Comedy writing, bitching, and crying from the Gentile Golem, founder of Ron Mexico Productions. E-mail this blog to your stupid friends. Now.
Friday, November 20, 2009
Moldy Bagels Episode One (Part Three)
And here we reach the third and final section of the show. The first bit with Mr. Happy on the phone getting kinda sucks. The writing is weak, and I lied before when I said that none of the episode is cringe-worthy, because this part definitely fits the bill. I didn't think it would be painfully obvious at the time I was filming, but I was wrong, because it's really blatant that I'm reading from a script in my lap. I thought it wouldn't be a problem since my eyes go all over the place, but they fixate on my crotch long enough and often enough that the reading is unmistakable.
The bit where I bring out the chart to document my laziness (And the measurement is accurate. Just look at how often I update this blog) is fun although it runs longer than I'd like. My real regret here is how stupid I look for making the joke about Cincinnati sports teams. The Reds are still one of the worst teams in baseball, but this was clearly a bad time to make this joke since as I write this the Bengals are 7-2 with a two-game division lead, and the University of Cincinnati Bearcats football team is more than likely on its way to a BCS bowl. At least I didn't fuck up the continuity with the insert shots.
I wanted to finish strong so I ended with the Boardwalk Hotel sketch. I didn't realize that my head is clearly visible in the bottom right corner of the first shot of the hat, but I'm not sweating it. I always thought this was the second or third best Ron Mexico sketch I made, so I opted to bust it out here. This is the third time I've done this sketch, so anything I'd have to say about it I've already said two years ago. I guess I'll just end by saying that my girlfriend throws a pretty damn accurate hat. The credits show her missing the first four or five times, but the thing was so fucking light and floaty that it's a miracle we got that shot so fast.
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