Jumping the Shark?
What seemed to start off as the exploitation of an idiot has turned into a sad parody of itself. Wether it was fake from the start, I'm not sure, but now it's definate. Karl is blatantly scrounging for dumb material, while being obviously set up left and right for his jokes. The Video podcasts are eery in how scripted they feel. Karl suddenly doesn't care that he's considered an idiot and tortured by his buddies, and be sure to buy my new book seems to be the main theme. It's as if Ricky really was David Brent. I get embarassed watching it. They took a good thing, and once they decided to try and make money on it, it seemed to fall apart. In the end the book will sell well, ricky will get his money, and Karl will be left a washed up parody of himself.Read full review »
Crawlspacer via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 06/07/06
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