So I'm going to be on camera and plan on bringing a few Tell 'Em Steve Dave signs, getting sloppy drunk, and yelling TELL EM STEVE DAVE as much as possible... Bad idea?
My IQ dropped 4 points just reading that e-mail and I feel like you literally owe me money for making me waste the 30 seconds that it took to read it, post this response, and come up with the insult required to sum up my feelings on it.
So, you know, whatever.
While I appreciate this guys dedication to Kevin Smith movies of the past, the sell-by date for that reference has LONG since passed.
ReplyDeletenever too old for a Kevin Smith reference. I still find Clerks the funniest movie of all time (probably helps that I spent 8 months working in a small grocery store in a working class town called Eureka, CA)
ReplyDeleteIf you are are going to make Kevin Smith references, Might I suggest Huge black cocks with pearly white cum 4" or "You're not allowed to wrestle here anymore!" with a sign next to you saying "Yeaaaaahhhhh!!!!"
ReplyDeleteI like Chasing Amy and Clerks as much as the next guy, but Kevin Smith is a joke in 2014.
ReplyDeleteHis 2011 movie, Red State, made $1.1 million from only 5 theaters. That's pretty impressive, especially compared to his 2014 movie, Tusk. That has made $1.8 million so far... in 602 theaters.
If he didn't prove to be so unprofessional to work with on COP OUT, or if his fanbase actually went to see his movies, more studios would be lining up to work with him.
So his solution to his stagnant career is to do two more horror movies that probably won't break $2 million and then go back and do Clerks III.
That's because Red State has a special roadshow releasing with inflated ticket prices.
ReplyDeleteWhich makes the gross look even worse. The only way it broke $1 million is because Kevin Smith fans paid $50 to see it.
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking about doing this for Raw on Monday. I really am. I just need to figure out if I have much of a chance to get on camera.
ReplyDeleteagreed, but I dont think that's how Vince is using it. He is using it as a putdown to belittle the posters for taking it too seriously and to insinuate he's somehow better than them for being "above that." Or atleast that is how he comes across.
ReplyDeleteHey! I live in Eureka now!
ReplyDeleteoh yeah? I went to Humboldt St. for a year. Lived on campus in Arcata but worked at C&V market part time in Eureka. Wonder if still exists. This was back in 92/93
ReplyDeleteIt sure does.
ReplyDeleteCome to Butthead
ReplyDeleteI think the one two punch of Zach and Miri being a box office bomb and Cop Out being a critical flop pushed him over the edge
ReplyDeleteGood God Kevin Smith is a bunch of crap.
ReplyDeletethat is awesome. I doubt the owner are still Gary and Janice Albee though. They were in their 60s when I was there. Gary was good people.
ReplyDeletefunny thing was back then it was located next to a home brewing store and (here's the kicker) a place that ran AA meetings. Here we are offering 22 ounces of Magnum Malt Liquor for 99 cents and here is a home brewing place right next to the AA meetings. I guess you really had to want sobreity. Also had a weird group home for mentally unstable folks across the street, although they never gave me any problems other than occasionally wanting to talk to much to me.
ReplyDeleteMight as well go for the gold and create a sign that says "HOPE YOU DON'T USE 37 ICE PACKS ON YOUR WAY OUT!!!" For whenever someone from Cena's team gets eliminated
ReplyDeleteNot uh, not real proud of my region right now.
ReplyDeletehttp://youtu.be/yptXkLglKkA
ReplyDeleteAll 4 episodes are on YouTube. So they're easy to keep up with for the time being.
ReplyDeleteI love the fact that the women are treated as serious competitors instead of fragile blow up dolls. It's nice to see at least one televized promotion that understands the value of female wrestlers.
ReplyDeleteThat's when Smith threatened to charge critics to preview his movies, which led to Roger Ebert to brilliantly tweet: "Kevin Smith thinks critics should have had to pay to see Cop Out. But Kev, then they would REALLY have hated it."
ReplyDelete"That joke fell flatter than Walt Flanagan's dog!!!!"
