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I'm a stand up comic and comedy fan. I've heard a lot of stand up. I've heard a lot of the same lines from different people. It isn't always necessarily joke theft. Maybe a little parallel thinking. Either way, there's a lot unoriginality. "The more you drink, the funnier we get" I've actually said this line on stage without irony thinking it's never been done before. There are some similar ones you usually hear road emcees close out a show with: "Don't drink and drive. You might spill your beer!" Which is I'm pretty sure a meme my parents used in the 80s. Fairly sure it's also a NOFX song. I've seen multiple comics do it unironically. Alternatively, there's "Go ahead and drink and drive. They can't catch us all! " Ugh Rap Lyrics make no sense when recited I see this bit done ALL THE TIME. Yup, rap lyrics often sound ridiculous when read by a white guy out of context. To a heckler: "Shut up, dad!" This is a really good comeback, at least whenever it was first done. I don't think every comic that does it ripped it off as the logic behind writing it isn't exactly out there, but it's been done. You can see Bill Hicks do it in the infamous video where he snapped in Chicago. Saying "HASHTAG" to tag a joke I thought this joke barely made sense when I FIRST heard it. "Never use WebMD because it'll say you have cancer" Very true. Very overused. "If someone says 'I'm not racist but...' you're about to hear something racist" Good point but it's been made. I don't know who did it first, but it wasn't this dude at this open mic. "My phone autocorrected a text I sent into something embarrassing" I don't know why people are still writing jokes about this. Granted the actual autocorrect is usually unique but the idea that autocorrect can lead to awkward texts is not novel. Patton did a bit about it when there weren't countless tumblr accounts about it and he actually had jokes that were insightful about it. Which leads me to a really bad premise: "This crazy homeless guy said something crazy to me" Again, the thing that they said is usually unique, but the overall experience isn't. And usually the joke is nothing but what the crazy person said without the comic providing any additional insight. At that point, they're just a lovely journalist recounting something that happened to them. Stand up is more than just what happened to you. It's about perspective. This is like the ultimate form of hackery or joke theft, except the joke is being stolen from the universe. There are soooo many more. What's your most hated ones? Double meta hack points if you say "What's the deal with airline food?" Stand up didn't stop being hack in the 80's.
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Those are all just terrible jokes, really.
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Jan 11, 2015 05:08
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That's the idea
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Jan 11, 2015 05:23
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It's not really a joke, but when a stand up comic tells the audience that they just had a kid/got married or anything else said to elicit some cheap, unearned applause. I remember Louis CK said something like this once and when the audience started clapping he told them to shut the gently caress up. Another comic said that he just had a kid, the audience started clapping, then he told them he just made it up. "Don't you feel stupid for clapping now?"
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Jan 11, 2015 05:40
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anyone who quotes seinfeld
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Jan 11, 2015 07:31
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Jokes about jokes about airline food. We get it, airline food jokes aren't funny. Neither are jokes about jokes about airline food.
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Jan 11, 2015 10:17
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I dislike it when comics pick some random woman in the front row to try to humiliate.
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Jan 11, 2015 14:22
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"She had a penis!"
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Jan 11, 2015 14:27
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I used to have my tv on comedy central like 24/7, and one gimmick I saw starting to pop up a lot was the incorporation of music into their act. I hated this crap. Assuming you can make them out, the lyrics were sometimes amusing, but either way the audience always seemed to feel obligated to give a round of applause after every little diddy they did. It just seemed like a cheap way to get applause. Most of the time it wasn't impressive musically or comically. Why are you clapping? Shut the gently caress up! Also, anytime a comic mentions any kind of drug or alcohol; automatic cheering. A comic could probably go up and just name a bunch of alcoholic beverages and the crowd would cheer until they're blue in the face. Maybe I hate the crowds more than the actual gimmicks, I dunno. I do hate when they mix music in though. gently caress that.
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Jan 11, 2015 14:39
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So stand up comics don't do this but it falls in the category of comedy and you kind of mentioned it in the OP, but I can't stand it when people do some acoustic cover of a rap song and act like it's the most hilarious poo poo in the world. Get over yourself. It's the equivalent of some comedian saying "thug life" after they tell some story of them doing something off-grain.
