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Twitter is the street corner of the 21st century, so yes, most professional comedians will tell a bunch of free jokes on the corner too.
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this gimmick is hella funny you should continue to post
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Sep 18, 2014 00:34
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Hey goons what JFL42 shows are you going to? So far I'm booked to see Mike Birbiglia, Andy Kindler's late show (one of them anyway, I hope to go to a bunch of them), Jen Kirkman, Tig Notaro, Pete Holmes, and Broad City but I have about 50 other people I'm going to try and see at some point.
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Sep 19, 2014 16:38
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Missing JFL42 this year after attending the first two, but as a longtime MTL JFL guy, I strongly recommend catching the Andy Kindler show on the last night of the run.
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Sep 19, 2014 17:00
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Yeah Kindler always has great surprises at his shows, he's also loving hilarious. His style of stand-up and deconstruction of the genre during his act is really funny to me. I saw Amy Schumer tonight, she was fantastic. Ian Karmel opened but he started early so I only caught the tail end of his set. Gerry Dee was the surprise middle, which really was a surprise because he isn't involved in the fest otherwise. He only did about 10 minutes but it was alright.
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Sep 20, 2014 03:13
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I went to see Nikki glaser and then Dave attell on Thursday night, they were really good, kind of weird crowds though. The Dave attell show was at midnight on a Thursday but there were a lot of people that looked like they were on a field trip with their accounting firm and didnt laugh once, and an old cat lady looking woman who was sitting there by herself in the front row But something with the JFL42 website hosed up and didnt check me in so now Im missing a credit and cant book anything. I emailed them Friday afternoon about it and they still havent replied. Good poo poo.. good poo poo
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Sep 20, 2014 17:30
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manyak posted:I went to see Nikki glaser and then Dave attell on Thursday night, they were really good, kind of weird crowds though. The Dave attell show was at midnight on a Thursday but there were a lot of people that looked like they were on a field trip with their accounting firm and didnt laugh once, and an old cat lady looking woman who was sitting there by herself in the front row They were giving tickets away pretty hard for the Thursday shows because nobody was booked for them so not surprised about the accountant looking people. That cat lady comes to every comedy show in this city. Was she on her phone the whole time taking notes? I know exactly who you're talking about The check-in thing has literally never worked for me but I always get my credit back the next morning at least. That sucks
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Sep 20, 2014 18:46
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The Berzerker posted:They were giving tickets away pretty hard for the Thursday shows because nobody was booked for them so not surprised about the accountant looking people. That cat lady comes to every comedy show in this city. Was she on her phone the whole time taking notes? I know exactly who you're talking about Hahahah yes that was her, I had never seen her before, thats great They finally emailed me back just now, saying "if you didn't scan your barcode at the event you dont get your credit back, we can't accommodate your request, sorry" so I had to email them back explaining how the system is supposed to work I guess? i never checked in at all last year because i didnt have data on my phone and I always just automatically got the credit back , this is lovely
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Sep 20, 2014 18:55
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manyak posted:Hahahah yes that was her, I had never seen her before, thats great lmao yes I am glad that it is her. Her name is Janice. She was at Chris Gethard's show I saw back in Mayand she sat, alone, in the front row with her big giant bright phone in her face, and Gethard (as well as the openers) all gave her poo poo about it. Her defense was that she was taking notes for her blog. Gethard ripped into her for, no joke, ten minutes telling her to put her goddamn phone away. it was amazing
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Sep 20, 2014 19:07
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The Berzerker posted:lmao yes I am glad that it is her. Her name is Janice. She was at Chris Gethard's show I saw back in Mayand she sat, alone, in the front row with her big giant bright phone in her face, and Gethard (as well as the openers) all gave her poo poo about it. Her defense was that she was taking notes for her blog. Gethard ripped into her for, no joke, ten minutes telling her to put her goddamn phone away. it was amazing There are very few things funnier than a comedian ripping somebody in the audience who deserves it. I remember Patton Oswalt doing a "7 split with the Melvins where it's him ripping apart somebody on a phone call during his set. It's glorious.
