Marmaduke Monday. Yes. Marmaduke Monday.
Jul.30, 2007 in
Parody
Being a site called The Blog of Hilarity, we have a duty to bring light to comedy across all spectrums. We often focus on our own special brand of humor that involves mocking people’s personal problems. But there’s a lot more comedy out there than just ours. So let’s kick off our new weekly feature…Marmaduke Monday!
Marmaduke is a large dog. Marmaduke does not understand your human “baseball”. Being a dog, he instinctually grabs the ball. Marmaduke likes ball.
Marmaduke has stolen a car. Marmaduke’s gonna do what Marmaduke’s gonna do. The Man only hassles Marmaduke because he’s biased. Biased against dogs that can drive.
Marmaduke’s gone rapin’.
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September 24th, 2007 at 8:11 am
You ain’t as funny as Joe Mathlete.
September 24th, 2007 at 8:20 am
Anonymous: he ain’t as funny as Joe Rogan.
September 24th, 2007 at 8:26 am
Joe Mathlete owns Marmaduke, pal!
September 24th, 2007 at 8:32 am
Stop trying to be funny. It’s hurting us.
September 24th, 2007 at 8:52 am
for a blog of hilarity, you’re pretty frickin unoriginal.
September 24th, 2007 at 8:56 am
I’m going to make the same comment here I made on the other Marmaduke post. I had no clue who Joe Mathlete is before today; this was more of a parody of the endless “Family Circus” and “Garfield” explanation gags that have been all over the internet. However, I understand why the dude would be mad since this is his gimmick and, even though I never heard of it, apparently enough of you have.
So I won’t do the Marmaduke bit any more. There’s more than enough other things going on here and it wasn’t my intent or knowledge to jack someone’s bit.
September 24th, 2007 at 11:37 am
pwned by Joe Mathlete
September 24th, 2007 at 12:05 pm
Blog of banality
Blog of unoriginality
Blog of stupidity
Blog of really shitty
September 24th, 2007 at 12:43 pm
Yeah. Joe Mathlete is far superior a writer than this jamoke.
September 24th, 2007 at 12:46 pm
Yeah. Joe Mathlete is far superior a writer than this jamoke.
The irony of you calling someone a better writer in that fashion is pretty tremendous. I can see why Joe’s turned off comments on his site.
September 24th, 2007 at 1:11 pm
This shit sucks. Mathlete doesn’t sound like a fourth grader when he mocks Marmaduke.
September 24th, 2007 at 1:41 pm
Irony
i·ro·ny /ˈaɪrəni, ˈaɪər –noun, plural -nies.
1. The use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning: the irony of her reply, “How nice!” when I said I had to work all weekend.
September 24th, 2007 at 1:49 pm
What an awful comment invasion this is. These guys really aren’t helping make Joe Mathlete’s site look more appealing with their dull humorless insults.
September 24th, 2007 at 1:52 pm
Eh, I can’t kill the guy on his site. It’s not bad and the Marmaduke thing is his main schtick. And his audience is definitely more passionate than mine. I wish I controlled an army of zombies to leave dull comments on various blogs who’ve insulted me.
September 24th, 2007 at 2:14 pm
This really, really sucks.
September 24th, 2007 at 3:10 pm
Um, first of all, this whole site is pretty fuckin stupid. And second, like everyone else who has commented on this lame-ass attempt to mildly entertain the sixteen people who normally read this blog, you aren’t funny, you aren’t original, and you write the way a stupid-ass “lolcat” thinks.
September 24th, 2007 at 3:15 pm
You lame idea stealer.
September 24th, 2007 at 4:48 pm
AWESUM WUT A GR8 IDEA TOTALY ORGINAL!!1
Or not.
P-p-p-p-plargerism
September 24th, 2007 at 4:58 pm
lame.
September 24th, 2007 at 5:22 pm
I would like to put the ‘laughter’ back in manslaughter.
September 24th, 2007 at 6:12 pm
Holy shit, someone lamer than Jim Belushi!! You are stupid frat-ass Brad and Chad, and for serious, Joe Mathlete is 100x funnier than you. Stop trying - put all your effort into making yourself a Life Orphan.
