by Ryan McKee

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Hey guys, it’s Ryan. Remember me? The editor guy. I’ve been working on a web-series with writer Neal Pollack (Alternadad). Here’s a link to all the episodes.

Here’s one hot off the presses

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This is part of a web-series we did for UCBComedy.com.

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This is part of a web-series we did for UCBComedy.com.

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This is part of a web-series we did for UCBComedy.com. This episode features Michael Busch (aka That Guy from the Alltel Commercials).

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This is part of a web-series we did for UCBComedy.com. This episode features Matt Walsh from Upright Citizen’s Brigade and Dog Bites Man.

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This is part of a web-series we did for UCBComedy.com.

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by Ryan McKee

The yearbook staff at Payson Junior High would give each homeroom a nickname for their class picture. The names changed each year depending on the staff. My eighth grade year, the staff loved alliteration to the bitter end.

While Goble’s Gold Nuggets isn’t the most inventive name, it’s strong alliteration and positive. You can see the class is happy to be Gold. This name isn’t too offensive. Although, if we had a larger Italian American population, I’m sure they would be upset. The Mafia is a blemish on their culture. You wouldn’t see Kilgore’s Killing Fields in a school with Cambodian Americans. If I were Italian, I would have be even more offended by the illustration. It looks like a gay French cat burglar. Who drew these? Sure, we didn’t have The Sopranos yet, but we still had The Godfather and Goodfellas. We knew what mafiosos looked like. This could have just been a reference to the Spice Girls’ song (if it had been released yet). However, in my school, “wannabe” and “wigger” were constantly yelled at anyone wearing Cross Colors. You could argue this isn’t racist, but how is it in anyway positive? Why do some classes get to be Gold Nuggest and others are Posers? And let’s talk about the illustration again. At first look, it’s a white kid trying to be black. But if you look closer, he’s wearing John Lennon sunglasses, a peace-symbol necklace, a jumpsuit, and giving the peace hand signal. Did the illustrator even talk to the rest of the staff? There’s no arguing around this one. This is blatantly racist. Sure, most of our town was white, but we still lived in Arizona. There were Mexicans around. I suppose we’re just lucky no teachers had a last name starting with ‘N.’

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Ryan McKee at The Comedy Studio

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Ron’s new video series. Here are the first two episodes. Many more to come.

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