ReplyDeleteInteresting that in his old age, Vince is more and more like his dad. Sr rode the Bruno and Backlund trains as long as he could...now Cena is Vince Jr's Sammatino/Backlund.
ReplyDeleteYeah, they need to fix that booking immediately. Those are major plot holes for such a story driven show.
ReplyDeleteIt wasn't intended to be a wide release. It was a small personal project that he only did the public screenings so it would eligible for awards.
ReplyDeleteMakes me wonder how old this cat is.
ReplyDeleteI mean maturity wise I'd go with eleven, but... that's not really someone who fits into Smith's demographic. Shit, I'm 30 and I only discovered his stuff in 2002. So we're dealing with a 30 something at least who types that drivel?
Terrifying.
Why isn't anybody marveling about the fact that somehow Scott's e-mail inbox is somehow able to receive messages from 1995?! Respond to this guy and have him tell an 11-year-old me to buy Apple stock
ReplyDeleteKevin Smith is the Vince Russo of movie directors.
ReplyDeleteHammer time.
ReplyDeleteI bet Scott regrets having shown up to the BoD. He wasn't even supposed to be be here today!
ReplyDelete"FEAR THE ICE PACK" would work, and ya know, not be stupid.
ReplyDeleteThe mentally unstable folks are EVERYWHERE here. Still.
ReplyDeleteShit, sorry, kind of made that joke above without reading earlier posts.
ReplyDeleteTell 'em, Matt_INDEED-Steve-Dave!
ReplyDelete"eligible for awards" LMAO
ReplyDeleteTell Rollins to go to Buffalo. He can get all the ice he wants there.
ReplyDeleteIt's not that he can't get ice packs, it's that he's not allowed ice packs.
ReplyDeleteBut I do see the joke and I apologize for killing it.
You iced the joke
ReplyDeleteBy "here" you mean the BoD
ReplyDeleteHere's the thing, though. It's a fun meme for the blog, but no one in the WWE is likely to give a flying fuck or even get it. Does anyone think the backstage conversations these days revolve around Ricardo friggin' Rodriguez's shoot interview? At this point, it's possible/likely that neither Rollins nor Cena even remember the "incident."
ReplyDeleteIs this bruce Willis? This is Bruce Willis isn't it?
ReplyDeleteI don't get it. Does this somehow relate to Kevin Smith?
ReplyDeleteNevermind, just looked it up.
ReplyDeleteMan, I'm a popular guy around here.
ReplyDeleteHere....put my on your butthole. It'll make you feel better.
ReplyDeleteIt's ok. Sharing is caring
ReplyDeleteI'm sure winning "Best Film" at the Catalonian International Film Festival made it worth it (Yes, Red State actually won that award).
ReplyDeleteIf I recall correctly, Smith said he was self-distributing to show how effective self-distribution can be, citing Passion of the Christ. Turns out Smith completely and totally underestimated his audience.
But for argument's sake, if Red State was only meant to be a "personal project", is that the same excuse that Smith is using for Tusk bombing?
Make a sign with Bill Cosby's face with "I got two words for ya" on it.
ReplyDeleteHe was great for his size. His "big matches" are often a little limited given that 90% of his offense is Powerbombs (I've seen a bunch of FMW matches where it's basically JUST that one move), but he was definitely a high-end guy. Of course, nobody in WCW or the WWF was going to be taking that many Powerbombs a night (and that's not really a bad thing).
ReplyDeleteTJ: I was just thinking...it's likely Lucha Underground will get about the same, if not better, ratings than TNA despite El Rey being less available than Destination America. So, I thought I would throw this hypothetical out there...just for the sake of discussion (I'm looking at you, WWE1987), TNA folds...who would Lucha Underground benefit from signing?
ReplyDeleteOr when a babyface gets the hot tag, yell "KICK HIS ASS, SEA BASS!!!"
ReplyDeleteNo offense, but the ratings won't even be similar at all. Not even close. At least for a long time if not ever.
