I did leave out David Cross (purely an accident) but love his stuff too. I love the sarcasm. Who here has seen the Aristocats? That's where I found a couple of new guys. That was my first introduction to Doug Stanhope.
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I did leave out David Cross (purely an accident) but love his stuff too. I love the sarcasm. Who here has seen the Aristocats? That's where I found a couple of new guys. That was my first introduction to Doug Stanhope.
Same for Stanhope. Great flick, by the way.
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Saw him a year before the scandal; absolute worst comedy/concert/musical/play/game/etc I'd ever seen. It was a pop up show at the ATL Fox Theatre announced with just a couple weeks notice.
He opened with a 10 minute ramble on abortion; "I think women should even be able to kill small children", then compared abortion to taking a dump "How do you tell the difference?"
"Why did the chicken cross the road? Because an angry black man was behind him. So the chicken began to ran and crossed the road, but the black man was just walking home...the chicken realized it was a racist...and then the black man ate the chicken"
"True story, I was on the subway in NYC yesterday, standing, and my junk was right in front of a woman sitting down...I started gyrating my hips and then she pointed at my junk. I looked down and my fly was open. OH WAIT, my fly is even down right now!!!" Then he fidgeted with his fly for a few minutes on the stage for more laughs
I fully expected him to come back out and declare this was all an experiment to see how bad the material could be and still get laughs from the crowd. I'll admit, most of the crowd was eating it up, but several folks near us were just as dumfounded.
he did that chicken joke during his SNL monologue. I actually thought it was fucking funny.
and he was also probably networking some new material to see what worked. shows announced with very little notice or at smaller venues they often do that.
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It’s definitely a joke…I wouldn’t say it’s a very clever one. He’s a smart comedian, so I’m surprised that one made it to SNL. Sometimes comedians, especially well established ones, just want to get through those things without burning any real material. He was HUGE around that time with his tv shows and all his specials.
Saw him at a small comedy club after the scandal. I don’t recall the jokes but remember it was a kind of fun evening.
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But what's the joke? I'm not saying it's offensive at all, but what's funny about it, what's the humor, what's the irony? To me it's nothing more than a string of words, like reading the phone book.
But what's the joke? I'm not saying it's offensive at all, but what's funny about it, what's the humor, what's the irony? To me it's nothing more than a string of words, like reading the phone book.
But what's the joke? I'm not saying it's offensive at all, but what's funny about it, what's the humor, what's the irony? To me it's nothing more than a string of words, like reading the phone book.
OK, I get it now after re-watching it way too many times. I finally saw the punchline "you can't blame chickens for being suspicious, their murder rate is 100%"...okay, now it's somewhat funny, took a long time to get there, and I swear that part wasn't in the version I was at.
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It's funnier to sort of trap people into watching you jagoff
(Not at all, if course.)
Always loved his comedy and the whole thing. Couldn't understand his compulsion and found it off putting. We all have our issues but that was a pretty strange one. Hope he isn't randomly starting to whack it in front of people any longer.
It's funnier to sort of trap people into watching you jagoff
(Not at all, if course.)
Always loved his comedy and the whole thing. Couldn't understand his compulsion and found it off putting. We all have our issues but that was a pretty strange one. Hope he isn't randomly starting to whack it in front of people any longer.
yeah according to HR at my company, you can't whack it in front of people
It's funnier to sort of trap people into watching you jagoff
(Not at all, if course.)
Always loved his comedy and the whole thing. Couldn't understand his compulsion and found it off putting. We all have our issues but that was a pretty strange one. Hope he isn't randomly starting to whack it in front of people any longer.
yeah according to HR at my company, you can't whack it in front of people
How about behind them? Off to the side?
"every society honours its live conformists and its dead troublemakers"
It's funnier to sort of trap people into watching you jagoff
(Not at all, if course.)
Always loved his comedy and the whole thing. Couldn't understand his compulsion and found it off putting. We all have our issues but that was a pretty strange one. Hope he isn't randomly starting to whack it in front of people any longer.
yeah according to HR at my company, you can't whack it in front of people
Who I find dry and boring. I need comedians to push the envelope. Being "safe" doesn't do it for me all the time.
