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Re: Favourite stand-up comedians?

CA Dreamin — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 01:25:49 GMT

Author: CA Dreamin

Posted: 06/15/2023 05:25

Didn't want this thread to die, so here it goes...

Several big-name comics have released specials so far in 2023. I've seen the latest from Lewis Black, Wanda Sykes, Marc Maron, Christopher Titus, Jim Jefferies, and Chris Porter (and I saw the first half of John Mulaney's but I've never liked him, nor understood his appeal; I was outnumbered by my roommates who turned it on, thought I'd give it a shot...and yep, I walked out midway through). Sykes and Titus had the funniest specials imo. I was pleasantly surprised by Maron, whose past specials never really meshed with me, but I really dug this one. He had better material to work with for his dry pessimistic style, but at the same time he showed a compassionate side as he opened up about the loss of a loved one, and was able to extract humor from his mourning.

Anyone have some faves they want to share?

Re: Favourite stand-up comedians?

mickilennial — Mon, 7 Mar 2022 16:55:14 GMT

Author: mickilennial

Posted: 03/07/2022 21:55

do be feeling a certain way as a transperson to see people calling those specials good

Re: Favourite stand-up comedians?

BARDAMU — Mon, 28 Feb 2022 16:44:36 GMT

Author: BARDAMU

Posted: 02/28/2022 21:44

Keatownrodriguez wrote:

I think Dave Chapelle has always been great but his Netflix specials have really solidified himself as one of the greatest of all time

...the one where he announces he's a TERF?

Re: Favourite stand-up comedians?

Skinny — Fri, 25 Feb 2022 10:32:17 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 02/25/2022 15:32

Keatownrodriguez wrote:

I think Dave Chapelle has always been great but his Netflix specials have really solidified himself as one of the greatest of all time

He was funnier when he used to punch up.

Re: Favourite stand-up comedians?

tigercap — Fri, 25 Feb 2022 08:22:59 GMT

Author: tigercap

Posted: 02/25/2022 13:22

Norm McDonald (MacDonald?)
Don Rickles

Re: Favourite stand-up comedians?

RoundTheBend — Wed, 24 Mar 2021 22:02:28 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 03/25/2021 02:02

BozoTyrannus wrote:

I don't see the logic behind criticizing what the audience happens to look like in the brief snippets we see of a handful of his shows.

For the record, the people who introduced me to Gaffigan were Hispanic.

I suppose criticizing and noticing are two different things. That is as much an editing thing than anything else. It's just something I noticed. Like most other comedy specials where they have those laughing people zoom in's, it's just since the 90s typically a more diverse zoom in group of people. 🤣

It's also a choice of what city it was recorded in.

So yeah just an observation.

Re: Favourite stand-up comedians?

BozoTyrannus — Mon, 22 Mar 2021 12:56:52 GMT

Author: BozoTyrannus

Posted: 03/22/2021 16:56

RoundTheBend wrote:

Although gaffigan's audience is the whitest I've ever seen.

Re: Favourite stand-up comedians?

Romanelli — Mon, 22 Mar 2021 12:33:12 GMT

Author: Romanelli

Posted: 03/22/2021 16:33

The funniest people in my life have always been women.

I'm more in the mood these days for Jen Kirkman. Not a lot of video from her stand up...but there is this audio. She has a pair of really good specials on Netflix right now. (Female stand ups don't get a lot of love, here or anywhere else. They deserve better.)

Link

Re: Favourite stand-up comedians?

RoundTheBend — Mon, 22 Mar 2021 00:09:55 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 03/22/2021 04:09

I'm still recovering from jesus' birthday! haha

Although gaffigan's audience is the whitest I've ever seen. I love his "uncomfortable" voice.

Thanks for sharing Josh Johnson - his timing is great.

Re: Favourite stand-up comedians?

RoundTheBend — Sun, 21 Mar 2021 22:34:05 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 03/22/2021 02:34

Keatownrodriguez wrote:

I think Dave Chapelle has always been great but his Netflix specials have really solidified himself as one of the greatest of all time

indeed - but that 90s gig he did in DC is incredible too. Oddly enough I never saw the Chapelle show (I've had this aversion to cable tv my whole life).

Re: Favourite stand-up comedians?

BozoTyrannus — Sun, 21 Mar 2021 12:23:32 GMT

Author: BozoTyrannus

Posted: 03/21/2021 16:23

Mike Birbiglia hits the exact balance I love between comedy and tragedy. The way he essentially builds an entire standup routine out of a traumatic experience, and goes off on brief tangents that seem unrelated but contribute to the overall idea, it's just perfect.

