches

all i want to do anymore is write fake childish gambino songs

who teh fuck cares

i care

that last paragraph is fire

ts: childish gambino v. mickey avalon

Now I actually want to hear his Pitchfork retorts because you just fuckin' know this guy's been waiting for them to review his shit for months.

i've never heard this guy's music or watched that show but the likelihood of me doing either after reading that review is now close to zero. a textbook hardsonning.

That review is really OTM

I would still rather listen to this than Dranke

(who is a German Drake impersonator)

i've never heard this guy's music or watched that show but the likelihood of me doing either after reading that review is now close to zero.

To be fair, his work on Community would give you absolutely no clue that he is also a terrible, rape-y rapper. I wouldn't condemn the show for his shitty vanity project.

rather listen to this than Dranke

― OH NOES, Friday, December 2, 2011 2:57 PM (33 minutes ago) Bookmark Permalink

(who is a German Drake impersonator)

― OH NOES, Friday, December 2, 2011 2:58 PM (32 minutes ago) Bookmark Permalink

ty for this joke

If we were out of sandbox, "Dranke, the German Drake Impersonator" would be my DN right now.

Not to start this conversation yet again, but Community is pretty dire as well.

the first line of that review is fire

"hashtag rap's tombstone"
man, i hope so

u guys know you can set DNs?

I do now.

i kinda wanted to give that review a standing ovation at my desk

finally, someone has the courage to stand up to the overwhelming musical force that is childish gambino.

http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/news/international/countriesandterritories/china/tiananmen-square/index.html

he's gotten good reviews and sold big numbers for someone on an indie label?

lol n/a, I thought for sure you were linking a negative review that was using Tiananmen Square as an analogy

the review was funny but dude is an "actor/rapper" with a stupid name that people have been mocking since he turned into a rapper. no one really likes his music. it's like zinging dr. morbius, it's kinda fun but too easy to be satisfying.

i guess, i don't know. he just sold 50,000 albums in one week, so some people like his music.

eh, I bought one of those copies and I don't really like his music

I'd honestly love to see the breakdown of that 50k in terms of how many people had been following his stuff via blogs and how many bought it because "oh, dude from Community. I'd hazard about 20% the former, 80% the latter.

DJ Quik sells 15k and this guy sells 50k :(

tbh I bought it, not because I expected to like it, but because I figured Community was getting cancelled after this year and I wanted to throw dude some royalties

basically n/a's point (if he actually has one) is that the review while, funny, was pointless because nobody actually cares about childish gambino or thinks that his music is good. i think there is ample evidence that both of those things are untrue.

I bought because my wife asked me to when she saw it was out, she hates it more than I do.

i don't have much of a point aside from the album's an easy target so pitchfork's zingy review doesn't seem like that big of a deal to me

also i will stubbornly and steadfastly insist that no one likes his music, despite any and all evidence to the contrary

^^ secretly likes childish gambino

tbh I bought it, not because I expected to like it, but because I figured Community was getting cancelled after this year and I wanted to throw dude some royalties

― OH NOES, Friday, December 2, 2011 5:58 PM (19 minutes ago) Bookmark Permalink

i literally couldn't imagine a sadder post unless it concluded with falling in love with a japanese body pillow

hahaha

loll

i kinda wanted to give that review a standing ovation at my desk

― upper mississippi 2: still shakin, Friday, December 2, 2011 12:22 PM (1 hour ago)

^^^

Now if dude who plays Abed had a 'comedy' 'record', I'd happily throw him some bones. Childish Shitbino is gonna be fine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ox3rf7cMnCw

never forget

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjZ0mG6BhYE

dude has a niche ready to fall back on

OH NOES

yo so like if someone - a friend of mine - liked this album kinda, this would definitely not be the thread to cop to that, right?

theoretically saying. of course.

lol

i do wanna contribute for real tho that we were watching his recent comedy central performance and it was very poor. some of the material was funny, and we laughed a couple times. but this guy wrote on one of the tightest, funniest sitcoms of the last bunch of years, and is hilarious acting on Community, but just could not consistently put it together on the stage and maybe p4k is onto something that he's very insecure bc he really just seemed to lack confidence and experience in the standup. very nervous seeming.

i'm very interested in hearing the WTF he recorded recently

I guess we should be thankful that there was a whole writing staff on 30 Rock and not just him.

tbh I have a good amount of empathy for him when he expresses frustration with disconnect between his experiences in "black" and "white" America since I've felt a lot of those some emotions and frustrations and it's not really something you're going to understand unless you've gone through something similar, but when he starts talking about "eating Oreos like the white girls that be blowin' me" I have to tap out

I haven't heard any of this dude's music, but the supposedly "terrible" lyrics that everyone is posting on this thread and in I.Co's P4k review seem kind of clever/funny IMO.

you should hear the delivery, it's not the greatest

DJ Quik sells 15k and this guy sells 50k :(
― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, December 2, 2011

qft

shocking developments today as a person who is not famous sells fewer albums than a person who is somewhat famous

oh cmon, you know exactly what the point is there and it's not that.

um, DJ Quik is pretty famous, arguably more famous with ppl who buy rap albums than Donald Glover

the real uncovered shocker here is "ppl who don't normally buy rap albums buy a terrible one"

I haven't heard any of this dude's music, but the supposedly "terrible" lyrics that everyone is posting on this thread and in I.Co's P4k review seem kind of clever/funny IMO.

I have only heard one of his songs via the radio and the beat was pretty annoying and I'm not gonna listen to anything else

but imo a lot of these lines are more clever than lines serious hiphop ppl quote as great

"ppl who don't normally buy rap albums buy a terrible one"

yeah this is the part I was befuddled by

I listened to this again and "Outside" is actually fine. Every other song has at least one "OH HELL NO *stops playback*" moment in it, though.

this albums looks like the musical equivalent of someone who says "LOL" in real life conversation

so... it looks like the musical equivalent of a teenager?

"ppl who don't normally buy rap albums buy a terrible one"

yeah this is the part I was befuddled by

― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, December 2, 2011 9:51 PM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Permalink

argh why would this be befuddling? people aren't buying this because it's a rap album they're buying it because they like donald glover

i have friends who literally dont ask me about any rap besides Childish Gambino

they're white btw

argh why would this be befuddling? people aren't buying this because it's a rap album they're buying it because they like donald glover

I dunno in my world of tumblr whites its sad that there are more people into Donald Glover (just in general) than there are DJ Quik I mean wtf

the lyrics are terrible. seriously, that casey anthony one? come on

iatee & jaymc smh

Also guys, speaking of terrible lines - for those of you that didn't read that OTHER Childish Gambino thread, this is real lyric of his:

"I said I want a full house / they said, 'you got it dude!'"

