Manblogging

Manblogging Episode 4. Corncobs!

December 28, 2006

“They had corncobs so far up their butt they were making popcorn.”

Think of Manblogging as the director's cut of "Manhunt" without a director. (Did the show have a director?) We decided it doesn't matter and wrangled L.A. author, OUTzone blogger, radio host, and all-around funny man Dennis Hensley to give us the couch potato's take on each episode.

This astute assessment was offered by ““Manhunt” ” contestant Hunter after undergoing what the show’s promos call ‘the interview from hell’ (IFH) in episode 4.

The IFH is basically where the ““Manhunt” ” boys are sent in to be humiliated a gaggle of improv comedians posing as ad execs. ““Manhunt” ” is far more interested in fucking with the guys and humiliating them than it is in exploring/developing their skills as a model. As a viewer, I could go either way.

Hunter’s corncob comment is in keeping with a theme I’ve noticed lately on modeling shows where jovial contestants crack wise about the uptightness of their authority figures and then pay a terrible price. “Top Model” winner Caridee, in regards to a stick ‘noted’ fashion photographer judge Nigel Barker was holding, asked if the it was the same stick he had up his ass during judges’ panel and you’d have thought she accidentally ran over his family in a SUV. Everyone from Tyra on down acted as though she’d committed a faux pas that could cost her the whole competition and haunt her for the rest of her life. I maintain that Caridee’s quip was funny, charming and not unjustified. Caridee’s big mistake was assuming that someone who is a ‘personality’ on one of these shows might actually have a sense of humor about themselves.