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I've never heard any of her stuff. Is she unfunny in a Norm McDonald kind of way, where the joke is only unfunny if you're not listening or if you're expecting some sort of "Git 'r done!" at the end, or is she just genuinely boring and unfunny?
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I don't really remember - this was at the live Comedy Bang Bang show, where a bunch of comedians come up for 15 minutes or so over two hours. She kind of blended it with everyone else, but I remember her seeming sour and annoyed that the audience wasn't responding the way she wanted. It wasn't a great show overall, though, and the crowd was weird, so I'm willing to give her another shot.
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Jul 15, 2011 19:47
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SpacePig posted:I've never heard any of her stuff. Is she unfunny in a Norm McDonald kind of way, where the joke is only unfunny if you're not listening or if you're expecting some sort of "Git 'r done!" at the end, or is she just genuinely boring and unfunny? It's a lot like her podcast persona, her humor is really dry and she's got an "alternative comedy" style. Here's one of my favorite bits: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beO_bXTXsJc She does great impressions too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmZDmnXYo_8
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Jul 15, 2011 20:02
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SpacePig posted:I've never heard any of her stuff. Is she unfunny in a Norm McDonald kind of way, where the joke is only unfunny if you're not listening or if you're expecting some sort of "Git 'r done!" at the end, or is she just genuinely boring and unfunny? Her act is the "emperor's new clothes" of comedy. There's nothing funny there.
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Jul 15, 2011 20:20
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Tig was really funny on the Sarah Silverman Program. But I agree about the latest Doug Loves Movies appearance, it felt boring and I actually zoned out.
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Jul 15, 2011 20:35
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The latest episode of BJ Shea's Geek Nation is up! Episode 5 for those counting! http://www2.kisw.com/listen/category/BJ+Shea+Geek+Nation The full episode is available as the first link. The next four links below it are the show segments broken up, for easier consumption! We cover some movie news, games being released soon, and comic books as well!
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Jul 15, 2011 21:00
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Does anybody happen to know what that song playing during the first episode of This American Wife is?
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Jul 15, 2011 21:04
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-Atom- posted:Tig was really funny on the Sarah Silverman Program. I dig Tig but she was pretty flat on DLM, yea. I think the problem was she was surrounded by people the opposite of her, so it really highlighted the dryness of her humor and made her feel dull.
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Jul 15, 2011 21:07
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shotgunbadger posted:I think the problem was she was surrounded by people the opposite of her comedians? 
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Jul 15, 2011 21:34
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Do people really not like Tig this much? I have found her funny every time I have heard her. Good One Robot is also the best.
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Jul 15, 2011 22:05
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The_Rob posted:Do people really not like Tig this much? I have found her funny every time I have heard her. Good One Robot is also the best.
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Jul 15, 2011 22:42
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The_Rob posted:Do people really not like Tig this much? I have found her funny every time I have heard her. Good One Robot is also the best. Maybe some people just find awkward silences funnier than other people do. The painfully unfunny becomes funny because it's uncomfortable. For example, I recently watched that Zack Galfinakis special but had to turn it off because it seemed like one endless awkward bit where the only punchline was making some old dude in the front row feel uncomfortable. I find the uncomfortable to be uncomfortable rather than humorous when it's not particularly thought provoking. Perhaps someone that enjoys that kind of humor can do a better job of analyzing than I can. I love Norm McDonald's humor and I don't equate the styles. Civil posted:If good one robot is the best she has to offer, that's a pretty weak repertoire. It's better than disassembling other comedian's jokes to the point that she sucks the funny out of them, but that's not saying a whole lot. I don't even think it's hers. Didn't Hot Saucerman coin that one during an old CDR in response to her saying "good one" in her normal tone? NotWearingPants fucked around with this message at 22:53 on Jul 15, 2011 |
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Jul 15, 2011 22:49
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Derailing is ok in small amounts. Scott usually does it to some extent when Andy Daly is on and it's usually pretty funny. But to me using it as your chief gimmick, especially in a show centered around improv like CBB, it gets kind of old. She's basically a giant "no, but" with rarely anything else to add to the bit. She does have some ok bits and jokes of her own, though.
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Jul 15, 2011 22:57
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The_Rob posted:Do people really not like Tig this much? I have found her funny every time I have heard her. Good One Robot is also the best. I'd actually like a legit breakdown why people so violently suck off Norm but apparently Tig is literally the worst thing.
