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F arting monkeys are funny. So is blowing up
dog poo with a firecracker, drinking songs
containing words rhyming with “duck” and
a porn star who gives advice on home mainte
nance. The proof is in the numbers: “The Man
Show,” co-hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and Adam
Carolla, is the highest-rated television show tar
geted at the 18-to-34 year-old male demographic.
Conceived as a backlash against the “Oprah-
ization” of American television, “The Man Show”
has found a niche within cable television as the
only variety show thriving on the same peeing,
porno and football “man-isms” every week. How
many times can one hear a joke about infidelity
before it becomes stale? Tonight marks the be
ginning of “The Man Show’s” fall season, so au
diences will get the chance to find out.
The Battalion spoke with Kimmel and Carolla
about “The Man Show.”
these “Oprah” and talk shows that are all
targeted to women. And they're all very
insidious because they are anti-man;
they just pretend that they’re not. We are
a show for men, and we make no bones
about it. They pretend to be a show for
everyone, but then you see their topics,
especially on the cheesier shows like
“Rikki Lake.” Things like "Your man is
stepping out” and “Teach him a lesson”
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mission statement for this
year, what would it he?
Kimmel:
This is actually the second half of our first
season coming up here, but I think our
mission statement in two words would be
“Stop Oprah.” I think that symbolizes
what we’re about. I mean, I really think
it’s time for us to take the airwaves hack.
I think we’re doing it one nipple at a time.
Kimmel:
The Fox, like many things about “The Man
Show, ” was pretty organic. There was no
corporate meeting at Comedy Central
where they said, “We need a show to cap
ture 18- to 34-year-old males.” We came
up with the show, and they said, “That will
fit in perfectly with our plan. ” And The Fox
was kind of the same way. I used to go
watch him when I was in high school
[and] in college in Las Vegas. I'd see him
perform, and he sings and he drinks beer,
and I thought he would be the perfect guy
to be the announcer on the show. He’s
done some TV and some guest spots, but
he’s never done anything substantial until
now. But he is the ideal man. He drinks
beer for a living.
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peeing, after a game or sometfc
cause when you’re standing slip
might look at you and say somethr.
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what she represents. It’s almost like the
women have come together to yammer
as a conununity on television. There’s so
many shows that are just women yam
mering all day. Like “The View” — my
wife had it on this morning — and all
Kimmel:
No, we have to pay for our beer, because
we have many beer advertisers. But we
drink, and the studio audience drinks. You
know, when a group of guys get together
you drink beers. It just seemed natural. Be
sides, with The Fox drinking, you can’t just
have him drinking and nobody else
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