That’s you. “Pushing the envelope”, whatever that means to you, is also very enjoyable. Silly, dumb, easy sketches, are also funny. If Fallon wasn’t funny he wouldn’t have a career still.
It’s also cheap and easy to make fun of someone over music and comedy. It’s very easy to make fun of Pearl Jam, almost like this art stuff is subjective.
Who I find dry and boring. I need comedians to push the envelope. Being "safe" doesn't do it for me all the time.
That’s you. “Pushing the envelope”, whatever that means to you, is also very enjoyable. Silly, dumb, easy sketches, are also funny. If Fallon wasn’t funny he wouldn’t have a career still.
It’s also cheap and easy to make fun of someone over music and comedy. It’s very easy to make fun of Pearl Jam, almost like this art stuff is subjective.
I'm often confused why he still has a career, lol.
Who I find dry and boring. I need comedians to push the envelope. Being "safe" doesn't do it for me all the time.
That’s you. “Pushing the envelope”, whatever that means to you, is also very enjoyable. Silly, dumb, easy sketches, are also funny. If Fallon wasn’t funny he wouldn’t have a career still.
It’s also cheap and easy to make fun of someone over music and comedy. It’s very easy to make fun of Pearl Jam, almost like this art stuff is subjective.
Well, he did say “I” and “me” to describe his preferences. Almost like his silly subjectiveness was obvious.
"every society honours its live conformists and its dead troublemakers"
I never saw Fallon’s stand up, but I also find him unfunny. And how he kept his job at SNL confounds logic. The guy couldn’t keep a straight face during even semi-funny sketches.
I do find him charming enough to watch his interviews if the guest is someone I’m interested in, but I am more of a Letterman fan. He was a one of a kind interviewer.
"every society honours its live conformists and its dead troublemakers"
I never saw Fallon’s stand up, but I also find him unfunny. And how he kept his job at SNL confounds logic. The guy couldn’t keep a straight face during even semi-funny sketches.
I do find him charming enough to watch his interviews if the guest is someone I’m interested in, but I am more of a Letterman fan. He was a one of a kind interviewer.
Him cracking up during an SNL skit actually made me laugh. I love when they break character. Well, only if it's funny.
I never saw Fallon’s stand up, but I also find him unfunny. And how he kept his job at SNL confounds logic. The guy couldn’t keep a straight face during even semi-funny sketches.
I do find him charming enough to watch his interviews if the guest is someone I’m interested in, but I am more of a Letterman fan. He was a one of a kind interviewer.
Him cracking up during an SNL skit actually made me laugh. I love when they break character. Well, only if it's funny.
That’s the only time I found him funny. When he broke. Although his Barry Gibbs sketch with JT was incredible. I’ll give him that.
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Same for Stanhope. Great flick, by the way.
He opened with a 10 minute ramble on abortion; "I think women should even be able to kill small children", then compared abortion to taking a dump "How do you tell the difference?"
"Why did the chicken cross the road? Because an angry black man was behind him. So the chicken began to ran and crossed the road, but the black man was just walking home...the chicken realized it was a racist...and then the black man ate the chicken"
"True story, I was on the subway in NYC yesterday, standing, and my junk was right in front of a woman sitting down...I started gyrating my hips and then she pointed at my junk. I looked down and my fly was open. OH WAIT, my fly is even down right now!!!" Then he fidgeted with his fly for a few minutes on the stage for more laughs
I fully expected him to come back out and declare this was all an experiment to see how bad the material could be and still get laughs from the crowd.
I'll admit, most of the crowd was eating it up, but several folks near us were just as dumfounded.
and he was also probably networking some new material to see what worked. shows announced with very little notice or at smaller venues they often do that.
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(Not at all, if course.)
Always loved his comedy and the whole thing. Couldn't understand his compulsion and found it off putting.
We all have our issues but that was a pretty strange one.
Hope he isn't randomly starting to whack it in front of people any longer.
Jimmy Fallon must be more to your liking?