Viciousness: 6.2
Quote: Kevin actually did really well in Saudi Arabia, but only because they thought he was the monkey from Aladdin. Callback: Abu. Which is actually coincidentally what Kevin hears every time he puts out one of his dog sh*t specials. A boo. Meaning: Shane turns Kevin’s Saudi Arabia appearance into a size joke, a cartoon joke, and a career joke at the same time. The first hit compares Kevin to Abu, the tiny monkey from Aladdin. The callback turns “Abu” into “a boo,” meaning the audience rejecting Kevin’s specials. Why it is brutal: It makes Kevin look small, foreign, ridiculous, and badly reviewed in one sequence. Why it works: The joke is simple but visual. Saudi Arabia leads to Aladdin. Aladdin leads to Abu. Abu leads to “a boo.” That chain is why it lands. It is not one deep insult. It is a clean cartoon image that becomes a career insult.
