Stand-Up Comedy

midnight rain · 01-23-2010, 07:46 PM

Anyone else a huge fan?

My favorites:

George Carlin (best there ever was)
Mike Birbiglia
Demitri Martin
Richard Pryor
Jim Gaffigan
Bill Hicks
Bill Burr
Arj Barker

Blue Collar Comedy Tour was pretty funny too, except Larry the Cable Guy.

jackhammer · 01-23-2010, 08:05 PM

There is a few of these threads but what the hell! my fave 'man' moment:

TheBig3 · 11-21-2010, 08:53 PM

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Originally Posted by jackhammer

There is a few of these threads but what the hell! my fave 'man' moment:

Can we merge them?

midnight rain · 01-23-2010, 08:08 PM

My bad if there's already been one

How not to handle a heckler:

As much as I love Bill, he had a pretty weak response to the heckler.

How TO handle a heckler:

~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ · 10-17-2010, 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Tuna

My bad if there's already been one

How not to handle a heckler:

As much as I love Bill, he had a pretty weak response to the heckler.

How was it "weak"? It was over-the-top and completely stream-of-consciousness, I found it to not only be funny but very satisfying. It's what anyone would have done if they didn't have the social mechanisms to stop themselves. Completely unleashed at her. Better than Carlin's response, I think.

That whole performance is funny. Later on she starts up again and he tells her boyfriend "Sir, will you stick your **** in her mouth and shut her up?". He goes off on a huge rant later when someone shouts "Freebird". I find it to be very entertaining because he bombs so much but doesn't care, he knows it's funny and I know it's funny. The audience were just expecting all **** jokes.

LoathsomePete · 10-17-2010, 11:05 PM

I think had Youtube existed back when Bill did that show, he would have ended with a fate similar to Michael Richards.

midnight rain · 10-18-2010, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Conan

How was it "weak"? It was over-the-top and completely stream-of-consciousness, I found it to not only be funny but very satisfying. It's what anyone would have done if they didn't have the social mechanisms to stop themselves. Completely unleashed at her. Better than Carlin's response, I think.

That whole performance is funny. Later on she starts up again and he tells her boyfriend "Sir, will you stick your **** in her mouth and shut her up?". He goes off on a huge rant later when someone shouts "Freebird". I find it to be very entertaining because he bombs so much but doesn't care, he knows it's funny and I know it's funny. The audience were just expecting all **** jokes.

So expletive-filled rants with no meaning, wit or cleverness to them is something to aspire to? I think a middle schooler is capable of that. I find bombing to be just that, bombing.

~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ · 10-18-2010, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Tuna

So expletive-filled rants with no meaning, wit or cleverness to them is something to aspire to? I think a middle schooler is capable of that. I find bombing to be just that, bombing.

I didn't say he was funny that night.

midnight rain · 10-18-2010, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Conan

I didn't say he was funny that night.

Actually, you did:

Quote:

How was it "weak"? It was over-the-top and completely stream-of-consciousness, I found it to not only be funny but very satisfying. It's what anyone would have done if they didn't have the social mechanisms to stop themselves. Completely unleashed at her. Better than Carlin's response, I think.

That whole performance is funny. Later on she starts up again and he tells her boyfriend "Sir, will you stick your **** in her mouth and shut her up?". He goes off on a huge rant later when someone shouts "Freebird". I find it to be very entertaining because he bombs so much but doesn't care, he knows it's funny and I know it's funny. The audience were just expecting all **** jokes.

pourmeanother · 01-23-2010, 09:23 PM

Zach Galifianakis
Ben Bailey
Demitri Martin
Dave Chappelle
Jim Gaffigan
Mitch Hedberg
Mary Lynn Rajskub (I'm in love)
Richard Pryor
...more...

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midnight rain Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1,711	Stand-Up Comedy Anyone else a huge fan? My favorites: George Carlin (best there ever was) Mike Birbiglia Demitri Martin Richard Pryor Jim Gaffigan Bill Hicks Bill Burr Arj Barker Blue Collar Comedy Tour was pretty funny too, except Larry the Cable Guy.

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LoathsomePete Cardboard Box Realtor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hobb's End Posts: 7,648	I think had Youtube existed back when Bill did that show, he would have ended with a fate similar to Michael Richards.