Aaron Karo: The Man With Absolutely Nothing Funny To Say
You ever get the feeling that when you set your iPod to "shuffle" the songs that play aren't random at all?Ladies and gentlemen, it is with great sadness that I report I can not leave
My Blog is Poop with a final
Guess The Karo! Not because I don't want to, and not because I haven't tried. No. It's because there is officially nothing funny about Aaron Karo's Ruminations anymore. Nothing whatsoever.
In the past we've shared a laugh over the mundane observations-- or Ruminations, if you will-- of the comedically challenged Long Island frat boy. We've balked at his obvious punchlines and we've cringed upon hearing the news of his subsequent success. Each game of
Guess The Karo!-- where I challenged you to pick out Aaron's "joke" amongst my similar non-jokes-- left commentators dumbfounded and wondering, "Wait... is this guy really making a living with material like that?" And the answer was yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.
And that's why I've never felt bad skewering AK on this site. Because I'm just a blogger. He's a "comedian" with a development deal making good money off an idea he had when he was a college student. If he ever wanted to respond to anything I had written, all he had to say was "The guy is jealous. I have more readers, and I'm funnier." And he'd be right about the readers.
Do I hate Aaron Karo? Nah. Of course not. Somebody recently sent me his MySpace page, where I learned that we both like the same teams: The Yankees, Giants, Rangers, Knicks, and Women (get it? that's a Karo joke). He can't be that bad of a guy. All of my comments and jabs and verbal attacks have nothing to do with Aaron Karo the person. They have to do with Aaron Karo the comedian. And Aaron Karo the comedian isn't funny. At all. It's a fact.
You ever get the feeling that when you set your iPod to "shuffle" the songs that play aren't random at all?Back to
Guess The Karo! Like I was saying, we stopped playing GTK! because Aaron Karo has stopped writing jokes. Some could argue he never did. I think he used to try. But not anymore. He's mailing them in now- and while some comedians can get away with mailing it in, clearly Karo cannot. Just look at that iPod joke. Or read his last
column. How can I pick on him? It's completely unfair.
And that's why today, in my last ever Karo-related post, I'm not going to poke fun at his punchlines and belittle his comedy. No. Instead, I'm going to ask him a simple favor.
Aaron- stop it. Please. Just stop. For all of us. You had a nice run, you made a lot of money, god knows you've gotten laid from it-- what more do you need? Now, you're just being selfish. Because it's clear you're not doing it for your fans or your readers anymore- you're doing it for yourself. So please stop. You graduated from Penn, you used to work on Wall Street-- go back. You'll lead a happy life, I'm sure... and if that's the case, so will we. Everybody wins.
So please Aaron. From one comedian to another. It's time to throw in the towel. Because you know man, from one Knicks fan to another... You're the Isiah Thomas of comedy.
Do the right thing. Walk away.
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b at 3:33 PM
