Daniel Tosh took ESPN to task on Tuesday for blatantly ripping off his hilarious “Wed Redemption” segments on Comedy Central clip show “Tosh 2.0.”
“You f–king hacks are cheapening my brand,” Tosh said after airing ESPN’s version, creatively called “The Awesome Video Segment.”
No, really. That’s the best ESPN could come up with.
Speaking of the so-called “Worldwide Leader in Sports,” ESPN explained the similarities away in the following statement to TheWrap: “This was more of an instance of us using a
The inaugural edition of the “awesome” segment featured a reporter traveling to Canada to track down a singer who fell on the ice while performing before a hockey game. Then in true “Tosh.0” fashion, the reporters asks, “Do you think you would be willing to give it another shot?”
“They must have missed that one episode where I said that before,” Tosh joked, and then proceeded to play a massive montage of himself asking the same question.
“I’m fine with kids in high school and college plagiarizing, but once you work for a real network, you should have some God damn self respect,” Tosh said. “That’s why I created a new segment called ‘Sports Science.0′”
“Sports Science” is already an ESPN segment, and Tosh dedicates his version to breaking down every reason why “SportsCenter” sucks.
“On ESPN’s flagship show ‘SportsCenter,’ each highlight lasts an average of 45 seconds, and contains an astonishing 217 unfunny, forced puns,” Tosh says in the sketch (above). “The frat brothers they call anchors are whiffing on an improbable 100 percent of the jokes they try to make.”
Tony Maglio contributed to this post.