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BobTheCow posted:What the hell is Norm Macdonald doing on his Twitter right now? I mean, he's obviously (very meticulously) calling golf, but... why? I keep looking for a joke, but none has come. As much as I love Norm I had to let him go when he started doing a running commentary for the most boring sport on the planet on a regular basis. If it were supposed to be Kaufman-esque I'd give him a little credit, but I know it's not because it's Norm.
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BobTheCow posted:What the hell is Norm Macdonald doing on his Twitter right now? I mean, he's obviously (very meticulously) calling golf, but... why? I keep looking for a joke, but none has come. Macdonald is a gambling addict and sports nut, so he probably sincerely cares about the minutia of the game.
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He likes golf and he is a well known gambler. It isn't some ruse to be funny.
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Are you guys serious? Norm Macdonald's whole schtick is making unfunny jokes. It's loving great.
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Yes we're aware. But he's noted it himself he is a near degenerate gambler. When he has talked about random sports in the past it is him paying attention because he gambles.
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Apr 7, 2012 09:47
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Pretty sure he's also live tweeted other sports events that aren't so boring (boxing comes to mind), so yeah he probably is excited/has cash riding on someone doing well.
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Yeah but I'm sure he's fully aware that the tweets aren't engaging for anyone else at all.
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Jim Gaffigan releases his new stand-up special, Mr. Universe today! It's available for 5 dollars and you can download it directly from his website, just like the one by Louis C. K. and Aziz Ansari. I can't fathom why you wouldn't like Gaffigan, so go and download them.
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toanoradian posted:Jim Gaffigan releases his new stand-up special, Mr. Universe today! It's available for 5 dollars and you can download it directly from his website, just like the one by Louis C. K. and Aziz Ansari. I can't fathom why you wouldn't like Gaffigan, so go and download them. I was at that taping, and the Ansari one, and it was pretty drat good. It looks like it doesn't have Todd Glass as the opening act though, which is quite a shame.
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toanoradian posted:Jim Gaffigan releases his new stand-up special, Mr. Universe today! It's available for 5 dollars and you can download it directly from his website, just like the one by Louis C. K. and Aziz Ansari. I can't fathom why you wouldn't like Gaffigan, so go and download them. Also, don't forget for every purchase $1 goes to the Bob Woodruff Foundation. Edit: And Reggie Watts does the music! Urk! fucked around with this message at 16:55 on Apr 11, 2012 |
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Apr 11, 2012 13:22
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Anybody here do stand-up themselves?
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They've announced the shows that they're doing at the Just for Laughs Festival in Chicago, and while "Comedy Festival sponsored by TBS" doesn't sound like a winner, they've got some loving amazing stuff. Patton Oswalt is doing a show, Aziz is doing two in one night, Kevin Smith is doing one of his Q&As, Mike Birbiglia is doing a run of his latest one-man show, My Girlfriend's Boyfriend, Amy Shumer, Jeff Ross, John Oliver, I'm gonna go broke just trying to get to all of these.
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Hoping the JFL Montreal announcements are made soon, and just as awesome. Last year I burned myself a bit by filling my slate before the smaller shows (which fell under the ZooFest banner) were announced, and I'll be a lot pickier until the full lineup is out.
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Yoshifan823 posted:They've announced the shows that they're doing at the Just for Laughs Festival in Chicago, and while "Comedy Festival sponsored by TBS" doesn't sound like a winner, they've got some loving amazing stuff. Patton Oswalt is doing a show, Aziz is doing two in one night, Kevin Smith is doing one of his Q&As, Mike Birbiglia is doing a run of his latest one-man show, My Girlfriend's Boyfriend, Amy Shumer, Jeff Ross, John Oliver, I'm gonna go broke just trying to get to all of these. TBS puts on a solid event. Last year I saw Kristen Schaal, Hannibal Buress, Paul F Thomkins, and Demetri Martin all perform during one show at the Chicago Theater. You can't beat that.
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SKULE123 posted:Hoping the JFL Montreal announcements are made soon, and just as awesome. Last year I burned myself a bit by filling my slate before the smaller shows (which fell under the ZooFest banner) were announced, and I'll be a lot pickier until the full lineup is out. I didn't have a job last summer and the only thing I could swing was Paul F. Tompkins (which was great!). Gonna try to expand the slate this year.
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Dancing Potato posted:I didn't have a job last summer and the only thing I could swing was Paul F. Tompkins (which was great!). Gonna try to expand the slate this year. I was there too. Love PFT, and I have to believe they'll be going above and beyond for the 30th Anniversary.
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So Doug Stanhope has gone from being one of my favorite stand-ups to just blah with his last two releases. I was hoping Oslo was just a misstep and he'd come back strong from that, but Before Turning the Gun on Himself is boring as poo poo, pretty one-note, and not very entertaining. He sounds like a bitter, jaded alcoholic (which he did before) but now he's taken that next step and it's no longer funny. Maybe I'm just growing out of that style though as I get older.
