I used to think the Fox joke was funny when I was young and didn't know any better but now I see it for the hack shit it is. Right wingers did this stereotypical thing, left wingers did that stereotypical thing, it's all lazy garbage that requires no thought. Especially when you're just slamming a network and not any specific event or person. If you're gonna do political jokes, take a note from Colin Quinn. And I'm not saying women can't do comedy, but they sure do suck at it.
Jeselnik was right slamming political comedy as low hanging fruit on Rogan. But him, hedberg, and Wright's "out of thin air" style seems to have the shelf life of like 3 albums. I went and saw Stephen wright a couple months ago, annoyed to see him doing the hits for half his set
Some comic (maybe Hedberg? That's who comes to kind for some reason) had a joke about how when you see a concert you want them to play the same songs you've heard a thousand times, but if you tell a joke they've already heard it's shit. It's completely true. The value of the humor is lost after a few minutes. Once you've heard a joke, it has severely limited value to re-listen to. But I can't fault comics who do the one-liner style because it's hard to come up with ideas, and when you have a good joke, even if it's been heard by a lot of people, it's still a good joke, and people new to the comic will like it. I don't really want to talk about the "craft" of comedy, but the fact of the matter is that it is hard to come up with new material, especially in that style. Wright's been around long enough that you kinda know what to expect if you see him. I mean how many ideas can he still have? As far as Jeselnik goes, he's absolutely right. Political jokes can always be made as long as someone dislikes what some pundit is doing/saying, and since there's always an audience ready to laugh at a "joke" that is simply just their opinions, that fruit will always be ripe for the picking.
That comparison between music and comedy seems to be an old saying amongst comedians, the documentary I Am Comic went into it, but on one of the older O&A shows
in FM, Patrice references it when trashing either Vos or Norton in one of the embarrassing tapes. But on Stephen wright, I get the patience a Jeselnik fan would need to have in order enjoy a brand new hour of material, so Stephen wright having only released 2 albums (the last one more than a decade ago) is somewhat acceptable being that genres pioneer, but what pissed me off was why would we be there to see him if we only knew him from those specials and his late night appearances, in the middle of his new material, he'd sprinkle in his lines like Dice's nursery rhymes. eh, I'll see Kelsey Cook next time
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5 PeeSoup3030 2019-10-01
Oooof. Stick to being property and making sandwiches sugar tits
4 Caverlock 2019-10-01
Also, my horseshit 7-day "vote brigading" ban is over...yay!
2 RobertMewler 2019-10-01
The guys commenting on her post, thinking she might fuck them because they complimented her. Ha!
2 Hard7Blue 2019-10-01
Because the things women are known to watch are so soulful and fulfilling...
Still a better comedian than Patrick S. Tomlinson.
1 OminousDestruction 2019-10-01
I used to think the Fox joke was funny when I was young and didn't know any better but now I see it for the hack shit it is. Right wingers did this stereotypical thing, left wingers did that stereotypical thing, it's all lazy garbage that requires no thought. Especially when you're just slamming a network and not any specific event or person. If you're gonna do political jokes, take a note from Colin Quinn. And I'm not saying women can't do comedy, but they sure do suck at it.
1 Sienfeld202 2019-10-01
Jeselnik was right slamming political comedy as low hanging fruit on Rogan. But him, hedberg, and Wright's "out of thin air" style seems to have the shelf life of like 3 albums. I went and saw Stephen wright a couple months ago, annoyed to see him doing the hits for half his set
1 OminousDestruction 2019-10-01
Some comic (maybe Hedberg? That's who comes to kind for some reason) had a joke about how when you see a concert you want them to play the same songs you've heard a thousand times, but if you tell a joke they've already heard it's shit. It's completely true. The value of the humor is lost after a few minutes. Once you've heard a joke, it has severely limited value to re-listen to. But I can't fault comics who do the one-liner style because it's hard to come up with ideas, and when you have a good joke, even if it's been heard by a lot of people, it's still a good joke, and people new to the comic will like it. I don't really want to talk about the "craft" of comedy, but the fact of the matter is that it is hard to come up with new material, especially in that style. Wright's been around long enough that you kinda know what to expect if you see him. I mean how many ideas can he still have? As far as Jeselnik goes, he's absolutely right. Political jokes can always be made as long as someone dislikes what some pundit is doing/saying, and since there's always an audience ready to laugh at a "joke" that is simply just their opinions, that fruit will always be ripe for the picking.
1 Sienfeld202 2019-10-01
That comparison between music and comedy seems to be an old saying amongst comedians, the documentary I Am Comic went into it, but on one of the older O&A shows in FM, Patrice references it when trashing either Vos or Norton in one of the embarrassing tapes. But on Stephen wright, I get the patience a Jeselnik fan would need to have in order enjoy a brand new hour of material, so Stephen wright having only released 2 albums (the last one more than a decade ago) is somewhat acceptable being that genres pioneer, but what pissed me off was why would we be there to see him if we only knew him from those specials and his late night appearances, in the middle of his new material, he'd sprinkle in his lines like Dice's nursery rhymes. eh, I'll see Kelsey Cook next time