Monday, April 28, 2008

Dustin Diamond: A-Hole Extraordinaire


If you've ever had the distinct pleasure of having Dustin Diamond visit your college or you attended one of his shows, you will immediately support the validity of this e-mail I received. I've heard many a tale of how much of a jerkass Dustin is in person and, since it's early Monday morning, I'm sharing a recent anecdote for you to enjoy. This story comes from reader Jeremy who, along with his friend "Gee," had the task of picking up Samuel Powers at the airport last Wednesday. I now present to you: "A Kind of Long E-mail Where Screech Says a Bunch of Crazy Shit and Bombs at a Comedy Club But Sadly Does Not Feature a Cameo by Kelly Kapowski Who I Would Give My Left Testicle To Get With True Story":

So, we got to the airport, we saw Dustin Diamond (whose only demand was that we don't call him Screech or mention Saved by the Bell), and we approached him, telling him that we were there to pick him up. He asked if we worked for the State, and we said no, but we were there to pick him up, anyway. He seemed okay with that.
Once we got in the car, with his luggage barely fitting in the trunk, we started making awkward small talk. Gee asked him who his comedic influences were, and Screech gave him a few names (Brian Regan, George Carlin, Mitch Hedburg--who Screech says was his best friend). Gee asked him if he liked Bill Hicks at all, and Screech went into a twenty-minute tirade about how much of a joke thief Bill Hicks was. "Oooh, he's an angry smoker who rants against the government, that's really original. He stole his act from Lenny Bruce, who stole his act from some other guy, blah blah blah."

Screech then talked to us about a wide variety of very strange stuff. To sum up: He loved Cloverfield, said that No Country for Old Men was "FUCKING horrible," saved his house by selling 22,000 t-shirts (he signed 17,000 of them), including one to the lead singer of Korn. What else? He called the ending to the Usual Suspects (since he grew up in the industry, he saw through it). He wrote the script for Alien 3, but they didn't use his ideas because they wanted to "remake the first one." He's invented fifteen different household items, including a holiday themed doorbell (it plays holiday music when it rings!). He then browbeat Gee for having such a dirty car and spent the remainder of the ride giving us financial advice on how to stop being poor.

Well, we were told we were going to be compensated for the trip, plus we were going to be given free tickets to the show, but Screech chewed the manager of the State out because we didn't work for the theater and the car wasn't clean, so we got nothing.

This is when I went home and watched Lost. Gee went to the show. Screech hit the stage at 9:30ish. Gee says he was beyond awful. One of the jokes he told me, to give me an idea of the overall style, was that Screech compared having sex with an old grandmother with putting his dick in a grilled cheese sandwich.

Well, obviously, this irritated Gee, and the audience, so he seriously was thinking of walking out, at which point, after one of his more obscene jokes, Screech said, "By the way folks, I am available for children's parties." After having listened to Screech rant for twenty minutes earlier in the day about how much of a joke thief Bill Hicks was, Gee had had enough, stood up and yelled, in the middle of a very quiet theater, "Boo! That's a Bill Hicks joke, you joke thief! Boo!"

So, what have we learned today? 1. Screech hates being called Screech or reminded that he was Screech. Because he'd be so much more famous if he weren't Screech. Good one, Screech. 2. Screech sucks at comedy. Yet still books gigs. Who knows? 3. Screech had sex with a grilled cheese sandwich. Which is surprising because I figured melted cheese on bread would have higher standards. What did Screech promise you, Cheese? A chance to meet Mario Lopez? And you fell for it? Oh, Cheese. You've been using again haven't you?

Thanks to Jeremy who's cooler than burgers at The Max.

9 comments:

Johnny Sweatpants said...

The picture really says it all. The writing was almost unnecessary. I have a sudden urge to throw a chair.

JPX said...

I know, I had the same reaction!!! There's something so absolutely annoying about his expression that it makes me want to smash him.

DKC said...

I concur - even if you had no idea who he is, that picture should be in stock photos. And here we have "Asshole guy."

AC said...

what a gonad.

i'm horrified to see my favorite (dead) comedians mitch hedberg and bill hicks even mentioned on the same page.

Landshark said...

Wasn't there supposed to be a Screetch sex-tape thing floating around the internet?

Sorry for that image--just couldn't resist.

Octopunk said...

Yeah, you can find it on the same site as the Gary Coleman sex tape, except after paying the $9.99 a message says "Sorry! Gary hasn't had sex yet" and then you get a film of him banging his head against the wall going "Meehhhh!"

I have no idea who this Screech person is. I was equally baffled when Showgirls was causing such a stir (a bafflement that continued even after I saw the movie).

JPX said...

There is a Screech sex tape and sadly I've seen it. Google it if you must. You have been warned.

Johnny Sweatpants said...

Thanks but no thanks JPX. (You weirdo.)

My belly aches from laughing at the Gary Coleman sex tape scenario. How the hell do you even pronounce "Meehhhh!" Is it a prolongued "meh" or else "meee!" followed by hot, angry breath?

JPX said...

"I have no idea who this Screech person is."

Riiiiiight.

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