ReplyDeleteA better sign wouldve been IM NOT EVEN SUPPOSED TO BE HERE TODAY
ReplyDeleteBravo; you nailed it.
ReplyDeleteWho wrote that e-mail, Special Ed Zack And Slater?
ReplyDeleteI don't even know what that means?
ReplyDeleteI guess its some kind of smodcast?
ReplyDeleteOh, plenty of great movies don't do well at the box office. I agree it's not the end-all, be-all.
ReplyDeleteBut when you have a guy like Smith who has dud after dud even though he's supposedly has a HUGE fanbaset. And if critics hate your movies enough that even your diehard fanbase doesn't want to see them, well, something isn't right.
And Jersey Girl was awful. But yeah, it's kind of been overshadowed by his even worse more recent films.
Oh and it was line from mall rats? Love the movie but I guess I haven't seen it enough to catch all the references.
ReplyDeleteMalenko vs. Guerrero = violent crap. Right.
ReplyDeleteThings the casual viewing audience will understand on a sign:
ReplyDelete#1: Austin 3:16
#64: Pray for Scherer's dog
#680: Blog Otters
#5,901: TELL EM STEVE DAVE
One match I NEVER get see pimped (probably due to lack of exposure) that I remember being great = Eddie Guerrero & The Steiner Brothers vs. Dean Malenko, Cactus Jack & Too Cold Scorpio. Also Psicosis vs. Yoshihiro Tajiri from 2000 was fantastic. I went out of my way to see it after people raved about it and it totally lived up to it (at least at the time, haven't seen since.)
ReplyDeleteSleep.
ReplyDeleteTil
Brooklyn!
But... but Smith hit on one great formula and used it endlessly until it no longer really held the appeal it once diOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...
ReplyDeleteYeah, then he "voluntarily retired" from filmmaking or whatever.
ReplyDeleteAnd by puddin pop he means his penis.
ReplyDeleteMake a bunch of signs with Arnold's ice puns from Batman and Robin.
ReplyDeleteAC Slater?
ReplyDeleteThis email is totally Chasing Lame-y, amirite?
ReplyDeleteI once said Mick Foley was the Kevin SMith of wrestling, but that assessment is far more accurate.
ReplyDeleteAlbert Clifford Slater.
ReplyDeleteThat got a legitimate "LOL" from me. Bravo sir.
ReplyDeletewhy don't you believe it? There's been enough stories from a variety of folks about the insanity that is the WWE locker room and the strange written and unwritten rules that exist.
ReplyDeleteI was always amused by the idea of making signs featuring totally useless pieces of quotes from famous people, like:
ReplyDelete"Light, Enter"
-Metallica
"There Was, The"
-Bret Hart
Jeez, Lodi. I know WCW was a long time ago but you could at least TRY to stay in game shape.
ReplyDeleteBTW when did scott switch from simpsons to scott pilgrim jokes?
ReplyDeleteYes, and Bret's still refusing to job.
ReplyDeleteEven Vince would laugh at how dated this reference is.
ReplyDeleteFatality.
ReplyDeleteThey are on youtube? Damn, I've been watching them on whatever spanish station they're on this whole time!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteTell Em Steve Dave is the best podcast ever. And, thankfully at this point, Kevin Smith pretty much has nothing to do with it. All he ever talks about anymore is weed. So I, for one apparently, hope to see your sign on camera. Big thumbs up!
ReplyDeleteTremendous.
ReplyDeleteYou save all the good emails for the podcast (at placetobenation.com) now, don't you?
ReplyDeleteBut its not, because the podcast by that name comes out every week, which is what I would guess he is referring to.
ReplyDeleteFuck yes.
ReplyDeleteAnd we're back to what occured on April 5, 2001.
ReplyDelete#659937593759 TNA RULES
ReplyDeleteThey gotta get the viewers in somehow.
ReplyDeleteTajiri/Psicosis was great, doesn't get a lot of love because it was aired after the TNN show, if i recall correctly. And the 6 man tag was clipped for years. They aired it on TV but only like 4 minutes of it. It's tough to get a cult following when you don't see the while match, like the Double Dog Collar Match.
