Don’t get me wrong, got nothing against the guy or his success, but 90% of his schtick is trading off stories about his life.
First on SNL, much of his screentime was on Weekend Update talking about his life.
Then he came out with a movie, “King of Staten Island”, which was a lightly fictionalized story of his life.
Now comes a series called ‘Bupkis’, also a lightly fictionalized story of his life.
I mean, his life story is mildly interesting I guess, but all I needed to know I got from his SNL Weekend Update appearances:
Father was a fireman who tragically died during 9/11 when he was still just a kid. Grows up to become a young adult with mental / emotional and substance abuse issues who still lives with his mother. Somehow inexplicably gets an SNL slot despite little or no discernable comedic talent. Perhaps even more inexplicably, dates a string of very famous, very attractive women, to the delight of the tabloids.
Again, good for him, it’s just a bit of a head-scratcher to me.
Some morning radio gossip hosts were discussing the same thing this morning. They thought that for some reason he seems to be Lorne Michaels golden boy right now and these movies/shows are producers doing favors for Lorne to get in good with him.
He seems to be an easy-going guy who takes a nonchalant attitude towards his own fame, which actual famous chicks seem to find attractive. That and I hear he has a big wanker. I enjoyed his humor on SNL.
I’ve never heard him say anything that I thought was funny and I think anyone who has anything to do with the Kardashians is a douchebag. His friendship with John Mulaney makes me think less of Mulaney.
Whether that’s true or not, in order for that to work, you don’t have to have an interesting life—you have to be able to talk interestingly, and/or amusingly or relatably, about your life.
I liked him on SNL and thought he was mostly well-used on the show.
I think he’s endearing in his own bemused-at-his-own-fame kind of way, and when you combine that with his SNL fame and his string of super-hot dating partners, he’s pretty newsworthy as far as vapid celebrity news goes.
I think he’s able to leverage a lot of that into being able to do things like “King of Staten Island” and “Bupkis”.
Now as to why he’s so attractive to the women he’s dated, I have no idea. Probably something endearing and uncommon for a celebrity, if I had to guess.
