No Pants, No Secrets... No Kidding
Day 871, 11:09
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by Alias Vision
We interrupt our regularly scheduled pretentious scribbling to bring to you a review of the quintessential Canadian offering, No Pants, No Secrets.
I will set aside the fourth wall momentarily and in honour of my esteemed colleagues, offer my stream of consciousness thoughts on their show and... let it all hang out.
I suppose the I should start by not using words like "quintessential" and "esteemed" as I wouldn’t want to go so far above their heads as to be below them... this sounds like an auspicious starts... fark, there I go with the big words again.
No Pants, No Secrets is a phenomenon I came to late for the very simple reason that my computer possesses no sound. It took my smuggling the wife's iPod one evening when she was watching garbage TV to discover just what I had been missing.
The first show I listened to almost gave me a nose bleed caused by an over enthusiastic snort from an unexpectedly inappropriate comment that came out of left field. I had been entertained and so I was hooked.
To those not familiar with the show, it is co-hosted by three of my colleagues in the Writers' Guild of Canada: Acacia Mason, Adasko and Fram... which really only proves one thing and that is that the WGC lets anyone in if they grease the right palms... but more on that later (and a lot of that on the show).
Acacia Mason is the conductor of this vulgar little opera in a format that allows him to let his hair down... and Fram to shave his... ahem... moving on... So often Fram plays straight man to the other two... wait, that doesn’t work either... I guess he does, in contrast to Adasko in any case who knows no boundaries. Or rather he found the boundaries, looked across them and decided it was much more fun on the other side, turned to Acacia and offered to rent it for a few gold... but I digress.
Have I mentioned it is irreverent and vulgar? And likely the most welcome addition to our stuffy media world in recent memory. One word of warning, the easily offended and overly sensitive should stay away. Ok, that was more than one word...
The hidden gem of this show, window dressing... or undressing aside, is the current affairs commentary. Acacia, Adasko and Fram are extremely well read and up to date commentators on both the Canadian and International scenes. In between the Octavian hazing and references to Scorpius' mom... (between you and me, Scorp wins on this one and the joke is on the three amigos... no idea what I'm talking about? Ok... try this on, "And it burns, burns, burns, the ring of fire"... yeah. Now Adasko really will want to change the song) where was I? Oh right... so between those edifying (really need to work on that) exchanges are some truly quality analysis on the past, present and future of Canada and their position internationally.
Now sometimes they go over the line (remember that boundaries issue I mentioned earlier) and listeners will be forgiven for thinking that the show would be better if it was titled Short Pants, Mostly No Secrets.
The New World media does not allow for an explicit rating and not having the setup for a podcast I must be content with this alternative instead. Still I will attempt to share with you some of the gems as heard on the latest instalment of the show.
First there was...
... and that, ladies and gentleman, is why you should listen to this show.
What?
Thank you for reading... thank you for listening... thank you for talking.
If you don't like it, I will borrow once more from the show and leave you with this:
There was a fan and a vacuum and the fan turned to the vacuum and said...
*click*
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Heh, best ad I've seen in here...for pretty much anything 😛
It boggles the mind that you seem to sing its praises so easily Alias. I don't mean that in an insulting fashion - I've been on the show in what was probably one of the more meaningful episodes.
The humour is sub-par if not awkward, and the flogging of the same characters (rea😛 Octavian and Scorpius, both of whom are largely out of the news now) tends toward the repetitive.
Perhaps my issue is not with the hosts, or their format, but with the fact that their audience has responded well to what I would consider to be a rambling stumble through an hour or so.
Do we need irreverent and at-times vulgar comedy? Absolutely - everyone knows I'm a fan of pushing boundaries far beyond the norm. But if you're going to push boundaries, push them, don't just give them a nudge and go HEHEHEHEHE.
On the other hand, if a show is going to address real shit - current affairs - then ask TOUGH questions. Ask uncomfortable questions. Ask questions that the public needs to hear answers to, no matter how awkward it may be for the guest or how many friends you may lose. This is SORELY lacking in the Canadian media, and to our detriment.
😁 That was off the top of my head and not meant to convey any malice, but criticism. Acacia knows I'm not out to get anyone here, just putting my very direct 2-cents in.
I mostly agree which is why the only part I actually highlight is the commentary (the vulgarity goes without saying).
I also think that what you are looking for is what eCBC Radio One is meant to be. Maybe it is time for one of those.
And they are an hour long.
Waaaaaaaaay too long.
I am all for variety in Canadian media, so kudos to them.
Thank you, thank you very much!
We are pleased! Yes, we do need to make some changes to the program and we will be addressing that. Remember, we just really got started and as the situation warrants, the material and the way we deliver it will also change.
What wont change is the abrasive, satirical and often times boundary pushing manner in which it is delivered. The whole point is to have some fun, let our hair down, and let our...er...my alter ego emerge for an hour.
Let the married guy with a kid and a job as dPM have a little fun will ya?
As always, thank you Alias for your kind review and your listenership...I promise we will only get better
TFD, an hour out of your day is hardly too much time...besides, we do it only every couple of weeks so really...we have to compact a lot into a short period of time.
As always, enjoy responsibly!
wonderful review, alias!