| Episode 6 - The Tour Bus: June 29, 2004 |
| After his victory over Bonnie in the head-to-head competition, John returned to the house. He admitted that voting to challenge his friend Bonnie was the wrong thing to do. And even though many of the comics cheered when he entered the house, John did not act victorious. Instead, he knelt down and buried his face in his arm. John said, "I took the brunt for everybody who voted for her… She was so hurt. I just took it for everybody." Then John warned, "For the rest of the show, I am the Lone Wolf. I'll be part of no groups. I have to strictly vote on my heart for the rest of the time." The next day, John was looking for his bottle of water, and Gary said, "Seriously, you should drink as much water as you can, 'cause you're probably dehydrated from all the crying." John laughed and took it for the joke that it was - and a little tension evaporated from the house. To help reduce stress for the comics, a yoga instructor dropped by to lead some group meditation. Everyone had their own way of participating. Tammy closed her eyes and followed the instructions. ANT silently protested by smoking - something you thought Todd would have done. But Todd was apparently too tired to smoke, so he fell asleep and snored. All Kathleen could do was listen to Todd snore. And Jay London tried to remain modest by concealing the holes in the crotch of his sweatpants - avoiding a "comic exposé" that America was not ready for. ANT visited the mechanical fortune teller and received the next challenge. The comics would have to work as tour guides on a Hollywood tour bus. Two comics would each take a turn giving a tour as the bus drove through the city. Afterwards, the tourists on the bus would vote for the most informative, entertaining and charismatic person. The loser would be dismissed while the winner would stay onboard to face the next comic. This would continue until only one tour guide was left standing. The prize for that talented person? Immunity from elimination for that week - plus a professional photo shoot. The first face-off on the tour bus was ANT versus Corey. ANT said he had a unique strategy: he wouldn't try to make jokes every five seconds; instead, he would actually give the folks a tour of the city. But since ANT didn't know where any of the stars really lived, he'd just have to make everything up. Well, in Corey's words, it was a "slaughter." All thirteen tourists voted for ANT. ANT then soundly defeated each comic that followed. His relentless fictional Hollywood trivia was unstoppable. As a result, ANT won immunity for the week and a professional photo shoot. However, ANT had not won immunity from getting on people's nerves. According to Tammy, on the way back from the challenge, Todd used a word that offended ANT as a gay man. In response, ANT tried to make an analogy by using the N-word - and that set Corey off. The two men argued. It got so heated that Corey jumped out of his seat so that he could face ANT directly. Tammy was between the two and quickly scurried out of the way. Kathleen said she thought that Corey was going to take ANT and smash him through the school bus. Although ANT had put up a good, verbal fight, he let the tears flow when he got back to the house. Tammy held him as he cried. (Two crying comics in one episode - and it was only half over!) The next morning, both ANT and Corey felt remorseful about their actions. The two shook hands and agreed to put the incident behind them. With the Corey and ANT situation resolved, the house began to obsess about that night's head-to-head competition. Who would get the most votes? And who would not be coming back to the house? Jay Mohr returned and the nine comics voted. Each sat in the booth and uttered the words, "I know I'm funnier than…" Well, when the votes were tallied, it was a tie! There were three votes for Tammy and three votes for Todd. Jay Mohr informed us that this meant that Tammy and Todd would face each other in the head-to-head. So, Tammy and Todd each packed their stuff. One would leave directly from the theater and head home when it was over. Tammy thought it was the best possible matchup for her, while Todd said he felt he had a "fifty-fifty" shot at winning. At the Last Comic Theater, Jay Mohr was welcomed with a standing ovation. He treated the crowd to a short set about his ridiculously large, seventeen month-old son. Before she went on, Tammy said, "I didn't come this far to fail." Todd admitted that he was nervous, but said, "…on a scale of one to ten - about a five." Tammy was up first. She did a set that included, "This girl came up to me tonight and she goes, 'Who did your boobs?' I go, 'God.' She goes, 'Where's his office?' I go, 'Jerusalem. Now get away from me. Don't you think if I'd of had that kind of money, I'd of had my nose fixed first?'" Todd was next. He said, "Some people don't care about anybody but themselves, like people who wear bad hairpieces. You gotta be a bully to wear a bad hairpiece. Walking up to people everyday, 'Hey, try talking to me without looking at it. I'll catch you.' I don't know where to look with people with bad hairpieces… Why don't you wear spandex pants while you're at it so I'll have no safe zone to look at." Jay Mohr then returned to the stage with both comics. He announced that the vote for the funniest comic was the closest it had ever been. But with fifty-five percent of the vote, the winner was Tammy! So, Todd took his suitcase and headed home - another comic had been eliminated! |
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