just starting this but it looks like a good read: http://nymag.com/news/features/patrice-oneal-2012-5/
― kitty shayme (some dude), Monday, 14 May 2012 17:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
thank god this looks like an actual story and not AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE LIFE OF PATRICE O NEAL
― J0rdan S., Monday, 14 May 2012 17:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
incredible article, just seriously so great
― sleepingbag, Monday, 14 May 2012 18:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
just saw hannibal burress for the first time on conan, he's v likeable and clever but somehow that doesn't really cohere into him being a funny or engaging standup i think?
― kitty shayme (some dude), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 04:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
i like him a lot -- he's sorta mitch hedberg-y which normally scares me but there's something about him that i'm really drawn too
i guess i don't think that his cleverness is smarmy? that's normally what bothers me with those kinds of comedians (not to blame hedberg for what followed in his wake)... that thing where you feel like you're constantly getting nudged in the arm after every punchline. i guess he strikes me as more intelligent? not sure any of that makes sense, i havent' seen his stuff in a bit, but i'm gonna listen to his new album hopefully sometime this week
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 16 May 2012 04:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah not smarmy at all, i mean clever in a genuine way like yeah, your mind works in interesting ways, that's a great way of phrasing that idea. like i'm sure he wrote some jokes that cracked me up on 30 Rock. but the delivery is not really there.
― kitty shayme (some dude), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 04:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah, i feel you
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 16 May 2012 04:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
― kitty shayme (some dude), Wednesday, May 16, 2012 12:00 AM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Are you kidding me? He's hilarious!
but the delivery is not really there
I don't get that at all. His delivery is what really seals the deal for me. I saw him last year and again a couple months ago and he's amazing. The first time we wound up talking to him after the show for a while. He's super nice and just as funny off stage.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Friday, 18 May 2012 15:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
His delivery is probably my favorite part. He has a really strange sort of speech pattern that I don't think I could even explain if I tried but it makes his stuff 10x funnier for me.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Friday, 18 May 2012 15:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah go fig
― some dude, Friday, 18 May 2012 15:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
There's definitely something Hedberg-y about his delivery but I love Hedberg so this isn't a problem for me.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Friday, 18 May 2012 15:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
i didn't get the Hedberg thing, MH always seemed very arch and distant in his presentation and HB seems very personable and comfortable in his own skin by comparison
― some dude, Friday, 18 May 2012 15:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
Well, I mean it quite literally in the way that they speak. They both share a sort of halting speech and dropping of sentences where you'd expect them to continue.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Friday, 18 May 2012 15:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
ok that makes more sense...there's definitely some of that "i don't need to play that thought out 100%, you get the idea," which tbh is probably off-putting more often than not to me
― some dude, Friday, 18 May 2012 15:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
my boyfriend is gonna be out of town all weekend and finesse mitchell is doing 3 sets at the laugh factory literally half a block from my house... should i go?
― fapper don (J0rdan S.), Friday, 25 May 2012 15:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
man if you live that close to the laugh factory you should probably schedule your visits around when great comedians are there rather than whoever's there when your social calender is empty tbh
― some dude, Friday, 25 May 2012 15:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
actually the schedule is kinda shitty and it's not like LA where chappelle might randomly wander on stage or w/e
― fapper don (J0rdan S.), Friday, 25 May 2012 15:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
you should totally go!
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 25 May 2012 15:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
chelsea peretti is at the lincoln lodge, which is like a block from my house, in a couple of weeks, was thinking of doing that
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 25 May 2012 15:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
actually finesse mitchell is not until next week
this weekend = Featuring David Koechner, Matt Dwyer, Joe Kilgallon & Andy Paley!
*shrugs*
― fapper don (J0rdan S.), Friday, 25 May 2012 16:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
champ is the worst character in anchorman and one of my least favorite characters in any movie that i outright love
― fapper don (J0rdan S.), Friday, 25 May 2012 16:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah that's kinda meh
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 25 May 2012 16:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
Hannibal is one of the best guys doing it.
― rock the swagon and g.o.a.t. it (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 25 May 2012 18:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
i don't live too far from Magooby's Joke House which, despite the horrific name, occasionally gets some pretty good comics, haven't checked it out yet though
― some dude, Friday, 25 May 2012 18:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
― some dude, Friday, May 18, 2012 11:12 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
One of the best parts on the new Hannibal CD is him going, "He said something, then I said something, then he said something... <i>you know how conversations go</i>." Like, so obv he's a 30 Rock writer, because that's a show obsessed in the silliness of how we talk and interact with each other
― rock the swagon and g.o.a.t. it (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 25 May 2012 18:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
Bodymore, Murderland, home of Magooby's Joke House
Smooth.
http://breakfastcookie.tumblr.com/post/26879625651/so-a-girl-walks-into-a-comedy-club
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 10 July 2012 16:10 (11 months ago) Permalink
I read that this morning and couldn't figure out why this thing was any different than any of the million bazillion rape jokes people have told in comedy clubs since the beginning of time
― calum-y maybe (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 10 July 2012 16:17 (11 months ago) Permalink
I think it's because he suggested that an audience member actually deserved to get raped?
