Comments on: Eric’s friends are funny: Sack Lunch TV

By: Andrew D

Andrew D — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 14:56:50 +0000

I like Jake better as a viking. He was such a good viking…

By: Scrawny Bison

Scrawny Bison — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 19:45:11 +0000

I have told no one. NO ONE! And I intend to keep it that way. I can only assume that Eric meant some of his other friends are funny or that his friends are funny, but not in these clips.

By: Snoop Dogg

Snoop Dogg — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 17:01:17 +0000

Sorry, I just didn’t find them that funny. They elicited a weak smile from me, but that’s about it. I kept expecting them to go somewhere, but when it got to the punchline, I found myself asking “That’s it?”. Like Huzzak said, the endings are all pretty weak.

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 15:12:38 +0000

Actually, I thought the endings were fine. The slightly delayed timing of the bicycle horn in “Humble Pie” was great. The ending of “Man Date” was the point of the joke. And the scene at the end of “Cheesebigot” capped that joke by taking it one step farther. Not only is the bigoted customer, Tom Davis, a Mexican-sounding guy, but when the larcenous cook, Felipe, lowers his newspaper, we discover he’s an Anglo guy.

By: Turkey

Turkey — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 14:57:11 +0000

It’s probably a lot funnier when you actually know the people involved, too. For not knowing them from Adam, they were OK. The potential was there, and I was anticipating a great payoff, but the great payoff never really happened.

By: David Manning

David Manning — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 03:03:13 +0000

The endings seem to seriously reduce the ultimate amount of funny; the flashy text and music at the endings have to go. Eh, at least the ideas shine. And while I’m at it, the video quality at the Sack Lunch TV website is among the best I’ve seen.

By: Huzzak

Huzzak — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 02:16:24 +0000

They are good ideas, but they kind of ruin it with the endings. The third one, for example, could probably have done without showing us the waiter going back to speak with the cook. The core ideas are really good, but they need to get a good finisher in the writing department.

By: The Don

The Don — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:58:07 +0000

Huh, they were kinda’ amusing. But that’s about it.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:25:11 +0000

I love it that the guy with the Mexican accent was bigoted. I used to work at a bookstore with a hilarious Indian guy in New Jersey who practically refused to sell anything to other Indians because he was convinced they would just read it and return it. “They think it’s a bloody library!”