tragabigzanda wrote:The guy who got fired from SNL because of some past Twitter stuff? Hmm I’m intrigued.
It wasn't even Twitter stuff. It was from an old podcast episode.
Also, I've been telling you dildos to check out Gillis for years.
Re: The Stand-up Comedian Thread
Posted: Sun September 10, 2023 5:22 am
by daft twat
Seinfeld was great. My kid could not get over being ten feet away from a person he was watching on tv earlier in the day.
As he’s gotten older, he’s started to take on some exaggerative Martin Short qualities. This is an observation, not a complaint. I love Martin Short.
Mario Joyner was the opener. What a treat. He was ubiquitous on comedy shows in the 90s. He never really took off. Sinbad sort of took all of the black comic who works clean attention during Mario’s prime.
Re: The Stand-up Comedian Thread
Posted: Sun September 10, 2023 10:52 am
by tragabigzanda
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.
Re: The Stand-up Comedian Thread
Posted: Sun September 10, 2023 1:51 pm
by Ensign9
We saw Christina Pazsitzky last Wednesday in Buffalo after having seen her husband earlier in the year (whose show was an A+). 90% great. She would periodically go into some trans jokes and used the f-word (the other f-word) several times which felt awkward and beneath her relative to the rest of her material. To be clear, I don’t think anything is off limits when it comes to stand-up comedy. I think a comic with enough skill can probably get away with using any topic and any word regardless of how sensitive they are. But there is a line, in my mind, and her toes crossed it a couple times.
Re: The Stand-up Comedian Thread
Posted: Sun September 10, 2023 8:29 pm
by given2trade
Ensign9 wrote:We saw Christina Pazsitzky last Wednesday in Buffalo after having seen her husband earlier in the year (whose show was an A+). 90% great. She would periodically go into some trans jokes and used the f-word (the other f-word) several times which felt awkward and beneath her relative to the rest of her material. To be clear, I don’t think anything is off limits when it comes to stand-up comedy. I think a comic with enough skill can probably get away with using any topic and any word regardless of how sensitive they are. But there is a line, in my mind, and her toes crossed it a couple times.
Love her and Segura. Love their podcast. Never seen either live. I can see your criticisms as being valid. Seems cheap laughs.
Re: The Stand-up Comedian Thread
Posted: Sun September 17, 2023 1:35 am
by daft twat
tragabigzanda wrote:The guy who got fired from SNL because of some past Twitter stuff? Hmm I’m intrigued.
Come on, dude. I’m waiting for your review.
Re: The Stand-up Comedian Thread
Posted: Sun September 17, 2023 2:12 pm
by tragabigzanda
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.
Re: The Stand-up Comedian Thread
Posted: Sun September 17, 2023 2:17 pm
by Strat
daft twat wrote:New Shane Gillis Netflix special is out. If you haven’t seen his YouTube special, start there. This guy has made me laugh the hardest since Louis CK’s “Shameless”/“Chewed Up”/“Hilarious” run. He’s going to be huge.
Trag, you’ll love this guy.
This fucking ruled. Laughed real good and hard
Re: The Stand-up Comedian Thread
Posted: Sun September 17, 2023 2:52 pm
by given2trade
You guys should watch the YouTube special if you haven't. It's even better. And I'm not sure he's a conservative, that's the genius of his comedy. He rails on both parties.
With all the furor of going to two PJ shows last week, I let the second anniversary of Norm Macdonald’s passing slip by.
God, I miss him.
Re: The Stand-up Comedian Thread
Posted: Tue September 19, 2023 1:14 am
by daft twat
wease wrote:With all the furor of going to two PJ shows last week, I let the second anniversary of Norm Macdonald’s passing slip by.
God, I miss him.
“I don’t know if any of you are history buffs…” One of my favorite lines by anyone ever.
Now watch Shane Gillis on YouTube, Wease. He’s special.
Re: The Stand-up Comedian Thread
Posted: Tue September 19, 2023 1:24 am
by dad
daft twat wrote:
wease wrote:With all the furor of going to two PJ shows last week, I let the second anniversary of Norm Macdonald’s passing slip by.
God, I miss him.
“I don’t know if any of you are history buffs…” One of my favorite lines by anyone ever.
I love that line so much.
Re: The Stand-up Comedian Thread
Posted: Tue September 19, 2023 2:25 am
by wease
daft twat wrote:
wease wrote:With all the furor of going to two PJ shows last week, I let the second anniversary of Norm Macdonald’s passing slip by.
God, I miss him.
“I don’t know if any of you are history buffs…” One of my favorite lines by anyone ever.
Now watch Shane Gillis on YouTube, Wease. He’s special.
“Madea Goes to the Moon”
So far he’s pretty good.
Re: The Stand-up Comedian Thread
Posted: Thu September 21, 2023 6:14 pm
by Chris_H_2
Chris_H_2 wrote:seeing anthony jeselnik in september. it'll be our third time seeing him. i really enjoy him.
this is tomorrow night. i'm going to pm trag with a live feed with red mosquito playing in the background.
Re: The Stand-up Comedian Thread
Posted: Thu September 21, 2023 6:42 pm
by Jorge
given2trade wrote: that's the genius of his comedy. He rails on both parties.
What!!! Unheard of
Re: The Stand-up Comedian Thread
Posted: Thu September 21, 2023 6:51 pm
by tree_
i genuinely love how much jorgee hates standup comedy
Re: The Stand-up Comedian Thread
Posted: Thu September 21, 2023 8:10 pm
by Stickman
Re: The Stand-up Comedian Thread
Posted: Thu September 21, 2023 8:29 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
Segura's story about Brad Pitt coming into his green room is pretty funny.
Re: The Stand-up Comedian Thread
Posted: Thu September 21, 2023 9:10 pm
by tragabigzanda
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.