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Deepster said:
I am a big stand up fan and felt like we needed an official thread here.

With the timing of it right now, I'll kick it off saying how disappointing Matt Rife's Netflix special was. I had heard him on podcasts talking about how it's awkward to be famous for his looks and I felt like this special was so over the top on how "controversial" he was and how he wasn't a pretty boy but how he was edgy. Not funny and totally forced and not a well crafted and tight set at all.
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I saw this thread title and thought I was in for a Best of Danny Hurley montage.
 
Always found this guy funny (quirky).

Robert Mac (from Robertmac.com)

 
Documentary worth the watch for any true comedy fan: Patrice O'Neal "Killing Is Easy" on Paramount+

His final special "Elephant In the Room" is also there. He knew he didn't have a ton of time left, and this set was about as amazing a swan song as there's ever been.
 
Any thoughts on Shane Gillis’ opening monologue on SNL this week?
 
Deepster said:
Any thoughts on Shane Gillis’ opening monologue on SNL this week?
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It felt like performance art.

He got fired from SNL for reasons @storrsroars mentioned and now he's back hosting, which is...awkward at best. It almost felt like the band was instructed to never laugh, which, if true, is hilarious direction from Lorne.

Overall, stand up comedians tend to have crappy monologues since most comedians' materials are not suited for network TV.

Overall, I am a Gillis fan though. As a liberal guy with a conservative dad who lives in Pennsyltucky, Gillis has been a bonding point for us since we both appreciate how his material does a nice job having fun with the woke culture as he generally seems like a good guy who is actually hilarious. I'm not a podcast guy, but his stuff with the Matt and Shane secret podcast is pretty funny.
 
Hey Adrien! said:
It felt like performance art.

He got fired from SNL for reasons @storrsroars mentioned and now he's back hosting, which is...awkward at best. It almost felt like the band was instructed to never laugh, which, if true, is hilarious direction from Lorne.

Overall, stand up comedians tend to have crappy monologues since most comedians' materials are not suited for network TV.

Overall, I am a Gillis fan though. As a liberal guy with a conservative dad who lives in Pennsyltucky, Gillis has been a bonding point for us since we both appreciate how his material does a nice job having fun with the woke culture as he generally seems like a good guy who is actually hilarious. I'm not a podcast guy, but his stuff with the Matt and Shane secret podcast is pretty funny.
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I like the description of performance art. I felt like he was TRYING to be uncomfortable and almost purposefully "bombed" in parts as a performance....which, if true, makes me think it was actually well done.
 
Deepster said:
Any thoughts on Shane Gillis’ opening monologue on SNL this week?
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First time I've seen that show be decently funny in 10-15 years since Bill Hader, Jason Sudekis, and Will Forte left.

Maybe they had a couple episodes with another funny host that carried them but the cast and writing has been brutal for over a decade. Gillis is a funny guy, it's nice to see he's a huge standup now.
 
Saw Attell tonight. Great show, but getting kinda worried about him. Sat for most of the time, had to clear throat a bunch, voice sounded much more raspy than usual. Hope it's just a temporary thing, but thinking the smoking may be finally getting to him. See him while you can!
 
storrsroars said:
Saw Attell tonight. Great show, but getting kinda worried about him. Sat for most of the time, had to clear throat a bunch, voice sounded much more raspy than usual. Hope it's just a temporary thing, but thinking the smoking may be finally getting to him. See him while you can!
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He was on with Segura and Kreischer last week and said he has COPD. I watched the Netflix special and I’m sure they tried to limit it but there was a lot of coughs and throat clearing there too. And his skin coloring was gray. Not good.
 
Deepster said:
He was on with Segura and Kreischer last week and said he has COPD. I watched the Netflix special and I’m sure they tried to limit it but there was a lot of coughs and throat clearing there too. And his skin coloring was gray. Not good.
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Maybe that's why he took up the recorder, to help breathing?
 
The latest Neal Brennan Netflix, "Crazy Good", is thankfully all jokes, none of the self-examination of his mental health like his last two hours (although I have watched a number of his "Blocks" podcasts and found them interesting and entertaining). "Crazy Good" is all over the place with a lot of terrific premises and really showcases his strengths as a writer. It's one I'll watch again.

