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Re: The Stand-up Comedian Thread

Posted: Tue March 07, 2017 5:03 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: Tue March 07, 2017 9:11 pm
by bada
I've been watching Bill Burr on Conan clips on youtube. He's pretty funny.

Re: The Stand-up Comedian Thread

Posted: Thu March 09, 2017 6:31 pm
by bodysnatcher
tragabigzanda wrote:
bodysnatcher wrote:
bodysnatcher wrote:Wife watching the newest Amy Schumer special on Netflix. Jesus this is terrible.
This was ended up being extraordinarily bad
Yea, she sucks.
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??"

Whew.

Re: The Stand-up Comedian Thread

Posted: Thu March 09, 2017 6:35 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: Sat March 11, 2017 4:11 am
by doone
Weirdly in our house, it's my husband who thinks Schumer is funny.

But we both enjoyed Mike Birbiglia's Thank God for Jokes.

Re: The Stand-up Comedian Thread

Posted: Sat March 11, 2017 6:15 pm
by bodysnatcher
doone 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.
Watched that last night, it was good

Re: The Stand-up Comedian Thread

Posted: Sat March 11, 2017 6:23 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: Sat March 11, 2017 7:16 pm
by doone
Jeff Dunham is the guy with the puppets. Birbiglia is the guy with the sleep disorder.

Re: The Stand-up Comedian Thread

Posted: Sat March 11, 2017 7:18 pm
by LoathedVermin72
Making indie movies has turned to Birbiglia (and Jordan Peele) into insufferable douchebags.

Re: The Stand-up Comedian Thread

Posted: Sat March 11, 2017 7:21 pm
by doone
LoathedVermin72 wrote:Making indie movies has turned to Birbiglia (and Jordan Peele) into insufferable douchebags.
His stand up is still good. I don't know about his movie career.

Re: The Stand-up Comedian Thread

Posted: Sat March 11, 2017 7:22 pm
by LoathedVermin72
doone wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:Making indie movies has turned to Birbiglia (and Jordan Peele) into insufferable douchebags.
His stand up is still good. I don't know about his movie career.
That could very well be. I haven't heard his new stand-up.

Re: The Stand-up Comedian Thread

Posted: Tue March 14, 2017 4:38 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 March 15, 2017 10:21 pm
by Wendy Carlos's Twin
tragabigzanda wrote:
bodysnatcher wrote:
bodysnatcher wrote:Wife watching the newest Amy Schumer special on Netflix. Jesus this is terrible.
This was ended up being extraordinarily bad
Yea, she sucks.
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.

Re: The Stand-up Comedian Thread

Posted: Wed March 15, 2017 10:41 pm
by bodysnatcher
Wendy Carlos's Twin wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
bodysnatcher wrote:
bodysnatcher wrote:Wife watching the newest Amy Schumer special on Netflix. Jesus this is terrible.
This was ended up being extraordinarily bad
Yea, she sucks.
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.
yeah i think so

her routine is a basic read-through of any youtube video's comments

Re: The Stand-up Comedian Thread

Posted: Thu March 16, 2017 12:26 am
by BurtReynolds
now I'm intrigued.

Re: The Stand-up Comedian Thread

Posted: Thu March 16, 2017 12:28 am
by doug rr
take a load off, amy..burt

Re: The Stand-up Comedian Thread

Posted: Wed March 22, 2017 1:34 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: Wed March 22, 2017 6:55 pm
by bodysnatcher
Watched the first one last night. I lost it. Really good stuff

Re: The Stand-up Comedian Thread

Posted: Wed March 22, 2017 6:58 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: Thu March 23, 2017 2:21 am
by bada
Watched the first Chappelle it was funny.