It really is impossible to tell which comic is truly funny when we're only shown 10-15 seconds of material, but there were a few good lines last night.

Very sorry to see that Skippy didn't make it, but boy howdy did he get fat.

The most annoying part were the two judges.

NBC will be re-airing the season premiere Friday night at 9/8c. Which is good for me since the power went out here for a while yesterday afternoon, so my DVR didn't record it like it was supposed to.

I found myself laughing a lot, even with such short sets. Looking back at previous seasons, I really hope we find a Dave Mordall or a John Heffron in this batch. I really enjoyed their work.

I hate the judges. Granted I know it's likely all fixed, but still... The one guy barely ever cracks a smile, then turns around and says "Yeah, that was pretty funny." WTF? Has this guy become so jaded by all the comics he's seen in his life that he can't even laugh anymore? It's like the comedy process has become mechanical to the guy. Maybe he should find a new career.

They should at least have a small audience present at the auditions simply because a large empty (quiet) room sort of sucks the life out of stand-up routines.

She had me cracking up about how her black boyfriend bitched slapped her. He doesnt abuse her but she didnt get his complicated handshake.
Or something like that, but a whole lot funnier!
rotfl

Wasnt gonna watch this show, but I'm glad I did. Thought there was some really funny comics with some good stuff.

Expect Gerry Dee to go far. He's another from Katz's hand-picked crop.

Bill Dwyer? :lol:

The voice-over on the "No Hassle Pass" was seemless. I never would have guessed they recorded that after striking a deal with CapitalOne.

das

What's in your wallet?

On the whole, there were some pretty funny comedians picked, so this had potential. Some real stinkers, too -- hopefully Roz will be eliminated early on.

There was only one comic I really thought got shafted based on the clips they showed us -- the little 19-year-old girl with the gay dad. I thought she was funnier than a lot of the comics they picked.

And as usual, they blow two-thirds of their wad in L.A, leaving them with three picks for Chicago and two picks for Miami. Yeah, that makes real sense. I mean, what are the odds you'd find a good comedian in Chicago? -ohbfrank-

A library card and a sealed condom wrapper from 1992. :sad:

I like how the one judge said, "New York's a great place for comics: Jerry Seinfeld and ... uh ... lots of comics."

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the blonde was pretty funny, and definitely not hard to look at.

I think he was doing that as part of an act, trying to get the Simon Cowell vibe, like he was such an expert that he doesn't need to laugh to appreciate the routines.

I don't think the judges are on it once they get in the house. Maybe sooner.

I REALLY do NOT want the lisp girl to stay around. 10 seconds was enough for me.

All in all, a pretty good start for me.

I thought she was pretty funny too.
Her and the Cuban guy, it may have just been me, but I liked his style.

If it's anything like previous years, that's correct -- the Tonight show guys are in the first episode only. Here's the way it will work, assuming they follow previous years:

From here, they'll have the 40 people who got red tickets do longer acts. They'll have a panel of three or four "celebrity" judges pick ten of those contestants to live in the house. One of the jduges will be Anthony Clark; another will probably be one of the contestants from a previous Last Comic Standing. They may do this over one or two episodes.

At that point, it will be them living in the house and being given various comedy-related tasks (pitch a sitcom about yourself; entertain these kids and they'll vote for who's funniest; etc.). Each episode, the person who loses that night's task will have to challenge one other comic to a face off -- they'll each do a set in front of a live audience in a comedy club, and the audience will pick who gets eliminated.

They'll do that for four or five weeks, then have the remaining comics do longer sets in front of a much larger audience. I can't remember if they let the people at home vote at this point (I think so), but from there, it's strictly a stand-up comedy competition without the reality-show "living in a house together" component.

I thought he said "um" too much for a deadpan comic. Deadpan doesn't work if it sounds like you're deadpan because you don't know what you're going to say. But I agree he had some good material, so hopefully over time, he'll develop into a stronger comic.

last year she was on an episode of Made on MTV. I was really rooting for her. and yeah being from Chicago I was thoroughly dissapointed on how the city got the shaft. Thank God Pardo didn't make it. NY rivals Chicago as the greatest comic city, with LA shagging ass behind because it seems anyone from LA shys away from edgier stuff.

From my TiVo description on last night's episode, it looks like Kathy Griffin, Tim Meadows, and Garry Marshall.

Also, if it's like past years, the "judges" are just there to smile and wave. Final decisions are made by the producers, based on who they think will make for good television and who they already manage, hence Brett Butler and Drew Carey's outrage after people who killed on stage weren't picked and people who died were.

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Somehow I think I remember that the "house" is actually a ship this year. The Queen Mary? or something like that...Anyone else hear that?

Bravo. Tonight.

