Colin Quinn: Twitter Troll

[BanzaiCat]

I heard about this on the radio yesterday. Apparently Colin Quinn, a US comedian who was once on Saturday Night Live and earlier on a MTV game show called Remote Control, started a joke on Twitter where he claimed Will Ferrell stole the idea for Anchorman from him, and even made drug use references.

http://www.vulture.com/2011/11/colin-quinn-on-his-twitter-feud-with-will-ferrell.html

About a week ago, Colin Quinn took to Twitter and said some surprising things: He claimed to be bitter about Will Ferrell's success (particularly his Mark Twain Award for humor), that Ferrell was on drugs during their shared tenure at Saturday Night Live, and that Quinn had come up with the original idea for Anchorman, which Ferrell stole. The remarks were picked up by numerous media outlets, which prompted Quinn to respond with, "To all media etc. Will Ferrell was not on drugs at snl! I never even saw him smoke a joint! Is this what it's come to???" But he went on to take more cracks at Ferrell's expense, and mentioned that he wasn't happy with how his own career was shaping up. Last night, we sat down with Quinn at the Scleroderma Research Foundation's annual fund-raising gala, hosted by Bob Saget, to suss out what's true and what's Twitter-brand hyperbole.

He's been well-known to do this before, and the media's latching onto this story like a starving pit bull onto a side of beef is absolutely hilarious.

[mirth]

And there's no downside for Quinn. I mean when was the last time you heard anything about Colin Quinn?

[BanzaiCat]

He's a regular on the Opie & Anthony show, and apparently he's been on with them for quite a long time. I've only heard O&A for about six months or so now. It's a morning radio show out of New York that's on satellite/XM radio; they have an entire channel to themselves on XM.

They called him up to talk about this bit yesterday morning. Colin said he only sent the retraction when Will's agent called him up and said he'd had 50 calls from the media in half a day, and to please kindly knock it off. ;D

[Gusington]

I can't believe Colin Quinn is still alive! And yes when I heard him on O and A he was pretty funny. Bob Saget is hilarious too, and quite blue...he has really taken going against his Full House persona seriously. And he gets lots of hot tail, apparently. He's also pretty funny when he appears on O and A. Little Jimmy Norton is the most adorable of the bunch though. If you get a chance, check out his Celebrity Ghost Story segment. It's hilarious.

[BanzaiCat]

I subscribe to the O&A Podcast because I don't get to catch everything each day...those guys are about as immature as they come, but hey, so am I. :) The O&A channel is about the only thing I listen to in the car now.

Jim Norton is a sick bastard - he's all kinds of greatness wrapped in a short, bald man. Especially when he does 'Chip.'

Bob Saget...God I despised that man. Full House was a horror show of middle-of-the-road sitcoms, and AFV was NOT funny with him at all. Then one day he appears on stage dropping F bombs left and right and he's downright hilarious. If you've not seen his Comedy Central roast, you need to check that out.