Link

John Mulaney is a close second for me

Link

Josh Johnson is, in my opinion, the most underrated comedian working currently, and everyone should absolutely give him a go

Link

And the obligatory Jim Gaffigan mention (I choose this one as I am generally ambivalent towards holidays)

Link

Re: Favourite stand-up comedians?

Keatownrodriguez — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 18:58:53 GMT

Author: Keatownrodriguez

Posted: 03/19/2021 22:58

I think Dave Chapelle has always been great but his Netflix specials have really solidified himself as one of the greatest of all time

Re: Favourite stand-up comedians?

RoundTheBend — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 01:23:54 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 02/24/2021 06:23

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Re: Favourite stand-up comedians?

RoundTheBend — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 21:35:55 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 02/17/2021 02:35

Tha1ChiefRocka wrote:

Oh shit, you're right. At any rate, I'm glad that Louis is coming back. If only he could finish his TV Shows now...

No worries. I've been lazy at threads probably 90% of my time on BEA... glossing over shit all the time.

TV show Louie was pretty good. I'll say I liked Ansari's better though. In someways I liked how Louie's was kinda about nothing and in other ways it bothered me there was barely a story there and even though I sat through most of it and even though I really liked aspects of it, if that's all he put out, I'd think he's a dweeb... but his standup was, imo, pretty killer.

Also I'm pretty sure he literally got cancelled for the TV shows?

Also when allegations came about about his masturbating in front of women who in the end didn't really want him to... I couldn't help but think of all his bits in his show and in standup about it... it was almost like oh, yeah that makes completes sense now... 🤣 - oddly enough it was my least favorite bits too... like none of them were that funny. The sex thing that men do nothing for women is great. But the masturbation stuff... oh I guess there was that why does every news cast woman have to always be like model level gorgeous that was funny... anyway... mostly not funny masturbation jokes... and awkward for sure. Then bingo.

Re: Favourite stand-up comedians?

RoundTheBend — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 21:30:47 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 02/17/2021 02:30

Got it - yeah I don't disagree. I don't think he's done much great stuff since maybe Oh My God... that SNL monologue I think happened right before the allegations. He looks and talks like absolute shit now. I had a few chuckles from his 2020 special, but nothing like his previous stand up material.

That broke bit from 2004 was great.

Re: Favourite stand-up comedians?

PossiblyMichigan — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 02:55:46 GMT

Author: PossiblyMichigan

Posted: 02/16/2021 07:55

🤣

I should say I wasn't really calling out the spam as much as just commenting on a certain disdain for the man - at least in his new form. I'll give it to him, no one could really structure a sentence quite like him, though all of his standup since returning are just the personification of a breitbart article and he's really the first in a long line of CaNcEl CuLtuRE hAs GoNe ToO Far!?! comedians that say nothing on a minefield of shit for a cheap laugh.

That said, the show Louie is kinda masterful. Re-evaluating CK's work is a minefield and honestly much cleverer people than me have done excellent jobs of it but it really did pave the way for network execs to see commercial viability in one comedian shows and we owe the ability of recent greats like Phoebe Waller Bridges, Tig Notaro, Pamela Adlon, etc to get on the air in the first place at least in part to the show.

RoundTheBend wrote:

I Think You Should Leave

Most of the recent diy greats make at least one sketch appearance in this show and as a result it makes me very happy. Delightfully manic shit.

Re: Favourite stand-up comedians?

Tha1ChiefRocka — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 01:03:21 GMT

Author: Tha1ChiefRocka

Posted: 02/16/2021 06:03

Oh shit, you're right. At any rate, I'm glad that Louis is coming back. If only he could finish his TV Shows now...

Re: Favourite stand-up comedians?

RoundTheBend — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 00:41:44 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 02/16/2021 05:41

Tha1ChiefRocka wrote:

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In case you've not heard Louis talk about his "thing". It's pretty great.

I suppose this is why you don't post a wall of things is going to watch.

I already posted that same thing in different format... hehe

Re: Favourite stand-up comedians?

RoundTheBend — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 00:35:29 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 02/16/2021 05:35

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Re: Favourite stand-up comedians?

Tha1ChiefRocka — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 00:10:12 GMT

Author: Tha1ChiefRocka

Posted: 02/16/2021 05:10

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In case you've not heard Louis talk about his "thing". It's pretty great.