MovieChat Forums > Why? With Hannibal Buress (2015) Discussion > Hannibal, you are better than this.

Hannibal, you are better than this.


He is one of my favorite comedians but this show is awful.



I don't let anyone hot-comb out my HAIRitage!

reply

agreed

reply

A lot of people share this sentiment. I don't think we will see another season.

reply

i will be surprised if it makes it through the first season before getting cancelled.. Honestly, i have no desire to watch it ever again after that first episode. This is not the format for Hannibal.

reply

Thank you! I get called a "hater" tut saying this on Twitter even though I prefaced out with how Much I love his stand up, cuz I knew people can't understand criticism and genuine disappointment from trolling.

I love his comedy, and was hyped he had a show debuting, but anyone who's being honest would say his show missed the mark and doesn't really display his talent.

It's more of a lazy cash grab from CC in an attempt to piggyback on the Cosby controversy.

reply

No, he's not. At all. In fact this is exactly about as good as he is. Ever wonder about the genesis of this show? Of course you have! Allow me to clear up and and all confusion about how this show came to be named what it is!



Fun Fact- This show got it's name when Comedy Central execs came to Hannibal and had the following conversation:

CC Exec: "Mr. Buress, we're going to need you to come up with a name for your new tv show that's going to destroy your joke of a career and answer that famous question of yours, ' Why can't I get a Comedy Central special but Cosby can, even though he's still out there a'rapin and I'm out here sneaking on to live mics after I tell club owners that their wives are on the phone for them?'.

Hannibal Buress: "Why?"

CC Exec: "Because sir it's a television show and every television show needs a name."

Hannibal Buress: "Why?"

CC Exec: "So as to distinguish it from everything else that comes on throughout the day and evening."

Hannibal Buress: "Why?"

CC Exec: "To prevent viewers from mistaking your show for something decent and accidentally watching it thinking that it's perhaps that episode of South Park where Cartman pinches a loaf from his mouth, speaking of which I'd better make a note to make sure that we air that episode as well as the Mr. Hanky's Fantasia episode immediately before your new show just to get the viewers in the right frame of mind for what they'll be about to see."

Hannibal Buress: "Why?"

CC Exec: "Because Mr. Buress you're not funny, we know that, you know that, the world knows that, but a few of Bill Cosby's victims have contacted us and said that since you inadvertently and for totally selfish reasons were somehow able to gain their stories the publicity that they should have been afforded all along that they felt you deserved some type of payment and since Daniel Tosh is almost out of shows to segway into commercial break with we felt like we'd kill two birds with one stone and give you the worst slot on the schedule, 10:30 p.m. on Wednesdays."

Hannibal Buress: "What is that? Do you mean Wensday? There's no D in Wensday!!"

CC Exec: "Ummmm there's two D's in Wensday Mr. Buress, just like R's in February."

Hannibal Buress: "Come on man, show me a little bit of respect, you're not going to be able to trick me, I'm the person who figured out that Bill Cosby raped someone. If it weren't for me she'd never have known! And there's no R's in Febuary just like no D's in Wensday or any self-respecting woman that happens to be around me. Or the women without self-respect because even they tend to know that you can't legally have sex with someone on the spectrum."

CC Exec: "Oooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh kayyyyyyyyy then....... So what would you like to name the show then?"

Hannibal Buress: "Why?"

CC Exec: "Jesus Christ!!!!!!"

Hannibal Buress: "Hey you want some of these chips?"

CC Exec "Sure, what kind are they, Regular, Bar B Que?"

Hannibal Buress: "Green."

CC Exec: "Okay cool so Sour Cream and Onion?"

Hannibal Buress: "No. Lime Green, the color of my walls at the homeless shelter. They're lead flavored!"




And that ladies and gentlemen is how this show came to be!

reply