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  • TUESDAY JULY 17 2007 8:00 PM

9 People On TV I’d Like To Hit With a Shovel



And I’ll show you the shovel. A pretty easy concept to wrap your head around. I’m ignoring “fish in a barrel” types like Rosie O’Donnell, Jay Leno, Simon Cowell, John Belushi, Carlos Mencia, etc. and they're not listed in any particular order. Feel free to add more.


9) Jimmy Fallon- Apparently he’s taking over "Late Night" for Conan O'Brien in '08. A talk show. That’s right, the premise of the show is… Jimmy Fallon… talking. I’m pretty sure I could work up the anger to punch him while on ecstasy.

I chose a nice, sturdy-looking shovel for him. Solid construction, easy-grip handle... I anticipate a nice loud "gong" on impact.



8) Stan Lee- "Who Wants To Be a Superhero? C’mon, man, you're a god. You created the Fantastic Four, you’re better than this. Average slobs clad in repurposed workout gear does not a super-hero make. ‘Nuff Said.

I picked out a plastic scooped, gravel shovel. More of a mercy shot, just hard enough to knock him out so he can be taken some place far away from ill-advised basic cable trainwrecks.



7) Bam Margera- When does “fucking with your parents” stop being funny? I mean, start. Whoa, there are goats in the living room! Now there’s a spaceship in our bedroom! Now there’s a-- Zzzzzz... This mascara’d douchebag is the absolute definition of unamusing. His MTV show actually opens with a VO guy asking. “What will Bam do next?” Bam answers “Anything I want.” 11 year-olds everywhere flip off their parents, and go about the task of cleaning their rooms.

A short, squat, uninteresting tool. I'd have trouble telling them apart, but I'd grab the one closest to me and use it on the other. Mercilessly.



6) Isaiah Washington- For being a huge, whiny baby. Denying. Admitting, Begging forgiveness. Denying again. Complaining. That’s a great way to spend six months.

An aluminum show shovel. Not much damage, I'm guessing. More of an umcomfortable slap.



5) The asian contestant from Top Chef- I’m not looking his name up. He is atrocious. Ironically, his personality is the one thing wretched enough to render his glorious-looking food inedible. He should serve people through a plastic bubble.

A child's toy shovel. I'd slap him around with it, then insult him by using it to eat his food.



4) Mark Mcgrath from "Extra"- Or is it Access Hollywood? Congrats, you found a job more embarrassing than being in Sugar Ray. (I'm not proud.) And you seem really excited about shitty movies. Good for you. I wonder if you dream about saying, "Back to you, Dana."?

This appears to be some kind of post-hole digger. I'd bean him right over the head with it.



3) The Dos Equis beer-spawned, "Most Interesting Man in the World- "Hey, maybe no one will notice if we rip-off all those 'Chuck Norris facts' that were so popular on the internet a few years ago. We can even have a guy with a husky voice list all the manly atributes! It'll be really funny!" Poor Chuck... His throne, so delayed in arrival, was usurped in an instant.

Not sure what you'd call this. But I'd hit him with it and then use it to bury him. Right next to all the other shitty ad campaigns. Yeah, that's right, "Bud Light" VO guy.



2) Flava Flav You were in one of the greatest groups of all time. Now you're... I'm not even sure what you're doing. Sad. You need to take a close look at one of those dangling clocks...

This looks like a ceremonial ground-breaking shovel. Maybe its mighty blows would shake something loose, "breaking ground" on a whole new Flav... Either way, I'd have fun.



1) Hugh Hefner-I don't understand the holiest of holy reverence paid to this obsolete and embarrassingly out of touch dinosaur. The idea that HH is somehow considered a god or creature to be admired and celebrated. "Look, he's doing it for us!" What, exactly? "Umm, sex, or something. Isn't it great? He's fucking stuff."

And the comedy... Oh, the comedy. Every unfunny joke, aside, pun or poorly crafted piece of innuendo. Of course sex is phenomenal. Seriously, it is. Having sex is the greatest. You know what's somewhat less than the greatest? Endless variations on a joke where the punch line is always "sex." Whether it's HH himself groping a pair of uncomfortable looking sorority girls or some giddy talk show host intro'ing him as if he's done something fantastic for men everywhere and we should all bow down.

Not a single desire I possess is quenched by the sight of a hideous old man winking creepily at me while making suggestive comments. The subtext of every statement is "I'm going to have sex! Get it? Wink, wink, I'm having sex with this woman! Here is some not so clever joke about how I love sex. Here is a viagra reference! You know... For all the sex!"

A rusty, tired-looking shovel that's seen better days. You'll notice, unlike Hef, its rugged oak shaft has no problem staying hard. Or knocking down old men.

 

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Stiles

Stiles

Oakland, CA
November 2002

JUL 17, 2007 08:37 PM

TheCoolerKing said:
I'm ignoring "fish in a barrel" types like ...John Belushi,



Agreed, but hasn't John Belushi been dead for several decades now?



