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I just finished watching Moshe Kasher's stand-up special on Netflix, and it is one of the strongest hours of comedy I've ever seen -- practically on par with Louis C.K.'s better specials. We did not stop laughing the entire time. I strongly recommend it to everyone here, unless this is old news and you've all already discovered his greatness. I read his autobiographical book The Kasher in the Rye when it came out last year, a depressing and harrowing story of his troubled childhood as the son of deaf parents and his heavy drug use and criminal behavior between the ages of 12 and 16. He's clean and sober now, college-educated, obviously brilliant, and funny as hell.
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If you've seen Moshe's special, I recommend checking out Brent Weinbach AKA the audience member plant at the end of the special AKA Anthony Rivera from Comedy Bang Bang. He's got this odd mix of a weird monotone stage presence when he's doing jokes and a great ear for impressions of the crazies you interact with in California. Both of his albums are on Spotify. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr0E7438p3s
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I'm going on a road trip soon and I need stand-up comedy albums to keep me company. Probably about 10 of them. Any suggestions? My favorite comedians are Dylan Moran, Brendan Burns, Sam Simmons and Louis CK.
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Jul 6, 2013 11:11
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Sign up for a free month trial of Spotify Premium and you'll have a ton of choices.
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Speaking of comedy albums on Spotify, just got finished listening to the Holy gently caress compilation and most of it is really good. Among others, it has Dana Gould, Brent Weinbach, Matt Braunger, Jackie Kashian, TJ Miller, Kyle Kinane, James Adomian and Moshe Kasher. Hard to go wrong. http://open.spotify.com/album/2ijJD427cOeyevEGUmQS9u
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Jul 6, 2013 22:01
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both Kyle Kinane albums
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Brent has 3 albums. Also check out al madrigal'ss new album or kumail nanjiani's. Also check out Joe List, Shane Mauss, Chris Fairbanks and Kelly MacFarland's.
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bowmore posted:I'm going on a road trip soon and I need stand-up comedy albums to keep me company. Probably about 10 of them. Any suggestions? Both of John Mulaney's albums are great: The Top Part and New in Town. Kyle Kinane's Whiskey Icarus is fantastic as well.
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Thanks guys I will check those out.
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I just saw Ryan Singer as a mystery comic at the High Watt last night. I had never heard him before but he was awesome. Really smart conceptual stuff that would reel you in with quieter more thoughtful passages (where the room would be dead silent, but only because they were listening to every word), and then explode hilariously. Hung out with him and a few other comics after the show and he was a cool dude. I'll be checking out his albums.
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Shovelbearer posted:I just saw Ryan Singer as a mystery comic at the High Watt last night. I had never heard him before but he was awesome. Really smart conceptual stuff that would reel you in with quieter more thoughtful passages (where the room would be dead silent, but only because they were listening to every word), and then explode hilariously. Hung out with him and a few other comics after the show and he was a cool dude. I'll be checking out his albums. I really like the High Watt, imo it's a way better venue than Zanies. Saw Pete Holmes there a while back with Chris Thayer and a couple other people whose names i forget. Local venue chat ITT
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Yes, Chris Thayer is also super hilarious. I think the other two guys may have been Gary Fletcher and Will Copeland, who tend to be on most of those shows.
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I'm late but Colin Quinn: Long Story Short is one of the best things on Netflix. It's not stand-up, but a hilarious one-man show about the fall of all the great civilizations throughout history. Definitely picking up tickets for his show about the Constitution when it swings into town.
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Mordecai Sanchez posted:I'm late but Colin Quinn: Long Story Short is one of the best things on Netflix. It's not stand-up, but a hilarious one-man show about the fall of all the great civilizations throughout history. Definitely picking up tickets for his show about the Constitution when it swings into town.
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Picking up Jen Kirkman's book tomorrow from the library, how is it?
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El Gallinero Gros posted:Picking up Jen Kirkman's book tomorrow from the library, how is it? Not bad, but not great. I feel like she says a lot of the same things over and over again.
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I'm traveling to a work conference in Seattle tomorrow, which is awesome, but arriving too late to attend an incredible-sounding stand-up show with H. Jon Benjamin, Kristen Schaal, Eugene Mirman, Marc Maron, and Kurt Braunohler (for only $22.50). It starts at 8, and my plane doesn't touch down until 8:30-ish. Between getting through the airport, finding a cab downtown, and checking into my hotel, there's absolutely no way I can make that happen. But Aisha Tyler is going to be speaking somewhere on Saturday night since her new book just came out, and she's funny and entertaining (and it's only $5), so I might go see her. (Her stand-up special streaming on Netflix is really good, for anyone who hasn't seen it, and it's not just "lady humor.") Funny, last time I traveled for work, I got to see Amber Nash and Lucky Yates do an improv performance outside Atlanta (and met them afterwards), so I seem to end up near Archer cast members whenever I leave the state. UPDATE: First flight was delayed two hours, missed the connecting flight by twelve minutes, so I didn't get to Seattle until 1 AM last night. Glad I didn't hope for the best and buy advance tickets to that show. But I saw Aisha Tyler tonight, and she was awesome. She didn't even do a stand-up set, just read a hilarious, poignant, and poetic chapter from her book and did a funny and insightful Q&A session with the audience. She is so drat cool, and very openly nerdy (and smart and funny and gorgeous). Big Bad Voodoo Lou fucked around with this message at 05:48 on Jul 14, 2013 |
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Big Bad Voodoo Lou posted:I'm traveling to a work conference in Seattle tomorrow, which is awesome, but arriving too late to attend an incredible-sounding stand-up show with H. Jon Benjamin, Kristen Schaal, Eugene Mirman, Marc Maron, and Kurt Braunohler (for only $22.50). It starts at 8, and my plane doesn't touch down until 8:30-ish. Between getting through the airport, finding a cab downtown, and checking into my hotel, there's absolutely no way I can make that happen. Not to rub it in, but I managed to find out and go to that show the day of, and it was quite amazing. It also had Kyle Dunnigan and Jon Glaser. I think Marc Maron having to follow (and complain about following) improv from Glaser and Benjamin was quite unique . You also got to witness Marc Maron's Dave Attell, Eugene Mirman, and David Cross impersonations which were either spot on or stupid depending on how into comedy you are. Its almost bizarre how good Glaser and Benjamin were good at improvising from nothing and making it hilarious.
