That’s Pretty Underground
Unless you’re a distant cousin of Crocodile Dundee, you’ve probably never heard of “The Ronnie Johns Half Hour” comedy show. Don’t worry, neither had your Uncle Grambo … until yesterday. I gave this clip some run in the “Catching My Eye” sidebar yesterday, but now I’m sorta feeling that it deserved a bigger stage. If you have ever had ANY interaction with an mp3 blog (be that writing, reading, commenting or dissing), you’re gonna eat this shit up. And then you’re gonna subscribe to The Facism Of The Music Industry magazine. Trust me. It’s brills.
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1. Jeff wrote on April 5th, 2007 at 4:30 pm
Random. I just spent most of my afternoon watching various other Ronnie John’s sketches on You Tube than came over here and lo and behold. True brilliance. Easily the funniest sketch I’ve seen all year. Puts SNL to sham. Not a hard task, but still.
2. guy wrote on April 5th, 2007 at 4:45 pm
and FUCK amy winehouse’s record. that shit really really really fucking blows so hard. the hype machine is gearing up, but i don’t care how pretty the voice is, the lyric ‘he keeps his dick wet’ is fucking stupid tripe.
3. Yale Bloor wrote on April 6th, 2007 at 9:37 pm
Amazing GUY! I wasn’t aware it (Winehouse) was out on vinyl too, your review is pretty underground….(Ronnie James rocks…good tip Grambo)
4. So More Scene » Released It As a Word Document and the Emo Prairie Dog wrote on April 7th, 2007 at 1:39 am
[…] My friend Uncle Grambo sent me this link to a pretty amusing video from the Australian comedy show, The Ronnie Johns Half Hour show where two jaded emo-looking music fans discuss their favorite bands. Wait until the very end of the video where you will witness the “Emo Prairie Dog”. “Little hands, stupid hair, little hands, cutting myself.” Hilarious. […]
5. Passion of the Weiss » Blog Archive » Everyone Likes a Souvenir wrote on August 17th, 2007 at 7:33 pm
[…] I wish I could tell you more about this group, but their biography’s in Spanish and I’m not about to spend an hour and half trying to decipher what’s what. They’re pretty underground like that. If you have a passing interest at all in electronic music, the album is highly recommended,. And if you don’t want to pay the $30 for import fees (which is like the valet parking of music), check out these tracks here. Just don’t blame me when you start hanging out with guys named Francois (or possibly, Clermont). […]
6. Mike wrote on June 24th, 2008 at 12:40 am
Ah, Ronnie Johns. They have two other really good sketches online, one is called the Professor sketch and the other one is a nature documentary.
A few years back, in the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, the guy in this clip had a one-man show called:
The Adventures of the Man With the Dominant Claw.