― one dis leads to another (ian), Tuesday, 10 July 2012 16:20 (11 months ago) Permalink
Just a guess.
I'm not the PC police or anything and I have said some truly offensive shit in my day, but standing on stage and telling someone she deserves to be raped is next-level fucked up and this guy deserves every bit of shit he's getting/going to get for this.
You really don't see the difference between a "typical" rape joke and specifically calling out for a real person in the audience to get gang raped? Alright then.
(xpost)
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 10 July 2012 16:21 (11 months ago) Permalink
Maybe i didn't read it close enough? Hicks used to do shit like than and was called a hero!
― calum-y maybe (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 10 July 2012 16:21 (11 months ago) Permalink
I sincerely don't remember Hicks doing that, but I've only seen a couple of his specials.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 10 July 2012 16:22 (11 months ago) Permalink
Well, Daniel Tosh certainly sucks
― calum-y maybe (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 10 July 2012 16:25 (11 months ago) Permalink
I think we can all agree on that.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 10 July 2012 16:25 (11 months ago) Permalink
not the same thing but here's the Hicks vs female heckler clip
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 10 July 2012 16:28 (11 months ago) Permalink
i can't watch it right now at work, but i am very interested in knowing whether bill hicks suggested that it would be funny if a woman in the audience was raped. can someone recap for me?
― Mordy, Tuesday, 10 July 2012 16:30 (11 months ago) Permalink
Tosh is definitely "becoming his character", Andrew Dice Clay-style
― frogbs, Tuesday, 10 July 2012 16:31 (11 months ago) Permalink
I've never been a fan of Hicks either, but even that's a few degrees cooler than what Daniel Tosh did the other night.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 10 July 2012 16:33 (11 months ago) Permalink
Hicks doesn't specifically do a rape bit in that clip but he's okay with as many misogynist slurs as he can think up on the spot. then he tries to laugh it off. i dunno, i've seen his "look at all my little miracles" bit, i never really had him pegged as a "hero"
― sorry i'm tumblr white (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 10 July 2012 16:34 (11 months ago) Permalink
Oh yeah, Bill Hicks definitely has achieved some kind of hero status among comedians and fans of comedy. For whatever reason. I still think he's not much more than a guy who rants.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 10 July 2012 16:36 (11 months ago) Permalink
xxpost to Mordy: No but he screamed at her about being a cunt for a good minute. But he kinda comes out of the fugue and makes fun of himself so it's a lot removed from Tosh.
I hate Tosh, this just makes me happy to hate him more...and he's a piece of shit.
That being said, the notion that what she had to say was somehow going to correct the course of the performer on stage just...I dunno. I don't like it when people feel the need to interact with the performer, it makes me nervous because some comedians when they're cornered and they don't do crowd work...man alive some of them just unload and it's awful. Not to excuse Tosh, or to say she deserved it in any way. I just think, in the hands of a good crowdwork comedian that doesn't happen but those guys are rare. I'm glad she left but she should have left sooner.
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 10 July 2012 16:37 (11 months ago) Permalink
yeah Michael Richards is terrible at crowd work too i hear
― sorry i'm tumblr white (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 10 July 2012 16:38 (11 months ago) Permalink
lol
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 10 July 2012 16:38 (11 months ago) Permalink
idk, i feel kind of psyched that she felt the need to say something than just allowing herself to be bullied out of a night on the town.i would buy that gal a drink. xp
― one dis leads to another (ian), Tuesday, 10 July 2012 16:39 (11 months ago) Permalink
^^ RATHER than
― one dis leads to another (ian), Tuesday, 10 July 2012 16:40 (11 months ago) Permalink
I don't know, I'm actually sort of weirdly impressed by her speaking up, even if it was kind of a bad idea and unlikely to turn her way. There's something admirable about standing up for yourself even when the odds are SO stacked against you. Takes some kinda courage in a roomful of people like that.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 10 July 2012 16:41 (11 months ago) Permalink
agreed
― one dis leads to another (ian), Tuesday, 10 July 2012 16:41 (11 months ago) Permalink
Yeah, according the story, Daniel Tosh came out and said "Rape jokes are never not funny" which is basically BEGGING for interaction from his audience. She either took the bait or stood up for common sense, depending on how you look at it. Faulting her in any way for rubbing his shit in his face is weak.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 10 July 2012 16:41 (11 months ago) Permalink
that's really great, fukkin love reggie watts
― well if it isn't old 11 cameras simon (gbx), Sunday, 7 October 2012 15:14 (8 months ago) Permalink
I kinda wanted to hate Reggie Watts but the motherfucker keeps making me laugh and seems like a nice guy, so...