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Sep 20, 2014 19:24
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The Berzerker posted:lmao yes I am glad that it is her. Her name is Janice. She was at Chris Gethard's show I saw back in Mayand she sat, alone, in the front row with her big giant bright phone in her face, and Gethard (as well as the openers) all gave her poo poo about it. Her defense was that she was taking notes for her blog. Gethard ripped into her for, no joke, ten minutes telling her to put her goddamn phone away. it was amazing Lol cool. Dave attell couldnt get any response from her when he was ripping on her, later on he was complaining about the crowd and was like "And ive got this fuckin old lady in the front row who im pretty sure is a figment of my imagination"
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Sep 20, 2014 19:26
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El Gallinero Gros posted:There are very few things funnier than a comedian ripping somebody in the audience who deserves it. I remember Patton Oswalt doing a "7 split with the Melvins where it's him ripping apart somebody on a phone call during his set. It's glorious. a split 7"? Patton Oswalt/Agoraphobic Nosebleed Comedy Torture Dungeon
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Sep 20, 2014 20:06
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Mike birbiglia was great
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Sep 22, 2014 05:41
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manyak posted:Mike birbiglia was great yep so was Gethard I love that guy. were you at the early one or the late one? I was at the late one and there was a dumb heckler, it was good.
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Sep 22, 2014 06:06
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El Gallinero Gros posted:There are very few things funnier than a comedian ripping somebody in the audience who deserves it. I remember Patton Oswalt doing a "7 split with the Melvins where it's him ripping apart somebody on a phone call during his set. It's glorious. I loved Louie ripping into an audience member who kept being disruptive during the taping of Live at the Beacon. Hilarious stuff, really on point, tore the guy a new rear end in a top hat, and ended that section by saying "And now I'm going to take a drink of water for the edit so I can cut that whole bit out because you don't deserve a reward for being an rear end in a top hat." And sure enough that whole section was cut.
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Sep 22, 2014 16:49
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The Berzerker posted:yep so was Gethard I love that guy. were you at the early one or the late one? I was at the late one and there was a dumb heckler, it was good. I was there too, i genuinely didnt know what the heckler was reacting to or trying to say, i was up basically in the front row and I just heard a girl in the back yell "youre rude" apropos of nothing and i was lost after that
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Sep 22, 2014 21:18
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Yeah I was in third or fourth row. She took offense to him using the word "hooker" or something but was too drunk to get her reasoning out so she just said he was rude
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Sep 22, 2014 21:52
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Looking at the youtube comment section for a trailer of 'Mulaney', i now realize John Mulaney has a very diverse fanbase. And they all think this show is gonna suck dick. I hope the TVIV thread has allen gregory levels of outrage and scorn.
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Oct 5, 2014 21:11
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Yeah, Splitsider had a pretty good rundown of every critic trashing the show. Shame, I really thought he was going to go for something subversive with the whole multicam and Seinfeld-alike thing. Bummer 
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Oct 6, 2014 17:18
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I have heard tell that the show really picks up a few episodes in. I'll give it a fair chance because he's John loving Mulaney.
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Oct 6, 2014 17:52
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It reminded me of a vaguely updated Seinfeld, a format that I haven't seen in a very long time. The laughing was loving horrific and I wasn't able to tune it out. There were a few times that it seemed like they should've done another take because Mulaney's acting was atrocious. I'll still watch it though because the bits were funny and most comedy TV is garbage anyways and I want Mulaney to have all the money.
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Oct 6, 2014 21:39
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Mulaney is a massively funny stand up but wow was his show bad. You can't just have him walk from set to set doing bits from his shows with a weak thread connecting them.
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Oct 6, 2014 22:13
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I thought the jokes were fine but lord is everyone trying way too hard. The fact that I know the punchlines to a lot of the jokes doesn't help but I'll chalk that up to really selling it for execs with the pilot. Also having Martin Short play a facsimile of himself but not calling the character Martin Short is bogus. It worked to great effect with James Vanderbeek in Don't Trust the B in apt 23, so im not sure why they didn't just go for it. Most of the supporting cast is pretty blah, though Elliott Gould and Zack Pearlman are fun. I hope it hits a subversive groove but I have little faith for multicam sitcoms.
