Barstool Idol Day 3 Recap- Farewell To The Michigan Man
We’re now more than halfway through the week. After two more eliminations and a dramatic drop out, just five contestants remain.
After a very eventful day yesterday, today got off to a quiet start. The first one to get to the office? None other than Michigan Man.
….courtesy of Riggs
Frankie Borrelli pulled an absolutely genius move by sucking up to him and wearing a Michigan shirt. You want to be on Michigan Man’s good side.
The first three contestants to arrive were him, Dylan, and Brandt. I went downstairs to get a morning update on them. Michigan Man, with his headphones on, said “I’m good” and clearly had no interest in being on camera. So I turned my attention to Brandt to ask him about his attempted murder.
The rest of the contestants arrived, and Dave laid out their challenges for the day. They had the following tasks.
-One topic Rundown video in their group
-One video of whatever they want
-One Donnie style “Whoa! That’s Weird” video
-Stand up comedy
And they could do whatever else they wanted to make some content. Jam packed day for sure.
But before we could get started on any of the challenges, Michigan Man began to show signs of withdrawing from the competition. He was telling his team that he wasn’t doing the Rundown and saying “just remember we’ve always live.”
Dana B was his personal camera guy today so asked if they should exchange numbers. Michigan Man just said, “No. I will find you.”
Then he told everyone he was quitting and stormed out of the building. Luckily, the cameras were able to catch him before he got away.
You can watch the full video here
And whenever a star as bright as Michigan Man eventually (quickly) burns out, you know the tributes are on the way.
Michigan Man will go down as perhaps the greatest shooting star in Barstool history. I’ll be honest, I was absolutely devastated when he dropped out. I woke up this morning with a pep in my step, excited to see how Michigan Man would take my breathe away today. We were robbed of more Michigan Man content, including a stand up performance. Maybe we’ll see more of him one day. Maybe.
Elsewhere, Ohio’s Tate continued his cocky tear by dancing on Michigan Man’s grave.
It seemed like there was just no stopping him.
Other than that, we didn’t see too much of the contestants today as they were running around the city making their two videos for tonight.
7:00 rolled around and it was time for the performances at Stand Up NY. The 7 contestants each performed a few minutes of stand up comedy after we watched the videos they made during the day. It was definitely a tough environment. It was a bunch of tired bloggers who didn’t really want to be there trying to get to the pizza boxes in the back of the room.
You can watch the full video here, but I’ll rundown the highlights.
First up was Marty Mush. He had some funny videos, but I have no idea what happened when he went on stage. Just rambled for a few minutes, but it was somehow captivating. Stand up comedy is clearly not his strong suit, but The Mush is still an intriguing character.
Then there was Joey Boats. His videos weren’t received well, but his stand up was better. He walked off the stage saying “I think I’m gone anyway.” Funny.
Condition Kid came up next and had the strongest performance so far.
While a few jokes did bomb and lead to boos, he still commanded the stage better than anyone. I mean look at him.
He has to be the frontrunner to win the whole thing. Next up was Rocky, and he decided to just roast the entire field. I didn’t hate it. His best jokes were “Marty Mush is here… is the warning Long Island strippers get when he walks in the building.” And one dark one about how Condition Kid probably should’ve died during childbirth.
Ohio’s Tate was up next, and it was his worst performance of the week.
It seemed like his domination was finally coming to an end.
Brandt Tobler, a stand up comedian, was next to do stand up comedy. He did pretty well, because well, he’s a stand up comedian.
Rounding out the show was ukulele guy Dylan. He forgot the words, but it still somehow had the feel of a Broadway performance.
After a few minutes of deliberation, it was time for two to be cut.
Despite his reputation preceding him, Brandt was the first to go. Dave and Big Cat compared his disappointing Idol Week showing to Notre Dame football, where the performance just never lives up to the hype. Brandt will be fine since he was way more famous than any contest Idol has ever had, and may still get a podcasting chance on the Barstool network if he impresses.
Then came one of the most puzzling moments in Barstool Idol history. It was clear Ohio’s Tate was on the brink of elimination. Reading the writing on the wall, he basically started to explain how he didn’t really wanted the job anyway. Dave asked if he would even move to NYC for the job, to which Tate responded, “I just like to teach and coach girls basketball” and said he really just wanted to blog Cleveland sports from his couch.
Just fascinating stuff. So while he was technically eliminated from Barstool Idol, it seems like he may get a job blogging for Barstool. He’s chalking it up as yet another W.
So farewell to Ohio guy and Brandt the comedian.
Five contestants now remain- Condition Kid, Marty Mush, Dylan the ukulele guy, Rocky, and Joey Boats.
We’re on to Thursday.
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