Whitney Cummings Is Not The Devil

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Whitney Cummings isn't my thing. I've watched clips of her stand-up on YouTube, and almost always closed the browser before she was done talking. Jokes about "women are [crazy] like THIS, and men are like THAT!" aren't my cup of tea, but I still tuned into the first two episodes of Whitney, in the same way I'll watch the first two episodes of any other TV show I have no personal interest in but whose existence is made into a cultural touchstone. I went in ready to hate it, but it was fine. The show and I could make a détente work -- I stopped watching, and Whitney Cummings (presumably) agreed not to care that I did.

Because of the fervor whipped up over her first two shows, it isn't surprising that Cummings' new-new show, a late-night talk show on E! titled Love You, Mean It, is inducing similar fits of rage. To some extent, this is a reasonable reaction: nobody enjoys seeing someone they perceive as untalented (or unlikeable) being rewarded for it. Nobody likes seeing a few familiar, disliked faces getting TV shows or film roles over and over again. The presumption, I suppose, is that you and I are flawless judges of humor and talent, and what WE want to see should rule the airwaves. I have no qualms with you on that. I've got a pen; let's write down a list of the actors we DO like and send it off to Hollywood post-haste. I can see this really making waves.

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[Dish-Tain]

01:40 AM on 01/16/2013

I kinda like her new show. I like her mean sense of humor. I like that she's got a new look with lightening the hair and less makeup. However, she doesn't look 30 period. Unless she's 30 but with the couple of nose jobs she's clearly had and all the Botox and fillers in her face and lips she's 30 going on 45. Why if you're 30 do you want to look 40? Botox doesn't make younger women younger it makes them look older. When are they going to get that..

[FinalHorcrux]

08:06 AM on 06/21/2012

"Whitney Cummings isn't my thing. I've watched clips of her stand-up on YouTube, and almost always closed the browser before she was done talking." SAME. She is just so irritating!!

[FthaKarmaPolice]

06:00 PM on 05/03/2012

Out of 21 episodes of Whitney, 10 or 11 are laugh out loud funny. Cummings and D'elia had great chemistry. I've been nervously waiting to see if the show gets renewed. With the announcement of the E show i've given up hope to see a 2nd season of that chemistry. It's rare that i laugh out loud at network tv shows, but for whatever reason when Whitney and D'elia did their thing i lol'd. I won't watch her talk show at all. Couldn't care less.