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Oct 6, 2014 23:25
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Yea I bet it sucks making a show that revolves around your standup these days since you obviously want to use your gold stuff, but at the same time basically anyone who sees your name and goes 'oh I like him, let's see this show' already knows exactly what's going to happen when you're in the waiting room wondering how to get drugs without looking like a junkie. Hell even beyond that, if I remember right (I kinda zoned out) they didn't even have some of the funniest parts like the batman nurse and the part where he says he's sorry because he thinks he's making GBS threads in the doctor's hand and all. It's like hearing your friend tell you a joke he half remembers, after you've already heard the joke for real.
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Oct 6, 2014 23:46
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Normally I'd say give it some time, not all sitcoms burst out of the gate like Brooklyn 99. But this show is DOA. Even if it got above-average ratings, it was the adopted baby of FOX's former head, Kevin Reilly, who got fired a couple months ago.
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Oct 7, 2014 01:01
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Mordecai Sanchez posted:Normally I'd say give it some time, not all sitcoms burst out of the gate like Brooklyn 99. But this show is DOA. Even if it got above-average ratings, it was the adopted baby of FOX's former head, Kevin Reilly, who got fired a couple months ago. It is not inconceivable that it could find a new home on Netflix or the like
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Oct 7, 2014 01:05
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I've read so many reviews comparing it to Seinfeld that I'm starting to think they're hoping for the same results as Seinfeld had, i.e. nobody watching/liking the first few seasons then it finding it's stride/audience.
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Oct 7, 2014 01:14
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Declan MacManus posted:It is not inconceivable that it could find a new home on Netflix or the like Netflix is not buying a low-rated critically-panned multicam sitcom.
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Oct 7, 2014 03:34
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Urk! posted:I've read so many reviews comparing it to Seinfeld that I'm starting to think they're hoping for the same results as Seinfeld had, i.e. nobody watching/liking the first few seasons then it finding it's stride/audience. The problem is nobody watching the early Sienfeld was a bad thing because those guys were missing out on a really good show. Nobody watching Mulaney, and I say this as a big fan of his standup, is a bad thing because the show sucks and no one is gonna watch that poo poo. Like, Jerry could really easily tell his bosses 'ok look we have a sleeper here' and make a case, what's Mulaney gonna do, say 'nah give it time, people love watching a guy walk from set to set just kinda saying poorly written lines that get him from one standup bit to the next'?
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Oct 7, 2014 03:56
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It really sucks that his NBC pilot sounded much more interesting (similar, but highlighted his sobriety in a field that is ...not). I'll still pretend to like it a lot until it gets killed.
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Oct 7, 2014 04:00
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Never, ever judge a show based solely on the first episode.
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Oct 8, 2014 00:18
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I like Daniel Kitson and Stewart Lee, someone recommend me more British standups plz
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Oct 16, 2014 18:00
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Illinois Smith posted:I like Daniel Kitson and Stewart Lee, someone recommend me more British standups plz Simon Munnery, Robin Ince, Josie Long, Richard Herring.
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Oct 16, 2014 18:28
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Jimmy Carr is a great jokester.
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Oct 16, 2014 22:36
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FitFortDanga posted:Never, ever judge a show based solely on the first episode. The second episode is also not great
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Oct 19, 2014 16:02
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Declan MacManus posted:The second episode is also not great That was the best one out of five seen by the critics, apparently.
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Oct 19, 2014 16:08
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Illinois Smith posted:I like Daniel Kitson and Stewart Lee, someone recommend me more British standups plz Bridget Christie, Tim Key. Any goons going along to this? It's got most of the comedians me and jyrka mentioned, should be really good.
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Oct 19, 2014 17:23
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Megazver posted:That was the best one out of five seen by the critics, apparently. Unfortunate.
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Oct 19, 2014 21:55
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jyrka posted:Simon Munnery I once saw Simon Munnery in Edinburgh and after the show because it was a nice day he took us to a park and sat under a tree and kept going.
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Megazver posted:That was the best one out of five seen by the critics, apparently. Well, you're not a real comedian unless your sitcom fails horrifically so I guess this was inevitable
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