I wish they gave more time to show more of the comics. I know they wanted to condense six cities into two hours, so a lot of cuts had to be made, but there were so many we never heard from, and only a snippet of the better ones.

Ah, but they couldn't justify packing the house or boat or houseboat or whatever with their hand-picked comics if they actually showed you how good some of the un-annointed are.

Funniest joke from the whole 2 hours was Josh Blue doing the phone number gag

"don't mix em up baby" rotfl

I loved all of his material, and the guy who told the joke about waving his keys in front of the homeless guy.

For some reason I thought lisp girl was Amy Poehler dressed up as part of some meta-isc joke. Sadly I'm wrong.

So who did lisp girl blow to make it as far as she did? She was more annoying than that fat girl a season or two ago whose main schtick was making annoying faces.

No outrage at the dumb Buck Star routine?

I clearly remember reading that he was a plant by the TV show and they payed for all of his trips to the cities.

Yet they did it again acting as if it was real. WTF?

I personally failed to see the point behind Buck Star, unless they actually think he's funny. I wondered how the hell he managed to be able to make it to all these US cities while apparently out of work.

That is Buck Star in the taco bell mountain climbing commercial they show during LCS, right? Hmmmm....

Re: Buck Star

http://www.cringehumor.net/columns/062604_lcs2.htm

EXACTLY my first thought too! i already knew a lot of these guys...they were already somewhat famous and anyone who watches comedy central has seen that iglesias guy. also i KNOW the dwyer guy, just cant remember from where.

why do they allow this? wouldnt it be like american idol allowing famous singers to try out?

Dwyer's on those "I Love Loving Things" shows on VH1 quite a bit. So is Doug Benson. Best Week Ever too.

Bill Dwyer's probably best known for <i>BattleBots</i>.

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Since I don't really know any of their names yet, I'll just say that I was moderately satisfied with their picks. Obviously, they showed the funny jokes from those who made it, so the real test will be when we start to see longer routines.

I don't really buy this as any kind of contest, just a tool for exposure for these comics. I was surprised to see Jim Wiggans again though, as I would have thought that he made it too far before to qualify, if such a rule exists. I know that he had a fair amount of camera time before, enough that I was able to remember he right away when he was showed the first time this season.

I guess NBC just wanted to let everyone enjoy Wiggans "Did You Poop Today?" hat. Plus his scarf, cane and turnaround gimmick.




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How bout those hippy years?


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I gave it a whirl. I thought for a moment it was going to be ‟Last Disability Standing.‟

After saying in this thread they never get edgy comedians, I tune in to see Doug Benson. Damn foiled again. But, Benson does have "safe" material. Problem is he’s been doing his safe routine for the past ten years. His "Like most comedians, I just broke up with my girlfriend" line is at least eight years old.

I was really surprised to see some comedians with stolen jokes. For instance, the guy who did a bit about homeless people with dogs (Paraphrasing- "How confusing is that for the dog? The dog probably thinks they’re on a long walk that just never ends.") I swear I’ve heard a popular comedian (like Chappelle, maybe???) do that joke years ago.

Slumbering Fist :eek:


I've never seen you before. Do you review Asian Porn?

Hey, I totally could but choose not too. My descriptive abilities when it comes to sex is sadly limited.

Oh, and the name is a play on a kung fu film called "Sleeping Fist" Besides if it was a porn moniker, it'd be Slumbering Fisting.

I just thought you were trying to be subtle. That way your family wouldn't feel ashamed about your reviewer name.

I don't think a special 3-4 years ago means the guy is famous. He's hardly a household name. Perhaps a better comparison would be if American Idol allowed moderately successful singers in the contest, such as maybe a local favorite in some metro town who's been on TV a few times, but isn't really well known. And who is to say they don't? Or do they have it in the rules you can't have any kind of recording contract already to be in American Idol?

Regarding AI, I imagine since the point of the show is a record contract that any existing contractual obligations would be in direct conflict with that.

A better example would be if Cowell's label had an artist that they put through the AI paces for exposure.

I know someone who worked on this show. There will be 12 finalists and they'll all be sent to live on the Queen Mary for a few days. There will be the usual challenges and whatnot.

The names of the 12 finalists have already been posted on a couple of websites so it's no big secret. It's six women, six men.

Obviously, not all the finalists were chosen for their talent. They picked one comedian just because she's a hot piece of ass. As a stand-up comic she is barely average.

As for the lisp girl, her name is Nikki Payne and she's actually pretty funny (even though she sucked on the first show).

What happened to Jay Mohr. I remember posts from the last time that the show was on that suggested that the comics really didn't like him. Although, that's probably not enough to get him booted from doing the job. It would have taken NBC to not like him to get him off the show. Mohr wasn't hired to be their friend. Anyone know the scoop?