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Has it been announced anywhere how much tickets will be? Or does anyone have an educated guess?
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nerve posted:Has it been announced anywhere how much tickets will be? Or does anyone have an educated guess? Don't think the ticket prices have been announced yet but when Chappelle did a show here in Detroit last year the cheapest seats were around $50 face value so at least that much.
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I hope some/most of that tour gets incorporated into JFL42. Speaking of which, they're apparently announcing this year's 3 headliners by 9am tomorrow... e: headliners are Sarah Silverman, Aziz Ansari, and Family Guy Live. Underwhelming, but the rest of the line-up announced so far is awesome, including John Mulaney, Maria Bamford, Marc Maron, Kyle Kinane, Hannibal Buress, etc. http://www.jfl42.com/the42/ The Berzerker fucked around with this message at 12:48 on Jun 18, 2013 |
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New John Hodgman stand-up special on Netflix is to be released today! edit: What do you think of Russell Brand's stand-up? I have always dismissed him due to stupid superficial reasons, but after seeing his annihilation of Morning Joe, I have to give the man a chance. escape artist fucked around with this message at 10:44 on Jun 20, 2013 |
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escape artist posted:New John Hodgman stand-up special on Netflix is to be released today! It's up there now, I'm watching it AS WE e: he's got a Bill Hicks mullet. Good sign? Conduit for Sale! fucked around with this message at 11:01 on Jun 20, 2013 |
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escape artist posted:New John Hodgman stand-up special on Netflix is to be released today! I really like his stand-up, I've seen 2 or 3 specials. His style reminds me of Eddie Izzard a bit, which people don't like hearing because they think I'm only saying that because they're both British, but that's not why. They really do have a similar style.
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Just purchased tickets to see Seinfeld in September. Tickets were pretty pricey at $97 a pop, but I just felt like I had to do it.
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Tickets for the oddball fest are going on sale at 10:00 AM local time of the event so if you're on the west coast you still have a chance not to pay scalper prices. Not sure if tickets are still available for east coast shows on ticketmaster. Cheapest tickets were $25 for lawn seats but it probably varies by city. Trujillo fucked around with this message at 17:12 on Jun 21, 2013 |
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Trujillo posted:Tickets for the oddball fest are going on sale at 10:00 AM local time of the event so if you're on the west coast you still have a chance not to pay scalper prices. Not sure if tickets are still available for east coast shows on ticketmaster. Those dates are pretty terrible. Moving to the west coast was so weird for shows anyway, especially comedy, but this tour is pretty bad. If you're not in California the venues are a total crapshoot. Seriously, nothing north of San Francisco? I used to live in Florida and the tour doesn't look much better for southerners either. It's always disappointing because I always notice it with performers who I'm positive could sell the tickets in smaller(?) cities. I can't imagine that Portland or Seattle wouldn't be able to have sold-out shows with an 'Oddball' tour. Maybe it's more scheduling than a money thing.
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The John Hodgeman standup is pretty good, a lot more natural than I expected but I'm not a huge fan of the part of his oeuvre that consists of silly lists.
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Trujillo posted:Tickets for the oddball fest are going on sale at 10:00 AM local time of the event so if you're on the west coast you still have a chance not to pay scalper prices. Not sure if tickets are still available for east coast shows on ticketmaster. Got mine for the Camden show, it was 45 for the next most expensive after the lawn tickets, plus some fees to bring it to around $60. Pretty excite for this. I've been to shows, but never to a festival.
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I just watched The Maria Bamford Show and my life has been improved forever.
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I asked this in the Netflix thread, but I want to get the point of view of the stand-up fans.quote:I have a question about the Jamie Kennedy documentary Heckler: Am I meant to take it seriously or as a joke? I honestly don't know, but I am confident that it fails badly in either case. If I was going to recommend this film to anyone, I guess it'd be you guys. But it is not good. He seems to possess some self-awareness, and I get the feeling that much of the movie is meant to be self deprecating, but if it is, he's just so, so bad at it. I know he's been a feature performer in the Gathering of the Juggalos Fresh-rear end Comedy Tent, so the guy's got chops, but any clip they show of him doing stand-up, he is unfunny and bombing very badly.
