Trapped in the Drive-Thru!

TheLazenby · Post by **TheLazenby** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 1:47 am

I actually hope he makes more, because it ends with a lot of stuff not wrapped up. (It ends on one big cliffhanger anyway.)

Funbox · Post by **Funbox** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 2:05 am

What makes it funny is not intentional.

It's an unintentionally bad piece of work. So bad that it's downright hilarious.

mrmeadows · Post by **mrmeadows** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 2:19 am

Yeah, you should check out videos which include the R. Kelly commentary (I think these were also on YouTube). He comes off so self-important and congratulatory about this great work. I think in Chapter 6 he finally mentions that he purposefully injected some comedy into the otherwise compelling story to "break the tension". This is around the time the midget shows up.

Okie-dokie.

Meadows

Post by **Elvis** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 3:13 am

Funbox @ Sep 1 2006, 07:11 AM wrote: You think it's funny just as a song?

Watch all twelve parts' VIDEOS on Youtube. It's comedy gold.

WTF? That was so bad, it was awesome.

Dave

Post by **weirdojace** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 3:40 am

So bad it's good.

You know what? Screw the idea of a possible Canadian Idiot video. I want Al to make a video of THIS.

trippingdaisy · Post by **trippingdaisy** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 3:50 am

he wanted it to be both serious and funny. and i think he pulled it off wonderfully.
stop the TITC bashing!

yes, i am serious.

TheLazenby · Post by **TheLazenby** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 7:05 am

I just demand a continuation! I mean, R. Kelly hinted that there may be 20 more chapters yet to see...

ME WANTEE!

Moose · Post by **Moose** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 7:34 am

Could this be the only time in Al history when the original is just as funny as the parody?

(Well, One Week is kind of funny . . .)

Post by **TMBJon** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 8:41 am

I'm surprised more of you hadn't seen/heard these videos. I believe the story goes like this...

R Kelly released Part One on iTunes, r&b radio, and MTV/VH1. There was such a demand, both ironic and unironic, merited the recording and release of the next two chapters. After this, last year at the VMAs, R Kelly "performed" the pantomine of the summation of the first three videos and then world premiered part four, announcing that 4 and 5 would shortly come out together and there would be a total of 12 made. I believe there are 8 more chapters in the works, totalling 20 but I could be mistaken. I believe R Kelly was trying to tell an R&B story in music form. There are definitely parts that are intentionally funny (I hope), but as far as I can tell a great deal of the humor is not intentional. Who knows how great this song is going to be, but you've gotta admit, this is definitely a case where knowing the original makes the joke funnier. I think there is probably plenty of opportunity for a video parody if Al for some reason did decide to make a third single for this album.
I'd definitely recommend listening to Usher's Confessions pt 2 for the same reason if you haven't already. I got it on iTunes when I saw the tracklisting.

mrmeadows · Post by **mrmeadows** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 8:03 pm

TMBJon @ Sep 1 2006, 10:41 PM wrote: I'd definitely recommend listening to Usher's Confessions pt 2 for the same reason if you haven't already. I got it on iTunes when I saw the tracklisting.

Yeah, "Confessions" is almost like a good, more succinct version of TitC. Still, I like TitC better. It's like the musical equivalent to "Snakes on a Plane."

Meadows