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In general, going to comedy clubs we pretty much always go to the late Friday show, as that has the rep of being the most interesting, least polished show where they try the new/weird stuff. In contrast, the early Saturday show is supposed to be the most conservative ‘I know this works’ show. Due to that ‘non refundable’ clause we ended up with tix to both the late Friday and early Saturday show for Adam Conover, and it was interesting seeing how the shows differed, improv startup based on local stuff, then clear winners, new jokes, then solid , and for Conover “one man show” material for the end. MC and feature were more all over the place, with the feature acting like he was bombing (he wasn’t) before dropping into a great bit on the friday show ranking apples (the fruit). Yeah it was this guy: applerankings.com. This was the second time we did both late Friday and early Saturday, the other time was Gilbert, who did completely different insanely aged material each night, which was great. Friday was like 40 minutes of “old Groucho” and I don’t think I've laughed harder in my life. Goddamnit we had tickets for a show he cancelled right as Covid started.Then he died, the jerk.
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Gilbert's Old Groucho is one of the best impressions of all time.
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slave to my cravings posted:I would suggest year of the dragon by nick mullen Just watched these and please recommend more, I'm dying laughing.
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Never seen this before and I love Todd Barry. https://tubitv.com/movies/490027/todd-barry-crowd-work-tour NOthing but crowd work Tubi has a lot of cool poo poo on there actually if you poke around some
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Medullah posted:Just watched these and please recommend more, I'm dying laughing. If you enjoy Sam Tallent’s stand up and also want a good book to read, I would suggest his novel Running the Light. If you buy it from his website instead of Amazon, you’ll get free shipping and a signed copy. https://www.samtallent.com/store/p/signed-copy-of-running-the-light E: it was free shipping when I bought it so I assume it’s the same. Forward by Kyle Kinane!
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empty baggie posted:If you enjoy Sam Tallent’s stand up and also want a good book to read, I would suggest his novel Running the Light. If you buy it from his website instead of Amazon, you’ll get free shipping and a signed copy. Thanks, I might just do that! Though I'm so goddam spoiled by my Kindle now for reading, haven't read a "proper" book in a while.
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If we’re doing books by comics I bought Liz Mielle’s Why Cats Are Assholes at one of her shows, and even for a non-cat-lover it was amusing. Ya’ll watching After Midnight? It’s nice to see so many working comics just doing jokes in a loose game show format, although nothing will ever replace Comedy Knockout in my heart. Or Bunk, my first exposure to Michael Che, who at the time my brother was raving about after seeing him at IIRC The Stand. drat that was a long time ago.
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Remulak posted:If we’re doing books by comics I bought Liz Mielle’s Why Cats Are Assholes at one of her shows, and even for a non-cat-lover it was amusing. I was a huge fan of At Midnight but am just not feeling After Midnight. Though the episode where Adam Pally kept making fun of the name of the show was amazing. I think the biggest issue is that it's an hour long show. Really 30 minutes is enough for this type of show
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I just listened to Norm Macdonald's audiobook in full. I have a problem with audiobooks, I usually feel I miss a lot by listening versus reading. But this one is a masterpiece, as Norm's voice is crucial to the experience. But the best thing about it is how there are really 3 "Norm Macdonalds" involved in the book. One is the real Norm writing it, one is the fake Norm created by the fictional ghost writer, and one is the real fake Norm who the ghost writer sometimes lets write parts of the book on his insistence without changing any of the words. The ghost writer himself is also a great character, a take off of the Charles Kinbote character from Nabokov's Pale Fire. Hilarious stuff.
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Short documentary I found on Brett Butler. Forgot how good she was https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ocsgQckxi4
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Svual-PcOxE Hell yeah!
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I dont think I would have ever known about that and it was great. I only recognized Connor from I Think You Should Leave but this was pretty amazing.
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Ccs posted:I just listened to Norm Macdonald's audiobook in full. I have a problem with audiobooks, I usually feel I miss a lot by listening versus reading. But this one is a masterpiece, as Norm's voice is crucial to the experience. But the best thing about it is how there are really 3 "Norm Macdonalds" involved in the book. One is the real Norm writing it, one is the fake Norm created by the fictional ghost writer, and one is the real fake Norm who the ghost writer sometimes lets write parts of the book on his insistence without changing any of the words. The ghost writer himself is also a great character, a take off of the Charles Kinbote character from Nabokov's Pale Fire. Hilarious stuff. one of my absolute favorite audiobooks.
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jodai posted:I dont think I would have ever known about that and it was great. I only recognized Connor from I Think You Should Leave but this was pretty amazing. Glad ya liked it! It's pretty crazy knowing that he is a writer for things such as Joe Pera Talks with you as well as how to with John Wilson, but then all of his skits are fever dreams. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLiCHIrXTjA
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jodai posted:I dont think I would have ever known about that and it was great. I only recognized Connor from I Think You Should Leave but this was pretty amazing. I say watch this if you liked Connor. https://youtu.be/pQs26c1klAU?si=sVfN7JvFfQCXIoit
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John Mulaney has a six episode Netflix talk show and on the first episode he has the most awkward Ray J interview that goes on forever and ever. His first guest is Seinfeld and he says not a single funny thing.
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The monologues are great, that first segment on Los Angeles for outsiders was 100%. The guests are... uneven. I have no idea how Seinfeld was involved with the writing of Seinfeld the TV show.
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DR FRASIER KRANG posted:John Mulaney has a six episode Netflix talk show and on the first episode he has the most awkward Ray J interview that goes on forever and ever. Ether Frenzy posted:The monologues are great, that first segment on Los Angeles for outsiders was 100%. The guests are... uneven. I have no idea how Seinfeld was involved with the writing of Seinfeld the TV show. I hate Seinfeld as a comedian and as a person. He just seems like such a smug, self-satisfied, superior, dismissive douche, and that was really on display on Everybody's In L.A. I can't stand how he comes across in all these articles whining about how "nobody can make jokes anymore" – not that he was ever an edgy or boundary-pushing comic (although he definitely acts like a dick who is above it all). Binging Curb Your Enthusiasm earlier this year convinced me that Jerry was the weakest link of the show Seinfeld. It was great in spite of him, not because of him. Mulaney's talk show was a crazy high wire act, and my wife and I both loved it. It's rare when you sit down to watch a TV show where literally anything can happen, and it has that element of surprise. Atlanta was like that, and so was the newer season of Twin Peaks, but very little else – and especially not the calculated late night talk shows or SNL. It was so much fun! Not everything worked, but it was refreshing to see them throw poo poo and the wall and see what stuck, just doing things they thought would be funny or interesting. Some of the greatest joys were the local experts brought in to talk about the big L.A. topic of each episode. Most of them were engaging and more interesting to spend time with than the comedians in town for the comedy festival, who didn't contribute much. The big exception was Mulaney's creepy hypnotist friend with the bad wig and thick spray tan, who took himself way too seriously. But Marcia Clark was a charming and fascinating guest who could probably carry her own talk show, and Cassandra Peterson (Elvira herself, at age 72) was delightful and glamorous. It seemed like Sarah Silverman gave her attitude, probably feeling a bit threatened. Everybody's In L.A. also had great musical guests: Warren G doing "Regulate," Beck doing "Loser," and Weezer opening and closing one episode with songs from the Blue Album – all 30 years old this year. The Wang Chung theme song was awesome back when the movie To Live and Die in L.A. first came out in 1985, and I never got tired of it before every episode of this show.
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