Opie stops the show for this?

33  2014-08-26 by PrincessFrontbottom

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The worst I've heard was also the first time I've heard Ant noticeably angered by Opie (although he quickly suppressed it): Ant and Jim were having a hilarious exchange one-upping each other when, literally in the middle of Ant speaking, you hear "We interrupt this program for the OZONE MIDGET SIGHTING". Yes, Stompie yanked the chain on the fun train to allow a caller to expertly mumble through how he saw a midget or something. Opie went "Midget sighting! WHO SAW THAT COMING?", and Ant muttered angrily, "Wow...not me, that's for fucking sure." You could feel his rage.

Opie is the reason Free FM fell through. Nobody wanted Midget Sightings, cat noises, rock screams and 15 phone calls an hour. It was Morning Zoo crap. The way Opie tried to alt-comic and "That's the bit!" his way out of this garbage was nauseating. "See, everybody else does that hacky crap so we do it, too!" Stop trying to be conceptual and Kaufmanesque, you dumb motherfucker. You've got Ant, Jim and a stand up in studio. Just stay out of their way. Go press a button or something.

No you see he doesn't need to be the focus point of attention all the time. He can just step back and when people say it was a great show he will get the credit in the end anyway. Which of course is important, that he gets the credit for what other people did..

He's the only one on the show who uses the word "we" instead of "I"--like "WE love this bit on the show""WE hate this guy""WE love beating Vos up on the show,but he kills up on stage""Bill Burr killed for US today"

<Right guys? Cause we're all a team,right guys?>

That shit always makes me so angry. Why concern yourself with "getting credit"? Why not just make the funniest show possible?

It's obvious: He's an attention whore. In his defense most entertainers are.

How many years did they do the Ozone midget sighting for? Was it even funny the first time? No? How many of them are completely made up by some dumb lonely trucker who just desperately wants someone to hear his voice? All of them? Holy shit do I hate that awful hack bit. I think Ant and Jim did too, even from the very start.

The one and only time it was funny was Terri Schiavo Rock Scream. That doesn't discount the literally hundreds of times this Day of the Week crap bombed, however.

I way I understood the FreeFM stuff was that management wanted them to do morning zoo crap. Management wanted crazy theme day things. So O and A did what they do and did the themes but in the stupidest way possible. I found some of it funny because of how stupid and absurd it was. Wake your significant other up Wednesday made me chuckle.

That is the one thing where they care about management? Seems like damage control.

Its not thst they cared about what management said, but more like they said here are your stupid themes. They then proceeded to do the stupidest themes they could think of. On top ofbthat they over did it to the point of being annoying. Like when they got the stripper pole. The were supposed to have good natured fun with that. What did they do? They had an old, fat, hairy, mentally unstable, multiple heart attack survivor with diabetes foolishly dance around it.

Rock scream tuesday was some awesome anti-comedy.

It was definitely part of why they got fired though.

He still defends the days of the week bits to this day if Jimmy brings up how awful it is.

God I'd love to hear that.

Please find the link

as unhelpful as this is, it's almost definitely during one of the Louis CK appearances. i remember listening to it a bunch of times on my ipod and i only just started ripping other audio so it must be

I would love to hear that.

Could you narrow that down a little bit. He's done that shit 1,000 times! Right in the middle of a killer line from Jim or Ant; Opie will say "Moving On"...but when he has a line to get out? It's "HOLD ON HOLD On!!

I actually enjoyed the midget sighting bit, but like everything else Opie has to ruin it by adding 'who saw that coming?' EVERY SINGLE TIME. I'm surprised Anthony even did that, as subtle as it is. Anthony is fucking great and is irreplaceable, I just wish he wasn't such a pussy sometimes.

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Opie, Captain of the Edmund Fitzgerald.

That's not good. That boat sank.

Oh, literal ArkL.

You're kiddin!

They're on Lake Catchagumi

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"Lady Trucker, take some advice from us & lose some weight, alright?"

yeah....

How fucking embarrassing, what hollow silence.

Not only was it a lame joke, his timing and emphasis were way off on the delivery. "Most people scream when the LIGHTS are on with you.... you fucking monster."

He went to that phone call with that specific line planned. Terrible.

Why would anybody hit the word lights instead of ON? Especially if they've been around comedians for 20 years?

That is so weird!

Let's just say it moved me... to a bigger house!

He probably wrote it down, then read it

Good call, wow I didn't catch that before. There are seemingly endless layers to his awfulness.

