The problem I have with Dave is he no longer focuses on comedy for the sake of being funny. Most of his stuff in recent years has been more political or centered more towards the controversies surrounding him, which is understandable.
There was a time when I thought he was the best of the best but now I think there's several people that have surpassed him when it comes to pure stand up comedy. He's still elite status because he's earned it but I'd really like to see him go back to his roots and just do pure stand up.
The problem I have with Dave is he no longer focuses on comedy for the sake of being funny. Most of his stuff in recent years has been more political or centered more towards the controversies surrounding him, which is understandable.
There was a time when I thought he was the best of the best but now I think there's several people that have surpassed him when it comes to pure stand up comedy. He's still elite status because he's earned it but I'd really like to see him go back to his roots and just do pure stand up.
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he tries to talk politics and about how and what people need but he's lost proper perspective to be able to do that properly because he's lived in the chappelle bubble for the last few decades
absolutely love the guy, listend to his standup all through college all the time
i've watched half baked more than perhaps any other movie
i was there for the cultural zeitgeist that was the chappelles show, was going to school in dc at the time and distinctly recall watching the new episode and then going out later that night and drunk people would be screaming lines from that night's show on the sidewalks and everyone else giving thunderous approval
i remember trying to order something at the bar and if the bartender couldn't hear you, you'd yelll "What?" and then he'd just respond with "OK!" and then you'd both be laughing about it and he'd literally just guess what you wanted and give your round on the house because the moment was so great that you wouldn't even want to ruin it by going back to the original conversation of "what do you want to drink"
it was so bad that I actually begin to exploit that, every time i went to a new bar, no matter what, I'd yell "what?" in the littlejohn voice just hoping it elicited that same free round montage again and it genuinely worked often enough that it became my things and it worked all semester - was deeply saddened when it stopped being a magical formula to unlock free drinks and just became me loudly imitating a now scale comedy bit that everyone was sick of
like we have an entire generation for which all discussions of couches will elicit this image
never seen anything like that, where anything in our culture had such a dominant grip on day to day living and interactions of people
as big as taylor swift is today (and i don't think there's ever been anyone more famous than she is right now) she never had the kind of direct influence on people's interactions the way Chappelle did when chappelles show was live
dave will always have a special place in my heart, i'm always going to listen to everything he has to say, but his recent stuff has been interesting, but not really funny, just the intersting quips of someone's perspective from a bubble that i could never possibly envision living within
Thought the Ricky Gervais one was weak sauce. Similar to Chapelle, he seems to care more about being edgy and offensive more than actually telling funny jokes.
Thought the Ricky Gervais one was weak sauce. Similar to Chapelle, he seems to care more about being edgy and offensive more than actually telling funny jokes.
Agreed. His is comedy just to offend cancel culture.
Watched the first 15 minutes of the new Gervais special, didn't crack a smile once. Nothing but hackey unoriginal whining about "wokesters." It was like a long winded facebook post from your cranky old uncle who's rustled about kids these days.
I was and still am a huge fan of The Office and Extras. Sad to see yet another great unique comedy career falling apart.
Who do we have left over 40 who hasn't turned into a crabby old hack who thinks nonstop unfunny whining about wokesters and cancel culture is edgy and cool? Brian Regan?
Jimmy Carr was funny to me on the UK show clips I'd seen, but holy ****, his standup is horrendous.
mate of mine saw him standing in line at a polling booth some years ago waiting to vote, and apparently jimmy caught the eye of some official and loudly requested to be escorted to the VIP area. have always liked him since hearing that
Watched the first 15 minutes of the new Gervais special, didn't crack a smile once. Nothing but hackey unoriginal whining about "wokesters." It was like a long winded facebook post from your cranky old uncle who's rustled about kids these days.
I was and still am a huge fan of The Office and Extras. Sad to see yet another great unique comedy career falling apart.
Who do we have left over 40 who hasn't turned into a crabby old hack who thinks nonstop unfunny whining about wokesters and cancel culture is edgy and cool? Brian Regan?
My latest crowd work obsession is Phil Hanley. This guy is just so good at it, surprised he was only mentioned once and several years ago.
Been watching Tosh Show podcast on YT and that's pretty good also. Just interviews random people from his life, but Tosh is such a pro they're almost always good episodes.
David Cross has a new podcast as well. It’s called “Senses Working Overtime” and it’s really good. I think there’s been 6 episodes. Bob Odenkirk was the first, then Jason Bateman, followed by Steve-O, and the latest 2 were Marc Maron and Janeane Garofalo.
Most of it follows the standard podcast format but depending on the guest, it often becomes a “yes, and” masterclass. Especially with the 4th guest, which I didn’t mention above. Her name is Jo Firestone and I’ve never seen or heard of her before the episode. It was 80 minutes of off the cuff improv and neither of them broke. It’s was kind of amazing. I kept waiting for it to “start” because the beginnings of the first episodes did the same. But it kept going. And going. And going. It’s one of those things where it won’t be for most people, but if it is for you, you’ll love it!
Been watching Tosh Show podcast on YT and that's pretty good also. Just interviews random people from his life, but Tosh is such a pro they're almost always good episodes.
I always liked him and I’m enjoying his podcast on YT. I thought the most recent one with his stylist was entertaining; there’s something endearing about her.
And there's was some sort of incident at a comedy club during Mark Normands set a couple days ago, while being filmed for air, some people walked across the stage, were escorted out by security(?).
Then Mark was escorted out.
Then they shut down the club and made people leave.
The latest news is that its was something with the production company doing some sort of viral marketing or skit.
I don't think that's the reason, from the Instagram video it looked like a serious incident but I'm sure they don't want to let people know how bad it might be and nobody wants to go to see live comedy if there's a lack in security.
Just watched it, really odd
Thought at first it was just an idiot trying to get a photo, but seems he was being chased by security already, then evacuating Mark and the audience…
Maybe just over-zealous security? I’m definitely interested to find out.
In a statement provided to USA TODAY, Normand said "no one was harmed or injured" during his performance and that "the disruption was part of a planned 'surprise' activity by show producers, HiHi." But Normand said he had "no prior knowledge that this was going to happen."
Shane's certainly aware of what he should do on the 24th. We'll have to see if he actually will pull a lil Norm tribute off or not. I don't see how he can't tbh so it's just a matter of how probably.
