Kids in the Hall -- a thread for your indifference if you have it (or if you don't, that's cool too)

SMOKIN ON A NIGHT TRAIN! CHEWIN ON A JELLY ROLLL!!!

KITH was purely hit and miss, to me. Best when I was around 13-15. After that, it got sucked from late night TV, so I never got a chance to get bored with it. Guess tis the cult status that keeps people at the shrine, Ned.

Yeah, but see, YOU doing it would be absolutely fucking hilarious!

As for the show itself, meh...its never panned out to be something I want to watch. It was always funnier in college talking about Hitler f*cking a donkey than actually watching the skit.

As for The State...its never been something that really got at all. People tell me its funny, but I've just had to trust them.

Also, the thing that's really sticking out is that even though most of their sketches have at least one really great idea in them, they are so terrible with ending sketches that it's, well, it's not almost funny, but it's reminiscent of things that are almost funny. Combine that with the "it's the end of the scene and so suddenly, for no clear reason, the audience will start bursting with applause"... A lot of it comes off as clunky.

I'm nowhere near as passionate on the matter! More bemused.

As for the State, I think it was more patchy, but these are the things that justify its existence in my mind:

--"Doug, do you even know who Bob Dylan is?"

"Yeah, he's some guy who died of drugs."

"He's not dead. I produced his last three albums."

"Oh. You mean uncle Robert?"

(haha, when I googled this to quote it, the first result was an ILX post)

--the dancing hormones sketch!!

--Wet Hot American Summer

KitH: wanted to like it more than I ever did. I mean it's no Mr. Show.

I downloaded a bunch of kids skits yesterday, and think you are all nuts. Sure it could be uneven, not every moment of 5 years or so is going to be golden, but in general, it was more risque, more hip, more insightful and just more smart then most other skit shows have been.

The Buddy Cole bits did get really old, admittedly.

(x-post, agreed)

STRIKE ONE: I wasnt paying attention
STRIKE TWO: It had attitude

Ha ha, Ned, your thread has become ANOTHER let's quote the Kids in the Hall thread!

well you know you're going to hell so....

I command me to BURN. (In bad photoshop style.)

can't wait

Here's an abbreviated version of the Scott Thompson interview from earlier this year.

sounds great

KITH version of Twin Peaks sounds awesome

the KITH guys all seem like cool dudes, and a lot of the sketches are...smart? but I never understood where the lols came from

I'm actually more entertained by them when people actually describe certain bits to me instead = otm

This is one of the things I really appreciate about them, though. They never felt compelled to always bring the lols. They tried some weird shit, and sometimes it was almost like a dramatic sketch show that was incidentally funny. More sketch troupes/shows could learn a few things from this formula.

Scott Thompson: cancer :-/

http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/12/04/scott-free/?loc=interstitialskip

!!! aw fuck

first Dio, now this

at least it sounds like he's mostly through it. :/

agreed

“Did you see my puzzle?” he asks, pointing to a completed jigsaw of hockey star Saku Koivu over on his dining room table. “I know it’s embarrassing, but I’m going to mount it. We had the exact same cancer. He came back and played great hockey. I find that incredibly inspiring."

This is so sweet and sad and Canadian.

I hope Bruce apologized

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/c78840cb55/kids-in-the-hall-death-comes-to-town

yay!

awesome

Not enough Kevin and Dave in that trailer! Looks like it could maybe be a little lame, but I'm still looking hella forward to it.

Much love to Scott and I hope he continues to recover. I'm sure I've said as much somewhere upthread, but the Kids are one of my favorite groups of entertainers ever. Much, much love.

lol @ Bruce in fatsuit

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/c78840cb55/kids-in-the-hall-death-comes-to-town

― omar little, Monday, 7 December 2009 19:08 (7 minutes ago)

I am ready for this.

I hope Bruce apologized

― unobtaintium (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, December 7, 2009 1:25 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

http://blogs.smh.com.au/mashup/images/applause.gif

CAR FUCKERS!

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/41f325e282/new-never-before-seen-kids-in-the-hall-car-fuckers-from-kids-in-the-hall?rel=auto_related&rel_pos=3

Danny Husk graphic novel in the works! Written by Scott.

Whaaaaaat? That's amazing (hopefully)!

Husk Musk

Great, long interview with Kevin, about most everything he's every done ---> "If you’re a comedy nerd these are interesting stories, I think."

i love how he's kinda like his awkward characters IRL

The first 2 episodes of Death Comes to Town aired last night on IFC. I just happened to see it there when browsing the 500 channels on my Direct TV. I don't know if they will repeat the first two episodes but I have the rest of them set to tape on my series manager

I was regretting not having IFC until I read Eric H's pan of it.

(but then, him and comedy)

watched the first 2 eps of Death Comes to Town - pretty good, but not a lotta lols. seems like mostly set-up...? altho Bruce-as-hockey-player ass-fucking the french prostitute on the ice while jumping up and down holding bricks in his hands was funny

I guess Bezos and his billions have put a few bucks into the Canadian economy.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E2VPR7dWYAUTIDp?format=jpg&name=large

Who cares about James Bond when you got Buddy and the gang.

Kind of curious and hopeful to see how it turns out.

THE SHOW YOUR GRANDPARENTS WOULDN’T LET YOUR PARENTS WATCH IS BACK!
Filming has begun on The Kids in the Hall’s 8-episode Amazon Original series in Toronto. Below is photographic proof that we can still occupy the same physical space. #wereback #kidsinthehall @PrimeVideoCA pic.twitter.com/2eFFYYnzQ0

— Dave Foley (@DaveSFoley) May 26, 2021

Yeah, so stoked, since the live shows "Death Comes to Town" have been really good.

live shows *and*

Dang, wish this wasn't on Amazon

http://www.thewayofthepirates.com/images/thewayofthepirates/picture-of-flag-of-pirate-jack-rackham.jpg

Was not crazy about Death Comes to town.

Wow had no idea about this. Seeing them live in 2014 was a treat, I could see this being good

I cannot reconcile KITH Mark McKinney with goofy dork Glenn Sturgis Mark McKinney in Superstore. How are they the same person!

I'm optimistic about this because they still have tons of ideas in them. Saw solo shows by Kevin, Scott and Bruce over the past 4 or 5 years and they were all fresh as ever. Scott and Bruce did scripted monologues of course but Kevin's show was nuts - surreal, improvised sketches with a bunch of young comedians he only met that day. There is no need for someone of his experience and reputation go out on a limb like that but he still obviously enjoys performing on the edge.

I cannot reconcile KITH Mark McKinney with goofy dork Glenn Sturgis Mark McKinney in Superstore. How are they the same person!

It is kind of amazing that he so often played the alpha male CEO type characters on KITH. But have you all seen Slings & Arrows? I feel like his character on that show is a bridge between KITH and Glenn (also it's just a good show). There is something genuinely abject about Glenn, especially in the earlier seasons, that reminds me of KITH though

mckinney was always the best "actor" of the troupe imo

Dave Foley is great in his two cameos in 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' as the principal that hires Charlie.

I think the world has moved on enough, that just revisiting some of the characters in 2021 should be good. C'mon I'm sure Buddy has a whole heck of a lot to say alone. The board room sketches "but first the hookers"... The Kathys...

ERADICATOR

BOBBY TERRENCE

ROD TORFULSON'S ARMADA FEATURING HERMAN MENDERCHUK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zm2rAjmH_JQ

Old Gavin looks disturbing.

They were pretty great at the live show I saw some time back. Not expecting heyday-level quality for these new episodes but I'm still excited

love the gag of them still being in the grave from 1995