Steve Albini wrote: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.
The Stand-up Comedian Thread
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I've been watching Bill Burr on Conan clips on youtube. He's pretty funny.
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Well... At least the following night as we were watching tv, the wife turns to me and goes, "This is hard for me to say... but is it just me, or was the new Amy Schumer standup fucking terrible??"tragabigzanda wrote:Yea, she sucks.bodysnatcher wrote:This was ended up being extraordinarily badbodysnatcher wrote:Wife watching the newest Amy Schumer special on Netflix. Jesus this is terrible.
Whew.
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Steve Albini wrote: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.
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Weirdly in our house, it's my husband who thinks Schumer is funny.
But we both enjoyed Mike Birbiglia's Thank God for Jokes.
But we both enjoyed Mike Birbiglia's Thank God for Jokes.
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Watched that last night, it was gooddoone wrote:Weirdly in our house, it's my husband who thinks Schumer is funny.
But we both enjoyed Mike Birbiglia's Thank God for Jokes.
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Steve Albini wrote: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.
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Jeff Dunham is the guy with the puppets. Birbiglia is the guy with the sleep disorder.
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Making indie movies has turned to Birbiglia (and Jordan Peele) into insufferable douchebags.
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His stand up is still good. I don't know about his movie career.LoathedVermin72 wrote:Making indie movies has turned to Birbiglia (and Jordan Peele) into insufferable douchebags.
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That could very well be. I haven't heard his new stand-up.doone wrote:His stand up is still good. I don't know about his movie career.LoathedVermin72 wrote:Making indie movies has turned to Birbiglia (and Jordan Peele) into insufferable douchebags.
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Steve Albini wrote: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.
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Is that the one where she talks about rubbing a creamy load all over her tits? Watching that with my family was embarrassing. Channel got changed really quick.tragabigzanda wrote:Yea, she sucks.bodysnatcher wrote:This was ended up being extraordinarily badbodysnatcher wrote:Wife watching the newest Amy Schumer special on Netflix. Jesus this is terrible.
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yeah i think soWendy Carlos's Twin wrote:Is that the one where she talks about rubbing a creamy load all over her tits? Watching that with my family was embarrassing. Channel got changed really quick.tragabigzanda wrote:Yea, she sucks.bodysnatcher wrote:This was ended up being extraordinarily badbodysnatcher wrote:Wife watching the newest Amy Schumer special on Netflix. Jesus this is terrible.
her routine is a basic read-through of any youtube video's comments
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take a load off, amy..burt
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Steve Albini wrote: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.
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Watched the first one last night. I lost it. Really good stuff
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Steve Albini wrote: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.
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Watched the first Chappelle it was funny.