That's terrible. I'm sorry.

you think jim and florentine start giggling due to how fucking bad that joke was? like, they both know what a zero that line was and they both know they aren't allowed to call it out. (and of course dipshit thinks its for him)

He's such a sensitive little bitch but his number 1 complaint about other people in entertainment is if he thinks that they can't take a joke at their expense.

Jim tried to change the topic as soon as he could. Douche chills all around

Opie sees the caller and her comment, he thinks 'ooh I have a really funny line to smash her with, this is going to KILL!' Delivers the line with confidence... ::crickets:: & a polite chuckle.

If Ant or Jim said that, they'd slap him around for 2 or 3 minutes. It'd be brought up for 2 weeks. They'd make a production bit out of it and it'd be part of the show's fan vernacular like "Why don't you come back here and shut up?" That is Bomb of the Year.

But Opie gets that polite, uncomfortable little boss-chuckle. The dynamic with Opie around is when some upper management shithead tells a joke and you sell it just so he doesn't give you bad performance evaluations and try to get you fired.

I wish I could give credit to the person who pointed out the hundreds of times Opie has avoided getting smashed for a bomb and just got that little awkward boss-chuckle.

i'll take the credit. it was me.

Much to my chagrin RES has reset the upvote count I had for you but iirc it was around 300.

You've made me hate him a little bit more. I didn't think this was possible. Hate levels at capacity. Struggling to contain.

Why are you so upset by this I mean really who cares?

You seem to care, sweetiepie. You're always in the Opie threads posting snippy little shit like this.

Is thermitepaint Lynsi?

Because it was complete shit before he even took the call and he should have known that with his 20 years of experience. Steering the ship into the fucking rocks, daily. #theOpester

More like Termite paint cause he's breaking wood or somethin. Tsss

The funny thing is that this line was better and more well-delivered than 99% of his jokes and it still sucked. Usually he stumbles at least twice in the delivery.

Please tell me there is a link with Opie bomb 1 to 637

He really is the real life Chip.

this is why he doesnt knowledge chip, he knows.

Edit: Im not kidding. This is a perfect example

jeez, he even mentions wanting a viral video and the bit had nothing to do with youtube or videos.

At 3:05, "I got viral videos, fuck you!"

I love posting this link all the time. It is proof that Jim considers Chip to be a satire of Opie now, regardless of how the character first came about.

Holy shit, ugh that fuckin Opie is infuriating! Great example.

Holy shit. You nailed it.

Even the rhythm that he spoke with while delivering that hilarious smashing to Lady Trucker was awkward. He should have said it like: "...when the lights are ON with you." (disclaimer: he should not have said it at all because it wasn't funny, but if he had to say it he should have stressed the part that was meant to be the joke).

You also gotta hate how he calls her a "fuckin monster" to try to bail himself out of his bomb. This is classic Opie. Yuck.

Reminds me of a story I told a friend of mind about a 5 year old boy who was being tested for allergies, including pigeon shit and I said "how close to pigeon shit do you live that you need to see if you're allergic to it?" and she cracks up and says "omg, he was FIVE?!?"....

That's Opie.

That might actually be even a little smarter. The Opster probably would have said "HOLD ON, HOLD ON!!! I'm around pigeons! What sort of allergies are we talkin' cause I've been feelin' like my throat is scratchy lately!"

Perfect. He would have just made it about himself. Like when he almost passed out from not eating...because Nikki Glaser told a story about not eating as a teenage girl.

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SOS! JAM TITTIES NEEDS MELK IMMEDIATELY

Jimmy?

It all wouldn't be so bad if he could just laugh at himself. You would think hanging around Jim and Ant the most self deprecating guys guys in the world he would pick up on that.

Fawkin Homerun Opester!

Our very own ConspiracyMama!

Good thing he's there to steer the ship into a trucker phone call where he delivers the Bomb of the Year and then doesn't let people make fun of him for it. Because why would you want to tease somebody on a comedy show?

Let me say hi to "unfortunately" the person whose call I chose to take. Yeah that is unfortunate you dumb fuck.

I actually feel bad for Opie.... man. I think everyone knows that phase in high school when you will try to say things to impress your friends and it bombs and you just want to crawl into a ball and die.

Except Opie is in his late 40's.

Early 50s.

LATE TWENTIES WHUUUUU

Child of the 80's maaaaahn

Someone needs to put together a compilation of all the times he's said "right" in the past month. Just do the line before it and the "right" by Opester.

I say that all the time. It's because I'm bad at having conversations.

