IF YOU ANSWERED YES,
YOU'RE PROBABLY CARICATURE ARTIST GREG DOHLEN.
HE WAS THE ONE THAT DREW IT.
AND AFTER TWO DECADES OF DOING CARICATURES,
HE HAS YET TO MAKE A NAME FOR HIMSELF.
- IT'S ALWAYS A STRUGGLE.
AND I'VE KIND OF--
I'VE BEEN DOING THIS SINCE '89.
- BUT SOMETIMES THE SOLUTION IS AS SIMPLE
AS KEEPING UP WITH THE TRENDS.
- YOU DREW ME HERE. - YEAH.
- IT'S ENJOYABLE TO SEE YOURSELF
PORTRAYED AS A CARTOON. - YEAH.
- BUT I DON'T THINK IT MAKES ME LAUGH.
CARICATURES ARE INSULT COMEDY.
- WELL, YEAH.
- IN THE CATEGORY OF INSULT COMEDY,
JUST TO SHOW YOU WHAT'S CURRENTLY POPULAR RIGHT NOW,
HERE, JUST WATCH.
- I LIKE YOU, JASON ALEXANDER. I FIND YOU SEXY.
KISS ME, YOU FAT [bleep].
I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO SEE
WHAT JERRY SEINFELD'S [bleep] TASTES LIKE.
- I SHOWED HIM A CLIP OF THE WILDLY POPULAR
COMEDY CENTRAL ROASTS,
WHICH PROVED THAT TO BE A HIT IN INSULT COMEDY,
THE MEANER YOU ARE, THE BETTER.
THE PLAN:
TO RE-BRAND GREG AS "THE KING OF STING."
- UM, I'VE GOT--I'VE GOTTEN MORE NEGATIVE REACTIONS
FROM GOING EXTREME THAN POSITIVE REACTIONS.
- NO ONE LIKED ELVIS WHEN HE FIRST CAME OUT,
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
PEOPLE WERE OFFENDED. - RIGHT.
- BUT YOU HAVE TO POWER THROUGH THAT
IF YOU WANNA BECOME BIG.
AT FIRST, GREG SEEMED RESISTANT TO THE CONCEPT.
BUT AS WE STARTED BRAINSTORMING IDEAS...
- YEAH, IT MIGHT BE FUNNY IF HE'S CHINESE,
AND I MAKE HIM A PHOTOGRAPHER WITH THE BIG BUCK TEETH.
- OH, YEAH, YEAH.
- LITTLE SQUINTY EYES AND BIG BUCK TEETH.
- YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
HE QUICKLY BEGAN TO EMBRACE IT.
I LEFT HIM WITH A FEW EDGY CONCEPTS OF MY OWN TO WORK ON,
AND HE STARTED SKETCHING THEM OUT.
THE NEXT DAY, I RETURNED TO SEE THE RESULTS.
ALL RIGHT, SO THIS IS THE IDEA I HAD FOR A COUPLE,
AND YOU HAVE TO DRAW A COUPLE.
SO THAT'S YOU, THE ARTIST,
UH, DOING THE WOMAN OF THE COUPLE FROM BEHIND,
DOGGY STYLE, SHE'S SAYING, "I LIKE THIS."
HER BOYFRIEND IS LOOKING AT A HUMMINGBIRD'S PENIS
AND THINKING, "THAT'S HUGE."
YEAH, THIS IS GOOD.
IT'S REALLY FUNNY.
THIS IS, UM, YOUR VERSION OF AN ASIAN BUSINESSMAN.
UM, DO YOU THINK THIS ONE, UH...HMM...
- SEE, I'M NOT-- I'M NOT SURE, UH,
WHEN YOU PRESENTED AN ASIAN PICTURE
WHICH DIRECTION I SHOULD GO WITH IT.
I WENT ALL DIRECTIONS REALLY.
WE COULD TRY IT OUT, SEE HOW IT GOES.
- SURE, YEAH. I MEAN, I'M NOT GONNA GET--
YOU KNOW, IN ART, YOU KNOW,
YOU DON'T WANT TO GET IN PEOPLE'S WAY OR ANYTHING,
SO I'M NOT GONNA-- BUT, YEAH.
I MEAN, THIS IS DEFINITELY--
I MEAN, THE PEARL HARBOR THING IS ALMOST NOT EVEN A JOKE.
THE REST OF GREG'S NEW EDGY CARICATURES LOOKED GREAT,
AND I COULD TELL THAT HE WAS READY TO TRY THEM OUT
IN THE REAL WORLD.
- DO YOU HAVE ANY HOBBIES?
- I LIKE TO BIKE AND SURF A LOT.
I LIKE SWIMMING, DEEJAYING, PLAYING THE TROMBONE.
- THINGS WERE OFF TO AN OKAY START,
BUT I GOT KIND OF WORRIED WHEN AN ASIAN MAN SAT DOWN.
- I DRAW CARICATURES THAT ARE A LITTLE MEAN AND EDGY.
ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT?
- DEFINITELY. - YEAH, OKAY, GOOD.
HOW'S THAT?
YOU LIKE IT?
- YEAH. - OH, GOOD.
- BUT I WAS WRONG. THE GUY LOVED IT.
YOU LIKE IT? - YEAH, YEAH, I LIKE IT.
- AND FROM THEN ON, IT WAS SMOOTH SAILING.
- OH, NICE, MAN.
- WILL THAT WORK? - THAT'LL WORK, DUDE.
[both laugh]
- GREG WAS HITTING NOTHING BUT HOME RUNS,
AND IT WAS AMAZING TO WATCH HIM WORK.
- OH, NICE.
[laughter]
- SO HOW DO YOU FEEL IT ALL WENT TODAY?
PEOPLE LAUGHED. I SAW PEOPLE LAUGHING.
- PEOPLE LAUGHED.
LIKE, THE DEEP SIDE OF PEOPLE'S HUMOR COMES OUT
WHEN YOU SHOW THEM SHOCK.
- YOU KNOW, AT THE BEGINNING OF ALL THIS,
I HAD YOU DRAW ME, IT WASN'T FUNNY.
SO NOW WITH EVERYTHING THAT I'VE TAUGHT YOU,
I'M SAYING GO AS HARD AS YOU WANT ON ME,
AS MEAN AS YOU WANT.
- YOU WANT THE KING OF STING?
- I WANT THE KING OF STING. - OKAY.
- 'CAUSE I WANNA LAUGH. - OKAY.
- ALL RIGHT, THIS IS FUNNY,
BUT IT'S HARD FOR ME TO SEE MY GRANDPA
DEPICTED IN THAT WAY.
HE'S A CANADIAN WAR HERO,
AND HE'S, LIKE, A VERY--
HE HAS, LIKE, A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE IN OUR FAMILY,
SO I DON'T LIKE SEEING HIM DEPICTED LIKE THIS.
IT JUST--
IT WAS A REAL SHAME THAT GREG CHOSE TO END THE DAY
ON SUCH A TASTELESS NOTE.
BUT REGARDLESS OF MY FEELINGS,
HE TRULY WAS THE KING OF STING.