Re: Comedy...stand-up and otherwise...
Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2017 3:03 pm
Recently watched Anthony Jeselnik's special "Thoughts and Prayers." If you have a high tolerance for the offensive and tasteless, this is as good as it gets.
It's the sixth version of The Swamp. What could possibly go wrong?
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He was funny on a couple of the roasts I've seen him in. I take it that he cultivates a persona of being a bit of an anti-social misanthrope?The Sybian wrote:Recently watched Anthony Jeselnik's special "Thoughts and Prayers." If you have a high tolerance for the offensive and tasteless, this is as good as it gets.
That was funny, but I had to stop about halfway through, because I was tired of all of the virus/spam/fake alerts that site was throwing up.Ryan wrote:Guess whose first words on Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee are "Good Christ, goddamn, holy crow, what the fuck this is a car?"
If you can handle someone altering the voices, the full episode is on YouTube.Shirley wrote:That was funny, but I had to stop about halfway through, because I was tired of all of the virus/spam/fake alerts that site was throwing up.Ryan wrote:Guess whose first words on Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee are "Good Christ, goddamn, holy crow, what the fuck this is a car?"
Yeah, I saw that and decided I couldn't handle it. I guess the real one isn't posted on the official site yet.Johnnie wrote:If you can handle someone altering the voices, the full episode is on YouTube.Shirley wrote:That was funny, but I had to stop about halfway through, because I was tired of all of the virus/spam/fake alerts that site was throwing up.Ryan wrote:Guess whose first words on Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee are "Good Christ, goddamn, holy crow, what the fuck this is a car?"
Agree completely. Some of the stuff was hilarious, but the first bit was slow and the last 10 minutes or so was really kind of poor.Tom 1860 wrote:Watched the Louis CK 2017 on Netflix earlier in the week and thought it was his worst stuff for a number of years. Its funny, but its not that funny...
Neal Brennan's was was really good, he brought a unique style and his discussion of his depression was dead on. Dave Chappelle's special was great, while Amy Schumer's was painfully unfunny. Truly horrible. I never look at reviews on Netflix, but since Schumer's special was like a one or 2 star rating, I looked. A lot of pro-Trump "OMFG, this fat bitch is related to Chuck Schumer...," so I watched anyways. Just crude and dirty sex jokes for the sake of being crude and dirty. I liked her previous special and her show, and always like her when I've heard her on podcasts and interviews, but this was just plain unfunny, even if you take out the 10 minutes of crying and calling for gun control because the Aurora theater shooting was during her movie.Johnnie wrote:Louis CK 2017 was awesome.
And Neal Brennan 3 Mics needs to win an award of some sort because that was incredible.
I haven't seen it, but I'm of the opinion Chappelle was probably smart (legacy-wise) to walk away when he did and dumb (legacy-wise) to return.BSF21 wrote:Watched the first Chappelle special on Netflix last night.
Solidly OK. I don't get the rave reviews. Some of it was a little cringey, some was brilliant. See how the second set stacks up soon.
I'm not of the easily offended nature, and I wasn't offended by some of the bits, but they certainly come off as a little tone deaf to culture today.mister d wrote:I haven't seen it, but I'm of the opinion Chappelle was probably smart (legacy-wise) to walk away when he did and dumb (legacy-wise) to return.BSF21 wrote:Watched the first Chappelle special on Netflix last night.
Solidly OK. I don't get the rave reviews. Some of it was a little cringey, some was brilliant. See how the second set stacks up soon.
Stand-up is HARD. Think about the great stand-ups. The great specials. Hard to keep it funny for years when you are that big. Moving to movies and TV shows the easier side of the entertainment world. Really hard to come back from that after a hit or two on stand up specials. You hear stories of Chris Rock and Seinfeld still doing sets, but you don't hear that from Eddie MurphyBSF21 wrote:I'm not of the easily offended nature, and I wasn't offended by some of the bits, but they certainly come off as a little tone deaf to culture today.mister d wrote:I haven't seen it, but I'm of the opinion Chappelle was probably smart (legacy-wise) to walk away when he did and dumb (legacy-wise) to return.BSF21 wrote:Watched the first Chappelle special on Netflix last night.