Also worth noting, there have been ton of post-Brady Roast podcasts out the past couple of weeks, mostly talking about who killed and offering some insider looks at making the roast, but of particular enjoyment is the Two Bears pod with Jimmy Carr, who just eviscerates Bert with deadly one-liners throughout, many of which seem to go right over Bert's head while Segura is cracking up.
 
storrsroars said:
The latest Neal Brennan Netflix, "Crazy Good", is thankfully all jokes, none of the self-examination of his mental health like his last two hours (although I have watched a number of his "Blocks" podcasts and found them interesting and entertaining). "Crazy Good" is all over the place with a lot of terrific premises and really showcases his strengths as a writer. It's one I'll watch again.

Also worth noting, there have been ton of post-Brady Roast podcasts out the past couple of weeks, mostly talking about who killed and offering some insider looks at making the roast, but of particular enjoyment is the Two Bears pod with Jimmy Carr, who just eviscerates Bert with deadly one-liners throughout, many of which seem to go right over Bert's head while Segura is cracking up.
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I love Neal Brennan. His most recent blocks with Jerry Seinfield and Marc Rebillet were excellent.
 
Nate Bargatze.

I tend to lean toward crude when it comes to stand-up: Chapelle, Rock, Burr, Louis C.K., etc.

Nate Bargatze is nothing like the above. He's a very family friendly comedian. No profanity or controversial topics. Still a very good comedian.
 
I'd never heard of Des Bishop before just now. He just dropped his latest special "Of All People" on YT. It's one of the better specials I've seen in past two years. Highly recommend.
 
I'd been debating whether or not to watch Andrew Schulz's "Life" Netflix special. I haven't been impressed with Schulz to date and basically account for whatever success he's had to being one of Rogan's acolytes. Last night I decided to watch it.

As a student of standup comedy, I have to admit, Schulz has talent and mastery of the craft. The material will be tough to take for many - it is aggressively "bro", crossing into misogynistic. Schulz is the 2020's version of Dice Clay. But he has far more material than Clay, and the hour is well constructed with references that indicate Schulz actually has an education and pays attention to timing, delivery, crowd interactions, callbacks, etc. And he ends the show with 10 minutes that actually endears him to the audience, including the surprising number of women in attendance.

I admit to both laughing and groaning. He's still far from a favorite and not someone I'm likely to spend $ on for a ticket. But I have a much better impression of him now as someone who actually does understand the craft and is above average in practicing it.
 
Watched Bill Burr: The Drop Dead Years this week. Pretty standard Burr. A little more mellow than his younger stuff but he's still an angry ginger. If you like him? Well worth the watch.

Also watched Bert Kreischer: Lucky and did not care for it. I have come to the conclusion that I just don't universally like him and it's only in certain spots I find him really funny. He is a story teller, for one, and I'm not sure I really find his stories all that funny. Second, he'll tell a story and say something that his younger daughter says and I just don't believe she said it, or at least phrased it that way. Said differently, I think he just makes up conversation to fit the story and again, I just don't think it's that funny.
 
Deepster said:
Watched Bill Burr: The Drop Dead Years this week. Pretty standard Burr. A little more mellow than his younger stuff but he's still an angry ginger. If you like him? Well worth the watch.

Also watched Bert Kreischer: Lucky and did not care for it. I have come to the conclusion that I just don't universally like him and it's only in certain spots I find him really funny. He is a story teller, for one, and I'm not sure I really find his stories all that funny. Second, he'll tell a story and say something that his younger daughter says and I just don't believe she said it, or at least phrased it that way. Said differently, I think he just makes up conversation to fit the story and again, I just don't think it's that funny.
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Hate to say it, but I think Billy is now on the downside of his career arc. First half of Drop Dead seemed like a rehash of his greatest hits. The second half, which got into politics, was better, IMHO.

Never cared for Bert, doubtful I ever will.