ReplyDeleteI think Ambrose would be the better choice, although he feels still more like Austin 97 and not Austin 98. Just a little step away from the top.
ReplyDeleteI'm starting to see it now.
ReplyDeleteIf I ever get on camera at a ppv again (I'm very briefly on camera during the UT/Mabel casket match at IYH 5) it will be holding a RSPWFAQ.NET sign.
ReplyDeleteNot only are promos and commentary done in English, the commentators are Matt "I'm marking out bro" Stryker as the straight man and Vampiro ( apparently a kayfabe vampire) as the "cool" guy ex-wrestler
ReplyDeleteHollywood Babble-On and his main Smodcast are frigging hilarious.
ReplyDeleteMaybe it's the beer talking Scott, but you've got a butt that won't quit.
ReplyDeleteI used to love both, but haven't listened in ages. I mean, I still loved Red State, don't hate the guy or anything, just don't find him that funny anymore. I think Ralph Garman and Scott Mosier carries him on both shows at this point. Well, at the point I stopped listening.
ReplyDeleteWarning: They're somewhat subpar quality. So I hope that doesn't bother you.
ReplyDeleteCena comes off like Izzy Mandelbaum in that story. "Is that an ice pack? So you think you're better than me, huh?"
ReplyDeleteIce to see you!
ReplyDelete...Dear Sir and/or Madam,
ReplyDeleteThere is but one thing you must say on camera, and that one thing should be to start a chant that will take the wrestling world by storm, and forever alter the name of the IWC...literally!
Everyone now!
BLOG OTTERS! BLOG OTTERS! BLOG OTTERS!
"This show is more painful than the back of a Volkswagen"
ReplyDeleteBring that sign
Hahaha
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nGT4dV4s1w
ReplyDeleteA quick list of some good ones. I'm not good with dates, so I'll just put what month they were:
ReplyDeleteMalenko vs Guerrero: Any matches they had between like April 95 to August 95
Rey vs Psicosis: October and November 95
Rey vs Juvi: February/March 96
Raven and Richards vs The Pitbulls: September 95 (might be on an October episode though)
Sabu vs Scorpio from Cyber Slam 95.
That's just a few off the top of my head.
And I'm not sure if it was ever in any of the episodes, but Benoit vs Al Snow from February 95 rules and I can't recommend it enough. If you can find it, check it out.
You gonna provide us a link so we can count you as a bot? Cause you sounded like a bot there.
ReplyDeleteI've always wanted to see that match. I've heard it brushed its finger tips with 5 stars.
ReplyDeleteFor those who don't have access to YouTube:
ReplyDeleteSHUT THE FUCK UP!
SHUT THE FUCK UP!
SHUT THE FUCK UP!
SHUT THE FUCK UP!
... ,Meekin.
Guess Scott's not an ant.
ReplyDeleteFor two chubby dudes in street clothes, Raven and Sandman had shockingly good chemistry. Just shows how good Raven was with working a crowd and using psychology.
ReplyDeleteShouldn't there be clapping at the end of each exclamation?
ReplyDeleteSHUT THE FUCK UP! clap clap clapclapclap
Like that.
Ruuuuuuu-DEEEEEEEEE!
ReplyDeleteI thought maybe we can add a sense of showmanship to it.
ReplyDeleteIn this case, simple and blunt works best, like the clip.
ReplyDeleteWow. You're one of those.
ReplyDeleteBusiness tanked with Diesel on top (even compared to the lows the WWF was already suffering post-Hogan in the years prior).
ReplyDeleteIf anything, it's quite possible WWE would've sunk even lower without Cena.
Business tanked with Diesel on top (even compared to the lows the WWF was already suffering post-Hogan in the years prior).
ReplyDeleteIf anything, it's quite possible WWE would've sunk even lower without Cena.
Nah, that's M Night. Shamalamadingdong.
