Opie's dismal attempts at racial humor were as unsubtle and forced as you would expect.
13 2014-12-11 by ryanasimov
I've been listening sequentially since the show started in '04 and I'm up to late 2011. For the past few weeks of September and October (excuse me, Jocktober), Opie has been trying to make a bit out of saying "Those people..." as a tag to someone else's line. He usually shoehorns it in when Anthony or Jimmy make a veiled reference to race but the Opester has to make sure us dopes understand the joke.
An example is when they were discussing Sofia Vergara and Anthony laughs and hints that one of the photos they were looking at had a racial element that he found funny. Jimmy laughed too, and it would have been enough for the listeners to catch on but no, Opie has to steamroll in with "Because THOSE PEOPLE look like animals...", proving once again that Opie's brilliantly nuanced sense of humor is preeminent on the show.
29 comments
18 fart_yourself_awake 2014-12-11
Opie is the real racist
4 jimcozad 2014-12-11
because he is 125 pounds soaking wet, pale pussy with NO DICK.
16 i_saw_nothing 2014-12-11
"THOSE PEOPLE" is terrible, but wait until you catch up to this year. Right after Anthony's firing, if something remotely regarding race would come up, Opie would say something completely non-offensive and then say, "OH god. I'm fired now. I'm fired, aren't I? Sam am I gonna be fired? I'm getting fired for this. Oh god. We're fired. So fired. Sam? Fired? Sam?"
It was an attempt at making light of what happened to Ant, I guess. Nobody EVER played along with him, and he'd do it way, way, way too long.
7 NhaterJR 2014-12-11
It sounds like bobo and David show
6 thrillated 2014-12-11
The David & Bobo Show was funnier.
15 thesynking 2014-12-11
Quick. send this to Gawker!
9 Doom_Art 2014-12-11
Opie explaining shit is infuriating. One of my main peeves with him was how when a popular story is referenced by someone, he has to stop the conversation "Just to clear things up, because we have a lot of new listeners."
5 [deleted] 2014-12-11
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3 jimcozad 2014-12-11
and then its silent and you have to move on. he doesnt allow funny to sit in front of him. he has to stomp all over it.
4 Moxson4 2014-12-11
Right! He will stomp on a hilarious Ant or Jimmy line, but when he's about to puke up what he thinks is a funny line, he says WAIT WAIT WAIT!! And then says the line, followed by the fake uncomfortable laugh from O&A.
8 DRIPSCBW 2014-12-11
Never mind THOSE PEOPLE, what about "questionables"? Seriously though, let's get into this
4 ryanasimov 2014-12-11
I've heard Opie try to stuff "questionables" into a conversation a few times, but Anthony and Jimmy never bit.
5 DRIPSCBW 2014-12-11
because it's fucking retarded
7 CookieHaid 2014-12-11
His cadence makes it that much more enervating.
2 jimcozad 2014-12-11
that's a great word to use to describe it
6 numba13 2014-12-11
He should lose his job over this
6 DapperDan0979 2014-12-11
Remember "I DIDN'T DO SHIT!"??
I still chuckle to myself about that one.......
4 boofk 2014-12-11
Ive brought that line up recently too. It was around when i first started really listening in '10-'11. Before i was even aware of any of the opie hate i kept thinking why the fuck does he keep saying that? Its not even remotely funny, is he trying to be cute or something? Then i learned of his awful obsession with trying(and failing) to come up with catch phrases.
6 ExactlyUnlikeTea 2014-12-11
Opie's humor is less nuanced than a terrorist attack.
8 jimcozad 2014-12-11
not as funny either
3 ExactlyUnlikeTea 2014-12-11
Depends on the attack
6 AntsCamera 2014-12-11
I am fucking outraged.
I bet Heeby Kikeberger Greenstein loved the joke, as the jews hate the fucking Jigaboos too.
Where is that faggot slit eyed gook Aleks Chan when you fucking need his yellow rice paddy working ass?
His boss is most likely a kike and told him to keep out of it.
I hate racist people like Opie.
2 [deleted] 2014-12-11
Yeah, and white people!
2 AntsCamera 2014-12-11
Now you are taking things too far sir.
6 thrillated 2014-12-11
The times when I cringed the hardest was when Patrice was in and Opie repeatedly said "fo' sho!" in a non-ironic, wanna-be-hip tone of voice that he wanted Patrice to acknowledge, which Patrice of course never did. Ugh.
5 NoremacMartin 2014-12-11
I wish Patrice bashed Opie.
3 Moxson4 2014-12-11
I'll do you one better! I wish Opie would have taken Patrice's place.
1 [deleted] 2014-12-11
No one want's to watch Opie perform the "Elephant in the room" material, dude.
5 TheRadicalMan 2014-12-11
I'm very offended and hurt. Opie needs to be immediately fired.
5 cali_gunner 2014-12-11
Don't we know yet that Opie the Spergstroyer doesn't understand humor?
5 NoremacMartin 2014-12-11
I wish Patrice bashed Opie.