― I am a witch man, I am a Manwich (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 8 October 2012 03:29 (8 months ago) Permalink
― boxall, Monday, 8 October 2012 03:33 (8 months ago) Permalink
Man, this Tig Notaro set is BRUTAL. I mean, I knew all the info about her terrible few months, but hearing her make it public for the first time—the night everyone learned about it—is fucking rough.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 8 October 2012 06:48 (8 months ago) Permalink
i'm watching this "mash up" show on comedy central, and hannibal burress is funny but why do these things keep finding it appropriate to stick in either animations or live action scenes depicting the story the standup is telling? does anyone like that? it makes everything notably less funny
― zachylon (zachlyon), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 07:01 (8 months ago) Permalink
the internet loves videos like that. there's some comedians where a video like that is their no. 1 YouTube hit. i personally think they're fucking terrible and distracting
― Mary Ty$ Band (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 12:22 (8 months ago) Permalink
They are terrible, but they do seem to be popular.
― controversial cabaret roommate (Nicole), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 12:36 (8 months ago) Permalink
i think your attention span has to be total dogshit if you like those
― Mary Ty$ Band (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 12:48 (8 months ago) Permalink
Comedy Central has done SO MANY shows animating standup routines over the years, can't believe they just started another in 2012 and it's called Mash Up. can't be as bad as Shorties Watchin' Shorties i guess. that stuff could be fun on Dr. Katz, at least.
― some dude, Tuesday, 9 October 2012 12:49 (8 months ago) Permalink
i think the elevator pitch for Shorties Watchin' Shorties ended with dude putting a gun in his mouth and the network executive promising to put the show on the air if he just calms down and promises not to kill himself
― Mary Ty$ Band (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 12:54 (8 months ago) Permalink
it's pretty amazing how well patrice o'neal's rep as a standup recovered from his 'foulmouthed animated baby' phase by the time he died
― some dude, Tuesday, 9 October 2012 13:09 (8 months ago) Permalink
i saw myq kaplan recently (only live standup i've ever seen, funny enough) and he was really really good.
definitely on the nerd humor tip but way better than that sounds. very very fast, dense, punny wordplay stuff.
― / me, / me. /. /. (goole), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 13:31 (8 months ago) Permalink
yeah, he's pretty good
― some dude, Tuesday, 9 October 2012 13:33 (8 months ago) Permalink
― Mary Ty$ Band (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, October 9, 2012 8:48 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
see, this shit fucks with my attention span! it's totally jarring to switch back and forth between oral storytelling and visual storytelling and whenever they cut to a scene i lose track of what the comedian is saying
and the scenes are never funny. i kept thinking "that would've been a funny joke but not anymore"
― zachylon (zachlyon), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 19:26 (8 months ago) Permalink
ya i cant really imagine any standup that would be improved by pictures of what they're joking about
― Author ~ Coach ~ Goddess (s1ocki), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 21:21 (8 months ago) Permalink
― some dude, Tuesday, 9 October 2012 21:29 (8 months ago) Permalink
ha
― Author ~ Coach ~ Goddess (s1ocki), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 21:30 (8 months ago) Permalink
Here's a quick set my friend April did while she was in South Africa last week: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10100612670410607
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 9 October 2012 22:32 (8 months ago) Permalink
This Tig Notaro set is devastating yet amazing. Forget about who gets how much money and just listen to the damn thing.
― this is the dream of avril and chad (jer.fairall), Saturday, 13 October 2012 16:12 (8 months ago) Permalink
best standup w/ visuals:
― boxall, Saturday, 13 October 2012 16:20 (8 months ago) Permalink
Go Tig!!
http://www.avclub.com/articles/people-still-buy-comedy-records-tig-notaro-sells-7,86870/
― this is the dream of avril and chad (jer.fairall), Thursday, 18 October 2012 03:31 (8 months ago) Permalink
yay
― Author ~ Coach ~ Goddess (s1ocki), Thursday, 18 October 2012 20:29 (8 months ago) Permalink
That Tig Notaro record was just...too much. Incredible.