September 24th, 2007 at 6:41 pm
This. Is. Awful.
And.
Unoriginal.
September 24th, 2007 at 7:34 pm
Mathlete’s got you beat.
Jerk.
September 24th, 2007 at 11:21 pm
for cryin’ out loud, at least TRY to cover up blatant plagiarism. the best way to do this is to, well, NOT blatantly plagiarize. just saying…
September 25th, 2007 at 1:33 am
Yes, most of the comments are dull. I can understand why you would be mad since that’s your gimmick. All you dull writers out there, stop jacking this guy’s bit.
September 25th, 2007 at 2:29 am
Maybe you could make posts about a white ninja? Or a doctor/ninja thats Irish? Or a daily comic diary about your day to day life that features you as an elf? Or a trex that likes to stomp things? Or maybe one about a cat and a girl? I don’t think any of those are taken.
September 25th, 2007 at 2:37 am
blog of hilarity is a stupid name
September 25th, 2007 at 3:25 am
Oowee, BOHChris, you’ve really got them mad! Ain’t it funny to see how they respond? Just remember that especially those who respond anonymously are apparently the worst writers in the world. It’s easy to comment when no-one knows who you are, you can just cry out anything you want.
BOHChris, just turn of the ability to post a comment as Anonymous and just go your own way. It is learning by doing, right? Like my first blogs were any good. Like my current blogs are any good. But I’m trying.
September 25th, 2007 at 5:39 am
Wow, somebody that makes Brad Anderson look funny. I’m impressed.
September 25th, 2007 at 7:01 am
Ranzige Burning: I’m not the type to censor these anonymous comments because it’s really not that big of a deal. I’ve explained myself a couple times and know I didn’t do anything wrong. Unfortunately, these guys just have blind loyalty and no ability to think on their own, so they’re going to do what they’re going to do until their hero says it’s okay not to.
They can continue making hideously lame comments about Jim Belushi and Brad Anderson til their little hearts are content.
September 25th, 2007 at 8:04 am
Okay, I’m not going to accuse you of stealing from Mathlete. But, really, you’re so fucking unfunny that it hurts. The things you laughably call “jokes” are just outright sad in how they try to be funny and fail miserably. I mean, what the fuck is with your explanation of that baseball strip? Was there even a punchline to that at all?
Seriously, I not-laughed so hard at your pathetic post that I think I dried my pants.
September 25th, 2007 at 8:47 am
Know how I know you’re gay?
September 25th, 2007 at 9:08 am
Because Dr. Bob, when you kiss him, he giggles. That’s how you know.
September 25th, 2007 at 9:11 am
Also because I listen to Coldplay?
September 25th, 2007 at 2:48 pm
Maybe our love for the 40 year old virgin can settle this dispute, it’s really unlikely that you intentionally stole the idea, but even still, you are not funny, plain and simple.
September 25th, 2007 at 3:36 pm
Honestly Scott, that doesn’t bother me if that’s what you think. I think you’re comparing what Joe’s doing (which I thoroughly enjoyed after reading through yesterday) with what this is, it’s not a comparison. But this is a funny site, as a whole (humor being subjective aside)…there is a reason why people do come here a lot.
Some posts I do suck, some don’t. That’s the life of having like 100 posts/month. I’m not huge on this one (though I do like this Marmaduke post http://www.blogofhilarity.com/08/2007/gather_round_its_marmaduke_mon.php …particularly the first item).
I just think most people came here expecting the same thing Joe does just because the idea happened to be the same. I don’t expect it to be appreciated on the same level.
September 25th, 2007 at 4:44 pm
Coming here I did expect a rip off of Joe Mathlete. Then I lowered my expectations and read some of your posts. It’s just dry humor that lacks subtlety and any comedic thought. Yeah it’s a blog so I’d expect to hear your opinions on things, funny or not, but it seems you’re quite taken with your sense of humor and thought that it was something to bring to the table. I kind of isn’t dude. At the least, change the site’s name.
