the overrated thread

Non-Phish General
#1

this is a thread to list someone, or something, that is very popular in the eyes of the general public, but truly in your opinion, is overrated and overhyped. It could be a person, a band, a movie etc…anything that you feel is overrated. Since you guys are phish fans, that immediately gives you credibility to make these decisions, as I feel I can trust your sense of taste and opinion a ton more than others.

I will start.

My first choice for overrated is Frank Caliendo

this guy has his own show, appears on fox sports, has commercials and promotion…and why??? He flat out SUCKS! This guy is NOT FUNNY, he is just a fat little dork that can do a sub-par John Madden impersonation. This guy is a Darrell Hammond wannabe, and a joke of an impersonator.

This guy does George Bush impersonations. He dresses up like GW, trys to do his voice and mannerisms, and kinda sounds like GW which might work well on radio…but I got news for ya Frankie Boy, GW may be a dumbass, but he ain’t a fatass like you are. You can’t ‘dress up’ and impersonate a guy that you have 100 lbs on, it just doesn’t work.

This guy does Bill Clinton too, but again, Clinton may be a little chubby, but he ain’t a fat fuck like you are Frankie. Monica Lewinski wouldn’t give you the time of day, so either lose some weight so that you can come close to actually playing the part realistically, or gain another 100 lbs so you come close to pulling off that Madden impersonation that makes zoloft boy Terry Bradshaw crack up so much.

I’m not sure why I hate this wannabe Darrell Hammond as much as I do. I just can call a spade a spade when I see one I guess. Apparently the general public must find his shitty impersonations hysterical, which makes me ashamed that America is so fucking dumb, and yeah, he is OVERRATED!!!

my message to you, stay away from Frank Caliendo folks. save your brain cells

#2

Jerry Seinfeld. I enjoy the show Seinfeld, but can’t stand him and his comedy act. Have you seen the new commercial out with him and Bill Gates for Windows? Not funny. Just not. At all.

And nice Caliendo pick

#3

^^^oh gosh, those Seinfeld/Gates commercials are flat out awful!

#4

^Yeah they are awkward

I don’t agree at all about Frank Caliendo. There are a lot worse things for your brain cells. His impression of Madden is brilliant. So spot on. He exaggerates it a bit, but that makes it even more funny. His Bush impression is decent, and I also saw him on the football pregame on Sunday and he did a pretty nice Tony Soprano football picks segment. I’m not saying he’s the best ever, and he might be a bit over-lauded by some, but its not like he doesn’t deserve it at all. Everybody loves the funny fat guy.

Oh and I’ve heard him do a great Charles Barkley too.

And what’s your love affair with Darrell Hammond?? He’s been on SNL about 10 years too long, and his only signature impression was Bill Clinton.

#5

Can I just start going off here?

Nirvana, The Doors, Bill Clinton, Heath Ledger, Mohammed Ali, the TV show Lost, Folk music, The Olympic Games (except water polo), SUV’s, spaghetti, magazines, the name Dakota, ceramics, clouds (that one’s debateable), 20th Century American literature, Sega, Montreal, skateboarding, quitting smoking, that guy who made Rushmore, though that movie itself was good, Mount Rushmore, whales, ninjas and Oprah.

#6

Bill Clinton is not overrated.

lol at whales, Devin

#7

Wes Anderson isn’t overrated! if he were overrated he’d make a fucking buck on his flicks.

#8

Chipotle. It’s this decade’s sun-dried tomato. You never heard about it more than 5 years ago, now it’s on every chain restaurant’s menu or a flavoring in something. I mean, I like it, but it doesn’t have to go with everything.

24 hours news cycle. There’s just not enough going on to be reporting ALL THE TIME. It just creates a need to fill time with opinion and wacky hyperbole.

#9

Pabst Blue Ribbon, annoyingly and affectionately referred to as PBR.