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It really bothers me that no one points it out when Opie bombs like that...That includes the listeners. You can find a compilation of Anthony, Jimmy, even Danny's useless ass bombing on YouTube and yet there are almost none of Opie. Its not for a lack of content either, for a guy who is so painfully unfunny he sure is confident as fuck.

Sort of off topic. I remember once Opie Ant & Jim were trying to get Sam to do some degrading shit that Erock has done for the show hundreds of times, and Sam said that Jess gets uncomfortable when he's asked to do stuff like that.

Jess must have cried to Linsey, who cried to Opie and Opie protected his little bitch. That was the very last time Sam was Ever asked To do anything crazy. But that little wigger bitch will be the first one to volunteer the rest of the staff for anything. I swear his office is under Opie's desk!

It's because Ant & Jimmy are painfully aware that Opie can't take any criticism at all, but he nicknamed himself evil Opie and shits on everybody.

E-e-e-a-a-a-a-s-s-s-s-y-y-y-y !!!!! E-e-e-a-a-a-a-s-s-s-s-y-y-y-y !!!!!

Opie's comeback when getting his ball's busted. No funny retort coming,just a gentle reminder to not take it too far guys.

Opie's comebacks? My favorite comeback was several weeks ago. Opie Actually was talking shit about a Jocktoberish radio guy talking about his kids to much. (Which is ironic).

A caller told Opie he talked about his kids a lot to. Opie got pissed of course, and lied and said he only talks about his kids if the conversation pertains to kids. Which is bullshit. I remember many times, Opie starting off the with his first words being weekend stories about his kids.

Anyways...Opie was genuinely pissed at the caller and Opie's comeback was "Fuck You You Fucking Fuck! You Fuck". The sad thing is he wasn't kidding. That's all his comedic mind could come up with.

A caller told Opie he talked about his kids a lot to. Opie got pissed of course, and lied and said he only talks about his kids if the conversation pertains to kids. Which is bullshit. I remember many times, Opie starting off the with his first words being weekend stories about his kids

Oh come on, its not like he interupts the only game of thrones talk all season to tell everyone about his kids

youtube only has a 10 hour per video limit.

The problem is too much content. It would be like making a compilation of Anthony's disgruntlement towards black people.

The reason there are no Opie bombs on youtube is because someone keeps reporting them for copyright violations and gets them taken down.

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That's a toe curling cringe inducer alright. The way he said "that's it" twice after it bombed is almost farcical.

That's.... that's all I had

Fancy word man. Farcical? In my near 39 years of existence I have never heard that word before now, and I went to college.

*Going to look up definition now.

Opie, you aren't 39.

You motherfuckers makes me laugh. And I'm a complete cynic when it comes to comedy. Carry on.

I do not like Gregg Hughes.

Holy fuck

The line was fine it was his delivery.

If Vos woulda said it, Opie woulda been all up in his shit for it.

I understand why Opie wouldn't embrace his place, steering show in right direction. He's not a comedian but he tries to be because he wants to feel relevant.

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I don't think I've ever irl cringed at something before...

That actually made my heart hurt.

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That line itself wasn't THAT bad he just didn't know how to deliver it and he forced the issue.

The pity laughs say it all.

yeah....

Reminds me of a story I told a friend of mind about a 5 year old boy who was being tested for allergies, including pigeon shit and I said "how close to pigeon shit do you live that you need to see if you're allergic to it?" and she cracks up and says "omg, he was FIVE?!?"....

That's Opie.

Perfect. He would have just made it about himself. Like when he almost passed out from not eating...because Nikki Glaser told a story about not eating as a teenage girl.

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The problem is too much content. It would be like making a compilation of Anthony's disgruntlement towards black people.

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It's because Ant & Jimmy are painfully aware that Opie can't take any criticism at all, but he nicknamed himself evil Opie and shits on everybody.

Sort of off topic. I remember once Opie Ant & Jim were trying to get Sam to do some degrading shit that Erock has done for the show hundreds of times, and Sam said that Jess gets uncomfortable when he's asked to do stuff like that.

Jess must have cried to Linsey, who cried to Opie and Opie protected his little bitch. That was the very last time Sam was Ever asked To do anything crazy. But that little wigger bitch will be the first one to volunteer the rest of the staff for anything. I swear his office is under Opie's desk!

The reason there are no Opie bombs on youtube is because someone keeps reporting them for copyright violations and gets them taken down.

youtube only has a 10 hour per video limit.