# The Man Show **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 16, 2000, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-show/14843 "2000-03-16T04:56:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Babar714](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@Babar714](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babar714)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2000, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-show/14843/1 "2000-03-16T04:56:00Z")
Call me a pig, but I love Girls Jumping on Trampalines! May just be my panty fetish, but you gotta love the Juggies jumping on a trampaline. Does anyone else watch TMS just to see the end credits? ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2000, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-show/14843/2 "2000-03-16T05:09:00Z")
What else could you watch it for. Maybe it’s me, but I just don’t think it’s funny. ---
**Author:** ![Lexicon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ac8455/32.png) [@Lexicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lexicon)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2000, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-show/14843/3 "2000-03-16T05:14:00Z")
[qutoe] Does anyone else watch TMS just to see the end credits? [/quote] Well, I like to watch it whenever I get the chance. And the whole thing, IMHO, is funny as hell. I laugh my ass off every time. I love that show. Whoops! My hairy back is showing. * * * “Winners never quit and quitters never win, but those who never win and never quit are idiots.” ---
**Author:** ![Lexicon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ac8455/32.png) [@Lexicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lexicon)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2000, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-show/14843/4 "2000-03-16T05:15:00Z")
D’oh! ---
**Author:** ![dwtno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@dwtno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwtno)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2000, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-show/14843/5 "2000-03-16T06:31:00Z")
I have no problem with the concept of _The Man Show_ it’s just not as funny as it should be. Sometimes the bits hit their mark, but usually I think, “Wow, that might have been funny if they had clever writers.” ---
**Author:** ![Babar714](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@Babar714](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babar714)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2000, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-show/14843/6 "2000-03-16T06:40:00Z")
Thus the girls jumping on trampalines. I fucking love you, Jimmy Kimmel! ---
**Author:** ![Lexicon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ac8455/32.png) [@Lexicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lexicon)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2000, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-show/14843/7 "2000-03-16T06:54:00Z")
Don’t forget Adam Corolla(sp?). I didn’t think that guy could get any funnier than on love-line, but I was wrong. * * * “Winners never quit and quitters never win, but those who never win and never quit are idiots.” ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2000, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-show/14843/8 "2000-03-16T14:18:00Z")
Now, what’s the deal with this guy who downs the beer? Still haven’t figured that one out. ---
**Author:** ![Cheese\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cheese\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheese_Head)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2000, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-show/14843/9 "2000-03-16T16:38:00Z")
I watch it. Some of the skits are boring or disgusting, but most of it I like. What ever happened to the Happy Hour show with the Zappa boys? That was good, too, but it looks like it was cancelled after one season. ---
**Author:** ![Atrael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Atrael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atrael)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2000, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-show/14843/10 "2000-03-16T17:07:00Z")
I don’t really like the Man Show…I much prefer the “X” Show on FX network ---
**Author:** ![Minxsmom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d07c76/32.png) [@Minxsmom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Minxsmom)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2000, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-show/14843/11 "2000-03-16T20:33:00Z")
The Man Show is better than the X Show, IMHO - but I’m a girl, so what do I know about those kinds of things. I don’t usually watch it, but two or three weeks ago they did ‘The Woman Show’ and made fun of all those Home and Garden/Craft shows. I am a big fan of those shows so I didn’t really want to watch Jimmy and Adam spoofing them, but my boyfriend made me. It was really, really funny and very clever. They should do _that_ more often. * * * Princess of the Time and Space Continuum since 1969 (upgraded to Goddess 01/07/00) _Senior S.S.D.A., SDMB Self-Righteous Clique_ **=^…^=** ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2000, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-show/14843/12 "2000-03-16T20:44:00Z")
I don’t know, maybe it’s the fact that I was raised by an ardent feminist mother, and a father who let me know constantly that I was never to take shit for being a woman, but I find it increadibly offensive. I think referring to women as Juggies isn’t funny, when I deal with men assuming I am set of breasts with a head attached every day. If you substituted all the misogynist slurs in that show (and The X Show) with racial slurs, it would be pulled off the air immediately. Parody my ass. However, I’m an ACLU type: if we want our freedom of expression intact, we have to let EVERYONE have it. But that doesn’t mean I commend it. * * * DON PEDRO: Your silence most offends me, and to be merry best becomes you; for, out of question, you were born in a merry hour. BEATRICE: No, sure, my lord, my mother cried; but then there was a star danced, and under that was I born. -Much Ado About Nothing, Act II, Sc: i ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2000, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-show/14843/13 "2000-03-16T20:45:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Now, what’s the deal with this guy who downs the beer? I forget his name, but he used to be a fixture in a Westwood bar called the Fox Inn (near UCLA), where he regaled frat boys with ribald drinking songs and his upside-down chugging prowess. * * * TT “It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.” –James Thurber ---
**Author:** ![Babar714](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@Babar714](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babar714)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2000, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-show/14843/14 "2000-03-16T22:37:00Z")
His name is Fox, or The Fox. He’s supposedly the fastest beer drinker in the world. ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2000, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-show/14843/15 "2000-03-16T22:59:00Z")
I was raised in a feminist household too. Personally, I think _The Man Show_ is a riot. It’s a parody. The hosts don’t take it seriously–why should I? My favorite part is _Household Hints From Adult Film Stars._ Wow, what a great recipe for juice pops! 😉 * * * This space blank, until Wally thinks up something cool to put here. ---
**Author:** ![M2Lepton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ccd318/32.png) [@M2Lepton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/M2Lepton)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2000, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-show/14843/16 "2000-03-16T23:05:00Z")
The man show sucks! I saw it a few days ago. ---
**Author:** ![MadPoet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8c91f0/32.png) [@MadPoet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadPoet)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2000, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-show/14843/17 "2000-03-17T21:50:00Z")
The man show is hilarious, but some of the bits fall flat. The overweight baby just annoys me every time it comes on… but Household Tips From Adult Movie Stars more than makes up for it. And who can forget Doodie Loads or Shotgun Beer (The beer with two pull tabs!)? The X Show on the other hand is 4 of the most effeminate guys I’ve ever seen trying to tell people how to be “Real Men”. However, they do have better women on the X Show… so I guess I don’t mind it. Just would rather get my manly advice from Adam. * * * [http://www.madpoet.com](http://www.madpoet.com) Please hit Ctrl-A I hit Ctrl. Now what, eh? Damn Canadians.