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Brian Dunkleman! Remember him! He co-hosted the first season (and as far as I am concerned, the ONLY season) of American Idol with Ryan Seacrest. And then he disappeared. Forever. Banished to some kind of Post-Fame Hellscape, like the sad, barren, Phanton Zone in the 1984 film adaptation of Supergirl, only to reappear every few years as a casually tossed-off punchline to some stomach-churning update on how many millions of dollars Ryan Seacrest will be paid next year just for SLEEPING, or whatever. That is until now! THE DUNK IS BACK. Good catchphrase! Anyway, Brian Dunkleman is apparently making some kind of “scripted comedy series” (they make a big point on the website about it being scripted, because that is what is most important and appealing to AMERICA).

It is still impossible to tell where or if this show will air, or if this is even a real show, but there is a very real trailer after the jump:

Admittedly, this trailer has been around for awhile, but all the more reason to keep talking about it. Brian Dunkleman already made the mistake of walking away from American Idol, so I hope he sticks with this show! I would hate to see him walk way from a show about walking away from American Idol. I would just hate that. P.S. this show is almost TOO scripted! (Thanks for the tip, Max.)

Comments (16)
  1. You mad, Brian Dunkleman.

  2. maybe he could get a job with ‘the soup’ – joel mchale makes fun of seacrest every chance he gets.

  3. I think they want us to know it’s scripted so there is no conflagration of the suicide at the end of the series and real life.

  4. well, linus and lucy was a nice touch, but who uses the phrase “scripted comedy series”?? AUGH!!

  5. Dear Brian,
    Please get your ego in check. No one is going to believe that people on the street recognize you and take the time to tell you that you suck.
    Love,
    Whoa!

  6. This is really old, isn’t it? I remember seeing the pilot of a show a couple years ago where he was basically making fun of himself, Curb-style.

  7. I couldn’t make it through the whole trailer because of all that oozing Dunkleman charisma.

  8. No, Dunkleman. Karl Pilkington is the only person allowed to remind me of Peanuts this week.

  9. Dunkleman is the Hebrew word for man boobs.

  10. When Seacrest goes missing, check Simon Cowell’s basement first.

    And Dunkleman’s second.

  11. Dunkleman looks like an alternate-reality Ray Romano – where Ray is bitter, angry, and (dare I say it?) nobody loves him.

  12. Quit? I thought his mistake was sucking so bad that he got fired from a show that features Ryan Seacrest, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson.

  13. The trailer is approximately 2 minutes, 38 seconds too long.

  14. 2004 is going to be a great year, y’all!

  15. That might be one of the worst titles for anything I’ve ever seen.

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