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Jefferies definitely got a little preachy in the home stretch but I thought the special was fairly enjoyable. Agree that the beginning was the strongest part though.

Agree.

The Bill Cosby bit was hilarious.

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07-09-2016 , 10:52 AM

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Yeti

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the main problem with the jefferies special is it was 90 minutes. it definitely needed some major tightening up but it's not really fair to compare it to 60 min specials.

the thing that annoyed me most was that it had such a meandering pace yet my fav bit from the live show was cut, so i'll just type it here:

Spoiler:

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07-10-2016 , 11:39 AM

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potato

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Originally Posted by Yeti

the main problem with the jefferies special is it was 90 minutes.

Nailed it.

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07-17-2016 , 07:23 AM

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aislephive

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I liked FreeDumb a lot, actually, but I'm a huge Jeffries fanboy.

Anybody heard of Gary Gulman? At work so no link but his brief appearance on Conan was legit great. Going to look up more of his stuff when I get home.

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07-17-2016 , 01:11 PM

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TheNoodleMan

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Anybody heard of Gary Gulman? At work so no link but his brief appearance on Conan was legit great. Going to look up more of his stuff when I get home.

I opened for Gary Gulman last year. He is absolutely incredible live. He has an amazing ability to veer off on a 5 minute tangent and loop back around to the orginal storlyline (you can kind of see it briefly here with the omelette station, but in an hour set he can wander much more.)

He is the best comic I've ever worked with. I can't recommend him highly enough.

His most recent special, It’s About Time, is on Netflix.

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07-17-2016 , 01:14 PM

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I've listened to 2-3 of his albums, and enjoyed them much more than I thought I would.

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07-17-2016 , 02:19 PM

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Sick brag, congrats! I'll check his Netflix special out tonight.

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07-17-2016 , 03:04 PM

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fragglestickcar

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Wow, this was great. Hard to be that funny and squeaky clean.

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07-17-2016 , 03:54 PM

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downswinger

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Just watching the second tom Segura special bases on this thread. Pretty funny not too much gets lost in translation.

Got bill burr tickets for Sept.

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07-17-2016 , 09:28 PM

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potato

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Just learned about Gulman yesterday (same Conan clip), will def check out his special on Netflix.

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07-26-2016 , 01:56 PM

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DC11GTR

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David Cross has a new special out on the 5th. Been awhile since he had one so hopefully it's good.

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07-26-2016 , 08:55 PM

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on my way out the door to go see bill burr perform at the trepany house!!!
been almost a year since i've seen him live.

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08-24-2016 , 04:48 AM

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Stanhope has a new special coming on 9/15!!! Some streaming thing called Seeso?? Whatever. Can't wait!!

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08-24-2016 , 11:06 AM

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Umcle Diddler

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Stanhope has a new special coming on 9/15!!! Some streaming thing called Seeso?? Whatever. Can't wait!!

Seeso actuallly has some decent stuff on it. It's NBC's online wannabe Comedy Central. If you get a trial sub for the Stanhope special be sure to check out Big Jay Oakerson's all crowd work series called "What's your ****in Deal?" As expected w/ a crowd work show it has it's ups and downs but the highs are pretty ****ing awesome.

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08-24-2016 , 01:20 PM

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movieman2g

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Seeing Louie at MSG in a couple weeks
Seeing Daniel Kitson in NYC in November

pretty stoked for both

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08-24-2016 , 02:40 PM

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Faluzure

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John Oliver tomorrow night. Rory Scovel in September, Tig Notaro in October (and possibly Dylan Moran), Hannibal in November.

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08-28-2016 , 10:56 AM

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John Oliver tomorrow night. Rory Scovel in September, Tig Notaro in October (and possibly Dylan Moran), Hannibal in November.

John Oliver was great, Brooks Whelan opened and I thought he was very good as well. Heard some of both of their material before (Brooks on Put Your Hands Together, Oliver I think from his stand up show on cc a few years back). Still a phenomenal show.

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08-28-2016 , 01:09 PM

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Arito.v2

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Originally Posted by movieman2g

Seeing Louie at MSG in a couple weeks
Seeing Daniel Kitson in NYC in November

pretty stoked for both

Saw Louis CK in Amsterdam a week or so ago. While I like the show, I think the venues are way too big. I'm basically looking at the screen the whole night and I did not have bad seats.

Much prefer comedy club venues, and don't think I'll ever go see comedians in stadium-type venues again.

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08-28-2016 , 04:55 PM

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Never been to a big comedy show and just got tickets for Jim Gaffigan at Just For Laughs Toronto. Pumped! Pretty expensive though at roughly $300 for a pair of mediocre tickets. Thinking of getting Jim Jefferies for the week before too, as it's a bit cheaper, but getting into the city is a pain.

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08-28-2016 , 06:56 PM

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Yeti

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Originally Posted by movieman2g

Seeing Louie at MSG in a couple weeks
Seeing Daniel Kitson in NYC in November

pretty stoked for both

jealous. i actually had a really vivid dream about daniel kitson last night, presumably because before bed i was reading lots about his shows at the edinburgh fringe. i really miss being in england and being able to go to all his stuff.

this year hasn't been all that great a year to be a comedy fan in australia. i don't have a ton of shows coming up, but hannibal tickets for december went on sale last week and i got some. nice surprise, and my favourite venue too.

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08-28-2016 , 11:58 PM

#1871

hornykiss

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Bill Burr

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08-31-2016 , 02:05 PM

#1872

movieman2g

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Yeah it's been a few years since kitson came to NY so I'm pretty excited

Also just added Patton and Tig to my lineup

Shaping up to be a great fall

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08-31-2016 , 03:12 PM

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DC11GTR

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I'm really curious what direction Patton's work will be taking now that his wife passed. His first stage appearances could be pretty intense.

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09-02-2016 , 10:47 PM

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movieman2g

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Yeah I thought about that too. I don't know if he's been out since then at all, I'd assume he's done some small clubs leading up to the NY comedy festival

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09-04-2016 , 04:05 AM

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Yeti

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kitson was in NYC in last year fwiw

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/20...moving-british

all of these NYC performance in recent years are plays, not standup, though i assume you know that. sign up to his mailing list if you're not on it already so you don't miss anything going forward. it's always a pretty fun read.

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