Why Opie does not fit in with this whole world.
1 2015-03-27 by [deleted]
All of the people who are funny on the show are like more of the outcast mold - hang out in the back of the high school bus and smoke cigarettes, pull pranks and just kind of be complete ass clowns.
Opie is from the jock/frat guy world. This is the complete opposite of the world everyone else comes from. These types really don't do well at being funny and entertaining because it takes too much self awareness and willingness to be curious and potential to be the butt of the joke.
Opie is like the bad guy from revenge of the nerds. Just a pretty boy douche bag (model material) with his letter jacket.
Otto, Ant, Louie, Patrice, Jim, Bur these were the kids out smarting the opies of the world with their wit and comedic charm.
25 comments
15 freeponyrides 2015-03-27
I think the reason Opie sucks on the radio is he's retarded.
2 Hummingbird_Pate 2015-03-27
Bless your heart.
9 boogsuge 2015-03-27
Opie was never a jock. He wanted to be. All those basketball camps he took got him riding the bench on an all white basketball team.
8 DoctorPainMD 2015-03-27
Opie is a wannabe more than anything. If he's a part of any club he's a part of that. He doesn't seem to be happy with anything he has. Hence the constant made up stories, the youtube viral-video shtick, the constant need to interject himself in any story or have the stories directly connect to him, and all the other inanity he gets up to. its kinda sad.
4 imcreggschinkell 2015-03-27
Coached by his dad
5 JutsinBabber 2015-03-27
no... Opie is not the jock/frat guy. He is an aspie ginger with the lotto ticket fate pulled
2 opieisdumb 2015-03-27
or he is "wanna be" at least
5 TrackSuitVos 2015-03-27
Opie wants to do safe radio now. He's older, a father, young wife. He wants to talk about movies, kids, TV shows, safe topics.
2 opieisdumb 2015-03-27
they just had on a cam girl
4 TrackSuitVos 2015-03-27
Fair point. That seemed like a deviation. And an outdated one.
2 stinkskc 2015-03-27
he doesn't watch movie and only TV he watches is housewives and american idol
1 TrackSuitVos 2015-03-27
ME: "It's cuz my chick keeps it on. Guys have to do that. We all understand that. As guysssss."
2 breadmoccasin 2015-03-27
I've actually always thought of him as the bad guy from that 80s movie about skiing, but this works.
A douche who never had to be funny to fit in. Versus a bunch of lowlifes who had to tell good jokes to not get their faces kicked in. Who do you think is more interesting?
2 BeerCanThick 2015-03-27
No, he's always been a goofy looking dork who wanted to be the jock. He doesn't know his place in the world and he's got no humility.
2 [deleted] 2015-03-27
I think frat boys are obnoxious, but those demographics sounds relatively similar to me, minus the outcast part. I've never really known social outcasts to act like that. When I was growing up, most were more reserved and laidback. In my experience, it was mostly popular kids that did that type stuff. Or at least those that filled some type of niche.
I don't really see any of the O&A guys as nerds. They weren't popular kids, but they weren't nerds like Patton Oswalt or some alt comedians probably were.
You don't need to psychologize someone to find out why they aren't funny. Some people just aren't. Just like some people suck at sports and others don't have any artistic talent.
2 SIMBALLAH 2015-03-27
Opie was never a jock. He's a fucking nerd who thought being wild in college was wearing a tie to a macaroni and cheese dinner and having one beer. Everything about him screams bitch.
2 nolasen 2015-03-27
He would have fit in great over that cliff in Sparta.
2 truthie 2015-03-27
Outsmarting is one word, you dunce.
0 opieisdumb 2015-03-27
Is that a truthie? Suck my ball sack, nigga.
1 Nightkrawler49 2015-03-27
I was going to say because of his massive tits, but your point is good too
1 AngeloMacon 2015-03-27
I had a foot more in the frat/jock camp... and those people have a sense of humor and wouldn't cry if you busted their balls. I doubt Opie was all that popular in his frat, the guys who aren't still friends years later with anyone from their frat are usually the guys you regretted giving a bid.
0 paulus_ 2015-03-27
Opie bothers me as much as the next guy, but this analogy doesn't really work.
Just like many of the "Opie sucks, here's why" posts, this one is redundant and predictable.
-1 Die-rector 2015-03-27
all the tards here really reach.
-1 titsbuckley 2015-03-27
Bur? What's he like a bur in the saddle or somethin? I dunno.. I'm just chippin around here
1 opieisdumb 2015-03-27
Psi betta chippah