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Billy Gnosis posted:Not to rub it in, but I managed to find out and go to that show the day of, and it was quite amazing. It also had Kyle Dunnigan and Jon Glaser. I think Marc Maron having to follow (and complain about following) improv from Glaser and Benjamin was quite unique . You also got to witness Marc Maron's Dave Attell, Eugene Mirman, and David Cross impersonations which were either spot on or stupid depending on how into comedy you are. Well I'm glad someone got to go! I didn't think a show like that could disappoint.
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Big Bad Voodoo Lou posted:Well I'm glad someone got to go! I didn't think a show like that could disappoint. Jeselnik will be at Hard Rock in October, btw. I'm absolutely going, even if I have to go alone.
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Jul 18, 2013 17:35
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escape artist posted:Jeselnik will be at Hard Rock in October, btw. I'm absolutely going, even if I have to go alone. Josh Blue is returning to the Improv in November, and my wife and I will definitely be there for him again. Jeselnik's humor is just too mean-spirited for me.
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FitFortDanga posted:New Maria Bamford album! Good looking out and it's on Spotify too. A few bits in and it's already better than that video special where her mom and dad were the only audience members.
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Boosh! posted:Good looking out and it's on Spotify too. A few bits in and it's already better than that video special where her mom and dad were the only audience members. The Special Special Special was fuckin' rad 
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escape artist posted:Jeselnik will be at Hard Rock in October, btw. I'm absolutely going, even if I have to go alone. Thanks for this! Last time I checked his website, he wasn't coming to my lovely city. Now to pray my wife gets the night off so I can actually go.
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Motherfuckin' Kumail's awesome goddamn stand-up special is on tonight on Comedy Central at midnight, probably uncensored to boot. I can't wait!
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I'm watching Kumail's special now, and I just learned more about a certain woman in the audience than I would have ever wanted to know.
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Really loved his special. Kumail is so loving funny.
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poo poo totally missed it, it drops next week though right?
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While Kumail's was pretty good Bamford's might be the best of the year for me. She's so sneaky good.
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Big Bad Voodoo Lou posted:my wife Ariza posted:my wife my wife!
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Bunk Rogers posted:While Kumail's was pretty good Bamford's might be the best of the year for me. She's so sneaky good. Just got back from seeing her at Just For Laughs - the small details of her performance are just so good - voice / tone, gestures, expressions.
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Jul 23, 2013 06:03
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IFC has renewed Maron for a second season of 13 episodes.
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Kyle Kinane just released a $5 special called "Dancing Around the poo poo Fire" on Chill.com: http://chill.com/l/P6R (As it turns out, it's not just him on this.) Shovelbearer fucked around with this message at 22:17 on Jul 23, 2013 |
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Shovelbearer posted:Kyle Kinane just released a $5 special called "Dancing Around the poo poo Fire" on Chill.com: Awesome, thanks! Going to watch it now. E: Just so it's clear, this is a special Kinane produced and opens up for, but not a purely one person stand-up special. 10-15 min. of Kinane tops. Also add me to the list of people loving the new Bamford album. I think it might be my favorite of hers. Urk! fucked around with this message at 18:06 on Jul 23, 2013 |
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A new Maria Bamford album is like getting blasted in the face by a cannon filled with rainbows and
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Illinois Smith posted:A new Maria Bamford album is like getting blasted in the face by a cannon filled with rainbows and You can catch her in a few things that are out there on the web. She's made multiple appearances on John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show (all viewable for free if you have Amazon Prime, still really cheap if not), Netflix has the Comedians of Comedy tour movie along with two concert films, all featuring her. Also, for $5 on the aforementioned Chill you can get The Special Special Special (Maria performing in her house, for -- almost -- only her parents). Incidentally, I would really like to see the opening set Jackie Kashian apparently did for Maria's parents. Also, hulu has some things by or featuring her. I'm something of a fan.
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The bit about the way people talk about mental illness vs physical disorders is probably my favorite joke of her ever. I love all her newer darker material so so much, especially because I'm dating someone who is also bipolar ii.
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Popelmon posted:Really loved his special. Kumail is so loving funny. I know I've seen him in other stuff and found him funny but holy poo poo that special is hilarious. According to his wikipedia that's his only special? He was great on the Jeselnik Offensive too, I would love to see more of his stand up.
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Dip Facial posted:I know I've seen him in other stuff and found him funny but holy poo poo that special is hilarious. He does some horrible podcast about video games, but no matter how much I like him I couldn't finish an episode. Listening to people talk about video games makes me sad. Speaking of the Jeselnik Offensive, he really needs to stick to standups as guests because that girl was awful this week.
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