Hipster dufus shwill. They pollute inner cities with these fake murals that are supposed to look like graffiti art when in actuality they are ads payed for by PBR and put up, illegally in most instances, in inner cities. And depending on what part of the city it goes up in depends on whether or not these ads contain not only PBR but Colt 45 as well.

and don’t give me that “Pabst is owned by a charitable organization” bullshit either.

#10

I drink Pabst. I like it better than most other beers in that price range. And I wouldn’t call myself “hip” in any way.

There’s no PBR murals where I live, but I’d love a nice Pabst neon sign in my house. THEN I’d be cool.

#11

WRONG!

Hammond OWNS Caliendo. Not only is he better in every way, but he actually looks the part too. Caliendo looks like you bred GW with a fat little pug. Hammond not only does the better Clinton, but also does Al Gore, a legendary Sean Connery on celebrity jeopardy, a perfect Chris Matthews from msnbc, and countless other.

Caliendo’s tony soprano sucked, and he’s an overrated hack. Even though I’ve never watched his stupid show on TBS, I will smoke a fattie and dent some bottles when his rating go down the tube and he is yanked off the air. Ofcourse, being on TBS, how low can your ratings be before the execs have to pull it? Ratings lower than the fashion hour on the home shopping network perhaps?

#12

There was a hoity toity bar in Burlington that had PBR tallboys years ago. Blew my freakin’ mind.

#13

NO, YOU’RE WRONG!! MY OPINION IS RIGHT!

#14

^^oh yeah, all of the show venues serve PBR tallboys around these parts (but these venues aren’t hoity toity, haha)

#15

I drink Pabst too…its cheap. that’s enough for me

#16

Oh the places I could go with this thread.

The word “organic”. People are slapping that word on shit left and right. From food and clothing to cleaning products and candles. Half of that shit isn’t what it claims to be but use it as a ploy to jack up prices and get the people “going green” (another term I feel started out with the best of intentions but is now overrated) to buy it just because it has the word ORGANIC printed on it. Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for living more environmentally sound lives…I’m just sick of the terms for it. It is the terms themselves, not the actions behind them that I find overrated.

Futurama. I’m sorry, I just can’t watch it. I’ve tried many times.

Widespread Panic. I saw them 3 times from 96-98. 1st time we left early, 2nd and 3rd times I literally fell asleep. JB looks like he swallowed Cleveland and sounds like he smoked it. If I want good southern rock, I’ll play some Allman Brothers.

Jambands. Slam me if you will, but I mean seriously, after GD, Phish, moe. and SCI, it’s been downhill to me. The sound has been recreated so much that it’s become stale to my ears. Everyone sounds like a band trying to be one of the ones I listed. Not to say some of the newer bands like Umphrees don’t have serious chops and put on a good show. I just feel like I’ve heard it before.

Sara Palin’s fucking glasses! I work for a giant optical practice and I can’t walk into the dispensery without hearing some woman ask for something like them or if the ones they are picking up are like hers. I hear about them on NPR too. Come on, is this really news?

What else? Chris Rock, Ashton Kutcher, Jessica Alba, Sting, Scarlotte Johanson, Mariah Carey, MADONNA, Beyonce, Tom Cruise and his family, Scientology, Christianity, increased gas prices, the news, relationships, “best friends”, Coldplay, electronica, icecream, the “git r done” guy, the “you might be a redneck if” guy, the commercials during the superbowl, dogs, rap music, and Facebook.

Man, Rushmore is one of my favorite movies!
Max: I like your nurses uniform, guy.
Flynn: They’re OR scrubs.
Max: O R they?"

#17

Let’s not forget Hammonds’ Trump impression, either.

Overrated = anything to do w/ Monty Python.

#18

^Monty Python are not overrated, I know more people who hate it than who love it. By definition something hyped/overrated is something overexposed and lacking real substance, something that has earned undeserved mass popularity. Monty Python are none of those things, they flew under the radar in terms of mass appeal.

They were totally subversive and way out in left field. Plus, they’re British.

#19

Only a hipster would say that.

;D

#20

haha, well I guess we’ll agree to disagree then!