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Audience interaction is a thing that always annoys me. It's pointless at best, but when they single out some audience member and make fun of them it just makes me feel sorry for the victim. Particularly when it's a child and they don't get that they're being made fun of.Machaon posted:I used to have my tv on comedy central like 24/7, and one gimmick I saw starting to pop up a lot was the incorporation of music into their act. I hated this crap. Assuming you can make them out, the lyrics were sometimes amusing, but either way the audience always seemed to feel obligated to give a round of applause after every little diddy they did. It just seemed like a cheap way to get applause. Most of the time it wasn't impressive musically or comically. Why are you clapping? Shut the gently caress up!
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Jan 11, 2015 15:05
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"My mom says crazy poo poo!" followed by an over-the-top accent.
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casual poster posted:So stand up comics don't do this but it falls in the category of comedy and you kind of mentioned it in the OP, but I can't stand it when people do some acoustic cover of a rap song and act like it's the most hilarious poo poo in the world. Get over yourself. It's the equivalent of some comedian saying "thug life" after they tell some story of them doing something off-grain. I was at an open mic night last month and this fucker with an acoustic guitar got on stage and performed Lil Wayne's "Lollipop" singer/songwriter style. Dude was playing three chords over and over and just quietly saying the words to the song into the mic and people thought it was the funniest poo poo. Content: "Anybody smoke pot in here?" *loud cheers* "Oh, you guys are all sitting in the back because you got here late!" or "Yep there you are, at the tables covered in snacks!" or "The cops are on their way!" 
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Jan 11, 2015 16:21
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Tiggum posted:
https://mydickband.bandcamp.com/track/piano-dick
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When it comes to cheap crowd work, the most abused scenario is asking if a couple is going out or how long they've been together. The couple is being caught off guard so there's usually hesitation in their answer so the comics like "UH OH YOU HESITATED THERE! Do you not know?" The confused face along with the line "She's with you?!" can be thrown in at any point. If you're ever near the front during the show and a comedian asks you what you do, say you're an agent or studio exec.
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Jan 11, 2015 16:28
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GOTTA STAY FAI posted:
"Don't worry I'm not a cop. Don't be paranoid" or "Any cops here? I probably should have asked that first"
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Jan 11, 2015 16:30
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Every single hack comedian these days have do a bit on fedoras. It's so overused these days so first of all, you guys might one to come up with an original premise. Second of all, fedoras aren't even that bad, if you tried wearing one you'd probably like it.
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Jan 11, 2015 16:34
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little munchkin posted:Every single hack comedian these days have do a bit on fedoras. It's so overused these days so first of all, you guys might one to come up with an original premise. Second of all, fedoras aren't even that bad, if you tried wearing one you'd probably like it.
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Jan 11, 2015 16:46
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"Who in here is married" *cheers* "Who in here is single" *cheers* "See how much happier they sound?" -every hack compare I've seen.
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casual poster posted:So stand up comics don't do this but it falls in the category of comedy and you kind of mentioned it in the OP, but I can't stand it when people do some acoustic cover of a rap song and act like it's the most hilarious poo poo in the world. Get over yourself. It's the equivalent of some comedian saying "thug life" after they tell some story of them doing something off-grain. I've never seen this one before. However, the last contest I was in there was a guy who went over his 7 minutes with a acoustic rendition of TOOL's "Sober" on a mandolin. But with all the lyrics changed to something about Christmas. I think a lot of hack stuff is just to fill stage time. Ones that never make sense to me are: "How is everyone tonight?" - Ready for jokes, just get to it please! "Anyone celebrating anything?" - Probably not, even if someone is it never gets addressed. Why bother asking? GOTTA STAY FAI posted:
Also this. I feel like this is a top easy-laugh getter. "Man I was so high/drunk that I..." Is the icing that makes some people accept a joke. Even if the punchline is "Just watched T.V." Also living near Missouri, anything meth related works just as well.
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Can I say Russel Peters' whole routine? I laughed my rear end off at his first TV special or whatever, and had a good chuckle at his DVD. Then I noticed every. single. time he is on stage it's the same exact routine, full stop. Make a few jokes about indian people, make some canadian jokes, rip on your very indian (now dead) dad to get the sympathy laughs. Seriously dude came out the gate running as a new up and coming comedy force, but now it's just same old
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Elodious posted:
Starting a set sucks. I always hope for a terrible intro so at least I can comment on that.
