At least Caliendo makes me laugh. Least now I know I'm not the only one annoyed by Cook. Dude sux

I don't think he's that funny. He's funny, but not like laugh out loud funny. Maybe it's a matter of taste.

Who's really funny!? Cheech and freakin' Chong! Unless I'm high, I believe they are also going to perform at Tachi! Check out my blog post about that on my site over there.

BTW Thanks for joining lateupdate.com this week!

Yeah Dane Cook was funny the very first time I saw his routine, but I couldn't really sit through it a second time. I think he's funnier than this dude, but I need the guy to mellow out.

I have a question. Why do people always go to other blogs and promote their own? It is really annoying. If I wanted to read your stuff I would go there.

This post was worth an out-loud "HA!" Every time I see one of his ads (I've not seen the show), I turn to my wife and say, "I don't get it." And I still don't.

Caliendo used to be chuckle inducing. But now he's absolutely annoying.

Well if everyone already knew about my site, I would be happy to let them decide when they go over to it! But, in my case, and mikeoz can vouch for this, I'd only do it very rarely here. I want the hive crew or others to be the ones to mention my stuff, which is the harder task of being relevant that you would respect, and what I'd rather have happen.

On this post, I was seeing two points genuinely in response to this post that were legitimately worth mentioning -- thanking him for joining my site being the main one!

In general, and I don't like this either, but bloggers tell me that if you have a blog and you don't comment on other blogs, then people don't comment on your blogs -- a strange phenomenon that I hadn't known until recently. It's because Blogger A wants more comments, and Blogger B wants more comments, and so they sort of expect each other to help each other, and the logic is, "If you don't comment on my posts, then why should I comment on yours?" There's a fine line between promotion and sharing...

In short: It's out of bloggeraderie, Dot-dot-dot!

Frank is painfully UN-funny. I purposely sat through an episode of FrankTV to see if the hype was founded on anything. It was an excruciating 1/2 hour to give up, but I watched till the end and even into the credits because I wanted to see what fools were involved in this dead whale of a show. Written by: Frank, Directed by: Frank, Produced by Frank.... oh... loud and clear.

BTW... read my blog. (lol)

You're right, Caliendo sux too, he doesn't make me laugh, Shatner makes me laugh...

Adrian has a good point. Anybody who has their own blog would recognize this. Of course, someone who can't even type in their own name might not be as witty. Something about anonymity when it comes to loud statments...well...makes my skin crawl....at least a fake name...come on.........

Back to the original blog.....This guy sucks....it's like...ok you can do Bush.......there are like a million of you out there.....

But Dane Cook is awesome....annoyingly awesome............and kinda hot!!!!!!!!!

i envy bloggers. their job is so much better than mine.

Looks like I did my job for the night. Just wanted to stir the pot.

Thanks for making me smile this morning.

God I hate this guy. I hated him when he had 5 minutes each week on Fox's football pregame show, impersonating John Madden. And I hate him now, with his stupid show. It's even more annoying that TBS seemingly has nothing else to promote than this show. What, did they finally cancel "My Boys?" Because if memory serves me right, during last year's baseball playoffs, "My Boys," was the show of choice. Of course the network always could just promote another airing of "Bloodsport" or "Iron Eagle III." Or go all-out and make light of their annual 24-hour marathon of "A Christmas Story." Because God knows we need another one of those genius marathons.

You had me, Ben, right up until you made fun of the 24-hour "A Christmas Story" marathon, which is pretty much the only reason I can get it up for that holiday anymore.

24 hours of A Christmas Story > the other 364 days in the year

"Looks like I did my job for the night. Just wanted to stir the pot.

Thanks for making me smile this morning."

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if stirring the pot on a blog is what makes you smile in the morning, then you are a pathetic little man.

As a cast member (of Mad TV) he adds his impersonations for some added laughs. Granted he's developed many characters over the years & his input is just a small ingredient to the overall giggles on said TV show. However, as a stand alone venue, I don't think I could last 10-15 minutes until walking out looking for something else to do.

Show of hands -- who actually thinks Mike Oz is funny? Seriously, somebody must think Frank Caliendo is funny or else Fox or TBS or Dish Network wouldn't have been or still be putting him on TV as much as they do - it would be bad for their business. Just because your personal taste doesn't jive with someone else's doesn't mean your personal taste is more legitimate.

Yeah well...

