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Volume posted:I have a few questions about this. What's the right way to write stand-up comedy? I have a friend interested in going to an open mic night to showcase some stand-up comedy. I read what he has written and while it is very funny, I personally don't think it'll translate well to the stage. If either of you can track down the Talking Funny special that HBO recently aired (with Ricky Gervais, Louis CK, Chris Rock and Jerry Seinfeld) it's well worth watching (one applicable takeaway to your concerns would be Chris Rock's line about how at the end of the day stand-up needs jokes. "Henny Youngman's got to be involved somewhere"). Three out of the four comedians are well worth listening to. Also, if he's not listening to Marc Maron's WTF podcast he probably should be; Patton Oswalt, Chris Rock and Louis CK all have some pretty good insight from what I remember, and if he's got any more favorite comedians Maron has probably interviewed them.
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ibntumart posted:These are the sort of people who read something law-related on the internet once, usually got it wrong, and nonetheless think they're legal experts somehow. I don't blame Patton for taking assholes like these down forcefully. They're also the sort of people who will act like giant assholes simply because there's no rule or law against it; they won't act like human beings unless they're forced to. I came in to post the Dave Anthony thing, and it says it all.
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caligulamprey posted:Apparently Second Show Friday is infamously terrible enough to warrant capitalizing the phrase. When I saw Louis C.K. it was the second Saturday performance and I thought it was great, although I have nothing to really compare it to (I was in the second balcony and everything was still crystal clear, which was awesome). Gary Gulman was the opener and did a great job, too.
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It's not super mindblowing (although I love the huge pause at the start of it that just goes on forever) but I definitely think he needed it, or something like it, up front with the rest of the "lighter" material given how heavy and dark he goes later (his joke about what happens to dead kids in heaven is one of the darker jokes I've ever heard).
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