worst review you ever got?

beardedlamb · Post by **beardedlamb** » November 10th, 2010, 1:58 am

this is the worst review i've ever gotten and easily the funniest. who else has a rough review or quote about one of their shows?

Aden · Post by **Aden** » November 10th, 2010, 9:24 am

I hate the word 'skit.'

HerrHerr · Post by **HerrHerr** » November 10th, 2010, 9:30 am

That review was not so great.

Rev. Jordan T. Maxwell · November 10th, 2010, 9:38 am

a short film i was in got entered into an online film festival. one aspect of it was that each film got reviewed by a "professional" critic. he said my performance was a "bad Will Ferrell impression."

i contented myself by reading his other reviews and realizing at the very least i was a better writer than him.

Spots · Post by **Spots** » November 10th, 2010, 9:45 am

Every single comment on this youtube video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjpGN1cufLQ

"you wanna impress a fat,ugly,idiotic caucasian boy,crack his skull open with a beer bottle.Wahahahah!hilarious!"

"fat fuck"

etc etc etc.

kbadr · Post by **kbadr** » November 10th, 2010, 10:54 am

An audience member, naturally, reviewed the show that had my all-time lowest personal moment on stage.

My favorite quote was "I realize Improv is supposed to be spur of the moment but overall it just seemed like there were 4 people on stage who'd never met each other, had no idea what they were doing, stumbling around and trying to make jokes."

Three of the "4 people on stage who'd never met each other" were me, Roy, and Beeler. So...the stars must have been aligned in the formation of a middle finger that night.

Roy Janik · Post by **Roy Janik** » November 10th, 2010, 11:15 am

kbadr wrote: Three of the "4 people on stage who'd never met each other" were me, Roy, and Beeler. So...the stars must have been aligned in the formation of a middle finger that night.

AND over the next week I talked to several people over the next few weeks who loved the show. So FEHHHHHHH.

jillybee72 · Post by **jillybee72** » November 10th, 2010, 11:45 am

Well if we're doing YouTube comments, here's a heartbreaking array of people who don't know what parody is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEYZLg4pk68

I never liked the review that said, "The show’s stylin’, even if Bernard’s mismatched wardrobe suggests otherwise."

Justin D. · Post by **Justin D.** » November 10th, 2010, 12:07 pm

This comes from part of a review of last year's Waffle Fest show where The Stater Kit performed Murder!, where we ask for a list of objects to act as possible murder weapons and red herrings:

"However, I didn't hear all of the listed input used. Most of all, what I found lacking was true improvisation. The troupes, while amusing, did not use (or ask the audience for) improv basics such as places or themes, which would showcase true improv talent. These seemed like rehearsed comedic bits to me."

Yes, we didn't ask for a place or theme from the audience, so we didn't show true improv talent. Damn us. What's awesome is that it appears that the husband of the reviewer above gave us a glowing review from the same night.

Rev. Jordan T. Maxwell · November 10th, 2010, 12:15 pm

jillybee72 wrote:Well if we're doing YouTube comments, here's a heartbreaking array of people who don't know what parody is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEYZLg4pk68

someone put Bill Clinton's head on my body in the Jib Jab striptease video i did and posted it on Youtube. i don't remember every single fat joke that was made in the comments, but the word "man boobs" does stick out in my mind...

Justin D. · Post by **Justin D.** » November 10th, 2010, 12:31 pm

the_reverend wrote:
jillybee72 wrote:Well if we're doing YouTube comments, here's a heartbreaking array of people who don't know what parody is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEYZLg4pk68
someone put Bill Clinton's head on my body in the Jib Jab striptease video i did and posted it on Youtube. i don't remember every single fat joke that was made in the comments, but the word "man boobs" does stick out in my mind...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4Ox3uAsZ7s[/youtube]

You're welcome.

Brad Hawkins · Post by **Brad Hawkins** » November 10th, 2010, 2:31 pm

Justin D. wrote:This comes from part of a review of last year's Waffle Fest show where The Stater Kit performed Murder!, where we ask for a list of objects to act as possible murder weapons and red herrings:

"However, I didn't hear all of the listed input used. Most of all, what I found lacking was true improvisation. The troupes, while amusing, did not use (or ask the audience for) improv basics such as places or themes, which would showcase true improv talent. These seemed like rehearsed comedic bits to me."

Yes, we didn't ask for a place or theme from the audience, so we didn't show true improv talent. Damn us. What's awesome is that it appears that the husband of the reviewer above gave us a glowing review from the same night.

I guess to that reviewer, the use of a suggestion is like proof that you hadn't written the whole thing out beforehand... as if you couldn't toss in something about the suggestion even if you had. I wonder under what circumstances this reviewer was traumatized by fraudulent improv at some point in her early development...

Justin D. · Post by **Justin D.** » November 10th, 2010, 2:59 pm

monkeyangst wrote:
Justin D. wrote:This comes from part of a review of last year's Waffle Fest show where The Stater Kit performed Murder!, where we ask for a list of objects to act as possible murder weapons and red herrings:

"However, I didn't hear all of the listed input used. Most of all, what I found lacking was true improvisation. The troupes, while amusing, did not use (or ask the audience for) improv basics such as places or themes, which would showcase true improv talent. These seemed like rehearsed comedic bits to me."

Yes, we didn't ask for a place or theme from the audience, so we didn't show true improv talent. Damn us. What's awesome is that it appears that the husband of the reviewer above gave us a glowing review from the same night.
I guess to that reviewer, the use of a suggestion is like proof that you hadn't written the whole thing out beforehand... as if you couldn't toss in something about the suggestion even if you had. I wonder under what circumstances this reviewer was traumatized by fraudulent improv at some point in her early development...

What's weird is we did use practically every item (about eight) that was suggested for murder weapons. I think it was the specific suggestion prompt of a theme or place the person wanted most, which is odd.

valetoile · Post by **valetoile** » November 11th, 2010, 12:02 am

kbadr wrote:
Three of the "4 people on stage who'd never met each other" were me, Roy, and Beeler. So...the stars must have been aligned in the formation of a middle finger that night.

Well it all makes sense... I wasn't there to make you guys like good.

mpbrockman · Post by **mpbrockman** » November 11th, 2010, 4:58 pm

valetoile wrote:
kbadr wrote:
Three of the "4 people on stage who'd never met each other" were me, Roy, and Beeler. So...the stars must have been aligned in the formation of a middle finger that night.
Well it all makes sense... I wasn't there to make you guys like good.

Love it.