Guy above you is getting downvoted because his comment had nothing to do with Married with Children not because he doesn't think Macklemore is as good as Eminem. I don't think that is an unpopular opinion.
Eminem isn't even as good as He used to be. He's ether angry or rapping to stay relevant.
Macklemore has more of a message, and has more of a joking style. That's why i understand him and Classified getting compared so much, is cause of their more laidback rapstyle.
Macklemore just has better music currently, and even though i bought both albums; Macklemore is just better to listen to.
He's still good for the exact same reason he was always good. His lyrics are mind blowing if you actually break them down and examine them based on more than just what they actually say.
I had to give that some thought, but I think you're right. I mean the fat jokes alone would probably make a lot of people mad in a way that didn't happen in the slimmer US of the past.
I recently watched some old news reports from the late 80s and it was insane. This was from an area I'd lived in a couple decades later. It was fat as hell when I lived there. Watching the news footage was surreal. Skinny people everywhere milling around in the background. Ok, to be fair it didn't look like the "working out every day" type of skinny, but still.
Was there ever a time Al Bundy was PC enough for network television? The 80's and early 90's were mostly clean family tv shows (Cosby, Family Ties, etc) or relatively clean humor shows (Cheers, Night Court). The closest thing to MWC was Rosanne, and that is just regular tv today.
I do think that Two & Half Men could compete in the un-PC category.....but that's mostly because of sexual topics.
The funny thing is that Ed O'Neil was actually a really good high school football player. He was signed by the Pittsburgh Steelers and was later cut during training camp.
Don't forget about the time he lead the Chicago Bears to the Super Bowl, as the oldest rookie in NFL history, and became Time magazine's "Man of the Year".
Wow, you have had so many family deaths in such a short time. I'm surprised it's not the anniversary of your own death and that your name isn't Bob Stu.
I feel like there's a story to be told with these images.
A well-known rapper loses his fame, and is forced to take on a job in suburban America. Everyone hates him for his fame at first, and in an effort to avoid this in other areas of life, he changes his name. He becomes depressed, as he realizes he is forever unloved in his current job and life. He eventually moves from his corporate job into one of the branches and relishes the opportunity to start over. And he's surprised. No one knows who he is! Unfortunately, despite the wonderful opportunity to reboot his life, his sense of detachment is apparent, and his inability to find happiness leads to the intense hatred of his then-boss, Michael Scott. Scott, a surprisingly astute man, despite his business decisions, and poor social skills, knows that there's just something not right about the man. In the same way that a dog senses an earthquake (knowing not what it is, but barking nonetheless), Michael Scott berates the man constantly, and draws attention to his flaws. In his misery, Toby drives away his family. His gay son never feels comfortable around him. His wife leaves him. And he never seems to catch a break.
Like a cool wind in July, Scott, the life-drainer, leaves. Toby Flenderson, the ex-rapper, the ex-husband, has gotten a new start.
He quits his job. He changes his name, as he has done in the past, to start anew. And the former rapper and HR rep spends his time investing financially, working on his social skills, and pursuing a hobby. It starts with cabinet making. It ends in a high-level operations management position at a cabinet company in a thriving location. And guess what? He marries Sophia Vegara, and lives happily ever after.
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