Nice to assume that I am a man. And I got you to respond to my pathetic comment, didn't I?

yeah i did respond to your comment because if i didn't, you would have took that shotgun and blew your brains out because nobody ever responds to your comments in the real world.

@mdub420: Sexist. ;)

@Mike M: *raises hand*

Mike was merely expressing his opinion on Frank Calliendo, not demanding that you find his opinion "more legitimate." It's okay for him to express his opinion, just as it's okay for you to respectfully disagree.

I think Mike Oz is funny sometimes, but that's not what's in dispute here. Last I checked, the title of the post wasn't "Show of hands -- who actually thinks Mike Oz is funny?" But you're welcome to start a Mike Oz hate blog I suppose. You can band together with all the people who hate HMac's posts making fun of celebrities. It'll be sucktastic.

Just because there are people who support something doesn't make them right, intelligent, or barometers of success. I mean, look at all the people who voted Bush into his second term.

BLOG WAR! Weeeeeeeeeeee.

Hey Mike Oz, what the hell?! My Fresno Bee was twenty minutes late yesterday - you suck.

Heather, "A Christmas Story," is a fine movie. But do we really need to have a marathon EVERY year? I guess it does beat the alternative: Showing the complete "Home Alone" series, or even one of Tim Allen's MANY Christmas movies. You know TBS has a thing for Tim Allen, another non-funny guy.

You know what would be a doozie? If TBS decided to have Frank Caliendo impersonate Santa Claus and make a movie of it. Genius!

Yes, Ben, every year, because Christmas is every year.

That movie is one of the best, if not THE best, Christmas movies ever. I like knowing that it's on for 24 hours, so there's no chance I'm going to miss it.

Heather, two words: Yule Log. TBS should throw in four to six hours of a burning yule log every year. That would solve the problem. Then I'd be happy.

A few things we should not do:
+ Knock the class movie, "A Christmas Story"
+ Make assumptions about Mr/s. Ellipses
+ Pick on bloggers! Ever heard the phrase, "Never pick on someone who buys ink by the barrel" before? The new phrase should be "Never pick on someone who posts blogs by the megabyte."
+ Deliver the Fresno Bee late to the Fresnan!

I feel you on that one, Ben. But let's put it on Lifetime, or some other equally useless channel.

boom, here is a guy who is more annoying than dane cook.

Who cares about Frank?
I have a better question:
Who actually thinks Heather's blogs are worthwhile?

Yo Flying Object...
I realize you're unidentified, so you're identifying skills might be not up to par ... but I wrote this. Not Heather.

I think UFO is nothing more than swamp gas.

cabo wabo?

Regarding UFO's comment, I'm just gonna throw this pet peeve out there. The site is a blog, the original writings with authors are called posts, and the stuff we other people write after that are called comments.

The thing that is the most funny is how OZ and Heather are such haters of anyone who is more successful than them. Stop hating on people who are better looking, have more money, etc than you and give credit where credit is due. Oz's blog gets the most comments and views because it is pretty well done, and is just not hating on people 24/7. Heather's on the other hand, is usually just depressing to read because there is soooo much jealousy and envy it is pathetic. If a post hasn't ever received more than ten comments, please get a clue. Thank you from everyone.

My mistake. Aundrea is the one who's gassy.

Yes damn it, hate on people who are less successful, worse looking, and poorer, etc and give credit where credit is due!

Haha at Michael. Clicking the link to your blog was the worst choice ever!!!! 0 comments on every post???? That has to be a record. Why even blog if nobody reads your posts or leave comments???? But then again, "tales from the underbelly of darkness blah blah blah" or whatever your site said leaves much to be desired Robert Stack. BWHAHAHA.

So just so we're clear on all this, it is now fact that:

- Blogs posts with the most comments are the best.
- Movies that make the most money are the best.
- Albums that sell the most copies are the best.
- TV shows that have the highest ratings are the best.

Shout out to Beverly Hills Chihuahua and American Idol.

Beverly Hills Chihuahua made like 18 million and was released in October. If you want to choose the top box office winner for 52 weeks a year then I guess you are totally right in cherry picking one example.

Oz, that comment is the funniest unintentionally funny comment ever. While trying to prove a point, think about what your comment is suggesting.

I guess the Rolling Stones, Beatles, Mariah Carey, any other artist who has sold tens of millions of albums totally suck right? I mean what do album sales have to do with success? I won't even talk about movies or tv shows. Hilarious.

