LoathedVermin72 wrote:Going to see Craig Ferguson in a couple weeks
I'm seeing him tonight
I want to see him again already
Re: The Stand-up Comedian Thread
Posted: Mon October 28, 2024 12:40 am
by Ello Sailor
How long was his set? Did you catch the openers?
Re: The Stand-up Comedian Thread
Posted: Mon October 28, 2024 12:42 am
by LoathedVermin72
I think about 80 minutes. There was one local opener who wasn’t great.
Re: The Stand-up Comedian Thread
Posted: Mon October 28, 2024 12:43 am
by Ello Sailor
80 is solid! Good shit.
Re: The Stand-up Comedian Thread
Posted: Mon October 28, 2024 1:50 am
by The Argonaut
It was fun. No opener here, just him. Eighty to ninety minutes, yeah. It's kind of a fun stage where you can see him still deciding between different versions of different elements of a story, working it out for a special
Got my Shane Gillis tickets for Target Center in February. It’s crazy he’s playing basketball arenas already.
Re: The Stand-up Comedian Thread
Posted: Wed November 13, 2024 7:10 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.
Re: The Stand-up Comedian Thread
Posted: Wed November 13, 2024 7:12 pm
by Strat
daft twat wrote:Got my Shane Gillis tickets for Target Center in February. It’s crazy he’s playing basketball arenas already.
Thought about jumping on this. Loved his standups but that TV show he put out was fucking atrocious.
Re: The Stand-up Comedian Thread
Posted: Wed November 13, 2024 7:55 pm
by Ello Sailor
Yeah, Tires was a misfire. Which is weird because Gilly & Keeves was great. Maybe he should stick to skits.
His specials are very funny. I'm sure you'll have a great time, DT.
Re: The Stand-up Comedian Thread
Posted: Wed November 13, 2024 8:05 pm
by daft twat
I love both of his specials. I stumbled upon him just a little too late. He hadn’t blown up yet, but he’d just come through the Twin Cities at a smaller venue. My wife will be sitting on one side of me and my best friend from work will be on the other. He and I have seen Louis CK, Burr, Chappelle, Bargatze, Chad Daniels, and Steven Wright together over the past 15 years. It’s going to be a fun Saturday.
Re: The Stand-up Comedian Thread
Posted: Wed November 13, 2024 8:07 pm
by Ello Sailor
I've been telling you guys to check him out for years. You should listen to me. I know things.
Re: The Stand-up Comedian Thread
Posted: Wed November 13, 2024 8:15 pm
by daft twat
Ello Sailor wrote:I've been telling you guys to check him out for years. You should listen to me. I know things.
Before the Austin YouTube special? If so, I’m very sorry I didn’t listen. You were ahead of your time. Seeing him in a club at least once would have been nice. I was ground floor for Louis and Chappelle and Bargatze and enjoyed those club shows where they sold cds afterwards. Stand up has exploded.
Re: The Stand-up Comedian Thread
Posted: Wed November 13, 2024 8:22 pm
by Ello Sailor
daft twat wrote:
Ello Sailor wrote:I've been telling you guys to check him out for years. You should listen to me. I know things.
Before the Austin YouTube special?
Yes. His podcast used to be really funny! It's still pretty good, but now he's too big so they can't really get away with the unhinged shit like they used to. Matt McCusker is also fucking hilarious.
Re: The Stand-up Comedian Thread
Posted: Sat November 23, 2024 3:27 am
by Stickman
Re: The Stand-up Comedian Thread
Posted: Sat November 23, 2024 5:16 am
by E.H. Ruddock
Ugh
Re: The Stand-up Comedian Thread
Posted: Sat November 23, 2024 5:17 am
by Ello Sailor
Yeah, he kinda sucks. Refers to himself as "the edgiest comedian", which is bad enough, but he then tried to throw Gillis under the bus for being too edgy? Make up your mind, fella.
Re: The Stand-up Comedian Thread
Posted: Sat November 23, 2024 5:19 am
by E.H. Ruddock
The way he sets up his jokes makes them predictable and less funny somehow
Re: The Stand-up Comedian Thread
Posted: Sat November 23, 2024 5:27 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.