The Man Show
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The Man Show was a half hour comedy television show on Comedy Central. It was created in 1999 by its two original co-hosts, Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Carolla, and their executive producer Daniel Kellison. The show celebrated the male perspective in a sexually charged, humorous light. The show consisted of a variety of pre-recorded comedy sketches and live in-studio events, usually requiring audience participation.
The Man Show is particularly well-known for its buxom female models, the Juggy Dance Squad, who would dance in themed, revealing costumes at the opening of every show, and in the aisles of the audience just before the show went to commercial break. The first year of the show featured beer-guzzling entertainer Bill "The Fox" Foster as the show's emcee. The Fox specialized in chugging two beers in record time (sometimes while suspended upside down) and singing lewd drinking songs. He would close every episode by leading the audience in the German drinking toast "Ziggy Socky, Ziggy Socky, Hoy, Hoy, Hoy!" (a misspell of the actual Zicke Zacke, Zicke Zacke, Oi, Oi, Oi!), a tradition that continued after his death in 2000.
An Australian version of the show is currently being developed by The Comedy Channel, set to be based in Brisbane. [citation needed]
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[edit] Recurring segments
Some of the show's features included:
- A recurring character called The Man Show Boy, an overweight teenager named Aaron Hamill with a sharp wit, who would set upon unsuspecting passersby while a hidden camera recorded his antics.
- Frequent parody of NBA star Karl Malone performed by Kimmel, who was made up to appear black, muscular, and bearded, as well as shot from below to appear taller.
- Game show parodies, including Wheel of Fortune parody Wheel of Destiny, in which men from the audience relied on fate to win prizes, half of which would be grotesque and undesirable.
- As guaranteed when the show began, every episode ends with footage of "girls jumping on trampolines" during the end credits.
- Another recurring feature was the "Man-O-Vations" segment, where the two hosts came up with inventions for a manner of incidents.
- A famous skit, often posted online, featured Carolla and Kimmel setting up a booth at a farmer's market and successfully asking people to sign a petition to "end women's suffrage," demanding the repeal of the 19th Amendment (which guarantees women's voting rights).
- In the Rogan/Stanhope season, sketches frequently aired featuring Doug and Joe's "Magic Negro", who was "zippity here, zippity there, and zippity everywhere". He would appear at any given moment to help the two out with an issue, which usually led to him singing a folk jingle about treating your penis right.
[edit] Departure of Kimmel and Carolla
In 2003, Kimmel and Carolla left the show and the job of hosting was passed down to Fear Factor host Joe Rogan and comedian Doug Stanhope. Under Rogan and Stanhope the show took a decidedly darker turn, with more jokes and segments being dedicated to blatant misogyny. The show ceased production after the 2003 season.
Kimmel and Carolla went on to helm their own shows Jimmy Kimmel Live, Too Late with Adam Carolla and The Adam Carolla Show.
[edit] G4 reruns and DVDs
Reruns of the show are currently airing on G4TV weeknights at 10:00 p.m. EST and 10:30 p.m. EST and on Saturdays at 12:00 a.m. EST. It was originally thought that the Rogan-Stanhope-era episodes would not be shown because the commercials referred to the syndicated episodes as "the way Jimmy and Adam made it", but the Rogan-Stanhope episodes began airing on September 16, 2006.
The first four seasons of the show are also available on DVD.
[edit] See also
- Christy Hemme (former Juggy)
- Joanna Krupa
- Rachel Sterling
- Vanessa Kay
- Arturo Gil (The Man Show Dwarf)