This is not clever by any means.

And I do think it's important that we continue to point out the creepy misogyny that is buried beneath this "aww shucks I'm just a nerd into pop culture" demeanor.

I think it's kinda clever! Intertextuality, man.

Prior to hearing this album I'd generally been a big fan of Glover via his television work, so I really was inclined to want to love this stuff, but its terrible on a couple different levels. I'd be willing to overlook some of these clunkers, but I still couldn't get past the weird obsession with Asian girls, the rape jokes, and the awful production.

I think there are def indefensible clunkers but there are also lines that are more clever than lots of hiphop lyrics

and I'm sorry but this guy did not invent creepy misogyny in rap music

how hard would it be for me to find a dj quik lyric w/ creepy misogyny

every version of ilx gets the odd future thread it deserves

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH2_HW7HVvE

iatee i think the main beef is that this is being sold in certain quarters as "different" and/or "better" than regular ol' hip-hop because it's being made by an overly self-aware nerd on a sitcom, despite the fact that plenty of rap has featured and does feature crappy rape jokes, crappy jokes in general, awful production, weird hyper-defensiveness over perceived status, dumb outfits, etc etc etc.

people I know post about childish gambino on facebook

people i know wrote ghostface lyrics in their ap chem textbooks

people i know quoted public enemy on the playground

i'm sure if we keep going someone will get to "people i know had rap sessions with gil scott heron on a stoop"

my first tape was the bartman

nancy cartwright flowed better than childish gambino

the wish anus prob does too tho

nancy cartwright didnt need grocery bags... WHOLE FOODS

this thread reminds about the diarrhea I got after eating a pork bun that I forgot to put in the fridge for a long time

strongo:

yeah I can dig that and like I said I have heard a total of 1 childish gambino songs and the beat/production was so awful that I can't imagine wanting to hear another. I do think that 'sitcom-watchers approve of this but not things exactly like this by people who aren't on a sitcom' is a fair critique.

but critics seem to be harping a little too much on the lyrics - which aren't flawless or anything but there's still some pretty clever things here and there and imo some of these lines might be quoted as great if they were by a goon-approved rapper. it's not that hard to find crass rhymes or dumb jokes in hiphop and I don't see a lot of hiphop reviews that cite every single dumb line on the album. people who hate this guy are holding him to another standard in the same way that people who like this guy are.

he's clearly a witty guy with a flair for wordplay, but that kind of thing requires different filters and different sensibilities for different contexts and artforms. being a 30 Rock writer doesn't qualify you to make a rap album anymore than being a dope rapper would qualify you to write a sitcom.

i think the question here is what is this guy bringing to the table? good lyricism? no, and btw, he's a comedian, so his jokes shouldn't be shit. is he bringing anything from a production or songwriting standpoint? no, obviously. is he bringing a new point of view? he wants you to believe that he is, but i think the pitchfork review outlines really well why, no, not even that is novel anymore, without begrudging black males that may identify with him.

and as far as holding his lyrics to a higher standard in terms of quoting them and stuff in reviews. his music trades totally on two things: his point of view and his punchlines. that's it. he's a joke writer at heart, not a musician. if you don't fuck with childish gambino's lyricism, then what is left? i could say that his punchlines hit at the same rate as 2 chainz or drake or lil wayne, but even if you don't dig those three guys lyrically, you can still often enjoy their music for other reasons, be it their collaborators or on a pure pop music level, or whatever.

he's like THIS close to being travie mccoy i just realized

oh i wouldn't go that far

gambino is at least interesting, travie mccoy is one of the most boring artists from basically any angle. at least listening to a gambino album would arise some emotion in me.

haha a friend of mine heard childish gambino on hot 97

i feel like hot 97 playing odd future and asap rocky has kinda dulled whatever it once meant to get played on hot 97

This record is better than Return of Bruno or 30 Seconds to Mars or Scarlett Johanssen's Tom Waits covers album or Dogstar, but not as good as Juliette and the Licks.

oh yeah that's just the latest in a long line of 'man what happened to you hot 97' anecdotes

i do wanna contribute for real tho that we were watching his recent comedy central performance and it was very poor. some of the material was funny, and we laughed a couple times. but this guy wrote on one of the tightest, funniest sitcoms of the last bunch of years, and is hilarious acting on Community, but just could not consistently put it together on the stage and maybe p4k is onto something that he's very insecure bc he really just seemed to lack confidence and experience in the standup. very nervous seeming.

― Mordy, Friday, 2 December 2011 20:27 (Yesterday) Bookmark Permalink

tbh I have a good amount of empathy for him when he expresses frustration with disconnect between his experiences in "black" and "white" America since I've felt a lot of those some emotions and frustrations and it's not really something you're going to understand unless you've gone through something similar, but when he starts talking about "eating Oreos like the white girls that be blowin' me" I have to tap out

― OH NOES, Friday, 2 December 2011 21:12 (Yesterday) Bookmark Permalink

Half his 2011 stand up was 'hey i'm black and like Obama'.

As a rap fan I don't care about bad jokes or to a lesser extent awkward mysogony if done well or 'appropriately' or 'in character' (none of these seem like the right term but i'm sure you get what I mean.) My big problem with Glover doing it is he presents himself as someone 'above' what 'stereotypical' 'gangsta' 'ignant' 'rap' 'music' to the point where he even has a song called Backpacker, again in 2011. You can't want to be Talib Kweli and make Odd Future rape jokes at the same time and not sound like a massive prick.

glover and aziz ansari are both gunning hard for my "hey i don't want to hear standup comedy about kanye west stfu and write jokes" award

and imo some of these lines might be quoted as great if they were by a goon-approved rapper.

as opposed to Donald Glover, who's just a goon in the sense he posted on the Something Awful forums back in the day.

community is straight garbage

basically, 100% of the people who bought his album (listened to it on npr, really) did so because of community, and 90% of those people think it's the best rap album of the decade because they understand all the words and they subconsciously convince themselves it's hilarious, because if they don't that's like betraying troy. this thread only exists because of brand loyalty.

actually i'm p certain this thread only exists for lols.

link to this thread w/ all his brand loyal hardcore fans? xp

lol dan

i mean the only reason he has enough of a profile to inspire a thread, if that wasn't clear

it's really a sad statement on how much smaller a piece of the entertainment pie music is than TV that someone can get an album almost into the top 10 on Billboard by being a supporting player on a sitcom with ratings so bad it's on the edge of cancellation on the last place network

cunga in with a bullet w/ that one

i do think you guys are underestimating how many ppl are checking for gambino the rapper -- i mean certainly his profile as an actor is why he even has a profile as a rapper in the first place, but it's very trendy, well-timed rap music. i think there are ppl out there smanging the replay button on gambino who don't really watch community.

i can take Whiney doing a full-on "i've never watched this but i'm going to talk about how terrible it is on 12 threads" Morbz routine with Community, i can take Forks taking time off from watching AutoTune The News to diss community, but Strongo man you're breaking my heart.

basically, 100% of the people who bought his album (listened to it on npr, really) posted on this thread did so because of community, and 90% of those people think it's the best a rap album of the decade because they understand all the words and they subconsciously convince themselves it hilarious exists, because if they don't that's like betraying troy. this thread only exists because of brand loyalty.

how'd i do?

i think the question here is what is this guy bringing to the table? good lyricism? no, and btw, he's a comedian, so his jokes shouldn't be shit. is he bringing anything from a production or songwriting standpoint? no, obviously. is he bringing a new point of view? he wants you to believe that he is, but i think the pitchfork review outlines really well why, no, not even that is novel anymore, without begrudging black males that may identify with him.

