Let me clarify something first—I don't dislike Nash. I like his Doctor Who reviews. I've liked what we've seen of Dragonslayer so far. And his music reviews have been great and informative. Hell, I tune into RDA every now and again mostly because just listening to the guy talk can be a lot of fun.
But WTFIWWY seems to be kind of a stumbling block for him, and I'm not sure why. All I know is that 90% of the jokes boil down to "why would you do that?", "why would you think that's a good idea", and of course the title itself. He has nothing meaningful or funny to say about these articles, and the fact that they themselves are pleasingly absurd doesn't really help. And hell, beyond his reactions to the articles, pretty much everything else about the show is a repeated joke. I only need to hear about how stupid Florida is so many times.
Tara occasionally helps mix things up. Her suggestions to the criminals are usually at least enough to elicit a chuckle, and while it's still the same sort of joke at least the different circumstances of each article allow for the sort of variety you can't get out of generic stupidity-questioning. (Alas, she's starting her own show of such suggestions, which means more likely than not she'll stop pulling them out in WTFIWWY. Alas.)
The pre-filmed additions manage to be a slight improvement, which makes me wonder if the problem is simply that Nash isn't very good at improv and doesn't put a hell of a lot of planning into the liveshows. At the very least I'd make sure ahead of time that the articles are ones that he's capable of making up material about, rather than just choosing whichever he thinks is the wackiest without any other forethought.
Just Repeat the Title to Yourself for Half an Hour and You Have the Series in a Nutshell
Let me clarify something first—I don't dislike Nash. I like his Doctor Who reviews. I've liked what we've seen of Dragonslayer so far. And his music reviews have been great and informative. Hell, I tune into RDA every now and again mostly because just listening to the guy talk can be a lot of fun.
But WTFIWWY seems to be kind of a stumbling block for him, and I'm not sure why. All I know is that 90% of the jokes boil down to "why would you do that?", "why would you think that's a good idea", and of course the title itself. He has nothing meaningful or funny to say about these articles, and the fact that they themselves are pleasingly absurd doesn't really help. And hell, beyond his reactions to the articles, pretty much everything else about the show is a repeated joke. I only need to hear about how stupid Florida is so many times.
Tara occasionally helps mix things up. Her suggestions to the criminals are usually at least enough to elicit a chuckle, and while it's still the same sort of joke at least the different circumstances of each article allow for the sort of variety you can't get out of generic stupidity-questioning. (Alas, she's starting her own show of such suggestions, which means more likely than not she'll stop pulling them out in WTFIWWY. Alas.)
The pre-filmed additions manage to be a slight improvement, which makes me wonder if the problem is simply that Nash isn't very good at improv and doesn't put a hell of a lot of planning into the liveshows. At the very least I'd make sure ahead of time that the articles are ones that he's capable of making up material about, rather than just choosing whichever he thinks is the wackiest without any other forethought.