# Goodbye Talk Soup **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 11, 2002, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-talk-soup/108446 "2002-05-11T05:42:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2002, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-talk-soup/108446/1 "2002-05-11T05:42:14Z")
Over the years, I may have watched a few seconds or so of Talk Soup, but quickly changed the channel because I found it boring. But now, for about the past two months or so, I’ve been watching it regulary because of Aisha Tyler who I find extreamly funny. Now, in tonight’s show, I find out it’s the last. And here I was, looking forward to many more episodes ☹ . And since the show makes fun of currently aired talk shows, I doubt that they’ll show re-runs. Maybe I’ll have to start watching “The Fith Wheel”, once I find out what channel it’s on and what time it’s on. ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2002, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-talk-soup/108446/2 "2002-05-11T07:00:04Z")
I started watching when John Henson (?) was hosting and fell in love. The show really staggered after he went away first with an entire summer of guest hosts, then Hal Sparks. Hal is a funny guy, just not the right kind of funny for the show. Aisha Tyler was a breath of fresh air and really brought the show back. [sub]Besides if she wasn’t funny you could always stare at her boobs.[/sub] In any event, maybe it was the show’s time. It was damn funny though. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2002, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-talk-soup/108446/3 "2002-05-11T11:33:31Z")
I hope they show the episode where John Henson shows viewers just how much he loves fried chicken. ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2002, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-talk-soup/108446/4 "2002-05-11T15:09:45Z")
Hee hee hee Blue Sky! My favorite episode with John is one in which an audience member from some such talk show describes, in graphic, _graphic_ detail, how his penis (and scrotum) were mutilated. Not just pierced, mind you–he described how his penis had been **split down the middle** …that was brutal. Cut back to John. All you see are the soles of his shoes and the underside of his chair as he has presumably passed out. No words, no music, nothing–just the backs of his shoes for about a minute, the normal length of time it would take for him to comment and then lead in to what was coming next. Cut to (silent) promo, lead to commercial. _Damn_ that was funny stuff. Poor guy left the show, and in so doing killed the show–and from the looks of things, his career. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2002, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-talk-soup/108446/5 "2002-05-11T15:15:55Z")
I really liked that show, and I thought Aisha was great. I’ll miss it. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2002, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-talk-soup/108446/6 "2002-05-11T15:18:49Z")
While we’re talking about favorite past Talk Soup moments, I thought the skit with the pupets simulation…uhm, how do I say this and make it clean… breast humping…was a classic. This was an episode that was hosted by Aisha (Sorry Henson fans, but Aisha was my favorite). ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2002, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-talk-soup/108446/7 "2002-05-11T15:46:49Z")
Aisha Tyler is the female John Henson, only _much_ easier to look at. Their sense of humor are similar, and they have a similar sense of timing. Hal Sparks was a mistake, IMO. ::sigh:: Oh well… Once they moved it to 1am, I knew it was dead. ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2002, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-talk-soup/108446/8 "2002-05-11T15:50:18Z")
Can’t say I ever watched the shows with Aisha. Well, maybe one. There were just soooooooooo many guest hosts, and then Hal, and then guest hosts…I lost interest and gave up before she came along. (Although I do think I saw an episode or two with her, but just thought she was another guest host). ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2002, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-talk-soup/108446/9 "2002-05-11T16:45:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tranquilis \* > \*\*Aisha Tyler is the female John Henson, only _much_ easier to look at. Their sense of humor are similar, and they have a similar sense of timing. Hal Sparks was a mistake, IMO. > > ::sigh:: Oh well… Once they moved it to 1am, I knew it was dead. \*\* Yeah, I thought maybe with Aisha as host, they would move it to a better time slot. I guess what I liked most about Aisha, was her energy. She was so much more lively and animated than any of the other hosts or guest hosts I’ve seen (mind you, I haven’t seen to many, but from what I have seen, she was much more enerjectic) and the made the good jokes seem great, and even the bad jokes seemed funny when she told them. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2002, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-talk-soup/108446/10 "2002-05-11T16:46:58Z")
OOps, forgot to run the last message through the spell checker. ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2002, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-talk-soup/108446/11 "2002-05-11T16:53:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tranquilis \* > Aisha Tyler is the female John Henson, only **much** easier to look at. Well, yes, if you’re a guy. I did think John was quite cute. Not gorgeous, but I’ve always thought “gorgeous” guys (Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, etc.) are too feminine looking for my tastes. John was a cutie. 🙂 Aisha’s a babe, but being a heterosexual female, doesn’t have the same effect. Bring back skunk boy! (What’s become of him, anyway? His ABC series flopped, so…where is he now?) ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2002, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-talk-soup/108446/12 "2002-05-11T17:05:29Z")
Skunk Boy. That name sounds familiar. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2002, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-talk-soup/108446/13 "2002-05-11T18:33:51Z")
I just have to say that I can’t believe that there is a _Talk Soup_ thread with no mention of the _original_, one and only Soup Boy, Greg Kinnear. I was a soup fanatic back in the Kinnear days, and have followed his career ever since. I loved him in _Sabrina_ and _As Good As It Gets_, although I’m not sure that hosting a game show is a great career move. Skunk Boy (John Henson) was pretty good, but he was no Greg, and after that I guess I just lost interest. ☹ ( **Ruffian** - I found a site that said Henson was working on a script for Adam Sandler – I’m not sure how long ago that was.) My all time favorite soup gag was [reverb] **I, Randolph Mantooth, have spoken** [/reverb]. I also loved it when Dustin Hoffman showed up (after weeks of begging) to do a surrealistic doctor sketch. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7feea3/32.png) [@PatrickM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickM)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2002, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-talk-soup/108446/14 "2002-05-11T18:38:54Z")
I didn’t start really watching it until Aisha started hosting it and then E! buried the show by putting in on in the middle of the night. I loved her humor and snide little comments. ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2002, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-talk-soup/108446/15 "2002-05-11T19:32:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ruffian \* > \*\*John was a cutie. 🙂 Aisha’s a babe, but being a heterosexual female, doesn’t have the same effect. \*\* As an _extremely_ straight male, I’ll look at Aisha all day, thank you very much! Skunk Boy is a hoot, and he was a very worthy replacement for Greg Kinnear, but given a choice… I’ll vote with my glands. 😃 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2002, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-talk-soup/108446/16 "2002-05-11T22:04:22Z")
UGH UGH UGH…I’m in the minority here, apparently, but I HATE JOHN HENSON!!! I don’t know why, I just always found him incredibly annoying. ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2002, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-talk-soup/108446/17 "2002-05-11T22:21:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Guinastasia \* > \*\*UGH UGH UGH…I’m in the minority here, apparently, but I HATE JOHN HENSON!!! > > I don’t know why, I just always found him incredibly annoying. \*\* Me too. **Joel** and I didn’t have E! when Greg Kinnear was the host, and we _wouldn’t_ watch Talk Soup when John was the host. But Aisha was a hoot. (The time slot didn’t affect us _too_ much because, thanks to Dish Network and the Pacific time zone, it was on at the semi-reasonable hour of 10:00 PM.) ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-talk-soup/108446/18 "2002-05-12T01:30:36Z")
Yeah, and here I was hopeing that since Aisha was so good, that they’d move Talk Soup to a better time slot. With her I thought that things would be looking up for the show. Oh well. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-talk-soup/108446/19 "2002-05-12T20:27:39Z")
Stopped watching it when they put that skunk head idiot on. Huge step down from the K-man. Look in the dictionary under “unfunny” and there’s a picture of Henson.