OTOH, Jeselnik brought it again in his latest special Bones and All. I don't know if there's anyone out there who crafts a joke better that AJ, and he can play his obnoxious character because he's so joyful in delivering truly tasteless material that his audience craves the deprativity of it all. My one complaint is his specials generally only go 45 minutes and there's a lot of dead time in there as he prowls the stage. He probably has the least content per minute of any brand-name comics out there, but every punch hits.
 
storrsroars said:
Hate to say it, but I think Billy is now on the downside of his career arc. First half of Drop Dead seemed like a rehash of his greatest hits. The second half, which got into politics, was better, IMHO.

Never cared for Bert, doubtful I ever will.

OTOH, Jeselnik brought it again in his latest special Bones and All. I don't know if there's anyone out there who crafts a joke better that AJ, and he can play his obnoxious character because he's so joyful in delivering truly tasteless material that his audience craves the deprativity of it all. My one complaint is his specials generally only go 45 minutes and there's a lot of dead time in there as he prowls the stage. He probably has the least content per minute of any brand-name comics out there, but every punch hits.
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I love Jeselnik and agree on everything you said. I love dark twisted stuff and the way he makes you think "How can he possibly make this one go where I don't see it going?" and then he does every time is genius.
 
In the late 70s, there was a "game show" called "Make Me Laugh." I would not have lasted 2 seconds in the contestant seat.

Stars on the show were Gary Muledeer, Bruce Baum, Gary Shandling, Tom Hanks, Howie Mandel and Richard Belzer.

 
Watched Mark Normand “Soup to Nuts” (2023) on Netflix. I hadn’t seen more than podcasts and instagram clips of him. Very very impressed with how many jokes he fit in to the hour, how complex some of the short jokes were and how smooth his segues were. He is a real pro technically.
 
Saw Louie CK tonight at Heinz Hall. Sold out 2300 seater. Can't recall the opening comic's name, but the middle comic was a surprise - Jim Norton! And Norton absolutely killed. I probably wouldn't have bought a ticket to see Jim at a club as I haven't loved his subject matter over the years, but now that he's married, for some reason I think his writing is better and his routines go more afield than they used to. He had one joke on Queen Elizabeth where I almost lost my breath.

Louie had me in stitches. Wife said she expected more and complained it was too male focused (of course it is!).He did an extended bit on nursing homes and old people that I can't do justice to. I was so tastelessly hilarious I have to imagine it'll make his next special.

So I can check another off my comedian bucket list.
 
storrsroars said:
Saw Louie CK tonight at Heinz Hall. Sold out 2300 seater. Can't recall the opening comic's name, but the middle comic was a surprise - Jim Norton! And Norton absolutely killed. I probably wouldn't have bought a ticket to see Jim at a club as I haven't loved his subject matter over the years, but now that he's married, for some reason I think his writing is better and his routines go more afield than they used to. He had one joke on Queen Elizabeth where I almost lost my breath.

Louie had me in stitches. Wife said she expected more and complained it was too male focused (of course it is!).He did an extended bit on nursing homes and old people that I can't do justice to. I was so tastelessly hilarious I have to imagine it'll make his next special.

So I can check another off my comedian bucket list.
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Louis CK was one of my favorite until I heard he tried to get Pete Davidson fired from SNL for smoking pot.
 
I loved Carlin and Pryor back in the day. Bill Burr was pretty good. Shane Gillis is good. My wife likes Leanne. Nikki Glaser can be funny. Haven't seen anyone mention Robin Williams. I wish I could find the clip but there's one of Pryor talking about a time they were supposed to do something together and he says he just stood on the side of the stage and watched because Williams was so quick and creative, pivoted so fast that nobody could keep up with him.

 
HuskyHawk said:
I loved Carlin and Pryor back in the day. Bill Burr was pretty good. Shane Gillis is good. My wife likes Leanne. Nikki Glaser can be funny. Haven't seen anyone mention Robin Williams. I wish I could find the clip but there's one of Pryor talking about a time they were supposed to do something together and he says he just stood on the side of the stage and watched because Williams was so quick and creative, pivoted so fast that nobody could keep up with him.

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Robin Williams played some really good roles in some really good movies. But I never thought he was even close to funny.

His coming out role was in Mork and Mindy. I couldn't watch five minutes that nonsense.
 
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