The Stand-up Comedian Thread

[Dev]

Got Norm's book. Looking forward to reading it.

Im 30 pages in.

[wease]

Got Norm's book. Looking forward to reading it.

Looks like that will be next on my purchase list.

[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.

[LoathedVermin72]

Just saw Roseanne. Man did she kill.

[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.

[knee tunes]

Just saw Roseanne. Man did she kill.

who?

[LoathedVermin72]

That's awesome. What sort of material is she doing these days?

The usual suspects, I guess: kids, men, relationships, aging, politics, Kardashians. But it all just seems to flow through her so naturally. It's like there's no thought or effort required (which I know isn't true; she's just talented). She did 90 minutes and the audience barely got a chance to catch their breath.

[bada]

Finished Norm's book. I'm embarrassed to say that for a while there I took it at face value. A section in the beginning left me pretty devastated. Then it took a left turn in to the sublimely stupid and I realized I had been had. It was pretty dumb in parts but I think that was the point. I laughed.

[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.

[Simple Torture]

Another great interview with Patton Oswalt on grieving his wife's death:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/30/arts/ ... ries-below

Haha, nice try, there's no way I'm reading that.

[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.

[B]

Michael Che has a show on Netflix. I enjoyed that quite a bit.

[RussellManiac12]

So I finally got to see Louis CK live the other night, in Seattle. He was every bit as funny as I had hoped...But this was easily the worst concert experience I've ever had. The venue (WaMu Theater) was like an airplane hangar filled to the brim with metal folding chairs; getting into the place was akin to a TSA screening at an airport, except with the added stress of enduring a heavy downpour while you removed all your metal objects into plastic buckets filling with rainwater, and ultimately feeling like they were covered in syphilis once you got them back. The place was hot, crowded, and it was completely impractical to get up once you found your seat. Such a shame -- had been looking forward to this night for several years now.

Is that the one connected to Century Link Field? That would be a horrible place for a show. I'm seeing him next month here in Portland - at least this one is at the Moda Center.

[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.

[bodysnatcher]

Margaret Cho seems like someone who only about 15 people like, but they're all somehow famous and trying to help out their friend.

this is great

[BurtReynolds]

new bill burr is pretty funny.

[bodysnatcher]

Wife watching the newest Amy Schumer special on Netflix. Jesus this is terrible.

[Jorge]

new bill burr is pretty funny.

Is it the one that ends with an extended bit about a gorilla?

It was playing on the background at a get-together and I sort of half-watched it but I really liked that bit

[BurtReynolds]

new bill burr is pretty funny.

Is it the one that ends with an extended bit about a gorilla?

It was playing on the background at a get-together and I sort of half-watched it but I really liked that bit

yeah

[bodysnatcher]

Wife watching the newest Amy Schumer special on Netflix. Jesus this is terrible.

This was ended up being extraordinarily bad