Monday, April 7, 2014

@Midnight: It's good. Watch it!

HELLO!

If you guys haven't heard the news - @Midnight is a fantastic show. Here's the premise: It's a comedy game show hosted by Chris Hardwick (founder of The Nerdist) where a panel of 3 comedians compete in quiz/comedy events. Points are given out (mostly) to comedians with right/funny answers, and then the top 2 highest point getters duke it out in a final event. All in all it's an incredibly entertaining show, it brushes you up on current events and it honestly puts me in stitches. I'm listing some of my favorite games and moments from the show, from slightly less funny but still funny to funniest.

Oh, and the show is available on Hulu and you can watch it at midnights on Comedy Central.

5. CringeWorthy
One of the lightning round games, it's a very simple concept. The contestants get 60 seconds to string together 3 words that make Chris cringe. It's an idea from Reddit that the show borrowed, so they don't get full credit. But the comedians do. Watch it!
This is easily one of the best panels, and Doug Benson is high as balls. My personal favorite (not from this clip) is "Discrete Orphan Rentals."

4. Sweet Emoji
Another great game, Sweet Emoji puts up a few Emoji on the screen and asks the contestants to construct a sentence from them. This round in particular is amazing: Watch it!

3. Chuck E. Cheese or Jail?
This game is fucking hilarious. Apparently the Yelp reviews for Chuck E. Cheese - a kid's wonderland, and jail - you know, jail are eerily similar. Watch it!
This one also has Rhys Darby which makes it even better.

2. #FailedApps - Kumail Nanjiani
One of the best (and recurring) games on the show is #HashtagWars, where the comedians buzz in with funny hashtags based on the category. For the #FailedApps segment, this genius Kumail came up with the "John Wilkes Photo Booth."

1. Boat load of friends - or basically anything with Kyle Kinane in it
So Kyle Kinane (aka the voice of Comedy Central) is a hilarious individual. He's been on the show a few times now, and a "best of" compilation video has been created for him. My personal favorite comes at the 1:50-2:05 minute mark, where the contestants respond to a Facebook event: a racist 21st birthday party.
Watch it!
Boat load. This man is a genius.



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