― v-shasty, Friday, December 2, 2011 9:37 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Permalink

and as far as holding his lyrics to a higher standard in terms of quoting them and stuff in reviews. his music trades totally on two things: his point of view and his punchlines. that's it. he's a joke writer at heart, not a musician. if you don't fuck with childish gambino's lyricism, then what is left? i could say that his punchlines hit at the same rate as 2 chainz or drake or lil wayne, but even if you don't dig those three guys lyrically, you can still often enjoy their music for other reasons, be it their collaborators or on a pure pop music level, or whatever.

― v-shasty, Friday, December 2, 2011 9:39 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Permalink

I think the second paragraph is all fair

but I just think a lot of these reviews are actually worse than the music I mean: ""No live shows because I can't find sponsors/ For the only black guy at a Sufjan concert." Bullshit. OK, look: I realize that there's a chance some kid will hear that line and feel validated, and you know, the last thing we need is an armchair cracker like myself relating contrary anecdotal evidence about the demographics at Sufjan Stevens' last concert." - I would rather listen to childish gambino that read more sentences like this.

also community isn't very funny, just to add to the challops

and to talk about Glover but not his music:

He reminds me of Robin Williams. With the right setting and dosage he's great but you need to rein him in to keep him from being a total ham. xpost

idk what to tell you iatee -- that's a cogent point about gambino's entire persona as an artist.

a cogent point about the author's entire persona as an armchair cracker maybe

i agree that DG is good reined in because he seems to work best as part of an ensemble and just kind of throwing his energy in there in small doses, but i don't see how that applies to Robin Williams, who has never been anything but the universe-devouring center of attention in every single moment of his career.

conversation overheard between two people setting up a campus event i was catering, one a grad student sweatervesty bearded dudebro, the other a professionally dressed lady in her 50s or 60s:

dude: *something about how npr isn't working on his iphone*
lady: *says nothing*
dude: Do you watch Community?
lady: No.
dude: Well the character Troy, the actor who plays him is a rapper and he just released an album on NPR, and it's like... amazing.
lady: Oh.

i don't know why i remember this so vividly, it just seemed like a perfect moment

a cogent point about the author's entire persona as an armchair cracker maybe

― Mordy, Friday, December 2, 2011 10:45 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

i don't know, i think it's worth pointing out that gambino's I LIKE INDIE MUSIC AND I RAP, I'M AN OUTSIDER shtick falls just a biiiit flat when one of the three biggest rappers in the world is out here sampling jamie xx, jai paul and sbtrkt

and one of the other biggest rappers in the world put bon iver all of his album

over*

yeah, it's kanye's shtick too!

xp i hate to think that DG is a negative variable, but yeah his best work was on 30 rock, community, derrick comedy, never the solo stuff. he seems like someone who needs to mature quite a bit before he tries standup again.

haha that's great, the kind of person who goes "oh ok so that show you've never seen THE GUY WHO PLAYS TROY IS..."

tbh, there's no possible donald glover being bad enough that would excuse a phrase like armchair cracker xxxp

otm

i have a standup snob thing, which i've meant to get into on the rolling comedy thread at some point, but my pet theory is that any comedic actor who kind of starts doing standup after they've had some success or fame just performing in or writing scripted comedy is not a true standup and their shit is usually wack in that environment even if they're generally funny and talented

like that old 'young comedians showcase' HBO special where John Candy hosts and does a few minutes of material before introducing the comics, i'm just like no dude, i love you but no, this is not you

"armchair cracker" is just a much funnier and snappier way of saying "i'm white btw"

I'm not sure if it's that having fame before standup means you're going to be bad at standup. I think it's more that standup is really its own discipline to such an extent that you need to practice and work really hard at it to get a level of comfort and to be successful on the stage. More likely that if you're already famous, you're not necessarily willing to put in that work -- or you'll sub in the stuff you're already comfortable with without developing the new skills. xp

i thought golvbino got 'discovered' at NYU doing stand up, or was it improv?

xpost Robin Williams has had moments where he's not "on" and being a scene stealer. And that's usually when he's in an ensemble as well.

Neither DG nor williams have have much restraint, they're always going for the home run comedy moment when sometimes it would've served them better to lay off the shtick. There's also the lapses into bad taste they both share.

Anyway, Derrick Comedy is DG's equivalent of Robin's early stand-up career, Community is his Mork and Mindy, and the next fifteen years of him dominating either movies or tv is going to be like Robin's run in the late 80s and 90s.

LOL @ the idea of donald glover "dominating either movies or TV"

adam brody is inescapable these days

"armchair cracker" is just a much funnier and snappier way of saying "i'm white btw"

I think the words "ian cohen" made "armchair cracker" or "i'm white btw" an unnecessary part of the pfork review

http://www.southernsavers.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Cracker-Barrel-Logo.jpg

how does henry rollins fit into all of this

ftr i do wish donald glover had gotten the spiderman role

Henry Rollins confronts Donald Glover about the use of the word Blipster in a NYC record shop xpost

album would've had a lot more semen jokes

xp

I'm not sure if it's that having fame before standup means you're going to be bad at standup. I think it's more that standup is really its own discipline to such an extent that you need to practice and work really hard at it to get a level of comfort and to be successful on the stage. More likely that if you're already famous, you're not necessarily willing to put in that work -- or you'll sub in the stuff you're already comfortable with without developing the new skills. xp

― Mordy, Friday, December 2, 2011 11:53 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Permalink

that's exactly what i meant fwiw, i just didn't want to type all that out

oh, yeah, otm then

plus it's also the refuge of guys who become comedy stars in TV or movies and then stop getting a lot of roles and realize they can make good money filling a comedy club any night of the week even if they're really not built for that line of work, which is how we get something like the Michael Richards debacle

LOL @ the idea of donald glover "dominating either movies or TV"

The second Community gets canceled he'd be offered his own show by FX and Comedy Central, probably network tv, and would get a first right of refusal for every single role that Aziz Ansari would get offered.

how many references to sister, sister does it to get to the center of donald glover

The second Community gets canceled he'd be offered his own show by FX and Comedy Central, probably network tv, and would get a first right of refusal for every single role that Aziz Ansari would get offered.

