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 Home > Reviews > Meet The Creeps Vol. 2

MEET THE CREEPS VOLUME 2

 

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DVD REVIEW: Meet The Creeps Volume 2

 

The legendary ball busters from New Jersey are back, as Meet The Creeps Vol.2 picks up where the previous chapter left off.

Jim Florentine & Don Jamieson are a dynamic duo in the world of pranks. The metal loving wise acres have been together for years, from the Terrorizing Telemarketers CD collection, to HBO's Inside The NFL, and now another classic installment in the MTC series.

Joining Florentine & Jamieson are other NJ based comedians Rev. Bob Levy, Chuck Miganelli, Gary Gentile, and the infamous team of Jim Norton & Club Soda Kenny...more on them later.

The formula is simple: bust unsuspecting people's balls, while they are unknowingly videotaped by hidden cameras. The footage is obtained by a pen sized hidden camera worn by someone who manages to somehow blend into the often chaotic environment. Believe it or not, the quality of the video is fantastic, and the small camera manages to capture everything.

The pranks seem simple on paper, but the payoff is in the brilliant and often ballsy execution. After a short intro and video highlights from MTC vol. 1, the DVD begins with Jim & Don attending an all-you-can-eat Chinese buffet, with their 400+ lb. friend Tommy J. The gang is carrying toy buckets and shovels, often used by children to make sand castles on the beach. Before being seated they verbally harass the Chinese restaurant workers by calling them bitches, and asking about the food, referring to it as shit & afterbirth. The workers shrug it off in typical foreigner fashion, a theme that develops throughout the DVD.

The action picks up when all 3 men return to the buffet and begin scooping huge portions of food into their toy buckets. This raises the ire of several patrons and management explains how they "can't do that." Undaunted, Florentine explains how the plates are too small, and how this will save them time. Once again the foreigner buys it, and the boys go on to push the envelope some more. On their next visit, they literally pull chairs up to the actual buffet and eat out of the trays. The patrons begin to yell, the cops are called, and the gang flees.

The next chapter takes place at Ozzfest, as there's a huge presence from today's top metal bands, who fall victim to many of the pranks. Whether it's asking the lead singer of Killswitch Engage to pose in a homoerotic fashion for a picture, or having members from Lamb Of God sign autographs with sexually explicit and gay acts - it's amazing how both Jim & Don didn't get their asses beat up.

Then enter the comedic team of Jim Norton & Club Soda Kenny. Both men arguably steal the show once again, as they did in MTC vol. 1. In the prior installment, the diminutive Norton often played an artistic fella who was uncomfortably manhandled about by the Goliath sized Club Soda Kenny. This time the roles are reversed.

In the 2 chapters titled "The Retard & The Asshole," Jim Norton can be seen topless (showing off his awful upper torso) berating the big dummy Kenny, while others look on in disgust. Norton swears like a sailor at Kenny, often calling him stupid while telling him to shut up. Kenny manages to get under everyone's skin with his incessant asking of inane questions, but his victims show patience, knowing that something isn't right with him. Kenny NEVER breaks character and continues on without skipping a beat, while Norton hurls insults towards him. They are often told by a manager to "leave my customers alone," but both men fail to relent.

The other gag the Norton & Kenny team pulls on people is simply called "Cursing." Both men barge into various businesses and ask a multitude of questions to the employees while starting each sentence with the word fuck, cocksucker, or even cunt. Before long the employees begin to curse, and Jim Florentine plays the role of a customer who is offended by the shopkeepers language. Perfect execution by the gang once again.

The rest of the DVD is loaded with more incredibly cringe inducing moments from Jim, Don, & the others as they take on the role of valet parkers, port-a-john attendants, and even a gay couple looking for someone to clean their shit covered gerbil. They often manage to expose how dumb and ignorant foreigners can be, which is both hilarious and sad at the same time.

There are some breaks from the hidden camera pranks that feature written sketches from the cast. They poke fun at how awful network sitcoms are, compare dating to a baseball game, and pick apart cockblockers. The skits are well written, but are often a lull throughout the DVD. The gang should stick to what they do best, and unfortunately it isn't acting with a written script.

The 2 hour masterpiece ends with an Abortion clinic gag that's so fucking wrong, it's worth the price of the DVD alone.

The audio & video quality is fantastic, and the editing is also top notch. The soundtrack also kicks ass and is chock full o' metal.

This is a MUST have for any fans of the hardcore, Cringe Humor genre, whether you've seen volume 1 or not.

-Patrick

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CRINGEHUMOR.NET RATING:

5 out of 5

This DVD is better than telling someone "you dropped something," when they actually didn't

 

 

 

 

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