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07-17-2010 , 12:20 PM
you're going to put cross in there, and not chris rock? cross's last two albums were sub-par and it took him 5 years between albums. there's absolutely no way that chris rock doesn't compare, given that rock did an hour and a half special just two years ago.
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07-17-2010 , 02:45 PM
I thought Rock's newest special (Kill The Messenger) was pretty bad, I remember watching it when it came out and rarely laughing. Cross is very good, but he does have some pretty terrible political bits that are didactic and only funny if you have his specific world view. I always felt Cross could have turned either of the Paul F Tompkins albums into potential GOAT albums, because he is really good at doing bits around minutia.
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07-17-2010 , 03:33 PM
I'd like to throw Doug Stanhope's name into the ring as well. His No Refunds special is fantastic and somehow manages to make CK look like the happiest guy in America.

CK>>>>>>>>>>Oswalt>Stanhope
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07-17-2010 , 03:45 PM
I dig Chris Rock a lot. His first 2 specials were top notch. The other 2 were good. My issue with him is that most of the time, there are 2 big laughs a special and then a bunch of "Haha, that's true" and that's it.

Chappelle I think is close to the same league as CK in natural funnyness, but he's only had 1 special in 10 years. It was great, but that's about all he's had standup wise.

And yeah, Stanhope is phenomenal. He's a top 5'er for me easy. He's on his way to being the 5th name.

I'd probably go:

1. David Cross
2. Louis CK
3. Patton Oswalt
4. Doug Stanhope
5. Bill Hicks

These are just by who are my favorites, not who I think is the best.
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07-17-2010 , 05:26 PM
All of Brian Regan's material that I've seen has been top notch.
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07-18-2010 , 03:45 AM
David Cross is funny but a lot of his stuff is hacky and lazy. I saw a show where he did a 10 minute bit just reading from a sky mall catalog. ZOMG LOOK AT ALL THE SILLY PRODUCTS THEY SELL! Not exactly ground breaking stuff.
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07-18-2010 , 11:45 AM
There are a number of tremendous specials that people have done. Killing Them Softly by Chappelle and whatever Eddie Izzard's thing in San Fransisco was called were both brilliant. But neither of those guys really seem to be creating any new material these days.
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07-18-2010 , 12:10 PM
Reading from Sky Mall is hacky, but Cross has the perfect temperament to take it down and the time mug bit he did in his latest special killed.

Chappelle had to stop doing standup because people laughed at every joke he made post-Chappelle Show and he didn't know if he was funny anymore. There are stories of him going to comedy clubs and doing 8 hour sets, because that is the only way he could filter the audience down to people who would give decent feedback on his new material.
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07-18-2010 , 10:02 PM
Chapelle is still doing stand up. I saw him at the laugh factory a few months ago. He did a really bad 5 minutes before walking off in the middle of a set. He wasn't advertised as being there though so it was probably just a little extemporaneous thing. It was painfully bad material though.
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07-19-2010 , 01:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Xaston
All of Brian Regan's material that I've seen has been top notch.
about that...
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07-19-2010 , 01:50 AM
holy **** that bit about the purpose of sex was ****ing great

anyway really liking the show, very unique structure and style, kinda sketch/sitcom/drama. the fact that it's only 20mins long is a positive for it imo and i like how unstructured it appears to be, def leaves me wanting more but also hides the less funny moments because you're always wondering where it's going. quality has been great, if he can keep it up it'll be a really good series

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07-19-2010 , 02:29 PM
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about that...
What of his have you seen that you didn't find funny? I've seen his Comedy Central Presents and his 3 hour long specials and I thought they were all great. Anyone else here agree/disagree with me about him?
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07-19-2010 , 05:18 PM
I think he's really good. Like Jim Gaffigan. All of their stuff is solid and has decent replay value.
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07-20-2010 , 04:34 AM
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Chapelle is still doing stand up. I saw him at the laugh factory a few months ago. He did a really bad 5 minutes before walking off in the middle of a set. He wasn't advertised as being there though so it was probably just a little extemporaneous thing. It was painfully bad material though.
this is sad to hear. killing them softly and for what it's worth are both hilarious.
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07-20-2010 , 11:42 PM
Very surreal episode, I didn't enjoy it as much as the previous episodes. I'll give the standard "still better than 95% of TV" disclaimer but this one missed the mark imo.
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07-20-2010 , 11:58 PM
Pretty sure I just dreamed that episode.
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07-21-2010 , 03:58 AM
that was one of the funniest tv episodes i've ever seen.

I don't want to sound like an idiot here, but I'm 90% sure that IHOP scene was filmed at my local IHOP, which has the exact same parking lot, with the wooden fence, and the gas station that exact distance away, and the buildings across the highway looked very similar as well.


the building layout is exactly the same, as well!! omg
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07-21-2010 , 04:23 AM
first half of the episode was my favorite louie part so far. that was a perfect airport representation, laughed my ass off..

the alabama part however i found very awkward, and kinda gross.
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07-21-2010 , 05:33 AM
Anyone sing the theme song to themselves? Like others have said first half was amazing. The whole dying on the aeroplane had me rolling around.
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07-21-2010 , 09:18 AM
seinfeld-esque in structure... im a fan
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07-21-2010 , 09:49 AM
Enjoyed the first half second half was meh. The whole kiss me thing was pretty stupid and appeared it as just put in there for shock value.
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07-21-2010 , 10:43 AM
I thought the episode sucked. A few chuckles in the airport, but I mean come on another "wow air travel is crazy" routine? His stand-up bit about nobody's happy with technology is a hell of a lot more insightful about airplane travel. The second half in Alabama was awful. I didn't even crack a smile once.
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07-21-2010 , 11:05 AM
Very good interview with CK and Terry Gross on NPR
http://iamatvjunkie.typepad.com/i_am...ry-gross-.html

I thought this episode had some good concepts, but didn't pull them off as successfully as they should have. The opening bit with cab drivers doesn't really work given the tone of the rest of the episode. I thought CK was going to create some bizarro world where people go out of their ways to make sure horrific acts like waiting for a cab never happen to you. Instead it is a one off joke, that doesn't really fit in the the rest of the episode.

Some of the airplane stuff is really good. We see all these things annoying CK, but he never actually confronts anyone, which is much more true to life than most sitcoms/standup acts were the protagonist becomes the hero, by acting indignant. The other guy putting his laptop in the CK's bin, is a pretty great 5-10 second short film. The only catharsis we get is during the tag when CK loses it on this lady who can't get her bag in the overhead compartment.

The whole sketch is so deadpan by the end it feels very inert, eventhough it does give us some very funny moments, CK pretending not to look at the angry guy, "I use it too masturbate, it's designed for sex, but I just use it to help me masturbate"

I think there was a good concept for the bit in the south, but they ruined it looking for a climax. In general I think the show searches for climaxes too often, when it's unassuming nature allows them to build to a lot of anticlimaxes. Once the guy pulled the gun on CK all the work that went before it went out the window and it become pretty atypical and not all that funny.

Edit: How could I forget to mention Todd Glass.
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07-21-2010 , 05:55 PM
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The second half in Alabama was awful. I didn't even crack a smile once.
I think you mean the second half on Long Island!
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07-21-2010 , 06:28 PM
I just thought of it as silly and enjoyed it.
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