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little munchkin posted:Every single hack comedian these days have do a bit on fedoras. It's so overused these days so first of all, you guys might one to come up with an original premise. Second of all, fedoras aren't even that bad, if you tried wearing one you'd probably like it. I agree that it's an overdone joke at this point, but fedoras really do look bad if you're not an old man or something. I can't imagine a single situation where a young person wearing a fedora wouldn't look dumb.,
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little munchkin posted:Every single hack comedian these days have do a bit on fedoras. It's so overused these days so first of all, you guys might one to come up with an original premise. Second of all, fedoras aren't even that bad, if you tried wearing one you'd probably like it. Show us a picture of you in a fedora.
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I do comedy / improv shows at conventions and every time, without fail, someone makes a "Mother in law" joke. Every time. I just did a show at comic con in New Orleans today and a twelve year old kid made a mother in law joke.
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Ytlaya posted:I agree that it's an overdone joke at this point, but fedoras really do look bad if you're not an old man or something. I can't imagine a single situation where a young person wearing a fedora wouldn't look dumb., Pretty much. They're not going to suddenly look good on you just because comedians stopped making jokes about them.
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Jan 12, 2015 01:50
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'Kanye West is ignorant and or self-absorbed' as a punchline is pretty played out.
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Jan 12, 2015 05:09
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I hate the "pull back and reveal". For example. "I was just sitting there having a wank .... and the conductor asked me to get off the bus!" HA HA The way you started it, it sounded like you were at home, but you weren't! What a wacky subversion of my expectations! HAHA you masturbated in public, you really are a wild and crazy guy! So many comedians do it, and it is so easy and so overused.
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Jan 12, 2015 05:20
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"Loosen up, folks."
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Jan 12, 2015 05:21
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"Give it up for the troops." Except one regional dude in the US Southeast who uses that as metacommentary as a quick follow-up to a bombed joke in order to get quick applause to bounce back in an attempt to make the audience forget you just bombed.
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Jan 12, 2015 07:09
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i just flew into this thread and BOY ARE MY ARMS TIRED
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Jan 12, 2015 08:45
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Your mom is the most overused prop in stand up comedy.
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"Let's do this" "these are just jokes, people" "Right?" "See what I did there?" "My dad is ____ and my mom is ____ so that means I'm ____" "I look like *pop culture reference* hosed *pop culture reference*" Topics that are almost always handled badly: jokes that hinge upon knowledge of HBO/IFC shows, jokes where you reveal that someone else is racist, not you, and you think racism is wrong, announcing that you think Nickelback/ICP/Justin Beiber/etc. sucks, explaining that religion is stupid because there's no evidence god exists, letting people know your ex sucks and you're better off without them, retelling poo poo that didn't happen where the joke is that the other person is wrong and you are right and you're better than them, any impression, even an accurate one. Worst new trend: hacky black comics that think they're Patrice O'Neal and have no material, hacky white comics that think they're Patrice O'Neal and have no material AND come off sounding racist. Patrice spending 15 minutes just ripping into the crowd: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYdb9wADImY Smerdyakov has a new favorite as of 11:26 on Jan 12, 2015 |
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Jan 12, 2015 10:18
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Chris Brown! How's that for a punchline!
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Jan 12, 2015 10:49
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You suck, McBain!
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Funny this comes up now as Fey and Poehler's whole routine in their opening monologue of "So and so is here tonight and they ____ punchline" For one of the few times I couldn't believe they would be so cliche. At least introduce Oprah to Uma or something.
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Jan 12, 2015 12:25
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*Mentions thing that is popular to get a cheap pop from the audience*
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Say Nothing posted:*Mentions thing that is popular to get a cheap pop from the audience* "I'm excited to be here in <your town>, I love <your sports team>! I was in <rival town> last weekend and I said <rival team> sucked!"
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Jan 13, 2015 03:13
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Hey guys, what if, heh, what if we called M Night Shyamalan...snicker...SHAMALAMADINGDONG?
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Comedians who do "shock" pieces out of nowhere in the middle of otherwise inoffensive-to-"naughty" sets. I'm not sure what's the worse follow-up, either - the one who gets laughs and applause and screams "Don't laugh at that! What's wrong with you?" or the one who gets booed and starts in on "Oh, you laughed at <fairly plain if a little 'blue' joke> but now <poo poo that would offend serial rapists> is off the table?", completely unironically. The first is an obvious setup to get cheap laughs. The second just sounds like someone who can't take their knocks.
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