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Lights up and zoom in on our innkeeper, decked out in D.C. apparel. He’s squinting as if he’s slightly in pain, as if he knows what’s coming isn’t for his own secure, the good of the studio audience or even the sparse population watching at abode. And he’s right.

When “Ridiculousness” with Rob Dyrdek first came on the air in 2011, it billed itself as classification of a “Tosh.0” for the extreme sports crowd; “Web Soup” with more motocross videos. In method, that’s exactly what it is. Every show begins with Dyrdek standing atop an enormous laptop with the blind as his background. He’s accompanied by a video DJ and Chanel West Coast, the secretary with rap aspirations from Dyrdek’s prior show, “Fantasy Factory.”

But in practice, “Ridiculousness” is a infertile quagmire bereft of any semblance of humor. Like a bad comic take away, “Ridiculousness” is all set-up, no punchline. Here’s an example of the comedic stylings of Dyrdek from “Dan Heaton,” an event I chose at random from the second half of the show’s first season.

Source: UW Badger Herald