September 25th, 2007 at 5:38 pm
Way to be original, ass clown
September 25th, 2007 at 6:03 pm
This sh*t sucks @$$.
Joe Mathlete rules.
September 25th, 2007 at 7:40 pm
I love Marmaduke Explained and BOH said he won’t do the schtick again. It’s all good. This shit is tough, man. Look at this: http://www.cashedout.blogspot.com/. Terrible site. Tried and failed to make the funny. Failed big time. It took me 15 minutes just to write this unfunny comment. Let’s all grow as people and move on.
September 25th, 2007 at 10:46 pm
You fucking suck. Leave Joe Mathlete alone and stop trying to jump on his bandwagon. You’re a dick and you should think up your own ideas. Oh, wait; you can’t, because your an inbred retarded armadillo. Who likes to hump stop signs. If you were shit on my shoe I would throw my shoe in the dumpster.
September 25th, 2007 at 10:47 pm
You fucking suck. Leave Joe Mathlete alone and stop trying to jump on his bandwagon. You’re a dick and you should think up your own ideas. Oh, wait; you can’t, because you’re an inbred retarded armadillo. Who likes to hump stop signs. If you were shit on my shoe I would throw my shoe in the dumpster.
September 26th, 2007 at 12:33 am
Ouch, BOHChris. I’m surprised (perhaps naively) by the vitriol of these folks. Whether your site is funny, the mean comments and name-calling are out of line. My advice to Anonymous and other naysayers: if you don’t like it, go to another site. It’s not THAT hard to click away. Duh.
September 26th, 2007 at 8:59 am
“You fucking suck. Leave Joe Mathlete alone ”
I’m imagining Chris Crocker yelling this.
September 26th, 2007 at 1:24 pm
After Brad Anderson drew Marmaduke hunting ducks Joe has been having some problems with delusions of persecution. It is probably a good thing he is taking a few days off. In the meantime you guys should update your friendster page or something instead of posting here.
BOHChris, just say thanks for the links Mathlete gave you, Google will love those.
September 26th, 2007 at 1:30 pm
Goddamn, this sucks. If you’re going to rip someone off, you could have the decency not to suck ass.
September 26th, 2007 at 3:21 pm
Like many of the fouler-mouthed commenters, I found the BOH through a link on Mathlete’s blog. However, I feel that I should say something:
GUYS:
It’s really pretty awful to continue to berate this guy after he’s gone through the trouble of explaining himself to us. I mean, seriously. Don’t be a jerk on this big ol’ internet we call Internet.
September 26th, 2007 at 3:56 pm
what homo.
jesus.
what an effin’ homo.
September 26th, 2007 at 4:03 pm
Hey, BoH guy, I just wanted to applaud you for backing down. I know some people are still giving you shit about it, but at least you’re willing to say hey, I made a mistake, I won’t do it again. Most people aren’t that smart. (see all of the comments above.) Anyway, good job.
September 27th, 2007 at 7:31 pm
JM brought me here. You coulda come up with the same idea independently, but usually people photoshop the comics or something. I dunno…
September 27th, 2007 at 9:26 pm
Hey Chris, me again, I’m not gonna try to “defend my honor” or anything, because like people are giving you a lot of crap that you don’t really deserve. But seriously man, you need to quit being so sexist in some of your posts.So, take that for whatever it’s worth.
September 28th, 2007 at 8:39 am
I actually find you failure to understand humor to be quite funny!
September 28th, 2007 at 1:45 pm
Holy crap, these are less funny than the actual comics.
September 29th, 2007 at 8:06 am
Jeez, I’ll agree this guy sucks, and he stole Joe Mathlete’s bit, but he’s already been pwned into oblivion here, let’s not beat a dead horse. I’ll admit I came here to flame this guy too, though.
September 29th, 2007 at 8:17 am
OK, never mind, I just looked at a few of his other posts. This guy totally deserves it. What made you think that anyone would find your blog funny or original? There is nothing about your blog, your sense of humor, or your personality that is not completely banal, idiotic, and unnessecary. There is nothing at all remarkable or interesting about you, stop wasting precious electricity and bandwidth parroting your cookie cutter “thoughts”.
