Ouch. That was painful to watch. These guys are real boneheads, especially Amir. Simply not entertaining at all.

Ouch. That was painful to watch. These guys are real boneheads, especially Amir. Simply not entertaining at all.

Oh dear… Well, Gary gave it the old college try.

I think Gary did a great job with a tough set of guests.

It probably would have worked better if the guests had tried harder to do a wine tasting for the show and focused a little less on trying to be funny (which failed). I felt like the guests didn’t think they were participating in the show, but that they were they only to entertain.

Not trying to be harsh – just calling it like I see it.

So, I went back and watched some of their stuff on YouTube and it was pretty funny. In retrospect, this show just doesn’t appear to be their best medium.

Seemed like there was major miscommunication as to whether they were supposed to play their Collegehumor characters or be serious and learn about wine. Hardcore J&A fans will get it, hardcore WLTV fans will not. Being a college kid and fan of the guys, it was painful seeing their humor fall flat on its face. Being somewhat of a wine fanatic, it was great to hear the serious parts, fantastic website, will definitely check out more episodes!

more wine , less web2.0

Gary, i wouldn’t be discouraged by all the negative comments. Obviously these people don’t understand that jake and amir were in character for the show. What you did was bring in an almost entire new audience of Jake and Amir fans, some of whom might now become WLTV fans (i became a fan after the first CH episode with streeter and sarah) you did a great job on the show, and i think you can chalk the negative comments up to the misunderstanding from the wino crowd.

Most regular fans of this site probably don’t know that Amir’s in character and that they always do written sketches, so for them to spend 26 or so minutes of live filming doesn’t translate too well. Sure, it wasn’t all that funny, but it did get me, a teenager, to watch something about wine and want to see a bit more from Gary. I like that he’s tried to bring in some other people, so people should give him credit for that at least.

Wow, these guys acted like they didn’t even care to be there…
Gary, I really love the show, and I believe you should continue to try new things with the show, but these guys were tools that seemed like they didn’t care about wine or being there. Its a shame because I would love to be a guest. I am passionate about wine and can deliver way more personality and interest than these guys. And what would make me an interesting guest is that I am still pretty new to wine and would ask questions that maybe some people would also like to know.
Anyways, enough daydreaming…
Keep up the good work Gary, your part was awesome as always.

Dear Gary,

I love you man, but this is up there with some of the worst guests of all time including that author that wrote Corkscrewed. I think College Humor, occasionally, can be funny, but after two episodes and four guests later…they know nothing about wine and seem to have even less interest in learning from somebody who could actually teach them a thing or two about it.

HOWEVER I did find a great silver lining in this episode…if there was any doubt before this episode that you are going to make an amazing father to your upcoming son or daughter, it was been put to rest by your EXTREME patience with these two for a seemingly endless 26 minutes.

CH: stick to humor, for your sake.

QOTD: About $100 and Amir if it was coming from you I wouldn’t even pay half.

Wine Library fans might not be into this, but Jake and Amir fans will love it. I was a J&A guy before I got into WLTV, so I loved this episode.

They’re both playing characters, if you don’t watch their show you won’t get it.

Blah, I’m a HUGE Jake and Amir fan. I’m also a huge WLTV fan!
(yet I’ve never had a glass of wine in my life.)

HOWEVER, Jake and Amir were definitely out of their element.

WLTV usually knocks it out of the park EVERY episode.
This just didn’t live up to your normal excellent quality.

Gary, as much as I love Jake and Amir, it was really their fault.
How on earth can you blame yourself?

I’m putting my lurker boots back on.
<3 Gary and WLTV!

I understand why those of you who are a fan of THIS particular show might not like the Jake and Amir aspect. This would be hard to understand if you don’t understand their characters on college humor. But for someone who LOVES jakeandamir.com I thought this show was very entertaining. Good job Gary, Jake…and I guess Amir

Would’ve been better to stay true to the Jers and have the Harold and Kumar actors on the show (and/or Neil Patrick Harris).

