Uncle Muscle

April 27, 2007 11:19 AM

It's Uncle Muscle's Hour!!
posted by Tommy Gnosis (32 comments total)

Sweet Jesus. What is that?
posted by psmealey at 11:23 AM on April 27, 2007

I just saw a GameSpot employee wearing a tshirt with 'Uncle Muscle's Hour' written across it.
posted by NationalKato at 11:28 AM on April 27, 2007

Not only is it "Uncle Muscle's Hour," it's also "Not Funny." Or maybe I just don't get. That's it. I just don't get it.
posted by MarshallPoe at 11:33 AM on April 27, 2007

I love Tim and Eric so much. I'm guessing MetaFilter won't though. But yeah I'll give you the thumbs up for this .
posted by nola at 11:35 AM on April 27, 2007

Related
posted by nola at 11:36 AM on April 27, 2007

The only decent thing about the show is Brule's Rules. Everything else is saddled with the prerequisite that you must be stoned while watching.
posted by billysumday at 11:41 AM on April 27, 2007

I enjoyed this, but it, not unlike a fried candy bar at a state fair, is an acquired taste.
posted by schleppo at 11:41 AM on April 27, 2007

You know, I used to be considered moderately weird, but the world has completely overtaken me. And then some.
posted by dreamsign at 11:56 AM on April 27, 2007

Please, think of the kittens.
posted by flotson at 12:08 PM on April 27, 2007

This is really sad stuff.
posted by phaedon at 12:10 PM on April 27, 2007

It's meta-comedy, right? Like, there's some subtext that makes it funny. Some INSIDE joke.

Tell me so I can laugh.
posted by chuckdarwin at 12:13 PM on April 27, 2007

I'm retarded and I thought it was hilarious.
posted by phaedon at 12:17 PM on April 27, 2007

Tim has such a lovely singing voice. I suspect if I had those songs on CD I could clear a room when the party was over, though.
posted by bayliss at 12:17 PM on April 27, 2007

Tim & Eric are the TV equivalent of making funny faces at babies.
posted by First Post at 12:42 PM on April 27, 2007 [1 favorite]

flotson, as you seem to be serious, I must refer you to my magnum opus on the matter.
posted by Richard Daly at 12:43 PM on April 27, 2007

GREAT JOB!
posted by champthom at 1:02 PM on April 27, 2007

I'm more of a B'owl man myself (comes right after Hacky Sack Extreme), but Uncle Muscles is pretty sweet too.
posted by hypocritical ross at 2:19 PM on April 27, 2007

flotson, as you seem to be serious, I must refer you to my magnum opus on the matter.

Magnum Opus read. Point taken, but I'd like to point out, as did another poster in that conversation, that I'm not bitching about YouTube per se, but about the way in which this preponderance of video chunklets threatens to suck the creativity out of what can otherwise be a pretty happening discourse. I will cry if here, too, we're all reduced to what my brother refers to as "remembering TV". Discussion is what I love and expect from MeFi. Let us be vigilant against mere passive entertainment, and discourse that goes no farther than to register whether video chunklet X was cool or sucked.

I return once again to the prefix, meta-. Context is what makes MeFi interesting, sharper and more relevant than YouTube et. al. Rather than serving as passive entertainment (which is either cool or sucks) videos can be discussed as cultural artifacts, that is, they can, and generally do, have meaning beyond their content. That's the meta- part. I suggest as something of a standard that it's the FPPer's job to get the ball rolling on this meta- part. You know, give us some context about the content of the video, you know, DVD special features sort of stuff. Or link the content to other similar or contrasting, or in someway relevant content. What I object to is being handed yet more media to consume thoughtlessly. That is most definitely NOT what I come to MeFi for.

/manifesto
posted by flotson at 2:22 PM on April 27, 2007 [2 favorites]

today's andy kauffman..s. kauffmanses.
posted by white light at 2:26 PM on April 27, 2007

Metafilter: the TV equivalent of making funny faces at babies.
posted by MiltonRandKalman at 2:29 PM on April 27, 2007

kaufmanses.
posted by white light at 2:31 PM on April 27, 2007

Plate of beans, flotson. I agree that one of the main draws of the site is the context and thought which is given to some of the meatier topics for discussion here. However, I think there is also plenty of room for random bits of silliness, stuff that on its own merits is weird, crazy, and doesn't require framing and/or context beyond calling out the identifier. Hence, a post like this.

You make it plain that you definitely do NOT come to MeFi for this type of thing, but then you just blew a whole lot of hot air and self-importance into a thread that is beneath your notice. If it's really that much of an issue for you, take it to MeTa, and let the whole community benefit from your mission.
posted by Tommy Gnosis at 2:43 PM on April 27, 2007

MetaFilter: Adult Swim distribution point.
posted by phaedon at 3:49 PM on April 27, 2007

I can't feel my legs.
posted by Dizzy at 7:31 PM on April 27, 2007

Uh, why does it look like he's about to vomit when the clips end?

Ack, I can't believe I care about that.
posted by JHarris at 8:07 PM on April 27, 2007

Well I would say half the time he does vomit, you just happen to be watching the one were he
holds on to his chunder.
posted by nola at 8:44 AM on April 28, 2007

Here you go
posted by nola at 8:47 AM on April 28, 2007

goddamn that was weird al. It must be good than.
posted by JonnyRotten at 8:51 AM on April 28, 2007

Now that is fucked up.
posted by psmealey at 8:52 AM on April 28, 2007

I like how "plate of beans" has become a generic lighten-up statement.

As for Uncle Muscle... it kind of works as a parody of ultra-bad (not Superbad) public access television. But I don't think it's worthy of idolization or anything.
posted by JHarris at 11:22 AM on April 28, 2007

TG: Look man, you post a few videos, with no context whatsoever--and MeFi becomes nothing more than channel surfing, IMO.

This is a subject I'm passionate about--not MeFi per se, but the role of TV in (what remains of our) culture--but it was not my intention to have some sort of nasty argument with you.
posted by flotson at 12:33 PM on April 28, 2007

Hilarious, I've never heard of this before and loved it.
posted by parallax7d at 11:05 PM on April 29, 2007