It wasn’t my idea. I helped write it, but it wasn’t my idea.
But on the final taping week of “Talkshow,” I devoted myself body and soul to producing a “Comedy for Stoners” for the ages.
I can tell you the whole story at some point, but for now let’s just say I became obsessed. I’d wake up at dawn, thinking “There’s gotta be a way to put the lady ON the tower,” or “Curtains! We need curtains.” Cherry blossoms were shot and reshot, a virtual orchestra was assembled, and by week’s end basically the entire staff had had some part in putting together….
… what is without a doubt one of the most pointlessly overproduced pieces of video ever made. It’s the Comedy for Stoners that Baz Luhrman would make if Baz Luhrman had neither taste nor good judgment.
You can wait until it airs on Saturday night, but I couldn’t help notice that it’s been leaked to YouTube. So if you want a sneak peak, here is the fanciful operetta, “Bigfoot and the Unicorn.”
[Note: This might not be safe for work. I’m not convinced it’s safe for home.]





22 comments
Benjamin
December 11, 2006 at 12:28 pm
1Not having a TV the only Talkshow I’ve seen are the bits leaked to YouTube mentioned on this site. In honesty I’ve found the Comedy for Stoners only slightly amusing (This should be in my favor with my parole officer) but this last one had me laughing loud enough that I worried I might be heard in the hall (I’m at work - NSFW be damned!).
I’m still giggling as I type this. Thanks Adam. I needed that.
amiee
December 11, 2006 at 1:44 pm
2i don’t know why, but that just made my day. i’m not a stoner, but i am easily amused. thanks for that.
bill e
December 11, 2006 at 1:48 pm
3Liked it - good ending - that glowing unicorn horn - nice touch
thinking of short videos, have you seen the Barney-cam holiday special brought to you by the White House?
I discovered one of these last year on I-tunes. Barney has his own web page on the White House site. Boy, to be first dog, must be something.
Here’s a link
Steve
December 11, 2006 at 1:49 pm
4Huh?
Sorry, Adam, but it wasn’t your best work.
Mojo
December 11, 2006 at 4:02 pm
5When they started allowing these non-traditional unions, it spelled the end of traditional marriage among both unicorns and bigfoot. No wonder they’re extinct - or at least vanishingly rare.
Ann
December 11, 2006 at 4:10 pm
6That’s gonna look good on their resumes.
Jonathan
December 11, 2006 at 5:08 pm
7God bless you sir… And the Unicorn you “rode” in on…
However, I still think you as a panda being gunned down after a humanimal race was by far the best EVVUH!
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill
December 11, 2006 at 5:39 pm
8Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties and so bear ourselves that, if the
British Empire and its Commonwealth“Talk Show with Spike Feresten” last fora thousand years22 weeks, men will still say, ‘This was their finesthour45 seconds.’Okay, time to be dead again…
SeattleDan
December 11, 2006 at 8:01 pm
9Now I’m going to have that damn tune stuck in my head all night.
tess
December 12, 2006 at 2:21 am
10I’m embarassed that I’m so crude as to start laughing at the last bit.
I’m a sick, sick, sick monkey.
Vinnie
December 12, 2006 at 4:20 am
11Yeah, yeah. Dat’s funny and all, but, if it ain’t in Italian, it ain’t opera, capisce?
marco
December 12, 2006 at 4:44 am
12Parole allineare, paisano!
R. Santorum
December 12, 2006 at 4:54 am
13See? This is what I’m talking about! You give the permissive liberal mindthink an inch and you get Snowman on Unicorn sex! I’ve tried to warn you, but - Noooooo!
I should be launching my own exploratory committee for the 2008 Presidential race, but instead, I’ll be back working at my father-in-law’s feed store in Intercourse, PA. The irony of it all!
dee
December 12, 2006 at 5:28 am
14At least Bigfoot is wearing a costume. Imagine what that horse is going to have to go through once all his stablemates find out.
historyenne
December 12, 2006 at 6:53 am
15So unicorns’ horns glow when . . .ahem. Who knew? (Besides Adam, apparently)
Steve
December 12, 2006 at 11:29 am
16Okay, apparently I’m not seeing something here.
Is there some cultural reference I’m missing that imbues this with meaning and makes the bit funny?
Ann
December 12, 2006 at 11:33 am
17Steve, it’s “Comedy for Stoners.” Pay attention.
Harold
December 12, 2006 at 2:35 pm
18Adam, that Bigfoot costume is a huge improvement over the days when you guys substituted a Pilgrim truncated cone hat for Lincoln’s stovepipe hat and hoped no one would notice!
Steve
December 12, 2006 at 3:19 pm
19Ann reminds me “Steve, it’s “Comedy for Stoners.” Pay attention.”
Oh.
Back in the days when I inhaled, our humor was much more subtle. Like, for instance, did you ever look at your hands?
tim
December 12, 2006 at 9:33 pm
20HA! LOVED it. Ain’t no way Rupert’s running that. The best part was Bigfoot’s final resignation to the idea that he would in fact have to pleasure the unicorn, and then his workmanlike demeanor in undertaking the task at hand.
Harold
December 13, 2006 at 7:42 am
21Now that’s an idea! A whole Comedy For Stoners segment consisting of a close-up of hands! You could add a laugh track that starts off with giggles and builds to hysterical laughter - for the comedy part. It would be interesting to see what kind of reaction that gets!
ice weasel
December 13, 2006 at 9:40 pm
22I didn’t get it. Maybe I was too high.
I’ll try again tomorrow.