The Stand-up Comedian Thread

[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.

[wease]

Birbiglia last night was amazing. Tiny room in Big Sky, just 300 people (4th row!). He was on stage for almost two hours.

Fairly different from his specials in that there was no narrative through line, once he got through the initial 20 minutes of material that was centered on the differences in parenting today vs when he was a kid. As he said at the top, he’s at the beginning stages of building a new special and is trying all sorts of stuff out. Would talk for 20 minutes then refer to some note cards before pivoting to 20 minutes on something totally different; would say stuff like “I haven’t figured out how to connect those two pieces yet.” He was also considerably louder and more animated than his specials, with really none of the quiet contemplative stuff that has become his hallmark.

He did five minutes on marital dishwasher battles that crushed. He also had a bit about pedophelia that wasn’t quite Louis CK dark, but fairly dark for Birbiglia. “I don’t get the attraction, follow my train of thought here…Who wants to spend any unnecessary time with an 8-year old?”

Other topics included keeping score with his wife, trampoline injuries, his kid sucks at ballet, pancakes, the injury that led to his sleepwalking diagnosis, and potentially welcoming a third person into his marriage so somebody knew how to deal with the household appliance maintenance.

None of that probably sounds amazing in print, but it was so awesome to see him in a totally loose and playful mode. Might be the best set I’ve seen in person, and I’ve seen Cosby, CK, Oswalt, Maron, Papa, Gethardt, Notaro, Brennan, Che, Patrice, Quinn, Jeff Ross…

Tell me about your Cosby experience. I’m not baiting you. Genuinely interested.

When I saw Cosby, it was absolutely incredible. He had nothing really prepared and made everything right there on the spot. Until the very end when he did his Dentists bit. 1 1/2 hours of ad libbing. He noticed a lady had an empty seat beside her so went out into the crowd and started talking to her and had her call the person who didn’t get to attend with her. They were a doctor that was on call and he’d been called in to work. The whole show was like that.

Afterwards I was in the restroom and overheard two guys that had apparently been to our show and the one previous saying they were amazed that he did two shows back-to-back and never repeated anything.

That’s awesome wease. Total opposite of the show i saw in ‘99 or maybe 2000: Very rehearsed, but very casual. He was seated most of the time. It was his typical family oriented stuff. Entirely clean and it killed, but very controlled.

That’s very interesting. We saw him in ‘01 or ‘02 so not that long after you.

[given2trade]

I saw Cosby 2013. I took my parents. I think we all thought it was fine. He sat in a chair with a sweater on and talked. I don't remember him raping anyone but can't be sure. He raped so much he might have been in the process? Maybe drugged someone before he went on stage?

[bart]

hmm your memory sure seems pretty foggy

[daft twat]

I’m going to see Aaron Weber tonight. He’s one of the comedians on Bargatze’s Nateland podcast. I’ve never watched his standup. I’m excited to go in cold and to be in a comedy club again.

[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.

[daft twat]

I’m going to see Aaron Weber tonight. He’s one of the comedians on Bargatze’s Nateland podcast. I’ve never watched his standup. I’m excited to go in cold and to be in a comedy club again.

That’s super fun! Enjoy.

He was great for the first 80%. Kind of unraveled at the end. So clearly headlining talent, though. Really enjoyed it. Pulling for this kid of 32.

[E.H. Ruddock]

Just saw a commercial for a Jeff Dunham special. It made me very angry

[Stickman]

[The Argonaut]

Just saw a commercial for a Jeff Dunham special. It made me very angry

I think I admitted this vaguely without saying it fully, but I got dragged to seeing him live last February. Truly one of the most depressing experiences of my life

[Bammer]

I’ll do it

[Strat]

Birbiglia last night was amazing. Tiny room in Big Sky, just 300 people (4th row!). He was on stage for almost two hours.

Fairly different from his specials in that there was no narrative through line, once he got through the initial 20 minutes of material that was centered on the differences in parenting today vs when he was a kid. As he said at the top, he’s at the beginning stages of building a new special and is trying all sorts of stuff out. Would talk for 20 minutes then refer to some note cards before pivoting to 20 minutes on something totally different; would say stuff like “I haven’t figured out how to connect those two pieces yet.” He was also considerably louder and more animated than his specials, with really none of the quiet contemplative stuff that has become his hallmark.

He did five minutes on marital dishwasher battles that crushed. He also had a bit about pedophelia that wasn’t quite Louis CK dark, but fairly dark for Birbiglia. “I don’t get the attraction, follow my train of thought here…Who wants to spend any unnecessary time with an 8-year old?”

Other topics included keeping score with his wife, trampoline injuries, his kid sucks at ballet, pancakes, the injury that led to his sleepwalking diagnosis, and potentially welcoming a third person into his marriage so somebody knew how to deal with the household appliance maintenance.