Having comedy folks on the show is OK, but the world is full of people at parties who take a sniff and make a wine joke about what they’re smelling. On the other hand, Daniel Rogov is by far the funniest guest you’ve hosted.

QOTD: ’98 Ridge Monte Bellow, ’93 Veuve Clicquot La Grande Dame, and ’99 Guado al Tasso — all hard to pass up at 60 bones.

(er, Monte Bello)

hmm
As a very long and tiring day has already left me a little on the cranky side, I’m not sure I’d find much of anything humorous at the moment, so I’m not going to presume to pass judgement on this episode.

I don’t get the meanness of most of the posts, though (pro or con). Reading them not only didn’t add anything to my day, for a change, I think it may even have detracted…

Wow Gary, you’re a good sport. I give you props for attemptin to works with a couple of retards.

Gary, I agree when you said “A very disappointing show.” I gotta give you credit for trying, especially to introduce people to wine. But these College Humor episodes are 0/2. I much preferred when you did AJ’s 21st birthday episode- you’ve got to have at least a little respect for the wine, & these guys didn’t. I’ve never seen College Humor & after this probably never will, I hope there is no more College Humor WLTV in the future. This was easily my least favorite show of the 100+ I’ve seen.

As a CKC myself, this just isn’t college. I’d love to come out to NJ & do a show as an authentic college student. We’re in college to learn. The guests just acted stupid and didn’t care. You’ve got to be passionate about what you’re going to college for, it’s not just drunk-party-stoned central, which is how these guys came across.

QOTD: Orin Swift “The Prisoner” ’07 ($36), & no, I’d rather support my local wine store owner that I know personally & respect, and for market price.

Haha. This is funny. It seems like most of the people posting on here (not to mention Gary) have no idea about the Jake and Amir characters. This is very funny. Me, as a Jake and Amir fan, find this Gary gentleman pretty obnoxious.

Big G, Okay Bro, You may have needed to shoot with in their style, 8 hours for every minute and a half of usable footage. Bad Wines and well, you get what I’m saying here.

QOTD: Really?

Yo G, Just readin’ these comments was more comical/entertainin’ than the Two Dudes Ya had on….. 🙂

In every life there comes that moment when you realize that you just don’t “click” as “one of the gang” with the youngsters anymore.

If you’re lucky, that revelation comes when you are no older than thirty-five or forty, otherwise the discovery is all the more irritating and embarrassing for having been delayed–because “There’s No Fool Like an Old Fool Who’s Trying to Be Cool.” Once you get over the slightly embarrassed irritation, or irritating embarrassment, then the awkward experience does seem funny, even though the jokes is on oneself, so to speak.

Worry not, GEEVEE, pretty soon the only youngster you’ll care that much about relating to will be one who’s wearing diapers. And he (or she) will laugh at all your silly jokes and think you hung the moon, and the stars, and everything else, too.

Man, oh, man, Gary, I do hope you’re wrong about the Pesquie Terrasses–I just bought a half a case the other day!

QOTD: In 2006, for my 50th B-day, I spent something like a hundred bucks on a 1997 Brunello. Because we were in Italy celebrating my first half a century, it seemed like the right thing to do, and it was worth every penny, but that’s way, way, way, way, way above what I usually spend per bottle. Amir, if you had been there in that wine shop that day, I probably would have bought the bottle from you–why not–but definitely not for twice the regular price. You ain’t that cute, and I don’t like to over-pay for my wine!

GV, I never thought I would bring the hate in the comments section, but geez what a pointless waste of time this episode was.

The only thing I got out of it was the huge amount of air you and the 2 choads managed to get between yourselves and the shark beneath.

qotd: $100 for a birth-year wine to share with good friends – a 1968 Vina Valoria Rioja Cosecha.

GV, I never thought I would bring the hate in the comments section, but geez what a pointless waste of time this episode was.

The only thing I got out of it was the huge amount of air you and the 2 choads managed to get between yourselves and the shark beneath.

qotd: $100 for a birth-year wine to share with good friends – a 1968 Vina Valoria Rioja Cosecha.