Not sure what you'd call this.





A steamshovel, perhaps?

FunkyPhantom

FunkyPhantom

Chapel Hill, NC
June 2007

JUL 17, 2007 08:38 PM

I agree with every person on this list

I cant STAND bam margera



I'll pitch in for shovels

toothpickmoe

toothpickmoe

Los Angeles, CA
May 2004

JUL 17, 2007 08:39 PM

Happy shovel shopping.

Marcus_Cthulhu

Marcus_Cthulhu

Fredericton, NB
June 2007

JUL 17, 2007 08:46 PM

punk said:
First, Conan O'Brien is leaving Late Night?!

Second, fucking Jimmy Fallon is replacing him?! I've got nothing against the guy, but Conan O'Brien he is not.



I've got something against him: Taxi. And I haven't seen the fucking movie. I was insulted enough by the preview.

Oh and he was horrible SNL member. Couldn't act his way out of a paper bag or be remotely interesting or stop grinning at the camera like a fucking 12 year old at christmas.

"7) Bam Margera- When does "fucking with your parents" stop being funny? I mean, start. Whoa, there are goats in the living room! Now there's a spaceship in our bedroom! Now there's a-- Zzzzzz... This mascara'd douchebag is the absolute definition of unamusing. His MTV show actually opens with a VO guy asking. "What will Bam do next?" Bam answers "Anything I want." 11 year-olds everywhere flip off their parents, and go about the task of cleaning their rooms.

A short, squat, uninteresting tool. I'd have trouble telling them apart, but I'd grab the one closest to me and use it on the other. Mercilessly."

You're a god.

_Brody_

_Brody_

Cardiff By The Sea, CA
February 2007

JUL 17, 2007 08:48 PM

punk said:
First, Conan O'Brien is leaving Late Night?!

Second, fucking Jimmy Fallon is replacing him?! I've got nothing against the guy, but Conan O'Brien he is not.



Also: Funny he is not.

Kouvre

Kouvre

Moline, IL
April 2006

JUL 17, 2007 08:48 PM

While I SLIGHTLY disagree with the whole Bam thing, I do agree that his whole schtick has gotten very, very old. Fame got to him, sadly.

Saraphine

Saraphine

SUICIDEGIRL

Pennsylvania, USA

JUL 17, 2007 08:49 PM

The Bam Margera one was my absolute favorite. Hilarious!!!! He's a twat

Moonrabbit

Moonrabbit

Vancouver, BC
February 2005

JUL 17, 2007 08:52 PM

I'd suggest using some entrenching tools, maybe one with a nice scalloped edge. Or this one.

TheCoolerKing

TheCoolerKing

NEWSWIRE

Los Angeles, CA

JUL 17, 2007 08:54 PM

chainlink said:
If you use the aluminum snow shovel on edge you could chop a man in HALF with it.



Hahaha. I'll remember that when the time comes...

ogichida30

ogichida30

Concord, CA
September 2004

JUL 17, 2007 08:56 PM

Saraphine said:
The Bam Margera one was my absolute favorite. Hilarious!!!! He's a twat



A twat? I wouldnt go that far, an idiotic douchbag surely but a twat?? Ok so he is .

aldoushuxley

aldoushuxley

USA
November 2005

JUL 17, 2007 09:08 PM

This was the funniest article I have read in some time, you my friend are a creative genius. I am glad you gave spike Lee a love tap, I watched an episode of that dog crap show of his and he is probably the nicest person on television, even dealing with all those psychotic spandex clad fiends he still keeps a mr. rodgers attitude going.

TheCoolerKing

TheCoolerKing

NEWSWIRE

Los Angeles, CA

JUL 17, 2007 09:10 PM

Stiles said:

Agreed, but hasn't John Belushi been dead for several decades now?



Hah. Good point. Yeah, I meant Jim... Oh Jim, you curmudgeon-ly everyman you...

Gerry_D

Gerry_D

Los Angeles, CA
May 2003

JUL 17, 2007 09:14 PM

i hope you get a TV show out of this column where you get to live out your dream of shoveling assholes.

ShadowDrgn

ShadowDrgn

Boca Raton, FL
August 2006

JUL 17, 2007 09:17 PM

I entered this thread going oh god ... figuring youd pick stupid people for stupid reasons, but as i read on i was like ok yea i agree... Specially with BAM he needs to be BEATEN everyday for a YEAR and BADLY .... and it was going great and then lastly you ruined it all with naming Heffner... Now you SUCK hehe tongue Hugh Rules and will Always!!!!!!!

Chainlink

Chainlink

Key West, FL
August 2005

JUL 17, 2007 09:22 PM

Gerry_D said:
i hope you get a TV show out of this column where you get to live out your dream of shoveling assholes.



I smell a new reality show on Fox !

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