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February 16, 2008
Odds Are Stantis Still Says "WAZZUP" Too
TODAY'S ATTEMPT AT BEING "HIP"
You know how when you go to some big party and there are lots of people you've never met before there's always this one guy who thinks he's funny because he makes references to stuff from ten years ago, even though most of them aren't even right or funny?
Scott Stantis is that guy.
If not for the first panel this strip could have been written in the late 90s. After Carmen gives the first names of some of the presidential candidates that have dropped out (poor Tom Tancredo gets no love), Winslow hits us with a lame, dated, unfunny quip about the Wayans Brothers.
You remember them, right? Keenan Ivory, the oldest one, his younger brother Damon, etc.? They were huge in the 90s.
Reminder: it's 2008.
But wait there's more. When Carmen educates Winslow (because he doesn't even know who he's been running against in the campaign), he drops this "totally rad" line about how now the Wayans Brothers can continue work on their movie...wait for it..."Booty Call 4: The Clinton Diaries."
Yup, Stantis is STILL making jokes about Bill Clinton's penis. He really needs to see a professional about this obsession of his.
But then there's this whole Booty Call thing. I know it's a cheap laugh - "booty call" is one of those goofy things people used to say to be funny. You know, a decade ago. And since there was once a movie with that title, Stantis went back to the last time he went to the movies apparently for this hip, too-cool-for-the-room reference (it came out in 1997, btw).
Couple problems. There was only one Booty Call movie, which should have told Stantis that it wasn't popular enough for people to still remember. That's why most comedians go with a riff on "Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo" when they reference movie sequels.
The other bigger problem: the Wayans Brothers didn't have anything to do with "Booty Call." It was Jamie Foxx and Tommy Davidson. While they were a part of the "In Living Color" cast with the Wayans family, they are not, in fact, Wayans Brothers.
Is this another case of the Racist Scott Stantis letting his true colors show and that to him "they all look alike?" Or was he just so damn lazy he slapped together this stupid strip and didn't bother to figure out if it made any sense?
Probably both. We all know Stantis is a proud racist. And we also know he's incredibly lazy. Add in his slobbering over Bill Clinton's penis and in an odd, depressing way this is a perfect ending to one of the worst Prickly City storylines ever.
Comments
Next week: Winston says "Whoomp! There it is!"
Posted by: Annie at February 16, 2008 01:10 PM
Who let the dogs out?
Posted by: John at February 16, 2008 02:09 PM