― Cunga, Friday, December 2, 2011 11:01 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark

i just

by proxy you're comparing the careers of robin williams and aziz ansari, which....

I get a little off-track, bear with me...

rereading this p4k article & wondering if maybe childish gambino doesn't lack self awareness per se but just isn't up to the minute on rap trends? i get the feeling that we're in a whineyesque bubble here, what was for the past two years a trickle of stereogum updates (Beyonce Ass Moved by Grizzly Bear Concert) has only really become a tide circa somewhere between mbdtf & take care. not sure how perceptible the trends ian cohen &c (myself incl) are distinctly aware of are on a macro/college campus level

i don't think that donald glover's awareness or unawareness of the growing intersection between rap and indie music has much to do w/ whether or not he succeeds in creating an outsider persona, unless you want to give him pity points for ignorance

i think the outsider persona is more palpable to other audiences, incl ones that share that ignorance. not that that isn't an audience who also share the horrible taste & sense of humour. but in the same way most people hearing Foster the People are unaware of indie dance pop trends of the past three years, probably fewer are aware that it's indie rock artist bon iver mumbling crap eight minutes into a kanye single, or know who lil b is aside from a guy who makes funny jokes about bitches wanting to have sex with him for improbable reasons. and i think the childish gambino persona is considerably more novel if you're not clued into these micro-narratives. not that you're not an asshole if you like this music--but it frames an argument about his Self Awareness around audience groups & the reviewer's nerd knowledge rather than the music itself

but Strongo man you're breaking my heart

lol sorry man. god knows i've put in my time trying to like it. and it's not as if you don't know i watch hella tv so this isn't some Hipster Shits on Something He's Never Seen from His Olympian Williamsburg HQ or some shit.

there's something about the rhythm of it that's off to me. i get the same vibe from parks and rec and happy endings and a lot of other current shows. the 30 rock rhythm on +8 or something.

relatedly/unrelatedly i fell really hard for the drake album while ilx was down

community has a fabulous rythm & density of jokes imo but i hate 30 rock and parks & rec

what, we don't like auto-tune the news around here

parks and rec makes me strangely angry, like i get really resentful that there arent any jokes [lazy childish gambino zing]

parks and rec makes me strangely angry because it's the third iteration of the office and i think we've all had enough at this point

community is television for people who frame their Mensa membership cards but still eat boogers

dying

lol

Shit like this makes my fucking skin crawl:

"If there was any doubt that Community was one of the smartest half-hour comedies to ever air on network television, allow us to enter this into evidence...."

http://www.wired.com/underwire/2011/11/community-beetlejuice-easter-egg/

Might as well replace "Community" with "xkcd" and "comedies" with "web comics" if that's your definition of smart. Oh, sigh, why couldn't Buñuel muster such droll commentary when he did Le Charme Discret de la Bourgeoisie?

An endless string of meta-commentary and audience-aggrandizing patter was so **SMART** when it was called <i>Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back</i>. Get bent.

you know we have a community thread

haha i prefer this guy to whiney

idg the using html tags thing

it's meta

And putting some imaginary line in the sand between this cutesy, hyper-pop-culturey, clever-qua-clever shitcom and the Twitter raps of Childish Gambino is like pretending Jackass didn't spawn the Steve-O rap album

discreet charm of the bbcode

what about arrested development, do you have a rant about that

I hear there's a movie coming out

http://skreened.com/render-product/e/w/a/ewawenekyfqmmowxcaax/ham-squad.american-apparel-unisex-fitted-tee.white.w760h760.jpg

arrested development sucked/sucks shit too, but i dont need to make longwinded hipster refs to express that.

i have to say the buñuel reference convinced me its not whiney

rereading this p4k article & wondering if maybe childish gambino doesn't lack self awareness per se but just isn't up to the minute on rap trends? i get the feeling that we're in a whineyesque bubble here, what was for the past two years a trickle of stereogum updates (Beyonce Ass Moved by Grizzly Bear Concert) has only really become a tide circa somewhere between mbdtf & take care. not sure how perceptible the trends ian cohen &c (myself incl) are distinctly aware of are on a macro/college campus level

― wil smif, Saturday, 3 December 2011 05:17 (33 minutes ago) Bookmark Permalink

well part of the problem is that he seems to have not been keeping up with rap trends for the past decade, or that because he is sooooo indie, he only has a handful of rap records and doesn't know what the shit his record should sound like in 2011.

nah come on the buñuel ref is classic whiney

"this seems highbrow enough to make my point, just hope no one actually calls me out on the specifics"

yeah theres fact that it doesnt make a tonne of sense in context but it seemed a v unwhiney ref idk

mostly i'm just lol'ing at the thou protestest too muchest from one of the four or five ilx posters with one of the most recognizable sentence-making styles of all-time.

buñuel more like poo-nuel

just occurred to me that a crispin glover would likely be as good a rapper as childish gambino, but danny glover would likely be better

/too old for this shit

btw, the last autotune the news skit was released in 2010; all the cool kids are dogpiling pompletune the mousse

forks just figured that i'd give you a heads up that i'm going to allow you to ridicule me for at least a year when the 9 minute riff raff sodmg youtube freestyle is on my 2011 p&j ballot

s'all good fam
you can take the kid off the blog but you can't take the blog out the kid

in many ways jordan, i like to think of myself as the jaz to your hova
the kool keith to your gambino as it were

smanging the replay button

lol is this the first youtube-comment-based meme on ilx?

i recognized Al in this thread instantly. it was pretty incredible. all for funny posts too

i have given up on the new display name thing because i feel so dense not being 100% sure who will smif or joey joe joe junior shabadoo is

i dont know will smif obv im d33j

oh ok

lol cld tell deej from a mile off

deej was somewhat obvious but not whiney-level undeniable

just occurred to me that a crispin glover would likely be as good a rapper as childish gambino, but danny glover would likely be better

idk have you heard "Auto Manipulator"?

http://www.mediafire.com/?n654nvvsps5w3rj

NB It's not a good song

Though I don't think it's trying to be.

i don't understand why this artist is apparently the only one people want to discuss in the sandbox?

258 new answers and every other thread is tumbleweed

because the only other ilx baiting record is by a dude already discussed to the point of having nothing interesting to say, whose record was made dull by eminem

feel free to start all the me'shell ndegeocello threads you want bro

that doesn't really answer the qn. why do you want to talk about this guy so much?

i started an entire r&b thread and no one posted in it!