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Jul 15, 2011 22:58
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shotgunbadger posted:I'd actually like a legit breakdown why people so violently suck off Norm but apparently Tig is literally the worst thing. I think I'm on the exact same page as notwearingpants, as I hate Tig and love Norm. I also don't care for Zach. Norm does not try to disarm other people's jokes. His humor isn't flat. He has a few zany go-to bits (crack whore) that he likes to use, but he has excellent timing and is fast on his feet. Check youtube for impressions of Bob Dole, Larry King, or Bert Reynolds, or find the clip of him on Conan where he's discussing a Carrot Top movie called "Chairman of the Board". Norm can kill when he's on his game. I've never seen Tig deliver anything near this level of funny. Or any at all. I get that she might have a target audience, but it's not even on a high intellectual level.
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Jul 15, 2011 23:04
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shotgunbadger posted:I'd actually like a legit breakdown why people so violently suck off Norm but apparently Tig is literally the worst thing. I really think it's because Norm still keeps this wink wink this a joke thing. Which isn't bad it is just his comedic style. While Tig plays it pretty straight and doesn't let up.
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Jul 15, 2011 23:07
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shotgunbadger posted:I'd actually like a legit breakdown why people so violently suck off Norm but apparently Tig is literally the worst thing. Because Tig and Norm MacDonald are the same exact people you see.
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Jul 15, 2011 23:12
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-Atom- posted:Because Tig and Norm MacDonald are the same exact people you see. GOOD ONE
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Jul 15, 2011 23:16
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Civil posted:I think I'm on the exact same page as notwearingpants, as I hate Tig and love Norm. I also don't care for Zach. Alright I can see the logic in this. Personally I like both but don't really adore either one to a super degree, so it just seemed odd to me how there was such a gap.
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Jul 15, 2011 23:39
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Civil posted:Norm... has excellent timing. Norm doesn't have timing, he doesn't have a cadence, I don't even think he knows when he's going to say the punchline. That's part of what makes the payoffs for his jokes so great. Seriously, watch his last special and come back and tell me there's any kind of even semi-consciousness to that timing.
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Jul 16, 2011 00:48
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-Atom- posted:Nia getting more airtime on the Monday Morning Podcast is something I'm very pleased with. Agreein' wit dis and also adding my suprise that Nia is black but not because I found out on the internet or something, I was just listening to the podcast today and had never heard her talk as much as she did on this episode so about halfway through I was like "whoa I think she's black. go 'head Bill" and then here this picture is
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Jul 16, 2011 00:48
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Did anybody figure out who the celebrity was in Callen's story on Rogan's podcast?
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Jul 16, 2011 00:51
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The_Rob posted:Do people really not like Tig this much? I have found her funny every time I have heard her. Good One Robot is also the best.
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Jul 16, 2011 02:19
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WoG posted:Don't worry, man, we're not alone. I just tend to not listen to podcasts I don't like, rather than whining and whining and whining and whining about them every single goddamned time they come out. Tig is awful and it's shocking that she's so well liked by real comedians. She's the opposite of humor. She is a comedy vampire who sucks the funny out of those around her until they are sad and grey and dead.
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Jul 16, 2011 02:55
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King Lou posted:I just posted some older episodes of Lou Reads Podcast in YouTube form I honestly sat in my chair gagging during the reading of the prolapse thread. I also like imagining that people are searching YouTube for advice on how to use their Mac and decide to click through to your channel and get to experience the wonders of the PeeSearch forums.
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Jul 16, 2011 03:26
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t3ch3 posted:I honestly sat in my chair gagging during the reading of the prolapse thread. So I can't interest you in putting a penis pump on your rear end in a top hat, then? Thats a shame... I had actually forgotten about how awful that one was. Ah, memories... New episode of Lou Reads is up. http://loureads.com/2011/07/15/lou-reads-tales-of-best-and-worst-break-ups/ New music and other stuff...
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soru posted:Tig is awful and it's shocking that she's so well liked by real comedians. She's the opposite of humor. She is a comedy vampire who sucks the funny out of those around her until they are sad and grey and dead. Isn't that what people who do anti comedy are supposed to do? Maybe all of the comedians who like her know something you don't.
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Jul 16, 2011 05:17
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I think Tig's standup is pretty awesome, sometimes even brilliant, but she's not really dazzling on PBO or as a podcast guest.
