I agree. I've had some of the biggest laughs ever listening to Norton on the show, but when I watch his stand up I get nothing. It feels very strange... like I'm missing the joke when i watch his stand up and sit silently.

I think I tapped out after about 20 minutes trying to watch his last special.

I really wanted to like it cause I think Jim's hilarious on the show but everything was just so forced and the self-deprecation just gets annoying when it's every other joke.

I enjoy Norton live, since his jokes are still relevant. Once they hit Netflix the news pieces he comments on are 3 years old.

Are you kidding? His jokes are old when he tells them. He has to spend a year writing garbage and when it comes out its old.

Yeah some of them are dated. I saw him last Friday, and while most of his act was based on recent stuff, he still had an Anything Wiener segment in there. He did kill though.

That's true. His stuff is very topical. That said, he still has some great bits. The one that I still remember is the bit in his HBO special where he talks about mouth fucking Anne Coulter. That's my favorite.

I agree. When I saw this question, the first person that came to thought was norton. I love him on the show, and his standup isn't horrible, but it's somewhat predictable. Oh no! Jim's gonna mention a tranny, how bad he is in bed, hookers, and tops it off with a joke about how "delicious" a man is….or something like that…Still love him though

I have "NO BABY FOR YOU" and the latest special of Norton's and I like both, but based off of what I hear on the radio every day I expect an hour of gut busting laughter.

you haven't seen the newest one yet? check it out…I just happen to like his improv skills more i guess

It feels like he's trying too hard. I'm used to the real Jim Norton. The guy on stage is some other guy desperately seeking my approval.

The weird thing is, I've seen some of him just working on stuff, and that seems way more relaxed. He only seems uptight at the worst time, when he's doing a special.

I really enjoy Jims stand up. I think the problem is that by the time it hits his specials we have already heard most of the content in some form or another on the show

I agree. I actually got into O&A because I liked Jimmy's stand up. But now I think he's much funnier on da show.

I had just head all those jokes before on the show. It's more funny when it comes out organically and kind of ruins it when it's written down and performed. That's why I don't like listening to comedians talk about being comedians, for some reason hearing about the process makes jokes less funny.

Jim Norton has the stage presence of the curtains.

That toothy ass nigga Vos

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While I can't say I don't enjoy his stand-up, I think Jimmy would be one of the best stand-ups in the world if he had the self-confidence to understand everyone in the room is there to see him and hang off his every word.

You're a well-known comic, Jimmy. Just take your time and share your thoughts. You don't have to battle for their attention anymore.

That's right. Jimmy, if we're not laughing it's because we're just thinking about pinching those cute cheeks of yours. Choose yourself, sweetie. Wake up each morning, stand in front of the mirror and say "hey there handsome, how's about we go out there and give a few funny bones a ticklin." You're a sweet boy with a gift. Each joke is like a seed that wants to grow up to be a big funny tree. Jimmy, we all want your seed in our ears.

Dear Jim, I think you're so cool. I like when you talk up on that big bright stage and tell your stories. Do you like to tell the stories? I like Ozzy Osbourne too. You like Ozzy Osbourne. You are so cool. Love, scrambler12345

Scram-daddy

Correct me if I'm wrong--and it could just be me--but I have this nagging feeling you're being facetious...

Believe it or not tom papa is the opposite. Stand up is great but he's awful on the show.

Joe Derosa is the same way. Great stand-up, mediocre on the show.

DeRosa's stand up is way more hilarious than I was expecting it to be. I think he has potential to be even funnier on stage, but outside of it, it's a lot funnier messing with the guy.

Derosa great stand up?

His first album was terrific... his last one was as well. The middle one not as good.

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I was surprised Tom's special was as edgy as it was, he cursed a few times and told some pretty crass jokes, but in a well crafted way. I actually enjoyed it. I don't mind him on the show, he lays in the cut and doesn't just insult and drop bombs (like Patrice, Vos, etc.) but his conversation flows decently.

Rogan. I don't need to have my mind blown while I'm laughing. The odds are me and my stoner buddies already discussed that in high school anyway.

Florentine

I saw him live and he killed. His act is just typical relationship stuff and frat guy lifestyle humor, but it got a lot of laughs. It was also funny as soon as his set ended he bolted off stage and flipped up a table to hawk his cd's in the exit.