Solidly OK. I don't get the rave reviews. Some of it was a little cringey, some was brilliant. See how the second set stacks up soon.
Which is understandable. Dave is 42 now. It's hard for me to comprehend that. No so much his age as a number, but I just remember him in his late 20s doing all the shit I found so funny. He's not that guy anymore.
Oh I totally get that. Even my favorite comedians are hit and miss. Gaffigan's last special was so-so. I adore Iliza Shlesinger and her last one was no where near the caliber of War Paint or Freezing Hot.wlu_lax6 wrote:Stand-up is HARD. Think about the great stand-ups. The great specials. Hard to keep it funny for years when you are that big. Moving to movies and TV shows the easier side of the entertainment world. Really hard to come back from that after a hit or two on stand up specials. You hear stories of Chris Rock and Seinfeld still doing sets, but you don't hear that from Eddie MurphyBSF21 wrote:I'm not of the easily offended nature, and I wasn't offended by some of the bits, but they certainly come off as a little tone deaf to culture today.mister d wrote:I haven't seen it, but I'm of the opinion Chappelle was probably smart (legacy-wise) to walk away when he did and dumb (legacy-wise) to return.BSF21 wrote:Watched the first Chappelle special on Netflix last night.
Solidly OK. I don't get the rave reviews. Some of it was a little cringey, some was brilliant. See how the second set stacks up soon.
Which is understandable. Dave is 42 now. It's hard for me to comprehend that. No so much his age as a number, but I just remember him in his late 20s doing all the shit I found so funny. He's not that guy anymore.
Who the hell is gonna relate to stories about a little brown boy growing up in Davis, Ca? Oh, wait…Johnnie wrote:Crosspost to Netflix suggestions. Really awesome special. Does comedy via life story storytelling. Very, very entertaining.
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I'm amped. The only other comics I've read about coming through in the past year plus I've been here is Bill Maher, Marc Maron, Dave Attell, George Lopez, and, soon, Nikki Glaser. So if I get more than a few moments with him in the meet and greet I'm gunna tell him to tell Bert, Burr, and Rogan that they gotta come here. For the troops.tennbengal wrote:Johnnie - Jen and I saw him when he came through dc. Really great set, you will have fun.
Scratch that - we saw Tom Papa - he was really good.tennbengal wrote:Johnnie - Jen and I saw him when he came through dc. Really great set, you will have fun.
Watched it last night. I think Norm has lost a lot off his fastball. The crowd didn't seem to be helping him much, either.Pruitt wrote:Norm McDonald's Netflix special is pretty good. The last twenty minutes or so are really funny.
True. Very odd to see a stand up special with so little crowd noise/reaction.sancarlos wrote:Watched it last night. I think Norm has lost a lot off his fastball. The crowd didn't seem to be helping him much, either.Pruitt wrote:Norm McDonald's Netflix special is pretty good. The last twenty minutes or so are really funny.
I know I'm old and uncool...Johnnie wrote:Patrice O'Neal was so right.
Yeah I thought it was solid too and I've been pretty burned out on comedians' new material in general lately.Johnnie wrote:Chris D'Elia is in town on Saturday. The gf just watched his new stand up last week too. It was pretty good.
I liked her, until I tried to watch one of her specials. It was so painfully unfunny. I really tried to power through, thinking it would get better, but I threw in the towel. I was uncomfortable and cringing, not at the material, just that she was trying so hard, and was just not funny. At all. She is hot as fuck, though.BSF21 wrote:I don't give a fuck. Iliza is awesome.
He most recent one was weaker, but War Paint and Freezing Hot were both fantastic IMO.The Sybian wrote:I liked her, until I tried to watch one of her specials. It was so painfully unfunny. I really tried to power through, thinking it would get better, but I threw in the towel. I was uncomfortable and cringing, not at the material, just that she was trying so hard, and was just not funny. At all. She is hot as fuck, though.BSF21 wrote:I don't give a fuck. Iliza is awesome.