September 29th, 2007 at 5:21 pm
oh man come on now what you doin this shit for
October 1st, 2007 at 3:55 pm
“Hittable Broad of the Week”?
Not only a plaigiarist, but a pathetic dickblister, too.
October 2nd, 2007 at 10:56 am
Wow, a lot of angry people with keyboards that don’t understand how to use words like “plagarism” (hint: competition is not the same thing). What happened to everyone just getting along - has that gone out of fashion?
Chris, I’ve been reading Joe Mathlete’s site for awhile, and I found BOH through the comments there. I find you just as funny (and perhaps more consistently) and have added you to my daily reads. If Joe and his fanbase continue to be more angry than funny, I’ll probably never go back there. You’ve been the mature adult here, despite their comments - thanks for that.
Just wanted to say that not all JM readers are mindless zombie terror drones who think of you as “an inbred retarded armadillo”…
October 2nd, 2007 at 1:58 pm
Thanks for the kind words Brian. I know not all of Joe’s readers are this dumb or oddly snobbish about what they enjoy…some others emailed me and said something similar as well. It’s just sad that most folks can’t really make their own calls and just blindly follow what someone says because you like their site.
October 2nd, 2007 at 2:45 pm
Nice try. Obviously a mathlete rip-off. Douche.
October 3rd, 2007 at 12:01 am
Honestly? It looks like he saw Mathlete’s page, assumed it wasn’t as popular as it was, and persisted in stealing his idea.
I like how BOHChris has been the “mature adult” by saying, “…these guys just have blind loyalty and no ability to think on their own…”
Obviously, Mathlete’s fans can think on their own. They think you suck.
Brian’s a sock. BOHChris has his hand up his ass.
October 3rd, 2007 at 8:28 am
No, I’m the mature one because I don’t continue to leave moronic comments more than a week after Joe had his angry post. Calling it plagiarism is idiotic…none of the jokes are the same or remotely similar.
There’s over 600 posts on this site. Three of which mention Marmaduke. So saying I steal all my material from Joe Mathlete (as others have said) is beyond idiotic.
I tried handling this with some tact because it’s whatever to me. But as I continue to get dumb, ill-spelled, ill-thought out comments, the things Mathlete fans say lose more and more validity.
October 3rd, 2007 at 5:10 pm
Are you kidding? Make all the different jokes you want, you’re still doing the EXACT same thing he is. I mean, at the very least, do a different crappy comic, like Garfield or some shit. Mathlete fans are angry because you seem to be trying to cash in on his success. Yes, some of them have bad grammar, but thats because this is the internet.
Maybe a lot of them are immature, but how is that immature in comparison to plagerism? Now, I’ll cut you some slack. Mathlete’s Marmaduke shtick ain’t the most popular thing on the internet, so maybe this was an accident. So, instead of bitching for an hour, I request that you simply stop and maybe just do another lame-old-comic parody.
-NC
October 6th, 2007 at 2:40 pm
Smooth alibi, though. “I swear, I wasn’t ripping off the Marmaduke guy… I was ripping off all the Family Circus and Garfield guys!”
October 7th, 2007 at 9:15 am
Just in case you forgot, your site is still terrible. How much do you spend a month keeping this waste of bandwidth up and running?
October 8th, 2007 at 7:04 pm
please stop
October 17th, 2007 at 4:22 pm
OK, 1st of all, I just found the Marmaduke blog today because it was on a top 100 list from a magazine I can’t remember. It’s hilarious enough to read the older posts, which is how I came across the entry mentioning this blog. Call me naive, but I really believe that this guy didn’t know the other blog existed. And regardless, the commenters here have done a great job making him look good by giving him a chance to show off his awesome diplomacy, maturity, and tact. All of which the majority of commenters lack. I hope that the original Marmaduke guy doesn’t find it flattering that *these* people are so passionately admirers of his.
March 17th, 2008 at 6:42 pm
I was thinking about all the comments I made a few months ago (yes, Anonymous is my real name), and I see now that I was being a complete idiot and you were right about everything. Please accept my apology.
I still hate gays, though.