― The Most Typical and Popular Girl Rider (Crabbits), Sunday, 21 October 2012 16:27 (7 months ago) Permalink
It made me want to be her BFF you know.
― The Most Typical and Popular Girl Rider (Crabbits), Sunday, 21 October 2012 16:31 (7 months ago) Permalink
yeah it's pretty amazing
― well if it isn't old 11 cameras simon (gbx), Sunday, 21 October 2012 20:30 (7 months ago) Permalink
I bought it and am happy I did, but it's definitely a weird document that made me uncomfortable on so many levels. Especially all the times she feels the need to comfort people clearly upset after she drops her tragic bomb on them, combined with the alternative, namely ripping on people for laughing inappropriately. It's almost as gentle as confrontational gets. Gotta admit I was on the fence almost the entire time until the last few seconds, when she gets shoots off one proper joke and, after all that came before it, immediately gets a traditional laugh. It sort of underscore the nature of standup for me in a way few acts ever have, this weird balance between performance and confession.
Apropos of nothing, I just got a whole bunch of classic Bill Cosby albums (which I grew up listening to from my dad's LP collection) and am looking forward to hearing what my kids think.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 21 October 2012 21:28 (7 months ago) Permalink
i can't believe Louis C.K. made $75,000 off of cancer, that bastard
― my mansplain songz (some dude), Sunday, 21 October 2012 21:32 (7 months ago) Permalink
\/ \/ \/
― I hate Tig Notaro so much I gave Louis C.K. a dollar (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 22 October 2012 03:27 (7 months ago) Permalink
man, schumer's comedy central special is kind of amazing
― lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 10 November 2012 06:32 (7 months ago) Permalink
yeah, we liked it. lots of good lolz.
― Mordy, Saturday, 10 November 2012 06:34 (7 months ago) Permalink
Yeah she is a killer joke writer.
― pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Saturday, 10 November 2012 06:38 (7 months ago) Permalink
well alright the part where she starts talking about black people is a bit "i'm trying to get a pass on racism by acknowledging i'm being racist" which is a bit ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
― lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 10 November 2012 06:41 (7 months ago) Permalink
imo her whole self-deprecating stage persona is about admitting negative things about herself, whether true or not -- which sometimes gets into sketchy territory but for better or worse is not about trying to justify it or get a pass on it
― a man d'Balmer (some dude), Saturday, 10 November 2012 13:48 (7 months ago) Permalink
Rory on the tv!
http://www.deadline.com/2012/11/abc-develops-family-comedy-starring-comedian-rory-scovel/
The network has bought Big Children, written/executive produced by Scott Marder (It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia) and starring actor-comedian Rory Scovel (The Life And Times Of Tim). Produced by ABC Studios, it centers on a thirtysomething “only child” (Scovel) who must move home and parent his parents after they retire and revert to acting like children with too much time on their hands.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 20 November 2012 18:47 (6 months ago) Permalink
maria bamford recorded her new special in front of an audience consisting solely of her parentshttp://chill.com/MariaBamfoo/the-special-special-special
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 29 November 2012 22:31 (6 months ago) Permalink
― The Stay-Puft Marshmellow Drunk! (kingfish), Friday, 30 November 2012 07:21 (6 months ago) Permalink
Oh my god. I might pay for that.
― endless budgie (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 30 November 2012 08:17 (6 months ago) Permalink
omg WANT
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 30 November 2012 17:40 (6 months ago) Permalink
Tig Notaro on Pitchfork.tv
― Room 227 (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 4 December 2012 20:38 (6 months ago) Permalink
this eugene mirman comedy central special is sort of disappointing
― THE NATIONS YOUTH DANCED TO THE MACARANA (innocent) (zachlyon), Saturday, 15 December 2012 05:36 (6 months ago) Permalink
he doesn't work as well in a stand-up storytelling context than on those old youtube vids
― THE NATIONS YOUTH DANCED TO THE MACARANA (innocent) (zachlyon), Saturday, 15 December 2012 05:37 (6 months ago) Permalink
the best part of the maria bamford special is definitely hearing her mother speak and knowing that maria's impression of her is perfect
― kaygee, Saturday, 15 December 2012 06:03 (6 months ago) Permalink
i just now saw louis ck's response to the tosh thing that he did on the daily show last july, i thought it was p good
http://entertainment.time.com/2012/07/17/louis-ck-talks-daniel-tosh-rape-joke-furor-on-daily-show-gives-classically-louis-ck-ian-response/
― turds (Hungry4Ass), Saturday, 11 May 2013 13:22 (1 month ago) Permalink