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This video implying Michel Gondry’s Be Kind Rewind stole its premise from an old Amanda Bynes sketch has been floating around the interwebs. I’d love to debate whether the idea is indeed a rip off, but when I watch it all I can think about is how much I hate Nickelodeon. They’re like the pied piper of bad comedy. You can just see Big Bird coming out to teach an important lesson on the chalkboard. "Always remember this equation, kids – Silly Accents + Funny Costumes + Annoying Catchphrase = Hilarity. Now who wants to make their own joke? Wakka wakka wakka!"
Sidenote – from Amanda Bynes IMDB bio:
The youngest of three children, she became interested in acting and performing from the age of three, when she would say her older sister Jillian’s lines with her while she performed in plays. It was from then on that her family and friends knew that she would be a star someday.
Kind of like the day I brought my pet chimp Bobo home from the zoo. He threw a turd at my head and from then on I knew he’d be a major league pitcher. This is his story. (link fixed now)
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*incoming transmisison*Also in relevant, meaningful news today: The Mighty Fek’lhr let His dog out to take a shit at 7:15 am instead of 7:20. Boy did that little fella need to go!*end transmission*
I would totally do Amanda Bynes.
Lance, whats with that link?
I would totally do Big Bird.
Man, what happened to Amanda Bynes? She used to be so hot.
I’d still bang her (head into the concrete).What?
Hey, Happy Birthday, Lance!
From Wikipedia:Bynes was trained as an actress by Arsenio Hall and Richard Pryor at a comedy camp, REALLY!?!?
"Bynes was trained as an actress by Arsenio Hall and Richard Pryor at a comedy camp,"So she can pump her fist, has really big hands, and smokes crack. Oh man, I just got half stock from typing that.
Trained like "chinese finger trap" trained? Or trained like "Get my congac, Biotch!" type of training?
Man, what happened to Amanda Bynes? She used to be so hot. She became "over-aged".
So I Googles Amanda Bynes and now I keep getting pop-ups for zit cream and anti-depressants.
The Amanda Show also created bad Borat impersonations.
LINK FIXED.
Lance,xOOxXXoo-Luch
Fuck this little bitch. What the fuck is The Amanda Show anyway? She’s never been on You Can’t Do That on Television (Greatest. Nickelodeon. Show. Evar.) so what has she ever done worth me wasting my time on? Whatever you do, don’t say "I don’t know." green slime drops from ceiling, covering Erswi and his desk. canned laughter ensues
Burnsy, now that you mention it, I’m surprised that whoever made that video didn’t bitch about Borat stealing from Amanda Bynes as well.
*a brief spike in neutron radiation is detected, and the Grethor appears!*QAPLAH! Did Lance ever tell us how old he is today?*The Mighty Fek’lhr pats a paddle in his hand* First the spanking, and then the oral sex!
New post!
Wait, why would you want to take credit for something as lame as Be Kind Rewind?
I think that we are all missing the important point here. That of course being: WHO THE FUCK RECORDED THE AMANDA SHOW EIGHT YEARS AGO?!?! Man, what happened to Amanda Bynes? She used to be so hot. She turned 13
I don’t recall Big Bird being with Nickelodeon. Maybe I’m missing something.
This just makes me angry.
Wow, people ripping off other people’s ideas, re-using old ideas, even ones taken from half-baked pseudo-comedy shows of yesteryear. Sounds like standard Hollywood business to me. I’d have falklen off my seat if you’d said it was a completely original (and good) idea. Then I’d have known something was up.
Yeah, dat’s showbusiness. if they steal and make it better, then it’s fine by me. They certainly wouldn’t have to do much, yeesh…Although I would say stealing jokes is different story. Especially if you make them shittier, like Mencia does. You can’t ague the "great minds think alike" argument when you say something that someone else already sadi word for word. If Jack Black was playing some unambiguous eastern-eropean in the movie then I’d have more grief about it.