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Jul 16, 2011 05:18
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The_Rob posted:Isn't that what people who do anti comedy are supposed to do? Maybe all of the comedians who like her know something you don't. I think that's why she's frustrating for a lot of people, and why said people keep giving it one more chance to see what all the fuss is about. Various comedians say that 10 people are hilarious. Everyone agrees on 9 of them, or at least understand that, "Maybe I don't personally like numbers 3 or 7, but I can understand why others would find that style funny." It's only with number Tig that so many of us are scratching our heads and saying, "I just don't get it, but maybe she's some sort of Andy Kaufman genius and I just haven't deciphered it yet, so I'll keep listening as long as I can stand it as she shows up on yet another otherwise funny podcast." I've heard that damned Taylor Dayne routine performed in a dozen different variations, and as sort of her classic, signature bit, I can't understand why any of it is funny or even entertaining.
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Jul 16, 2011 07:20
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I was listening to one of the earlier eps of We Hate Movies when they plugged another bad movie podcast, Proudly Resents. I've listened to 2 eps so far and its pretty good, sort of like a West Coast (yo) version of The Flop House. I'm just listening to the episode with Al Madrigal and some guy who was in some Uwe Boll movies.
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Jul 17, 2011 03:20
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Anyone remember an episode of The Best Show where Scharpling ranted about the musical/movie Rent? Added difficulty, might not have been The Best Show, but I'm pretty sure it was him.
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Jul 17, 2011 05:10
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Maarak posted:Anyone remember an episode of The Best Show where Scharpling ranted about the musical/movie Rent? Added difficulty, might not have been The Best Show, but I'm pretty sure it was him. I feel like I need to hear this. I've been listening to a lot of his past shows lately, and the show he did before he took his recent 6 week hiatus was one of the funniest things I've heard in a long time. fake edit: September 7th, 2010. He is so goddamn funny when he's miserable. His comeback show had his best Spike hang up. "Schaaaaaarpli-" "WFMU you're on the air."
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Jul 17, 2011 06:58
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Maarak posted:Anyone remember an episode of The Best Show where Scharpling ranted about the musical/movie Rent? Added difficulty, might not have been The Best Show, but I'm pretty sure it was him. Might it have been an 'A bit of a chat' with Scharpling?
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soru posted:Tig is awful and it's shocking that she's so well liked by real comedians. She's the opposite of humor. She is a comedy vampire who sucks the funny out of those around her until they are sad and grey and dead. I felt the same way about her. It's like having a real-life Daria sitting in the room being dismissive and smug while everyone else is trying to be funny. And I wouldn't mind that so much were it not for the fact that people like Scott Aukerman and Paul F. Tompkins seem to like her so much. I have to sit there thinking, "PFT is an extremely clever, funny guy and he loves her.. but she's unpleasant and not funny.. but she must be if he likes her.. but.." On the plus side, it makes PFT's appreciation of Jen Kirkman seem less baffling in comparison.
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Jul 17, 2011 16:27
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xdrquinnx posted:On the plus side, it makes PFT's appreciation of Jen Kirkman seem less baffling in comparison. There are people who don't like Jen Kirkman?
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xdrquinnx posted:I felt the same way about her. It's like having a real-life Daria sitting in the room being dismissive and smug while everyone else is trying to be funny. And I wouldn't mind that so much were it not for the fact that people like Scott Aukerman and Paul F. Tompkins seem to like her so much. I have to sit there thinking, "PFT is an extremely clever, funny guy and he loves her.. but she's unpleasant and not funny.. but she must be if he likes her.. but.."
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Jul 17, 2011 17:38
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Maarak posted:There are people who don't like Jen Kirkman? 
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Jul 17, 2011 20:35
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I like Tig. But it's also cool if people don't like the things I like and like other things instead. I think it's a good way to be. Or does that just make me someone who's to afraid to pick a side? On a side note. I finally got caught up on my podcasts (I have dial-up so I have to go somewhere to download them) the live MBMBAM was awesome (although the sound could've used some work) once I got used to it was great.
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Jul 17, 2011 21:13
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Groucho Marxist posted:I've seen a few people wish that her calls weren't on the Tompkast. They are mega wrong though According to twitter (as if anyone on here isn't following PFT and Kirkman) she's found a copy of her cornflakes commercial that she talked about a couple of months back. Apparently a concerted effort is being made to transfer it to the internet.
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e: ^^^^^didn't see this before I posted. Nice!^^^^^Maarak posted:There are people who don't like Jen Kirkman? I, for one, love Jen Kirkman. She can go a little crazy on the Twitter sometimes though.
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