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cGDnQULIYwk/Te8yg_hGkpI/AAAAAAAAAtU/L9ohMBPi8No/s1600/Bush%2Bconfused%2Ba%2Blittle.jpg

i don't even understand what joke that's meant to be

because he is a relevant comedian/entertainer/rapper/writer who is easy to lol at and is also on a tv show many of us like?

of course we know you hate comedy, so maybe you don't understand.

oh i didn't know he was on a tv show, i don't watch tv. not sure how to turn it on tbh. why do you want to lol at bad music instead of talking about good music?

kmt @ comedy obv. no one should try to be funny, ever

who's trollin whoooooooo...and who's bein trueeeeeeee

well not everyone can do it so well without trying like you (xpost)

lol

i'm being real! the last time i was in the house by myself and i wanted to turn the tv on, i ended up...having to watch x factor on a shitty internet stream :(

i'm being real! the last time i was in the house by myself and i wanted to turn the tv on, i ended up...having to watch x factor on a shitty internet stream :(

― lex pretend, Saturday, 3 December 2011 14:36 (1 minute ago) Bookmark Permalink

kinda lol, mostly sad

was even more sad when i first read it as x files

wait...is lex being straight-up about the comedy thing?

http://t1.ftcdn.net/jpg/00/04/91/62/400_F_4916255_j69IEjyQYzLtid954oUXC4rfltKomaSM.jpg

yeah a few months ago there was a whole revelation on some thread about lex being against the entire human pursuit of comedy

comedy is conceptually abhorrent to me

lmao

lex is right. why are we spending all this time talking about childish gambino when we could clearly talk about how insane lex is

i once dreamed of a career in comedy but i gave it up once i realized i could never create a character as funny as the lex

i'm not funny! i don't do funny

if you think you get to decide that then that probably explains the root of your problem

Is lex one of them indirect Neil Hamburger comedians

"it's funny because I probably know every hip-hop influence on that album" - a friend

so wait he's heard of obscure local chicago producer kayne west?

http://collegecandy.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/in-the-know-lead.jpg?w=600&h=360

so wait he's heard of obscure local chicago producer kayne west?

well tbf the implication was Kanye West and maybe something like KRS-One, or whatever has recently made a Pitchfork list.

KRS recently made a P4k list?????

Wow I am out of the loop.

"Alright, Gambino is a mastermind, fuck a bitch to pass the time
Mass Appeal, orange rind, smoke your green, I'm spendin' mine
The beat is witches brew, but beware this shit is potent
E. e. cummin' on her face, now that's poetry in motion
Yeah, Gambino make it work, I'm the boss move somethin'
Yeah, this cool fuckin' suits me, swag two button
Yeah, these girls be actin' crazy when they're dancin', Black Swan
I ain't fuckin' at the club, put your clothes back on
This beat is a disaster, 9/11 this track
Rappers wanna battle me, I have to mail their heads back
And my clique make that dinero, so it's time to meet the fuckers
I am runnin' this bitch, you are just a dog walker"

jesus I thought you guys were cherry picking the bad lines or something like ILX can do now and then, but holy jesus, this whole verse is almost Shaquille O'Neal level rap

this friend of mine said this was his favorite rap album of the year. like I have to seriously question the friendship now.

there are like 5 great lines there

name them, brave soul

i mean run this bitch/dog walker is fine but great?

1. Mass Appeal, orange rind, smoke your green, I'm spendin' mine
2. E. e. cummin' on her face, now that's poetry in motion
3. Yeah, this cool fuckin' suits me, swag two button
4. Yeah, these girls be actin' crazy when they're dancin', Black Swan
5. I am runnin' this bitch, you are just a dog walker"

Black Swan = generic hashtag Young Money tripe

EE cummin on her face = whose face? the beat's? Paul Barman-level one-line.

I think the bitch/dog walker one is eyerolly, the other two I don't mind.

paul barman is infinitely better than childish gambino

Mass Appeal, orange rind, smoke your green, I'm spendin' mine

wtf

9/11 this track is the worst.

nah it's not a patch on the casey anthony line

paul barman is infinitely better than childish gambino

+1

I'm not gonna pretend to be a srs hiphop person and maybe that's part of the reason I (/the rest of the tumblr whites community) approach this differently from the goon community, but pretty much my argument begins and ends w/ "imo...some of these lines are clever"

but they're not clever, they're really basic

and like actual rappers come up with funnier lines all day

I am more than willing to believe that whiney

Like if you want comedy rap, this is at least a step above like MC LARS HORRISHIT or whatever, but there's a whole school of MCs--Copywrite, High & Mighty, Apathy, Bumpy Knuckles, J-Zone, Celph Titled, Chino XL, even Joe Buddden--that do the constant hammering-away-at-punchlines thing. Sorry they're not ADORABLE and on NBC's Pomplamoose-comedy half-hour sitcom, Tumblr whites.

Seriously, any fan of this idiot download Copywrite's The High Exhaulted and get back at me

i was p into high and mighty and like, louis logic when i was in high school

i bet if i were in high school now id be into childish gambino

man it must be so cool to not be white or on the internet

lol @ me i think i was just excited to see someone mention high & mighty (xp)

I am runnin' this bitch, you are just a dog walker

this is actually the worst line of that verse. it is just so lazy and shit.

whineys community bashing itt getting me so defensive & emotional lol

let us never forget when he mentioned that he's seen a bunuel film

'god this is really boring but I can't wait to mention it online'

white tumblr's burden

'god this is really boring but I can't wait to mention it online'

The ILX company motto.

"E. e. cummin' on her face, now that's poetry in motion"

expressing appreciation of this is some shameful shit.

I will go on record as saying I like Shaq's rapping a lot better. There is at least some nostalgia factor at play.

i still want to know whose face he's talking about, since none of the lines preceding that specify a subject.

'your' face, I woulda understood.

tbh I have a good amount of empathy for him when he expresses frustration with disconnect between his experiences in "black" and "white" America since I've felt a lot of those some emotions and frustrations and it's not really something you're going to understand unless you've gone through something similar, but when he starts talking about "eating Oreos like the white girls that be blowin' me" I have to tap out

― OH NOES, Friday, December 2, 2011 1:12 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

^this^

yeah I think that one of the problems w/ the anti-gambino arguments ive read (which i more or less completely agree w/) is that they seem to dismiss the legitimacy of that perspective completely when it's not the rap game (per se) where 'weird' people of color who identify w/ CG might have it hard ... its HIGH SCHOOL.

of course, recognizing that he has a legit perspective & making worthwhile music are two angles that may or may not overlap

well part of the problem is that he seems to have not been keeping up with rap trends for the past decade, or that because he is sooooo indie, he only has a handful of rap records and doesn't know what the shit his record should sound like in 2011.

