The Man Show Season Two, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Carolla,
returns to DVD with a 6 disc collection of the 26 episodes that made up the
hit show’s entire second season. The Man Show was one
of Comedy Central’s most popular series before hosts Kimmel and Carolla
decided to leave the show to pursue other opportunities. The Man Show
continued to air with two new hosts, but was recently cancelled due to a large
drop in popularity since the departure of the two originals. That said, The
Man Show Season Two DVD collection contains hours of “the good
old days” of The Man Show as Kimmel and Carolla have
no shortage of ideas for humorous and entertaining bits tailored to a man’s
sense of humor.
The Man Show will appeal to any man who has an appreciation
for beer, food, laziness, and especially beautiful women. Kimmel and Carolla
have a knack for coming up with hilarious bits and jokes that any man (or woman)
who appreciates this type of humor will enjoy. On almost every episode of
The Man Show you will you find a surplus of drinking, sexist humor,
and ladies in revealing attire. The Man Show is definitely
not for everyone, but if you enjoy the type of humor described you certainly
won’t be disappointed.
The easiest way to get a better idea of what you should expect to see on an
episode of The Man Show is to simply describe some of the skits
and other humorous segments found throughout this DVD. There are two very important
aspects of the show that are noticeable from the beginning of every episode.
Beer and beautiful women. The two hosts along with everyone in the audience
get a mug of beer for the show, and every episode opens with a dance by the
“Juggies” dancer as they introduce Adam and Jimmy. The Juggies are
Man Show dancers, appearing throughout every episode dancing in skimpy, revealing
outfits with various props (such as in a hot tub). There are also two important
things that occur at the end of each episode. The first is a toast chanted by
the hosts and audience where they all pound their beers at the end. The second
is the closing of the show, where the viewers are sent off with video of women
jumping on trampolines. In between is where you will find the various skits,
videos, and jokes that are the meat of The Man Show. Those
that are most notable from the second season include the introduction of Aaron,
“The Man Show Boy” (Aaron is a sixth grader with unbelievable sense
of humor and lack of reservation. Aaron goes around town doing things such as
dressing up as a boy scout and offers to help “old” ladies mostly
around the age of 30 or so across the street to earn merit badges and loitering
outside a beer store trying to convince someone to buy him beer), a tour of
Snoop Dogg’s “Crib” by Adam and Jimmy, humorous “Man
Show Inventions” and “Sex-O-Vations,” interviews of men attending
a Cher concert and men using the urinal, a trip to a professional wrestling
school, video skits of “The Monkey Bar” (where monkeys are dressed
up and play out humorous skits with voice-overs), “Karl Malone on…”
video clips, “Great Moments in Stupidity,” and last but not least
“Hanukah with Goldberg.” These and many other skits and scenes are
what make The Man Show Season Two such a humorous collection
of episodes.
Complimenting the 26 episodes are 11 short videos found in the Bonus Material
section of the sixth disc. None of these videos are extremely funny, but none
are bad either. The first three videos are short “Karl Malone on…”
clips. They are just like those seen sporadically throughout the episodes in
the season where the pretend Karl Malone gives his “take” on various
subjects. The next video is entitled “The Juggbournes” and features
the Juggies dancers in a short parody on The Osbournes television
show. The video is basically a short excuse for the Juggies to strip down to
their underwear. The next two videos, entitled “Tobias Cats” and
“What’s With the Attitude,” both feature Adam Carolla on the
street stopping random people. In the first video he pretends to be a psychic
who gets his information from two cats. In the second, he asks people on the
street “what’s with the attitude?” and takes the conversation
from there. These seem like videos that could have popped up at any point of
a typical episode of The Man Show. I found “What’s
With the Attitude” to be the most humorous video in the entire Bonus Materials
section. The next four videos are very short and are referred to as “Man
Show Miracles.” Each video simply makes a sarcastic joke about a man or
woman doing something that the gender stereotypically doesn’t often do.
Finally, the last video is a five minute clip of various women jumping on trampolines
in rather revealing outfits. It should be noted that any nudity in this clip,
as well as any that would be found in the episodes of the second season, is
blurred out. Overall, the videos in the Bonus material section weren’t
terrible, but they were brief and not very humorous. At very least, they seem
good enough to be aired during an episode, but aren’t anything that you
would be likely to remember. I give the Bonus Material section a C.
The Man Show Season Two is definitely not for everyone, but
those who fall into the show’s intended audience will find many of the
episodes extremely funny. If you’re the type of guy (or girl) who finds
the humor and enjoyment in fart jokes, eating in excess, drinking beer, and
especially looking at beautiful women, I’d definitely take a look at The
Man Show Season Two (and season one as well!). Although the series
definitely doesn’t appeal to everyone, I give it a B for it’s excellent
job of entertaining those who it is intended for (like myself).
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