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[Deadly Cyclone]

Apparently ESPN "came up with" a new segment in which they give someone in sports who messed up a redemption opportunity. If you haven't seen Daniel Tosh's show Tosh.0 he has done something similar for a few years.

Needless to say Tosh goes in hard on ESPN. He has a point, regardless how you feel about Tosh.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...es-off-on-espn-for-stealing-his-tosh0-segment

 

[chicagocubsfan]

This was pretty funny. Not a huge fan of either though.

 

[grap3fruitman]

Isn't this the guy that steals peoples' YouTube clips?

 

[Ken Masters]

Tosh.0 steals The Soup

 

[Einbroch]

Isn't this the guy that steals peoples' YouTube clips?

It's a clip show. It's not really stealing when it's the entire point of it.

 

[Iadien]

That's funny, coming from him.

 

[MoeDabs]

That sports science.0 clip was amazing.

 

[lazybones18]

ESPN loves killing kids. No argument there

 

[Leunam]

Tosh.0 steals The Soup

Tosh.0 does it better anyway.

 

[Juicy Bob]

I swear Pulp Sport in NZ did this very thing years ago. And Baddiel and Skinner in the UK in the 90s, too...

 

[Mononoke]

Tosh.0 does it better anyway.

Doing it better doesn't change the fact that his show is basically aping something else. So it's funny he's going after others for doing the same thing his show is guilty of.

EDIT: I have no issue with taking inspiration from others, or doing the same thing but doing it better. Just saying it's kind of funny he's going after ESPN. Then again, ESPN is awful, so it's funny.

 

[Camwi]

Tosh.0 does it better anyway.

Oh dear god no. Tosh's delivery is awful. McHale is a genius.

 

[friskykillface]

haha tosh went in on espn
nice segment
damn at that last part D:

 

[Fidelis Hodie]

That was awesome. Tosh all the way.

 

[Aesius]

Tosh seems like he should be really funny, but 95% of the laughs in his show come from the clips, not him. Most of his Web Redemptions are awful.

 

[studyguy]

Tosh.0 is still going?

 

[Dion Blaster]

Tosh seems like he should be really funny, but 95% of the laughs in his show come from the clips, not him. Most of his Web Redemptions are awful.

i thought his standups were pretty funny

 

[CrankyJay]

That was amazing...lost it at the kid in the casket

 

[Htown]

I don't like Tosh, but that SportScience.0 segment was great

he went IN

 

[DarkKyo]

Tosh.0 is still going?

From what I understand it is pretty popular. I can't believe it's been on for like four years already. I think it's an okay show I suppose.

 

[Leunam]

Oh dear god no. Tosh's delivery is awful. McHale is a genius.

Genius is the wrong word to use here. Like, way off.

Doing it better doesn't change the fact that his show is basically aping something else. So it's funny he's going after others for doing the same thing his show is guilty of.

EDIT: I have no issue with taking inspiration from others, or doing the same thing but doing it better. Just saying it's kind of funny he's going after ESPN. Then again, ESPN is awful, so it's funny.

Yeah he mentions America's Funniest Home Videos also. Clip shows aren't new, yeah, but man ESPN might have looked better if they hadn't copied his phrase. Someone must have known.

 

[manfestival]

that was fantastic. bravo tosh

 

[KINGofCRA5H]

Tosh.0 is still going?

Dude has like 12 million Twitter followers, so I guess so?

 

[loaf of bread]

Tosh.0 steals The Soup

Tosh.0 and the soup aren't similar aside from the fact that they use clips. Tosh uses dumb internet videos like Funniest Home videos while McHale makes fun of celebrities and is more of a parody of stuff like E! news.

 

[studyguy]

Dude has like 12 million Twitter followers, so I guess so?

Crazy, I had no idea.

 

[joelseph]

Oh dear god no. Tosh's delivery is awful. McHale is a genius.