I have really been trying to let this go but I can't; fuck this abhorrent, disgusting viewpoint. Don't tell people what their shit is supposed to sound like.

i think most people here are totally fine with rap records with an insular or outdated aesthetic from people aren't tapped into 'what's popping in 2011' but if the lyrics are constantly positioning the artist as a breath of fresh air from what's mainstream right now then it kind of behooves the artist to know about what they're positioning themselves as an alternative to

it's like shitty alt-rock bands that were still all defensively "sorry we're not like LIMP BIZKIT" five years after bizkit's last hit

'but if the lyrics are constantly positioning the artist as a breath of fresh air'

surely the first rapper to try this

oh i make fun of other rappers that do this too -- drake sneering "A LOT OF Y'ALL SOUNDING LIKE LAST YEAR" over a 808s & heartbreak knockoff in 2009 was classic

Criticizing someone for acting like they are revolutionary when they sound exactly like everyone else around them is one thing; a hoy hoy's statement probably meant that, but it isn't what it actually said.

is 'what he is currently saying is not 100% true' really a tool w/ which you can critique rap music.

like if he was rapping about how his flow is pretty lol and he's bringing nothing new to the game and his punchlines aren't funny - would that improve this music

also, don't answer that

well he does rap about how people THINK he's wack like that

would it be okay with everyone if i just edit every message on this thread to "this dude sucks" and then lock thread?

^ thinks 'Texts from Bennett' is funny

Ok al's limp bizkit thing was more otm of what i was trying to say. But seriously, trying to act like some sort of refreshing voice and that you know more about the genre when you sound generic and dont know whut yr doing is just going to make you look like a twat.

i bet jon/via/chi would find Childish Gambino a refreshing voice in hip-hop

c'mon dude total out-of-context pointless picking on somebody who's not even here (probably BECAUSE he was feeling picked on, whether justified or not) is beyond the pale for even you

I owe him at least a dozen pointless attacks for all the times he was shitting on me in a place where I could rack up suggbans for responding to his dumb bullshit

"beyond the pale for even you"

A high and mighty stance from a dude who spent his Sunday poking deej with a stick

regional stick

deej was around to poke back, though (...)

like there was literally no reason to bring up jon in here other than your whole "everything i hate needs to be interconnected into a complex tapestry of stuff that sucks" way of life

i mean i'm waiting for you to tell me how i'm being like Salem right now

the dude who helped drive him off now playing white knight, what an awesome turn of events

if we can get 51 people to say 'ban whiney' will a mod enforce it?

1. ban whiney

i'm not whiney

1. ban whiney, also ban dealwithit.gif

lol @ this turn, is all I can say

You guys need to keep up with jaymc's detective work wrt sandbox names. I've been bagging on how much I hate Childish Gambino in two threads now. But glad to see someone wants to stick me up as the strawman for liking this feeb.

somebody who's not even here

― Mr. Stevensome #dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Monday, December 5, 2011 11:44 AM (25 minutes ago) Bookmark Permalink

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RFunvF0mDw

But, y'know, thanks for reminding me why I've fould ilx to be so unwelcoming lately.

http://www.petsfunky.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/funny-pictures-no-problem-dude-318ae2fade.jpg

who are you? xp

the dude who helped drive him off now playing white knight, what an awesome turn of events

― regional pug (dealwithit.gif), Monday, December 5, 2011 12:03 PM (17 minutes ago) Bookmark Permalink

he got mad about bon/voya/ge, i explained why it wasn't intended as a diss, afaict it was resolved.

hi jon/El Sandboxo! yeah i have no idea who anyone is obv, sorry i misspoke about you not being here but good to see you.

loooooool @ all this

cant you see this childish gambino is tearing us apart &c &c

Jesus I really don't want to have to rehash any of that again, but Mr. Stevensome #dude otm here.

Am I really like the posterboy for shitty rap? Or is this to be shrugged off as typical Whiney ish?

yes, shrug it off

yeah, i would not extrapolate whiney comments into any broader sentiment

for clarity can a mod change the thread title to "Childish Gambino + whiney cosplay thread", thx.

this is gonna wind up like some keyser soze shit where we all discover dealwithit.gif is really ned after real ilx is back up

"and...*flounce*...he's gone..."

your whole "everything i hate needs to be interconnected into a complex tapestry of stuff that sucks" way of life

― Mr. Stevensome #dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Monday, December 5, 2011 11:58 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Permalink

lol i do this too. who knew this thread would make me sympathetic with whiney?

'posts from weingarten' could be the next internet ventriloquism sensation

rip dave cool

Childish Gambino breaks us apart so we can join back together

btw, I tried to listen to this album again and had to bail halfway through track 4

no one answered my question

this a fun thread, nobody wants you to lock it

except for lex maybe, lol

although really I started it mostly for the amazing array of terrible pictures

i didn't really understand the 'let's lol at pictures of him.' i mean there's nothing really funny about the way he looks more than any nerdy blog rapper, really, and he's definitely not on a kanye level of embarrassing clothes.

if you can't laugh at this:

http://meatysauce.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/childish-gambino.jpg?w=510&h=382

I mean, I don't even know how you can not find this picture ridiculous and funny

i guess it just looks exactly like a picture i would've assumed existed long before i saw it, is all

i would lol at joel mchale giving him an akward fatherly "i really like the 'beat' on track 3" compliment though

Or is this to be shrugged off as typical Whiney ish?

― I left my login in El Sandboxo, Monday, 5 December 2011 17:24 (1 hour ago) Bookmark Permalink

only if done with a lazy zing abt tumblr dogs.

abed dudes knuckles are bigger than his head/

is that fat neil in the far right of the photo???

(no, it isn't)

Actualy for a split second I thought dude to the extreme left was noted ilxor gr8080.