None of that probably sounds amazing in print, but it was so awesome to see him in a totally loose and playful mode. Might be the best set I’ve seen in person, and I’ve seen Cosby, CK, Oswalt, Maron, Papa, Gethardt, Notaro, Brennan, Che, Patrice, Quinn, Jeff Ross…

Tell me about your Cosby experience. I’m not baiting you. Genuinely interested.

When I saw Cosby, it was absolutely incredible. He had nothing really prepared and made everything right there on the spot. Until the very end when he did his Dentists bit. 1 1/2 hours of ad libbing. He noticed a lady had an empty seat beside her so went out into the crowd and started talking to her and had her call the person who didn’t get to attend with her. They were a doctor that was on call and he’d been called in to work. The whole show was like that.

Afterwards I was in the restroom and overheard two guys that had apparently been to our show and the one previous saying they were amazed that he did two shows back-to-back and never repeated anything.

That’s awesome wease. Total opposite of the show i saw in ‘99 or maybe 2000: Very rehearsed, but very casual. He was seated most of the time. It was his typical family oriented stuff. Entirely clean and it killed, but very controlled.

That’s very interesting. We saw him in ‘01 or ‘02 so not that long after you.

I saw Cosby was well, probably around 2001 in Eau Claire. Absolutely mind blowing. I think i was crying laughing the entire time. He also did a "person in the crowd" cell phone bit similar to what Trag described.

[spike]

Birbiglia last night was amazing. Tiny room in Big Sky, just 300 people (4th row!). He was on stage for almost two hours.

Fairly different from his specials in that there was no narrative through line, once he got through the initial 20 minutes of material that was centered on the differences in parenting today vs when he was a kid. As he said at the top, he’s at the beginning stages of building a new special and is trying all sorts of stuff out. Would talk for 20 minutes then refer to some note cards before pivoting to 20 minutes on something totally different; would say stuff like “I haven’t figured out how to connect those two pieces yet.” He was also considerably louder and more animated than his specials, with really none of the quiet contemplative stuff that has become his hallmark.

He did five minutes on marital dishwasher battles that crushed. He also had a bit about pedophelia that wasn’t quite Louis CK dark, but fairly dark for Birbiglia. “I don’t get the attraction, follow my train of thought here…Who wants to spend any unnecessary time with an 8-year old?”

Other topics included keeping score with his wife, trampoline injuries, his kid sucks at ballet, pancakes, the injury that led to his sleepwalking diagnosis, and potentially welcoming a third person into his marriage so somebody knew how to deal with the household appliance maintenance.

None of that probably sounds amazing in print, but it was so awesome to see him in a totally loose and playful mode. Might be the best set I’ve seen in person, and I’ve seen Cosby, CK, Oswalt, Maron, Papa, Gethardt, Notaro, Brennan, Che, Patrice, Quinn, Jeff Ross…

Tell me about your Cosby experience. I’m not baiting you. Genuinely interested.

When I saw Cosby, it was absolutely incredible. He had nothing really prepared and made everything right there on the spot. Until the very end when he did his Dentists bit. 1 1/2 hours of ad libbing. He noticed a lady had an empty seat beside her so went out into the crowd and started talking to her and had her call the person who didn’t get to attend with her. They were a doctor that was on call and he’d been called in to work. The whole show was like that.

Afterwards I was in the restroom and overheard two guys that had apparently been to our show and the one previous saying they were amazed that he did two shows back-to-back and never repeated anything.

That’s awesome wease. Total opposite of the show i saw in ‘99 or maybe 2000: Very rehearsed, but very casual. He was seated most of the time. It was his typical family oriented stuff. Entirely clean and it killed, but very controlled.

That’s very interesting. We saw him in ‘01 or ‘02 so not that long after you.

I saw Cosby was well, probably around 2001 in Eau Claire. Absolutely mind blowing. I think i was crying laughing the entire time. He also did a "person in the crowd" cell phone bit similar to what Trag described.

you "think" because your memory of the evening has always been a bit foggy?

[wease]

Paramount+ has the documentary series, The Comedy Store. I finished it last night. A very nice history of the club. Talked about quite a bit I never knew about.

[Anders]

That looks interesting.

[Peeps]

Just saw a commercial for a Jeff Dunham special. It made me very angry

I think I admitted this vaguely without saying it fully, but I got dragged to seeing him live last February. Truly one of the most depressing experiences of my life

and you post on a pearl jam message board. thats saying quite a lot

[tree_]

I just noticed Mark Normand's ear lobes are connected to the side of his face

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you need to be watching geoffrey asmus

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you need to be watching phil hanley, too

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please do be watching sam tallent also