“It Was So Worth Those Two Nights In Jail, Throwing That Motorcycle At His Head…”

After several weeks nearly devoid of inspiration and humor, Jon Wurster made his triumphant return to the Best Show On WFMU this past Tuesday. (Advance to the 23 minute mark for the skit to begin.) The new character, Ron Templeton, is classic Wurster – a pathetic, creepy weasal who starts off as a liar, then plots a criminal conspiracy against Tom, and finally spirals off into delusion and homicidal threats. It may be somewhat formulaic, but it’s easily the funniest thing on The Best Show since Wurster’s performance as corporate rock loser Cory, from the band Mother 13, way back in July. Hopefully this is a sign that the Best Show is back on track – the past few months have been depressingly awful, I was beginning to lose hope in the show. I was starting to think that Tom was deliberately making the show obnoxious by beating the characters of “Petey”, “Philly Boy Roy”, and “Kevin” into the ground; and stuffing the show up with filler like “Smash Or Trash”, the search for the new call screener, and any appearances by “Officer Tom”. I dearly hope that that is all behind us now.

“This is not a play, this is scary time!”