As a heterosexual male, am I wrong in saying

[WillyBrandt]

That the guys on Colin Quinn's show "Tough Crowd," in addition to being stupendously unfunny, are some of the ugliest dudes on television?

[A HERETIC I AM]

1. Not as far as THIS hetero male is concerned......

To paraphrase a time worn saying....
"Ugly is only skin deep but stupid runs to the bone"

I think Colin Quinn is trying to emulate Dennis Miller.

Dennis miller once said something truly funny and witty and it went like this................
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nope...sorry, it wasnt him.

[flamingyouth]

4. You beat me to that line

Gawd, is that ever true in this case.

[Fenris]

2. No. I too am heterosexual and think those losers are trolls

Hideous. Jim Norton makes me believe that Curly had less talented, diminutive offspring. Colin Quinn is the best argument for why the Irish crossing the Atlantic wasn't such a good idea. Rich Voss looks like a greaser with Chiclets for teeth. Nick DiPaolo looks like he stepped out of a low-buget mob film.

[WillyBrandt]

3. Rolling on the floor...

hahaha... nailed it!

[NightTrain]

5. Colin Quinn is about as funny as a kick in the balls.

And I'm glad to find out that other people think so, too! :yourock:

[gatlingforme]

9. Count me in on that thought , Colin Quinn's sense of humor is like a

doorknob with a booger on it. Something you really would never want to touch.

[oxymoron]

6. Wow, this place is just CRAWLING with heterosexuals!

Sorry but you guys are killing me. Is it really necessary to preface a simple statement about another man's looks with the hetero disclaimer? Don't mean to offend, but as a homosexual man, I must say I find it pretty funny.

[WillyBrandt]

11. Part self-parody, part-modesty, part-immaturity

1. Self-parody. It is a pretty funny preface to any sentence
2. Modesty. I'm a terrible judge of male beauty, but this seems like an easy one
3. Cultural indoctrination and immaturity. This is how I've learned to preface judgments like this--those that sound gay to, oh, 10 year olds, but are just simple statements.

[roughsatori]

14. How ironic that you have a photo of James Baldwin in this thread

James Baldwin was cursed with the obsession that he was "ugly." When I first read this thread I was going to respond about how some of the most wonderful, talented people I have known were considered physically ugly by many.

There must be something wrong with me. I don't understand adults calling other adults physically ugly. It seems spiritually stunted to me. I once had the temerity to fall in love with a pock-marked "ugly" man and my friends were appalled.

I know this thread was meant as humorous and I was not going to respond--but seeing one of my personal heroes photos got me rambling.

[Rabrrrrrr]

15. It's a total defensive action, but I'm not sure what it's defensive of

This particular hetero feels no qualms at all in announcing 'Holy crow! Look at that guy! What a gorgeous man!' becuase I'm simply marveling at someone whom I think is very aesthetically pleasing.

Doesn't mean I want to have sex with him; and any woman I point out as someone whom I think is really beautiful also doesn't mean I want to have sex with her.

But sadly, in our culture, if a guy points out that another guy is handsom/well-proportioned/etc., there's a real fear that the person saying it will be labeled a homo.

Perosnally, I don't care if I'm labeled a homo, because I know I'm not, and I have such a huge circle of gay and lesbian friends that I don't feel shame at the moniker "homo", since pretty much every gay person I know is really, really cool and genuinely and positively a compassionate human being. Which I cetainly can't say about a very significant segment of fundy Christian people, and even some of the so-called liberal Christians amongst whom I follow my faith call.

Personally, to me, gay , straight, bi, I don't care, and I don't think it matters. And for me, I'm totally happy to say "Wow! That guy is gorgeous!" without adding "but I'm not gay". Orlando Bloom as Legolas? Bloody beautiful/gorgeous. Also Viggo. And I remember a guy I went to college with - simply beautiful and a pleasure to look at. A real sort of Adonis figure. And I'm not ashamed to say it, nor feel the need to qualify it with "but I'm not gay".

[WillyBrandt]

16. But you agree about the Tough Crowd, right?

Gorgeous, handsome post by the way.

[Rabrrrrrr]

17. What is a Tough Crowd?

Sorry, I don't watch TV - is that part of the show you were referencing?

[WillyBrandt]

18. That's the name of the show. It's on

Comedy Central, right after the Daily Show

It's like a claque of unbathed freepers

[Rabrrrrrr]

21. claque?

You mean 'clique' or 'gaggle'?

Sadly, I won't be seeing that show for probably 11 months.

Oh, well. I consider myself quite blessed by not having cable. yay!!

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

7. I think the show sucks.

It's mostly a bunch of never-been Bush ass kissers. Quinn can't tell a single joke without screwing it up half way and having to start over. He has the worst delivery I've seen in any comedian. Now I'll tell you what I really think.....

[Liberal Christian]

8. I hate Colin Quinn so much

. . . that I actually switch to the high school sports on the crappy local news station for the last six minutes between The Daily Show and Letterman.

Those guys are not only ugly; they're idiots.

[Rabrrrrrr]

20. Excuse me, BUT . . . . . . . . . . . . .

there is no crappy local sports in WI. I know you said 'crappy' in reference to the news station itself, but the implication, that you only watch the crappy news station which happens to be playing local sports is that the sports themselves are also not really worth your attention, other than that they are better than the other show you hate, which is Colin Quinn.

And you, who drape yourself in the flag during Sunday worship of our lord and creator. Sad.

note to other DUers: the last statement is a person in-jopke between the family-values-hating WyoMee and myself, and not to be taken seriously. By the way, I happen to know you have two french press mugs. America hater.

A real Wiconsinte LIVES on local sports.

(Rabrrrrrr being serious: WI does love their local sports, and rightly so, but let's face it, when it comes to progressive amd politically interested states, you won't find many better than WI)

[Beaker]

10. why hasn't the Faux Network picked up that show yet?

it'd be a great companion piece to their morning "faux & fiends" show.

[gatlingforme]

12. Hannity is waiting for Colin to put a shirt on that does not have drool

on it and pants that don't scream "clean me"

[K8-EEE]

13. Hetero Female Says, Colin Does Have A Certain Something....

And whatever it is... IT'S TOTALLY REVOLTING!

You can practically smell this guy through the TV -- he looks like he dresses right out of the hamper. EWWWEW!

Jon Stewart....now HE'S funny AND sexy as hell. YEAH! He's like the Dream Date from the old Mystery Date game and Colin is the bum

[Cleita]

19. Would be fun to interview some of his past girlfriends.

He strikes me as the type who calls a girl at midnight after he's been out with his buddies drinking all evening and expects to get laid.