SMH

 

[Htown]

"SportsCenter breaks down like this: 60% Manziel gossip, 39% praising LeBron for buying a giant Brita filter to clean Lake Erie, 72% jerking off the SEC, and 41% explaining away whatever crime an NFL player committed that hour. There's 2% 'Other', which is room for whomever has to fill in for Bill Simmons every time he's suspended for having the audacity to defend women."

goooooddamn

 

[Aesius]

i thought his standups were pretty funny

Ehhhhh

 

[Camwi]

SMH

http://splitsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Picture-1.jpg

Henson was second best. Joel's still the man.

 

[LyleLanley]

Oh the irony.

 

[Nokagi]

haha that was good stuff. ESPN needs a good ripping. Tosh is one of those comedians that I thought for sure I'd not like but he's actually a pretty funny guy.

 

[Loco4Coco]

lol, so good.

 

[McNei1y]

I loved this segment. Too many truths regarding ESPN on this one.

And for those saying he steals from The Soup and so on... he knows he borrows from their ideas. He even mentions it in this clip.

 

[TheAbsolution]

Holy shit.
He went IN!

 

[TheWarrior]

Tosh.0 steals The Soup

Don't be Ridiculousness

 

[Gorillaz]

Tosh.0 does it better anyway.

ehhh.....


that sportsscience segment was hilarious tho, especially the way his shirt went undone and his hair styled

 

[Luis_23]

There's 2% 'Other', which is room for whomever has to fill in for Bill Simmons every time he's suspended for having the audacity to defend women."

goooooddamn

Yeah, oof

 

[OfWhiteSkinOnRedLeather]

SMH

The John Henson era of Talk Soup was the best. Fuck the rest.

 

[GoldenEye 007]

Tosh seems like he should be really funny, but 95% of the laughs in his show come from the clips, not him. Most of his Web Redemptions are awful.

He does pretty good standup. He's funny, just a bit awkward, though.

Saw one of his shows at UCF a few years back.

 

[Zombine]

Tosh and his writers went for the jugular with this one and they nailed it. Typically he will take a jab at the people who came after him, but you could see the disdain that the .0 crew has for the morons at ESPN.

 

[JDeluis]

i thought his standups were pretty funny

He's stand-up act is great. I love his CD, True stories I made up.

 

[entremet]

The John Henson era of Talk Soup was the best. Fuck the rest.

I agree.

Greg Kinnear's original run was great too.

 

[BigDug13]

Crazy, I had no idea.

It's the most watched weekly show on the network.

 

[Slayven]

The John Henson era of Talk Soup was the best. Fuck the rest.

Nah Joel Mchale bitterness and utter disdain for the subjects makes it way more funny.

 

[HabeeNo]

Tosh went in. Good stuff

 

[Fusebox]

Oh dear god no. Tosh's delivery is awful. McHale is a genius.

Is it backwards day again already?

 

[Fidelis Hodie]

"SportsCenter breaks down like this: 60% Manziel gossip, 39% praising LeBron for buying a giant Brita filter to clean Lake Erie, 72% jerking off the SEC, and 41% explaining away whatever crime an NFL player committed that hour. There's 2% 'Other', which is room for whomever has to fill in for Bill Simmons every time he's suspended for having the audacity to defend women."

goooooddamn

Going iiiiinnnn. Amazing.

 

[liquidtmd]

I swear Pulp Sport in NZ did this very thing years ago. And Baddiel and Skinner in the UK in the 90s, too...

Yup +1 for remembering Baddiel and Skinner doing this

 

[jonezer4]

Loving the John Henson pimping. Skunk Boy was the golden age of Talk Soup (although McHale is great). And for all the "Well Tosh stole Talk Soup" people...

Making fun of clips is a broad idea. The show has been done by several networks now, all with different angles/flavors.

Taking someone who had a humiliating accident, interviewing them about it, having them repeat the circumstances of the accident and overcoming in a dramatic fashion, is not such a broad idea.

I'd liken it to a band playing music in the same genre as another band, versus a band blatantly ripping off the chord progression/melody of another band's song.

 

[OnPoint]

The John Henson era of Talk Soup was the best. Fuck the rest.

I like McHale but man I miss Henson.