Calinedo sucks because he does the same impressions everyone else does. If you're shtick is impressions, shouldn't you be more creative and be able to do some ones that no one else can do?

Pacino/Clinton/Shatner/Bush/Walken/De Niro, it's boring and old.

Please forgive the intrusion. Back to the BLOG WARRRR!

Um hello. Caliendo is the most well known for doing sports impressions like John Madden, Charles Barkley, Bill Walton etc. Madden is his most famous. Who else does impressions of the three people just mentioned?

"BWHAHAHA."

Do you have a handlebar moustache you twirl when you say that? Just curious.

Geez Fresnan, get out of the way.

Oh Aundrea, it's even funnier that you found unintentional comedy that didn't actually exist.

Mike is poking fun at the idea of absolutes and narrow definitions. In other words, having the most comments on a blog post does not necessarily make it the best, but selling tens of millions of records may indeed be an indicator of talent.

Quantifying isn't always the best way to go about rating something. Creed sure sold a lot of records, didn't they?

"Haha at Michael. Clicking the link to your blog was the worst choice ever!!!! 0 comments on every post???? That has to be a record. Why even blog if nobody reads your posts or leave comments???? But then again, "tales from the underbelly of darkness blah blah blah" or whatever your site said leaves much to be desired Robert Stack. BWHAHAHA."

Hey Aundrea, that seemed a little hate filled. You accused HMac of being a hater and then three posts down, you did the exact same thing you accused her of....Stop being such a copy cat and quit drinking HMac's haterade. She's better at it and way more eloquent than you.
And who even does the "hahahaha" anymore. It's more like, "LOL". Get hip girl, catch on.

Oh, and 90210 called, they want their name back.

Mike says:

"I realize you're unidentified, so you're identifying skills might be not up to par"

Mike, aren't you are a writer? I really expected you to know the difference between "your" and "you're."

But perhaps your enjoyment of Heather's posts has kicked your intelligence back to the pre-contraction level.

While I certainly know the difference, I'm not perfect.

So yeah, you got me. Print this out and stick it on your fridge.

Say my name again. Every time you do, an angel gets its wings.

Joey I so love you.

Cat fight!!

A word of moderation here:
We at The Beehive are usually pretty lax about commenters coming after us as bloggers, but we draw the line when commenters start attacking each other personally.

That's started to happen on this post and I've deleted a few comments because of it.

Please keep it civil.

Thanks Mike, but nothing she wrote, cause I read it before you deleted it, affects me.

Damn, I missed the drama.

hi heather!!!

aundrea not andrea,
hmac's blog posts get more than 10 comments, although just like oz, not all of them do.

mike's point on bev.hil.chi was that you can't just judge quality by comments/tickets sold/numbers.

other comedians do bill walton, charles barkely, & a ton of freakin comedians do john madden. and many do it better.

i don't like michael's blog. nothing against him, just not my interest. but, i also don't go on his blog and complain about his blog posts, call him a ufo hater, etc.

Hi Dave.

How did you enjoy seeing Sean Kingston at the fair?

I hate Sammy Hagar

Long live HMac, Oz, and every other blogger out there regardless of getting comments or not. They're putting forth the Fresno voice. The effort is admirable and appreciated.

-C

Thanks, Clare. Thanks also to everyone who reads and supports the Beehive and its bloggers, even if you don't always agree with what we have to say.

And to the haters: keep hating. We appreciate the page hits and comment count.

AWESOME!, answered by a hot chik, fair was cool

and yes DLR sammy hagar bites

"And to the haters: keep hating. We appreciate the page hits and comment count."

? A quick scan of your blog reveals 20 viewable posts and exactly 1 with more than ten comments. Oz's blog gets more comments on one post than all of your posts combined on your whole blog. I wouldn't exactly bring attention to that to try to inflate your ego and sense of self worth. As far as page hits, if they were any more than 1/10 of Oz's, then why don't people leave comments? Something doesn't add up.

We can't help it if you're an Oz fan Aundrea/Shannon. You're trolling and sock-puppeting his posts. Seriously, go start throwing down on someone else's post and I'm most certain that the comment count will drive up to combat the massive holes in your logic.

Shannon/Aundrea/UFO/Jon B. (come on - we all know you're the same person):

the fact that you spend so much time thinking about me, and commenting about me, and worrying about what I'm up to, and taking the time to count how many comments I get -- why, that provides me with all the self-worth a person could want. Take the time to say more awesome things about me. I love it.

