(spotted on Vulture, via MTV)

Obviously I want to see this Judd Apatow movie, Get Him To the Greek, because Apatow feat. Jonah Hill, Russell Brand sounds like a sure thing. But I see why Vultureblog is skeptical about the hyping of Diddy’s funny. The problem with a Diddy cameo is that you never for even a second get to see past Diddy’s Diddyness. So whatever the role is…its Precious based on the Diddy by Diddy. Or Othello in a three-part Diddy as interpreted by Diddy.

That doesn’t automatically delete laugh factor…Apatow did well with Eminem’s cameo in Funny People, and Todd Phillips won (and then overmilked) Mike Tyson’s cameo in The Hangover….but in both of those cases, “the diddy-personality” played himself in the movie.

That said….the Dexy’s Midnight Runners’ song playing in the background is funnier than Puff, Jonah and Russell combined.