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He may have some self awareness but he's also a big manbaby, so I guess he's basically the comedy Two-Face.
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DangerDummy! posted:I asked this in the Netflix thread, but I want to get the point of view of the stand-up fans. I agree that the part dealing with actual hecklers at a show was pretty decent, but the rest was terrible. The only time I was on his side for the rest was when he was talking to the internet critic, and only because that guy was an even bigger rear end in a top hat. Also the part where Uwe Boll proves his movies are good by beating people up was a real eye opener.
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Beef Jerky Robot posted:I agree that the part dealing with actual hecklers at a show was pretty decent, but the rest was terrible. The only time I was on his side for the rest was when he was talking to the internet critic, and only because that guy was an even bigger rear end in a top hat. I thought Louie Anderson's story about the drunk heckler was pretty funny, plus Maria Bamford's story about actually hackling other comics was pretty weird. If the movie had focused on what was supposed to have been the point of the whole thing, it might have been okay. The internet critic stuff was just very whiny. That one "rape baby" guy was absolutely awful, though. There's being an internet troll, an there's being... whatever the gently caress that guy was. Jesus. quote:Also the part where Uwe Boll proves his movies are good by beating people up was a real eye opener. Everything that man does makes it so satisfying to hate him. If he was a wrestler, he'd have the audiences clamoring to see him get destroyed. Speaking of stand-up comedians and wrestling, the Andy Kaufman documentary about his adventures in pro-graps, I'm From Hollywood, is up on youtube. It's a lot of fun.
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DangerDummy! posted:I know he's been a feature performer in the Gathering of the Juggalos Fresh-rear end Comedy Tent, so the guy's got chops Oh my goodness. Now I have to find the Paul F. Tompkins radio bit where he makes fun of this. It never ceases to crack me up, hearing Paul analyze that. "You can take a helicopter ride over to the Fresh-rear end Comedy tent..." Oh and to the poster a few posts above me: Thanks for the Kaufman recommendation!
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escape artist posted:Oh my goodness. Now I have to find the Paul F. Tompkins radio bit where he makes fun of this. It never ceases to crack me up, hearing Paul analyze that. "You can take a helicopter ride over to the Fresh-rear end Comedy tent..." At 1:27:10  http://wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=2&show=32311&archive=54334
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Al! posted:The John Hodgeman standup is pretty good, a lot more natural than I expected but I'm not a huge fan of the part of his oeuvre that consists of silly lists. Just watched it. Thought it started off really strong and just got gradually worse and worse. Pretty disappointed, honestly.
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Dave Chappelle just did three nights in town and I didn't know until today  Edit: Kinane is doing a one-nighter on Thursday that I can't make, Rory Scovel just recorded an album at Third Man Records that I forgot about...what am I doing with my life Forum Hussy fucked around with this message at 03:42 on Jun 26, 2013 |
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Forum Hussy posted:Dave Chappelle just did three nights in town and I didn't know until today That poo poo happens to me all the time. I've been considering creating a "Comedy Hub" website that lists all comics, from household names to amateurs. Have it sorted by city/state/country, etc. You could get alertsfor your area. Via your phone or email or facebook. I missed Bo Burnham and Bill Burr because you basically have to visit every comics individual website to find out their tour dates, which is a tedious process.
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its called LaughStub and they have a website and everything!
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escape artist posted:Oh and to the poster a few posts above me: Thanks for the Kaufman recommendation! It's an okay documentary, but it's a little disappointing in that it was made during the era where we were still meant to believe that wrestling is real, so it lacks a lot of honest insight, and I wish we could get a bit more of an inside look at Kaufman and Lawler working together. If you want a more complete look at the entire feud, someone posted about 35 clips covering as much of it as he could with the material he could get his hands on. It recycles some material from I'm From Hollywood, but there's also a ton of stuff I've never seen before. Here's part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVJPAe4-lBM And just for the hell of it, here's the complete and uncensored Lawler/Kaufman interview on Late Night: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmHCx8lCl8Y Hope you enjoy them.