I caught whatever the fuck this is from "the smartest show on tv" on my way to watching Parks and Rec

http://www.hulu.com/watch/308605/community-merry-chang-mas#s-p1-sr-i1

Seriously, this is like television for people who laugh at loud at Questionable Content cartoons and who's record collection is 80% Weird Al. What the living fuck is this shit.

i never want to watch tv again that was so fucking stupid, fuck

you missed the actual worst part of the episode where the childish gambino guy rapped

every cloud has a silver lining i guess

i'm trying to be "a nice guy" and stay out of the actual community thread with this stuff, but like i promise if i see one more thing like that, I'm busting in like kool-aid man

hit em with some flavor

you should totally come to the community thread since we're already making fun of you on there fwiw

getting mad at an in-jokey end credits gag is pretty funny, though. like if you judged the simpsons by one of those bits where chief wiggum is just talking over the credits.

xpost oh wow a bunch of They Might Be Giants fans making fun of the metalhead while they play with tangrams, i'm gonna be mad butthurt

*burnishes official metalhead badge*

i had to look up "burnish," i bet you're one of them

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GwhNLQvf5_g/TlrtP-oKyqI/AAAAAAAAAm0/yRi6envG4Vs/s1600/522392876_dabc560566_o.jpg

"xpost oh wow a bunch of They Might Be Giants fans making fun of the metalhead while they play with tangrams, i'm gonna be mad butthurt"

i love how when he's not personally hold algerian goalkeeper's head in the toilet suddenly he's the bullied metalhead

I don't get the tangrams diss, can someone explain

who the fuck knows, when whiney gets off on a 'dennis miller of williamsburg' riff no left field reference is too nonsensical

lol 'dennis miller of williamsburg' is kinda perfect

looool

I'm surprised whiney will look up 'burnish' but not read foucault

http://allfunnyquotations.com/assets/images/Dennis_Miller.gif

"listen, chichi, if i wanted tumblr on my television i'd ask the cloud rap producer who lives in my basement to rewire the living room ::hair flip:: A-HA!"

listen, jon via chichi

lol

can we have whiney rewrite that, in needs 4 more references

I've actually been working on a routine called "Andrew Dice Pitchfork"

The only joke I have so far is "My girl said she wanted me to be more experimental in bed... so I turned on Dirty Projectors and went to sleep, <i>oh!,</i>"

lmao

book deal

Was hoping to have it ready in time for sxsw... Prolly not gonna happen this year tho

oh wow a bunch of They Might Be Giants fans making fun of the metalhead while they play with tangrams, i'm gonna be mad butthurt

― boof troop (dealwithit.gif), Friday, December 9, 2011 8:09 PM (36 minutes ago) Bookmark

this is like sub comic book guy

Pretty LCD reference there dogg

whiney's bringin it itt i dont care what u say

that dirty projectors joke is a classic

getting mad at an in-jokey end credits gag is pretty funny, though. like if you judged the simpsons by one of those bits where chief wiggum is just talking over the credits.

― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Friday, December 9, 2011 9:08 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Permalink

this is like the dumbest argument ever because communiturds judge the show's very worth on how WTFBBQ META (am i blowing your mind yet) http://forgifs.com/gallery/d/123662-1/Reaction_ItalianSpiderman.gif META META the show can be, and I guess that doesn't translate to the hilar """"joke"""" of a dude screeching CHANG CHANG CHANG to carol of the bells?

http://quintessentialruminations.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/don-quixote.gif

hey while you're back can you explain the thing about tangrams

dude anyone who knows what tangrams are is a weiner and that's all i'll say

sometimes after a tough week i sit back and have a drink and reflect on life's simple pleasures, such as knowing that no matter what happens i'll probably always be happier and more secure than whiney.

oh man, listen to this from wikipedia

The Christmas-themed episode is a musical featuring original songs performed by cast members. After Greendale's glee club members become incapacitated, the study group are asked to join. Despite their dislike of the club, each of them are lured into joining after their vulnerabilities are exploited. The episode features multiple jokes at the expense of the television series Glee.

http://edge.ebaumsworld.com/picture/snacktrain24/i_frew_up.jpg

how many sbs did whiney dodge in this thread you think

most of the show is pretty trad character-driven sitcom stuff modeled after Cheers more than anything else, there are a decent number of 4th wall jokes but i don't feel like that's the thing people most like the show for.

actually if you ever decide to force yourself to sit through one full episode of the show i would recommend s2e5 since the whole thing is basically making fun of/criticizing charlie kaufman-style meta for meta's sake

doesn't whiney hate ows

most of the show is pretty trad character-driven sitcom stuff

the word is spelled "tard"

like it's literally insane that you're pretending as if 'referential' comedy is completely offensive to you on every level considering how you form every single joke you make

actually ship, I watched the entire first episode of Community

i think it's really funny that someone who hates this show so much has read all this stuff about it on the internet so he can bitch about the meta content. meanwhile i like this show well enough (it's one of three things on tv that my gf and i can agree on) and have literally never read anything about it other than the ilx thread and never understand the references unless someone irl explains them to me.

first ep was far from their best but i'm not gonna front like it's a 100% different show now or anything

good man

whiney how much time do you spend on the internet just curious

too much

the usefulness of disliking the internet, as a writer or as a listener etc.

i'm gonna go read the grunge book some more, peace fuckin out

whiney doing a valuable service itt
<3

While performing "Baby Boomer Santa", Troy and Abed recreate musical styles from the 1940s to 1980s, including performing "Dancing in the Dark" and Troy impersonating Bob Dylan.[1][5]

http://www.accidentalsexiness.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/wayans.jpg

oh there's star wars references in this one too, very fresh stuff!

is there a succinct word or phrase for when you don't interact with a piece of media directly, but you find pleasure in keeping tabs on it indirectly? like whiney itt, or like how i can't watch a republican debate without wanting to die inside but i'll read people live-blogging one with great enjoyment.

http://imgur.com/LAIsl

http://i.imgur.com/LAIsl.png

hahahaaaaa

http://i.imgur.com/vEqHN.png

thread got awesome again

whiney's hating of community for doing what the simpsons has made every show do, also on a christmas episode, is hilar

all christmas episodes of tv usually suck

Community's christmas episodes are awesome! the claymation one was a tad disappointing based on the hype, but the one with Anthony Michael Hall as the 'bully' was all time.

"MY LIFE is a gym!"

also the attempts to provoke Community fans itt are kinda hilar.

While performing "Baby Boomer Santa", Troy and Abed recreate musical styles from the 1940s to 1980s, including performing "Dancing in the Dark" and Troy impersonating Bob Dylan.[1][5]

this was one of the parts that was clearly making fun of Glee btw

i was in high school choir (lettered in it 3 times, lol nerd) and man if it weren't nothin like Glee. we had lots of criminals and future dropouts in choir my sophomore year. no bubbly people at all.

although the everybody having sex wth each other part def happened

SING OUT YOUR LUNGS WHERE I'M FROM, GLEE CLUB SON, AIN'T NOTHIN NICE

just saw this ep, it was p bad I thought

RONG

unless you mean bad like Michael Jackson

what's funny about whineys trolling itt isn't just that it's funny sometimes, it's the whole idea of a nerd flexing nuts because the stuff he's nerdy about is like more tuff or something. tho I guess dude IS the metalhead itt, so I dunno, I'm just gonna sit here humming tmbg songs while he reads a grunge book, furiously

i'm also a metalhead ftr

and the metal i listen to is more tr00

and has more bpm

well I like metal too but dude for real wgw already staked out a claim as the metalhead itt

isn't whiney a kevin smith fan?

