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<blockquote data-quote="arscott" data-source="post: 5251754" data-attributes="member: 17969">If it was comic jackassery, It might actually be watchable.&nbsp; But at least in the episodes I watched, the comedy mostly fell flat.The problem is that Tosh treats the videos he mocks as though they were real-life events, when they're obviously performances--he's essentially mocking actors for the stupidity of the characters they play.This was made especially clear in an interview segment I watched.&nbsp; Tosh was interviewing this kid who'd made some squeaky voice video.&nbsp; It's clear that Tosh expects this kid use his squeaky voice during the interview, or otherwise do something stupid that he can mock.&nbsp; But when the kid turns out to be an intelligent person who is fully aware of how silly he was being in his video, Tosh is at a loss--and winds up sounding like a moron.In short, Tosh doesn't really 'get' internet videos.&nbsp; And because he doesn't 'get' them, the jokes he makes about them just don't work.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="arscott, post: 5251754, member: 17969"] If it was [I]comic[/I] jackassery, It might actually be watchable. But at least in the episodes I watched, the comedy mostly fell flat. The problem is that Tosh treats the videos he mocks as though they were real-life events, when they're obviously performances--he's essentially mocking actors for the stupidity of the characters they play. This was made especially clear in an interview segment I watched. Tosh was interviewing this kid who'd made some squeaky voice video. It's clear that Tosh expects this kid use his squeaky voice during the interview, or otherwise do something stupid that he can mock. But when the kid turns out to be an intelligent person who is fully aware of how silly he was being in his video, Tosh is at a loss--and winds up sounding like a moron. In short, Tosh doesn't really 'get' internet videos. And because he doesn't 'get' them, the jokes he makes about them just don't work. [/QUOTE]

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