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Ariza posted:So Doug Stanhope has gone from being one of my favorite stand-ups to just blah with his last two releases. I was hoping Oslo was just a misstep and he'd come back strong from that, but Before Turning the Gun on Himself is boring as poo poo, pretty one-note, and not very entertaining. He sounds like a bitter, jaded alcoholic (which he did before) but now he's taken that next step and it's no longer funny. Maybe I'm just growing out of that style though as I get older. I don't think it's you growing out of it, I only just got into Stanhope at christmas and after listening to everything he has done about 5 times over, his new album was definitely disappointing. I agree that it feels like it's too much complaining without enough jokes. I still have faith he'll bounce back and find some good things to talk about though.
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Anybody else at the Bridgetown Comedy Fest this weekend? Between this and seeing James Adomian's show on wednesday night, I'm gotten to see a lot of great stuff and drank too much beer for four days straight. Ron Funches was particularly solid, and gets quieter when the audience gets bigger.
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jdsalmon posted:Anybody else at the Bridgetown Comedy Fest this weekend? Between this and seeing James Adomian's show on wednesday night, I'm gotten to see a lot of great stuff and drank too much beer for four days straight. I missed the rest but was at Adomians set on wednesday. He killed it. Amazing material.
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Saw Daniel tosh last week in Richmond, he was great as always. I saw him last year too, but I was a bit too drunk at the time to retain memory of much of the show, so I can't really compare. His opener this time around was Kyle Kinane, who I hadn't seen much of before. He was loving awesome, I'm definitely going to start keeping track of him.
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Haven't seen Tosh live yet, but Kinane is fantastic.
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BobTheCow posted:Saw Daniel tosh last week in Richmond, he was great as always. I saw him last year too, but I was a bit too drunk at the time to retain memory of much of the show, so I can't really compare.
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jdsalmon posted:Anybody else at the Bridgetown Comedy Fest this weekend? Goddamn, I think I ran into Todd Barry, like, five times in the span of an hour. And every single time he looked like he was this close to yelling at me. I was able to nab a severed monkey head in a round of Chart Piņata during a Who Charted taping, though. Bridgetown always delivers.
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I met Todd Barry after a big standup show at The Bell House in Brooklyn where he also played drums for a Clash song and there were like 3-4 pretty ladies throwing themselves at him afterward so he had no time for me. I just wanted to say hi and tell him how funny I thought he was but he was having none of it. I get it, though, I'd probably do the same thing.
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Does that really count as meeting somebody?
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Well once I shake someone's hand I consider that having met them
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One time Louis CK was taking photos of the opening act right next to me, and even though we had clearly met at this point, I was kind of pissed when he walked away and did other things. jerk I've had the opportunity to run into a few comics after their shows (sometimes right before), and while most were very appreciative to hear me say how much I enjoyed their show, most of them were busy with other poo poo. Even though we only see them on stage for a half hour or an hour, their entire evening is usually taken up by the gig, especially if they're driving in straight from the airport or a neighboring city. Don't take it personal or anything, especially if he was busy with some girls. I'm sure if you e-mailed Todd he'd appreciate your support.
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indigi posted:I met Todd Barry after a big standup show at The Bell House in Brooklyn where he also played drums for a Clash song and there were like 3-4 pretty ladies throwing themselves at him afterward so he had no time for me. I just wanted to say hi and tell him how funny I thought he was but he was having none of it. I get it, though, I'd probably do the same thing. So what you're saying is that "getting a Todd Barry" from Delocated is actually real
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Aziz Ansari and Chelsea Peretti are doing a show correction: it's tomorrow, but still Forum Hussy fucked around with this message at 20:26 on Apr 19, 2012 |
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Forum Hussy posted:Aziz Ansari and Chelsea Peretti are doing a show Don't pass that up. Once the show starts you won't even care that you're by yourself but if you don't go you'll probably regret it. That is an awesome doubleheader.
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Jack Bandit posted:Don't pass that up. Once the show starts you won't even care that you're by yourself but if you don't go you'll probably regret it. That is an awesome doubleheader. This comment is more true of more things than we realise.
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Forum Hussy posted:Aziz Ansari and Chelsea Peretti are doing a show Do it. You'll enjoy yourself just fine, I promise.
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EDIT: I just noticed that this post ended up in entirely the wrong thread. Sorry about that.
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Jack Bandit posted:Don't pass that up. Once the show starts you won't even care that you're by yourself but if you don't go you'll probably regret it. That is an awesome doubleheader. ibntumart posted:Do it. You'll enjoy yourself just fine, I promise. When I posted that I forgot I already had dinner plans for last night, so I wouldn't have been able to go anyways. (I should have gone)
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New standup specials from Patton Oswalt and Paul F Tompkins premiere tonight on Comedy Central!
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Brock Samson posted:New standup specials from Patton Oswalt and Paul F Tompkins premiere tonight on Comedy Central! The first 10 minutes of PFT have hit incredibly close to home. This is fantastic.
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A FANTASTIC two hours.
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I just saw Marc Maron do stand up in Portland. It was fantastic but man, is it adversarial. Lots of reassuring himself that the audience was "all right." He didn't get entirely comfortable until he was talking to one person in the front row.
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That's what happens sometimes with Marc. Part of the fun of seeing him multiple nights while he's in your town.
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