SHANNON, dont hate cuz she looks better than you

? The fact that you spend so much time working on a blog which nobody reads or comments on is probably why you are unemployed. How is it that Oz can write a blog that is 1000x more popular than your blog and write for The Bee as well? Hmmmm? Now, what part of this comment isn't true? I would love to hear your flawed logic.

"The thing that is the most funny is how OZ and Heather are such haters of anyone who is more successful than them. Stop hating on people who are better looking, have more money, etc than you and give credit where credit is due."

So NOT true. Heather is very very kind to and never puts down George Clooney. By the definition ( that I'm assuming you mean) of being more successful, richer, and better looking ( Sorry, Heather, you're cute and all, but you don't have the pornstache) Georgey boy is MUCH more successful than Heather.

Heather, Heather, Heather, Heather....

Oh wait.... anyone else think that sounded just a tad bit naughty?

I'm curious: what makes you think I'm unemployed?

Fired from the Bee?

Yes, I was fired from the Bee, and then they hired me to blog for them. That makes perfect sense.

You get paid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What the heck? No wonder the newspaper industry is in shambles. Well at least the advertisements are cheap on your blog due to such low traffic numbers.

Well, there's no arguing with... whatever that was. You win! Put that under your pillow and enjoy sweet dreams.

Thanks for giving the Beehive its second highest comment count day in months. It may not be on my post, but it's still job security for me. ;)

So, Shannon, this is one of those cases where a third-grader likes a girl and pulls her hair at recess, right?

So, I complement you Oz on having the best blog on the website and this is the thanks I get?

There is nothing I can say about you that God hasn't said genetically with you, so I will just leave it at that.

this blog made me sad.
something about readers posting about how the beehive/heather/mike gets no posts thus proving that this site is postworthy although said posters point is to say that no one posts made me dizzy.

shannon bites

Ohhh, hitting Heather where it hurts, the newspaper industry..ouch!!

Hope somebody stocked on the diet red bull and vodka(?), I'm sure Heather will need her drown her newspaper industry sorrows tonight!

Joey your last post brained my damage.

I LIKE PIE!

i would post more comments on heather's posts, but my wife would probably get jealous and i would have to stop posting all together.

I can't stop thinking about Sammy Hagar and how much he sux!!

what came first the ghettoe around cabo wabo or cabo wabo around the ghettoe?

wow

I think you ALL need to get a life.
Anyone here know what a book is? Ever get outside and smell the air?

It's taken me half an hour to read through the comments here (though I skipped the post that anchors them, because I didn't think anything about Frank Caliendo was of interest). Here's what I've gleaned:
1) I didn't know Heather was fired from the Bee (sorry to hear that). But the fact that the Bee hired her to blog offers a glimmer of hope that they are trying to change.
2) I need to go see Beverly Hills Chihuahua.
3) I shall no longer link to any of my blogs, because A) it's annoying for bloggers to participate in online dialogue where they identify themselves, and B) I get no comments on any of mine (there are many).
4) All those posts Mike writes about what's going on in Fresno are actually his way of picking on people who are more successful than he is. (?)
5) Some people (a small, but vocal crowd) are mean. Some are ignorant. Evidently, some are both.
To the bloggers/writers/mothers/students/whoever in this comment thread that write for the benefit of others (whether it's your intent or not): thank you. You know who you are - and if you don't, I apologize for not linking to you, but it might annoy some of the other readers.

James, I was not fired by the Bee. That was made up by the troll.

Yeah, I see the sarcasm now in your response to that comment...I'm a little slow sometimes.

now Im confused, who got canned from the BEE?

No one. Not anyone who has anything to do with this post, at least.

Damn. That was totally painful to read through. But I really feel like I accomplished something today. So, thanks to all involved.

The unfortunate thing is that Frank Caliendo's people (TBS/Bob & Tom/Jim Rome(when he's not taking himself too seriously)/FOX's NFL Crew) are going to read this blog and think Frank is funny because his hate-blog generated so much attention.

To answer Mike's questions: I'm raise my hand..."Not funny, Frank. Not funny" (Caliendo poorly doing Bradshaw).

After accomplishing that feat, Mr. Famous, is there anything you learned from this you care to share?

I learned that sammy hagar and cabo wabo bites

Is it just me or do OZ and Caliendo kind of look alike? It is all in the face.

this was a very square argument.