Re: The Stand-up Comedian Thread
Posted: Fri August 31, 2018 3:38 pm
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.
yeah i really enjoyed this. i really never liked Jeff Ross until recently, and eventually grew to admire how quick on his feet he is, despite looking like a sloth.Simple Torture wrote:Bumping Mics on Netflix was very good. I am not a very big fan of roast comedy, but these were just three really great pieces with lots of laughs. The improvised feel means every joke doesn't land, but that's okay. I was a much bigger fan of Dave Attell back when Insomniac was on the air, then my fandom sort of fell off and I felt his bits were old and tired--he was great in this, though.
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.
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.
nice, i like a lot of people on that list, definitely will be checking this outtragabigzanda wrote:I recently discovered the Good One podcast, it's great fun if you're into hearing famous comedians talk about their craft:
https://www.vulture.com/news/good-one-podcast/
what’s the point of laughter?run2death wrote:Got Norm tickets for March.
It'll be my fourth time seeing him.
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.
I love her Taylor Dayne bit.tragabigzanda wrote:Got free tix to see Tig Notaro here in Big Sky in February. I find her interesting, but not particularly funny. Still, it's a famous talented person performing in Big Sky, so I'll take it.