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[Versatile]

I had never seen Tough Crowd before. I watched some clips and enjoyed it well enough. The Brits do it better with Mock The Week.

 

[dreunc1542]

I knew that post (or something along those lines) was coming. I almost goaded you even more, but figured that was enough.

 

[Chef2]

What a ****ty list of comedians.

 

[jr/shotglass]

At a friend's bachelor party probably in the late 1990s or so, we went to see Andrew Dice Clay in Las Vegas.

At my bachelor party in the mid 1980s or so, my best man rented out a small theater for a private screening of Misty Beethoven.

She told no jokes, however.

 

[NoOneLikesUs]

I'm a total comedy geek.

At a friend's bachelor party probably in the late 1990s or so, we went to see Andrew Dice Clay in Las Vegas. It was a high school friend and this was back in the late 80s early 90s when Dice was at his peak and everybody was going around quoting the nursery rhymes.

Jim Norton opened for Dice. When we left the show, we all couldn't stop talking about how great Norton was. Dice almost became an afterthought. I've seen Norton at actual shows probably 5-6 times and countless other times at the Comedy Cellar when I was traveling to NY on a regular basis. I was so pissed that the tour with Norton, Attell, Artie Lange, Amy Schumer never came to my state.

Almost everyone who was on Tough Crowd were Comedy Cellar regulars... Keith Robinson, Colin, Norton, Vos, Patrice, Giraldo...

Norton is excellent, but damn that dude has some crazy demons in his past.

This podcast from last month goes in some insane directions: http://www.dvdasa.com/?p=656

 

[Jake_Taylor]

Has anyone here ever actually tried standup? I've written some bits and tinkered with the idea of finding an open mic night somewhere, but I don't think I'd be good on stage. I'd love to be able to write jokes with an established comedian though.

 

[MisterCreosote]

Has anyone here ever actually tried standup? I've written some bits and tinkered with the idea of finding an open mic night somewhere, but I don't think I'd be good on stage. I'd love to be able to write jokes with an established comedian though.

A friend of mine started doing it about five years ago. He hits sometimes three or four open mics a night. Sometimes he nails it, and sometimes he still gets booed off the stage. Seeing how hard he works to make it is very humbling. And, he's getting very good.

At his worst, he's still not bad enough to make Chef's ****ty list, though.

 

[Bodie_Broadus]

Has anyone here ever actually tried standup? I've written some bits and tinkered with the idea of finding an open mic night somewhere, but I don't think I'd be good on stage. I'd love to be able to write jokes with an established comedian though.

I've worked with a couple guys who do it. One of them is quite good, he's very young and I believe he has been on one of the Tyler Perry shows. The other guy is decent, his style is talking about the way he grew up. He used to riff on some of the guys in the break room and had us all dying one night. If he did that more in his shows, he'd be great.

 

[Vombatus]

There aren't many standups who continue to put out great specials after becoming super famous. (Movie star or TV star).

Seinfeld and Rock are probably the exceptions.

I'm not sure I would put Louis CK in the "super famous" category. He's getting the recognition he deserves, but he hasn't gotten the huge payday that Rock and Seinfeld and Eddie Murphy, Ray Romano, Bill Cosby, Roseanne, Robin Williams, Tim Allen and Chappelle have...

Ansari's last two specials have been really good. I'm pretty sure he has a new one coming out really soon.

So, I just finished skimming this entire thread, and it took over a year for someone to mention Robin Williams? I mean, yeah, what a ****ty list, but the resulting discussion over ten pages leaves a lot lacking. I think chef2 has ammo to blast all his critics. What's worse, the ****ty list or the ten pages of (potentially ****ty in the eye of the beholder) comments?

Someone should start a poll. Chef2 vs. the world.

 

[Jake_Taylor]

There aren't many standups who continue to put out great specials after becoming super famous. (Movie star or TV star).

Seinfeld and Rock are probably the exceptions.

I'm not sure I would put Louis CK in the "super famous" category. He's getting the recognition he deserves, but he hasn't gotten the huge payday that Rock and Seinfeld and Eddie Murphy, Ray Romano, Bill Cosby, Roseanne, Robin Williams, Tim Allen and Chappelle have...

Ansari's last two specials have been really good. I'm pretty sure he has a new one coming out really soon.

So, I just finished skimming this entire thread, and it took over a year for someone to mention Robin Williams?

To be fair, the discussion has mostly centered on people who have been funny at some point in the past 25 years.

 

[Buck]

There aren't many standups who continue to put out great specials after becoming super famous. (Movie star or TV star).

Seinfeld and Rock are probably the exceptions.

I'm not sure I would put Louis CK in the "super famous" category. He's getting the recognition he deserves, but he hasn't gotten the huge payday that Rock and Seinfeld and Eddie Murphy, Ray Romano, Bill Cosby, Roseanne, Robin Williams, Tim Allen and Chappelle have...

Ansari's last two specials have been really good. I'm pretty sure he has a new one coming out really soon.

So, I just finished skimming this entire thread, and it took over a year for someone to mention Robin Williams?

To be fair, the discussion has mostly centered on people who have been funny at some point in the past 25 years.

C'mon, 'nanoo nanoo'? That still kills.

 

[Vombatus]

There aren't many standups who continue to put out great specials after becoming super famous. (Movie star or TV star).

Seinfeld and Rock are probably the exceptions.

I'm not sure I would put Louis CK in the "super famous" category. He's getting the recognition he deserves, but he hasn't gotten the huge payday that Rock and Seinfeld and Eddie Murphy, Ray Romano, Bill Cosby, Roseanne, Robin Williams, Tim Allen and Chappelle have...

Ansari's last two specials have been really good. I'm pretty sure he has a new one coming out really soon.

So, I just finished skimming this entire thread, and it took over a year for someone to mention Robin Williams?

To be fair, the discussion has mostly centered on people who have been funny at some point in the past 25 years.

C'mon, 'nanoo nanoo'? That still kills.

Yeah, 70s TV is hard to rewatch, but I would do Pam Dawber, you know, given the chance.

 

[old_tony]

Has anyone here ever actually tried standup? I've written some bits and tinkered with the idea of finding an open mic night somewhere, but I don't think I'd be good on stage. I'd love to be able to write jokes with an established comedian though.

I've worked with two guys that have done standup -- one who became good friends with Doug Stanhope -- and I'm also friends with a couple other guys who do it for a living. One even got a spot on Craig Ferguson's show about three years ago. You can have moderate regional success and not make a living at it.

It's not a lot different than acting -- there's a top half-percent that gets filthy rich and the other 99.5 percent have to have real job to make ends meet.