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I`m With Busey

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I'm with Busey was a comedy/documentary television show which aired on Comedy Central in the summer of 2003. It revolved around a young writer named Adam de la Peña, who met and befriended his childhood idol, actor Gary Busey. The premise of the show revolved around the idea of Gary Busey teaching Adam de la Peña all about the world. In one episode, for example, de la Peña complained to Busey about his lack of a love life. Busey helped de la Peña become more confident by setting him up with a date and then feeding him lines through an earpiece. During that episode, Busey told Adam to tell the girl that he had "a Loch Ness monster in his pants." Much of the humor revolved around Busey-isms, short statements that Busey would give about the world around him. An example of one said by Busey was: "Fear is the dark room where the devil develops his negatives." After such a phrase, the camera would cut to de la Peña's authentic confused reactions, or to a short monologue that the younger man would do when he was away from Busey. In the first episode, Busey told one of his most perplexing Buseyisms: "try" meaning "tomorrow's really yesterday". Busey explained that when you say you'll "try"…

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busey, i'm with busey, adam de la pena, comedy central, tv, vhs, 2000s

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