Tears of a Clowny

Episode Commentary: Clowny Freaks

Every kid goes through phases in life that they are not proud of later in life. It could be playing Dungeons and Dragons [one that some unfortunate souls never escape from], watching a TV show or in Rusty Cuyler’s case, it’s a band. Enfatuated with “The Clownies,” obviously an Insane Clown Posse rip-off, Rusty gets obsessed and goes on a wrecking spree around the Cuyler home that not only pisses his father off, but manages to turn his Grandmother on.

Don’t ask, it’s Squidbillies and it’s hilarious.

Always out of his mind anyway, Dana Snyder will have you on the floor with some of his one liners in this episode.

Who knew elderly squids loved rebels in paint?

Seeing the elder Cuyler get so crazy is easily one of the funniest moments in this episode and arguably one of the best moments in the show’s history.

Things get worse though when Early decides to embrace the fad himself, especially with Sheriff already a part of the band’s legion. Together, they romp through the town and are as thick as thieves.

That is until reality sets in for the younger Cuyler, who finally realizes that he’s into the same music as his father.

Totally not cool.

Like a foul-mouthed episode of “Growing Pains,” Early learns you can’t turn back the clock [or does he? Of course not. Early never learns anything], while Rusty goes on to the next fad, one that you’ll be even more surprised to learn, especially considering where the Cuylers come from.

Ah, boy squids will be boy squids.

And apparently girl squids will be whores.

A nice little spin to the episode is seeing the ladies of squid country working a side job as a pair of over-the-hill truck stop whores.

Only in Georgia.

Only on this show.

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Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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