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^^Thanks pal. Politicalrancor posted:its called LaughStub and they have a website and everything! I know you like to follow me around and try and be a dick, but I know of LaughStub and they actually suck and are always incomplete. They're missing Kamau Bell and Daniel Tosh shows in my area in the next month, just for example. And another example: Results for "Doug Stnahope" No upcoming events found. Doug Stanhope has been on tour for a long time, and isn't going to stop for a while. LaughStub is awful. What was that thing you said to me? "Oh, gently caress off" -- good advice. Maybe you should practice what you preach. escape artist fucked around with this message at 07:25 on Jun 26, 2013 |
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escape artist posted:^^Thanks pal. Don't forget, ignore exists on these forums and is a beautiful tool. I put all the mean and rude people and people who take the internet seriously on there. It's so much nicer. I already had that person on ignore too! Is Bert Kreischer's standup any good? I think I may be insane, but I bought myself a ticket to go see Gilbert Gottfried. He's funny as poo poo in tiny doses, but I have no idea what a full set from him entails.
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Ariza posted:Don't forget, ignore exists on these forums and is a beautiful tool. I put all the mean and rude people and people who take the internet seriously on there. It's so much nicer. I already had that person on ignore too! I haven't watched it, but he has a special on Netflix streaming if you want to make a judgement off that.
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^^Thanks. I need to find something else to watch on there. Hodgman's special was tremendously disappointing.Ariza posted:Don't forget, ignore exists on these forums and is a beautiful tool. I put all the mean and rude people and people who take the internet seriously on there. It's so much nicer. I already had that person on ignore too! Let us know how the Gottfried show is. I'm not familiar with Bert Kreischer. Also, if I ignored all the rude people on this forum, half the forums would be on my ignore list, and I'd also be PMing the administrators asking why I couldn't put myself on the my ignore list.
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escape artist posted:Just watched it. Thought it started off really strong and just got gradually worse and worse. Pretty disappointed, honestly. Hodgeman has good instincts, they're just wasted on twee nonsense, which I guess is why he fits in so well with the Maximum Fun family of podcasts.
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urk the quack posted:So has anyone listened to Posehn's new album? Any opinions? I watched the special on Netflix. It wasn't very good. Even compared to Fart and Weiner Jokes, which I thought was mediocre aside from a couple good stories, this one is pretty lousy. I've never been a huge fan of Posehn's standup though.
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He seemed sort of funny on that comedian tour with him, Patton, and Bamford, but everything since then has been dumb. I hate his cookie monster voice when he's talking about trying to get his hot wife to gently caress him and other ogrish things. He should stick to voice over work and one episode spots on random tv shows. I think without Patton he would've faded long ago. Edit- stupid phone. Ariza fucked around with this message at 18:39 on Jun 27, 2013 |
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escape artist posted:I'm not familiar with Bert Kreischer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PAtFsJY5q0 Bert? HE'S THE MACHINE! e: his story was apparently the inspiration for Van Wilder, and also he's Chris Pratt's cousin. The Berzerker fucked around with this message at 14:43 on Jun 27, 2013 |
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Ariza posted:He seemed sort of funny on that comedian tour with him, Patton, and Bandied, but everything since then has been dumb. I hate his cookie monster voice when he's talking about trying to get his hot wife to gently caress him and other ogrish things. He should stick to voice over work and one episode spots on random tv shows. I think without Patton he would've faded long ago. However, his podcast is a lot of fun. Granted, he's not so much the reason why though. Patton's one short appearance on the show was better than anything Posehn has contributed to it. Posehn's kind of a likeable dumb oaf though so I feel a little bad saying that.
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So, are we generally too cool to talk about comedians like Jimmy Carr? He's very popular in Britain, and I've been getting into the "Quiz Panel" crowd stand-up guys, though I think Carr's stage presence is the funniest of the bunch--Dara O'Brien, an Irish comic, I can't even understand what he says 'cause he's machine-gunning jokes, and Stephen Merchant is funny, if kind of...pompous, I guess. But I really like Carr--his whole shtick is being offensive, but it comes across as more acerbic than edgy--the joke isn't that he's saying a bad thing, I don't think, not in his mind at least. The joke is that people are letting him say it, laughing at it even, and that's the funnier aspect to me. He's also a very measured comedian--he'll say less to mean more, and he's good at one-liners, which I have always liked.
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