The Stand-up Comedian Thread

[Norah]

Just bought tickets to see Norm MacDonald next May.

[Dev]

Anthony Jeselnik's new Netflix special is pretty meh. Shock comedy is really only good with a decent set-up and delivery. I find most of what he does to not be particularly clever and kinda tedious. It's way more "Family Guy" than "South Park".

I thought the special had some good moments, but the self-referential stuff was a bit tacky.

[Dev]

Just bought tickets to see Norm MacDonald next May.

should be a great show.

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[nyquillyn]

Seinfeld. Ugh.

[Strat]

I never enjoyed his standup but fuck if the show aint the funniest thing ever

[bodysnatcher]

I love Seinfeld, but I think this is the weakest five minutes I've ever seen him do. Didn't laugh once.

i watched that live last night and it was terrible.

i think i get annoyed by his stand up now, especially his modern stand up, bc my nephew tries to act just like that. i don't know if he has this pipe dream of being a stand up comic, or what. but his cadence, his setup, his punchlines to his stories.... all modeled after Seinfeld. even when you're just trying to have a conversation with him. it's maddening.

[nyquillyn]

This is pretty awesome.

[bodysnatcher]

I love that Amy Schumer is getting called out for stealing jokes

[Dev]

Bill Burr is really funny.

[Peeps]

Amy Schumer, i just dont get the love for her

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[Mecca]

I love that Amy Schumer is getting called out for stealing jokes

I'm not sure if the blind hate from her detractors or blind faith from her supporters is worse. Stealing jokes/premises is a really shitty thing to do and I'm not sure why I saw people like Judd Apatow and Kumail Najiani defending that "she doesn't need to steal jokes" cuz of how funny she is; that doesn't mean you get free reign. I get that she's propped up because she's not typically attractive and talks like a guy while being funny and her show has done some smart bits, but those bits she's getting shit for are a little too close to the other comics bits to just be parallel thinking.

[Simple Torture]

Like mecca, I'm more interested in the backlash of the Amy Schumer stuff than I am in the actual fact that she almost definitely lifted material. People are reacting like she walked into their house, ate their food, raped their mother, and killed their cat. It's the purest, most committed vitriol I've seen since True Detective Season 2.

[Stickman]

Amy Schumer, i just dont get the love for her

It's because her tv show is brilliant. Her standup is so-so.

[bodysnatcher]

Amy Schumer, i just dont get the love for her

It's because her tv show is brilliant. Her standup is so-so.

Yeah, her standup -- right now -- is extremely predictable. Her show is more entertaining. But her standup is terribly boring.

[Peeps]

she has a show?

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[lennytheweedwhacker]

f*ck you i love john mulaney...though i thought new in town was better than the comeback kid

[Mecca]

I laughed my tits off at Tig Notaro's special