ReplyDeleteI hate the "Cena Sucks" half of the dueling chants. It's completely counterproductive. All you're doing is reiterating that Cena is all that matters and whoever his opponent is can be safely ignored. That's fine when Cena is facing some random guy nobody cares about, but when he's facing guys like Bryan, Ambrose, Punk in the past, cheer for his opponent and show that you are supporting an alternative, at least with chants. "Cena Sucks" just proves everything revolves around him.
ReplyDeleteAte no basil.
ReplyDeleteThey avoided the especially juicy subject of his ex-wife obtaining the rights to the name Ricky Steamboat.
ReplyDeletePunk and bryan weren't on cena's level. And never were booked to look like it. They are the same as orton and everyone else....... close.
ReplyDeleteRaven didn't get chubby until his second go round with ECW. He was broodingly handsome in 1996. But, yes, they had great chemistry, Raven could work the crowd and the Sandman was an extremely identifiable character.
ReplyDeleteI think he hates Kevin smith for some reason
ReplyDeleteIt's not dated. Its a current podcast
ReplyDeleteLmfao
ReplyDeleteYou are wrong
ReplyDeleteYeah cause going from comedy movies to horror movies is so easy
ReplyDeleteIt is a god damn current podcast
ReplyDeleteGoogle ot
TELL EM STEVE DAVE
ReplyDeleteHBO is still pretty awesome, his rapport with Ralph just kills every time.
ReplyDeleteI noticed an RSPW sign in the crowd at either a 1993 Superstars or Wrestling Challenge with the Steiners in the ring
ReplyDeleteWeird that you brought up that six man. I watched it on Wednesday oddly enough. Good match that's entertaining just based on the odd pairings on both sides of the ring.
ReplyDeleteI'll have to check out those Awesome wcw matches. I stopped watching wcw in early 99 and missed his whole run there.
ReplyDeleteNumber of people who know the phrase from "Mallrats" >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> number of people who know it's the name of a podcast
ReplyDeleteYou shut your mouth about Booga, or I'm gonna hit you so hard your children will be born bruised.
ReplyDeleteCena himself has pointed this out, in fact. They use the "Cena sucks" thing as their own barometer as to how over his opponent is (hence Bryan and Punk being considered over).
ReplyDeleteI hope they burn you.
ReplyDeleteThis pretty much sums up Meekin for me.
ReplyDeleteGeorge Carlin - People are Boring: http://youtu.be/eyWsFfd9pqE
BLOW IT OUT YOUR ASS
BLOW IT OUT YOUR ASS
BLOW IT OUT YOUR ASS
BLOW IT OUT YOUR ASS
BLOW IT OUT YOUR ASS
BLOW IT OUT YOUR ASS
BLOW IT OUT YOUR ASS
I have to disagree. They both beat him clean, one main evented WM30 and the other had the longest title reign in three decades. I think they were absolutely presented as Cena's equals.
ReplyDeleteWhat separates Cena is the longevity. But at their peaks, Bryan and Punk were absolutely his peers, same as part-timers Rock and Lesnar. It's just that Cena's peak has been 10 years.
Lifelong leftie concerned and slightly disillusioned by issues surrounding freedom of speech from those I once considered my brethren? I didn't mean to sound like a crazed Mens Rights Activist or something.
ReplyDeleteI actually forgot it was even in Mallrats. I remember it from Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. (Which I actually like quite a bit more than Mallrats)
ReplyDeleteJersey Girl got a bad rap due to Affleck/JLo being so awful in Gigli...
ReplyDeleteIm a fan of Kevin Smith but how many are going to get that reference, whether its from a podcast or a cult flick?
ReplyDelete"Stop. Will You?" - gorilla
ReplyDeleteFanboy alert.
ReplyDeleteThose who have been watching, how has Morrison looked so far?
ReplyDeleteMust bring up the Angle Slam to Michaels on the ringpost at WM21. Live that thing looked like it murdered him but then they showed a replay from another angle and it looked like he barely hit the post.
ReplyDeleteSays the same crew that ate up the attitude era. Hypocrites.
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