Agree 100%. Oddball was my first time seeing him live and I was pleasantly surprised. More personal, dare I say poignant at times, and none of that Hollywood fake hip hop persona I've seen him do (in specials and such).

I've only seen standup special from Anzari. I don't remember which one it was on Netflix, but probably not Oddball because it was that Hollywood fake hip hop persona. (which is pretty much Parks and Rec, but imo it works as a sitcom character)

Saw Bill Burr in Indy on saturday and he absolutely killed. obv all new material which was easily on par with any of his specials. Paul Virzi and Joe Bartnik opened for him. Virzi was good, Bartnik had me rolling.

Just saw Bill Burr tonight in Milwaukee. This post is exactly correct.

He had 2 shows. I had tickets to the later because of work. It started 45 minutes late... Bill spent the first 10 minutes berating some guy who tweeted him that it was bull**** he had to stand in line, in the rain. Awesome stuff.

I was also at this show! Really incredible stuff, his ability to work a crowd is something else. Definitely further cemented his place as my favorite comedian.

Virzi and Bartnik were also great. I slightly preferred Virzi, but I think part of that just might've been that the crowd took awhile to adjust to Bartnik's energy.

Saw Matt braunger last night in a small basement venue. A few lulls, I think he was probably trying some stuff, but one of the better performers I've seen live and he had some really good bits. Great physicality without using it to sell the jokes.

A guy named Shane Torres middled and was also really good imo.

Coolest thing about headlining at Caroline's is that I'm doing it right after my comedy hero Norm MacDonald.




If you guys are in the NY area, and want to come to the show, tickets are available here.

Awesome to see, gl!

That's great! Hope it goes well.

I bet Norm takes a dump in the green room and leaves it for ya, sort of a welcome present

Anyone checking out John Mulaney's new special? Goes live (at least for me) in about an hour. I'm pretty psyched. His first album and first special were both really great. And after that debacle of a sitcom, I'm guessing he had a lot of **** to work out.

I saw him at Oddball last month, so I assume he'll be doing the stuff he did there. He has a really damn funny bit about Trump, and being married.

Just got back from Bill Burr's show at Madison Square Garden. Holy hell. I hope this was filmed because it's some of his best work. He has a Kanye/Hitler bit that had the entire place dying and going "ohhhhhhh" at the same time. He ended up saying he felt like going long, and went for another 20 minutes with a Gorilla assassination bit that was possibly better than any of his planned material. So good. Assuming his next special is on this level, it'll firmly plant him in the list of GOATs (already there, in my opinion).

Caught the tail end of Joe Deroza's act just before bill, and he was pretty good as well. He had a great R. Kelly/Michael Jackson bit that was brutal. Paraphrasing, but it went something like "Michael got hated on because his last few albums sucked. If Michael's last album was as good as Thriller, he could have come out on stage with a kid on each finger and nobody would give a ****."

i got jim jefferies tickets for april again. that'll be the third consecutive year i've seen him at this venue, awesome to see him put out a new hour every year without fail.

John Mulaney Netflix special was fantastic

jelly. It seems like he's not coming to Phoenix or Tucson in forever . Same for Burr.

Anybody recommend a good offensive comic that isn't Chappelle, Jefferies, Burr, or Jeselnik?

they are no longer alive and I'm not sure they qualify as "offensive" but since u like burr jefferies n chappelle you should def check out patrice o neal n greg giraldo.

two of the all time greats.


u may also like doug stanhope

Second. I've been listening to some old Opie n Anthony podcasts with Patrice ONeal just going on for hours and hours and it's some of the funniest **** I've ever heard in my life. The man could've been an all time great.

Giraldo, too. Both are humongous losses to the world of comedy.

I loved the whole "why buy the cow" bit.

Jimmy Carr, Frankie Boyle

When Burr dropped into the Comic Strip in March he worked on the Kanye and Gorilla bits. They were good back then, so I'm sure they're killers now. Here's my report on that night.


I loved this special. The cow bit was my favorite part - perfectly written.

Sam Morril, who opened for me at Caroline's (), is fairly offensive. Check out his Comedy Central half hour that just aired a few weeks ago. Here's the offensive joke he closes with, for example:

I realize the definition of "offensive" varies, but I highly recommend Tom Segura and Chad Daniels.

Robert Schimmel

I watched this:



He seems like the best person ever. Looking forward to watching some of his stuff now

elephant in the room is one of the GOAT specials ever.

also big +1 to tom segura can't believe I forgot him.