'that's not how you make star wars jokes...*this* is how you make star wars jokes'

this ep was a little too much like actually watching glee

yes, whiney celebrates the whole kevin smith filmography

lol @ "reads a grunge book, furiously"

q: does anyone here think the amazingly bad community xmas bumper whiney posted is anything other than horrible?

the one where minor community characters sing "carol of the bells" using their catchphrases? can't believe anyone could muster up a stronger sentiment than "eh, dorky" tbh

Asian dude chanting "CHANG CHANG CHANG CHANG" doesn't seem at all off to you?

Not if you speak his Changuage

Um, i get the Senor Chang schtick. Is the joke that if you put a layer of irony on top of it, it's okay to be just a bit racist on national television?
Scratch that, I'm aware that's the case. i'm asking if it doesn't ring a little off to you.
I kinda dislike everything i've ever seen jeong in really; dude reminds me of jim carrey.

huh, it honestly didn't occur to me that him chanting "chang" could be construed as racist -- he's been doing the puns on his name for two seasons now

xp yeah you're right and most of their end of episode bumpers are terrible if not racist

if you're not familiar with the show at all, an asian dude chanting CHANG CHANG CHANG CHANG to the tune of carol of the bells might be conceivably misconstrued as racist, yes.

xp end of episode bumpers s1 & s2 were incredible!

dude reminds me of jim carrey.

― Dranke, the German Drake Impersonator (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 11 December 2011 05:56 (1 hour ago) Bookmark Permalink

ty for figuring out why i dont like him

I don't know about racist, but they have kinda ruined his character... in season one Chang was awesome, now he's just a painfully unfunny loser caricature.

if you're not familiar with the show at all, an asian dude chanting CHANG CHANG CHANG CHANG to the tune of carol of the bells might be conceivably misconstrued as racist, yes.

this is obviously true but chang jokes have so consistently not taken that angle that there's no ambiguity if you're even the slightest bit familiar with the show, so like who cares what ppl who watch parks & rec think?

and the metal i listen to is more tr00

― if you ain't gonna wash it, i ain't gonna eat it, Saturday, December 10, 2011 2:47 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Permalink

and has more bpm

― if you ain't gonna wash it, i ain't gonna eat it, Saturday, December 10, 2011 2:47 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Permalink

powerlolence

so like who cares what ppl who watch parks & rec think?

― wil smif, Sunday, December 11, 2011 2:56 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Permalink

then p bad scheduling on NBC's part imo

::stares blankly at camera, glances ruefully at unrequited love interest, smirks with satisfaction at the idea that other shows bother to actually write and tell jokes for their entire timeslot instead of filling half the time with meaningful looks::

::stares blankly at camera, glances ruefully at unrequited love interest, smirks with satisfaction at the idea that other shows bother to CHANG CHANG CHANG CHANG CHANG for their entire timeslot instead of filling half the time with meaningful looks::

you guys aren't seriously going to start bashing P&R in here are you? 'cause I'm not a community hater exactly but positing that P&R is inferior is nagl

P&R is ok but the only person i'm trolling is whiney, feel free to disregard

::stares blankly at camera, glances ruefully at unrequited love interest, smirks with satisfaction at the idea that other shows bother to CHANG CHANG CHANG CHANG CHANG for their entire timeslot instead of filling half the time with meaningful looks::

― boof troop (dealwithit.gif), Sunday, December 11, 2011 11:10 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Permalink

^ good post

::looks longingly at hoos and dealwithit, sighs, contemplates getting involved in a love triangle with both of them during the season finale::

p+r is so terrible, comedy for the sort of emotional cripples incapable of making small talk who still listen to the smiths in their 30s

p much

spot on

t/s: Community trolling vs. P&R trolling

Whatever happened to just not liking a show?

haha lamp basically outwhiney'd whiney there

like, that was incredible

wait i thought whiney liked p&r

::deletes long, self-loathing post abt the social types best representing fandom for various nbc sitcoms then makes ':/' face for inexplicable documentary crew, commits ritual seppuku over redundant modifiers::

no, i think you should do community now

like, that was incredible

― skrillex pretend (Mr. Stevenson #2), Sunday, December 11, 2011 2:36 PM (17 seconds ago) Bookmark

i like both shows; i want to find out who i am from the overlap

xp

iirc an emotional cripple with absolutely terrible taste in everything

/!\ALERT /!\ THIS IS NOT A TEST ... JP LOSMAN JUST COMPLETED A PASS IN THE NFL IN 2011 ... PLEASE SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY /!\ALERT /!\

LOL WHOOPS SORRY GUYS

lol @ butthurt jon tho, peace

lol no, I'm laughing at how long he probably spent composing that thrilling piece of troll-work

prob 35 seconds idk

Is Childish Gambino still a meme or has that died?

your "i'm gonna ask really dumb questions about music and then be like 'oh well idk music is stupid i don't listen to it' pose is really werd"

lolsman

y/n whiney's anti-intellectualism plays a role in why he loathes a show about people trying to better themselves academically

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071229203503AAEFqbA

oh my god - I think this image will literally cause whiney to physically disassociate into his component atoms

http://i.imgur.com/iYMAu.jpg

omg it's happening

http://blog.waiterontheway.biz/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/subway.jpg

harsh but fair

needs a trucker hat photoshopped in

haha I actually decided against trucker hat, but had considered it

no, i think you should do community now

enh whineys basically right that the main demo for community is the sort of mildly overweight office worker dudes who think theyre so much so smarter and edgier than their coworkers cuz they love mnstrm indie rock and finished a whole palahniuk book once. like the kind of dude who wrote a ~hilarious~ and ~scathing~ rant on facebook when he found via an av club review that ppl still release music on cassette and who sneeringly calls like, decemberists fans 'hipsters'

its still a sometimes funnie show tho, unlike p+r

whiney attacking the show on a demographic level is hilarious because the shows he DOES like are in the exact same tumblr whites demo.

which one has the best commercials

http://fuckyeahparksandrec.tumblr.com/

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071229203503AAEFqbA

― am0n shumpert (dayo), Sunday, December 11, 2011 4:05 PM (35 minutes ago) Bookmark Permalink

omg @ someone asking about "witch doctor" and getting aretha franklin as the answer

http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/parks+and+recreation

and finished a whole palahniuk book once.

as opposed to those real vanguards of culture who have read multiple palahniuk books?

lol

i think the suggestion is that palahniuk is avatar of a certain boringly predictable edginess, but that even that kind of edginess is a kind of edginess u can use as a marker to be all 'hey look at me being edgy from having read haunted'

for my part i prefer palahniuk's early work, and i also have a personal rule that any time i say that out loud i punch myself in the balls.

loooool

<3 hoos