Shorts Review: Losing It with John Stamos featuring TJ Miller

Spoilers Below

The TJ Miller episode is one I’ve been waiting to watch for some time. I’ve been a fan of TJ’s since he was behind the camera (but still acting) in Cloverfield, to comedy films like She’s Out of My League and Get Him To The Greek, and as the only tolerable part of instances when my lady makes me watch Chelsea Lately. He also has some hilarious standup!

The episode started with a sight gag right away: TJ Miller getting unexpectedly sprayed by some jumping jet water fountains. Here we go.

Right off the bat, I was surprised how innocently TJ started his story. He recalled his former self as shy, and stated that the idea of taking a girl’s virginity without being able to say he loved her was “scary.”

Of course he still managed to work in plenty of humor, like explaining how on the night he lost it, he took some liquor – peach schnapps or crème de menthe; something his parents wouldn’t know was missing – and facetiously said he proclaimed, “I’m the John Stamos of guys at your high school. But funny and not attractive.”

At one point, Stamos asked if it happened in his own bed, as opposed to his parents’. “Yeah, already I was that kinky: ‘Sister, let’s start it off weird. Get in here. My mother sleeps on the left,’” he joked.

It was these little remarks and side comments by Miller that made this episode work. He and Stamos are apparently already friends, and that definitely showed through in the chemistry of the interview. The two had a nice back-and-forth, and the host really appeared to enjoy his guest’s humor. Oh, and since this is a cartoon site, I should probably mention there was also a cartoon, and it was well executed and aided the story nicely.

In the end, despite his story being much tamer than I thought, there really wasn’t anything negative I can think to mention. The episode had lots of humor, charismatic personalities, and just the right balance of sweetness. For instance, when the time came, TJ couldn’t perform. Despite his desperate prayers to Santa Claus, and feeble attempts to get into game mode, he ended up with a Limp Bizkit. However, like a darling, his girl completely understood, and brushed off the issue, saying they’d do it another time. Miller, in a moment of sincerity, said he genuinely appreciated that.

He then closed by adding, “The next morning it was fucking bangarang, dog.”

Classy as always.