Two things pissed me off about Last Comic Standing:

The first is that there are too many vets. They had this problem last year, too. I want to see guys trying to get their big break in the business; to gain their first national exposure. What do we get instead? Sue Costello, who had her own sitcom? Will freaking Durst? Don't get me wrong -- Durst is a funny guy, but he's had his own HBO special, hosted his own show on PBS, and has a syndicated newspaper column. That's not who I want to see. I want to see the shmuck who spends his life playing a crappy nightclub in Racine, hopping in his '87 Datsun, and driving to Abilene so he can play a crappy nightclub there.

Second, they handed out too many tickets in L.A. I know very few mathematicians go into comedy, but it's not that hard -- 40 slots, 8 cities: that equals 5 slots per city. If you want to boost New York and L.A. since they are where people go to break in, that's find -- bump them up to 8 apiece and knock the others to 4. But why even bother going to Chicago and Tampa if you're only going to hand out one ticket per city? A lot of good comics were robbed as a result -- most notably Mary Beth Cowan, who I had never seen before but fell in love with when I saw her on this show.

I'd also like to give a shout out to my office building, which flashed on screen for a second in the montage of "look, we're in Chicago!" clips.

Jim Norton kicked major ass!


Edit to add:

Sue Costello stunk.

The guy from MA that looked like he should be on The Sopranos should have made it, as should have Jim Wiggins(?) the older hippie dude with the deep voice.

The Iranian guy was funny, glad he made it.

The kid (Vladimir) was pretty funny.

I was glad the lady with the father who just had the heart attack made it. She was funny. The other woman in the weird dress that sort of looked like her was not funny. Glad she did not make it.

I liked the strippers schoolgirl outfit.
She wasn't that funny though.

I wholeheatedly agree on all counts.

Even the shout-out to my office? Cool!

Actually, I was in stern disagreement with the shout-out, but I figured, why make it an issue?

"I like my women like I like my scotch... twelve years old and mixed up with coke."

Bad... just bad!

but funny

I couldn't stand her! And the way she laughs outrageously at herself like she's the funniest thing. Just obnoxious.

Wish that "old hippie" guy made it instead.

just finished watching,
Love Pablo, but the reason why he didnt make it was too many inside jokes. Most of that crowd was white, how are they going to know what mexican announcers sound like? He did get laughs, but not laughs like that Face lady(which I ttoo think she sucked). Most of you are missing is how the audience reacted to the jokes. Plus, the fact that how well they make good TV.


What amazes about DVDTalk, what we always forget, is that if it's a show that relies on to America to vote it will mostly be the one we dont want to win or the show the will suck.
Thats why Big Brother is much better than before. So instead of looking for talent watch how the audience reacts or think like a common joe who wants stuff safe. Otherwise, you will be pissed.

Talk about inside jokes. How about the guy that went on about how NBA player Dikembe Mutumbo sounds when he speaks?!?

How wide of an audience is that supposed to appeal to?

Well they had a new comic win last season with Dat Phan, but I haven't seen him at all since he won. He didn't deserve to win (Dave Mordel sp? did),but he got the win and NBC did nothing for him after the win. They wanted someone else to win and they got stuck with him and buried him. Shame on you NBC.

Going to see Kathleen Madigan tonite at The Improv in Houston

No kidding. Bro and I commented on that immediately, and also decided it wasn't funny for those of us who DID know what he was talking about.

Agreed. Even if you get the joke, it's not that funny. His impersonation was terrible, and he beat the cookie-monster joke to death.

das

At the beginning of the 2nd season, they showed Dat Phan. NBC put him on the Tonight Show at the very least.

You suck.

Damn Pablo was the only reason I was going to watch...now I have no reason.

She's one of my favorite comics on the XMComedy channel...her and Pablo Francisco

that joke was stolen from Howard stern.

I doubt he can claim ownership of it either. People have been calling Mutumbo the "Cookie Monster" for most of his career.

das

It was ok the maine cop was good, but it was funny when they cut to the scouts when it sounded like he was gonna do the same set, and then he changed it up. Jim norton is very funny and I know he is on because he is so angry, but he has been on tough crowd like a million times it just didnt seem right.

Who was the cro magnon man (4th from the left on the evolutionary scale)? He was pretty funny, and had the perfect look.

I believe Dat was busy touring the country and he is going to be in a movie called Cellular.

damn, you beat me to it.


did that guy who was doing the bit about randomly practicing golf swings during a conversation get in? That one had me laughing.

If so, I think everyone who made me laugh got in, as well as a few who didn't even make me smile. The husband and wife both seemed pretty lame to me - Vladimir was funnier, and he needs a lot of work. (good potential though)

It seemed a little difficult to accurately gauge the audience reaction, though. The 3-minute bits were so chopped down that I sometimes thought the reaction shots didn't go with the preceding joke. And there was one negative audience reaction snippet preceding the commercial which was supposedly coming up, but never did. I kept waiting for which comic got that reaction but never found out.