Fuckin Bobby. I love him on the show, especially when he is filling in for Jimmy and he has room tell stories of how pathetic his life is.Although his kid stories lately suck cock.

His stand up is rancid.

I actually think Bobby is one of the best stand-ups on the show. Just The Tip is in my opinion the funniest album of the 2000s, with Chewed Up by Louis a close second.

I just realized something: I've never seen/heard BAWWBY actually do stand-up. I've seen the rest of them countless times (even lunkhead Vos) but never Bob Kelly. Guess I'm not missing much.

I haven't heard any new stuff, but whenever I used to listen to Slacker's Comedy Channel I would skip Bawwby whenever his albums would pop up. All the stuff they played of his was hacky BAWSTON and my WHIFE material.

I haven't seen his older stuff, but with what little I saw of Bawby, he KILLED it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWCAp_V_LeA

I don't know about his old stuff, but I saw him at the cellar the night before the Patrice benefit and at the benefit itself, and he was fucking hilarious.

Pretty much all of them except colin, louie, burr and attell. I even bought jims special the other day and still havent watched it. I tried to watch the one last year and couldnt really get through it.

Isn't that the same special he's selling this year? The one from Epix?

I meant the special before this one.

Jim on the radio makes me laugh out loud all the time, but I never loved him on Tough Crowd or on stage. Monster Rain had some great stuff, but everything since has been mediocre. He is better off-the-cuff than pre-written.

I dunno what you're talking about with Louie, though. He's great on both.

Love Louie CK, Attell, Patrice, Dan Soder and maybe a few others stand up. I am not a huge fan of Jim Norton's stand up.

Dan Soder? Have you seen him? He's good but not in the same league as the rest you mentioned. One bit on Conan doesn't make you a brilliant comedian.

I saw his Comedy Central special, and after watching several in a row that I had recorded his was the best, and the only one that made me laugh. Maybe it's because the rest were god awful. I like him on the show too. Haven't seen him on Conan.

Marc Maron and Jim Norton.

Basically both of these guys are better at something besides stand up. Jim Norton is great on the radio, and his advice show was excellent. Maron is great at interviewing people, but his standup is kinda meh.

Nick Kroll is a good example of the opposite; on the radio he's kind of a bore, but his standup is amazing. A big part of it is that there's a 'visual element' to a lot of his punchlines. If you watch The Kroll Show you'll see what I mean, his punchlines are often droll but a big part of the delivery is just the look on his face.

The Kroll show stinks on ice.

Season 2 is a little iffy, but season 1 is great. Reminds of early Saturday Night Live. The best stand up I've ever seen was The Sklar Brothers and Nick Kroll. The Sklar brothers have this really bizarre way of finishing each other's thoughts, similar to what Ant and Jimmy do on the radio, but even faster. (They're honest-to-God twins.)

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My favs are 'Rich Dicks' and 'Liz and Liz.' I can't figure out why Kroll is introducing all these new characters in the new season. It's weird, it's like he got bored with 'Liz and Liz' and decided to invent a bunch of new characters. The basketball thing is a dud.

I don't watch it all the time. The Larry Bird thing stunk though. Rich dicks is funny, Jon Daly is good in that.

Jim. I'm just not a big fan. Besides, he works so many bits out on air, it seems stale.

Artie was great on the stern show but his stand up is awful.

he is still telling some of the same jokes he did in 2007.

Have you heard him on any podcasts lately? He tells the same stories on there too!!

Last one I heard him on was Carolla a while back but yeah it's the same old shit. I did enjoy his second book tho.

Florentine's stand up was pretty crappy

The only person who I can think of at the moment would be Bob Kelly but in all honesty I haven't really listened to much of his stand up to really judge him on it. Someone who is great both on the show and with their stand-up is Bill Burr, he is the only comedian to ever make me cry from laughter.

Jimmy

I feel his comedy is mostly rants

Louis CK. His FX show is amazing, his appearances on the show were great but his stand-up relies too much on shock value. It's kind of boring. Honestly, was the whole "suck a bag of dicks" bit really that funny?

As a stand-up Burr is the best regular they ever had. I think he is the top guy out there right now.

Jim Jeffries has had some great specials as well.

Jim Norton is actually very good to see live at a comedy club. You should see him if you get the chance.

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i was surprised that i actually liked derosa's standup, if that counts.

I 100% agree with you on Jimmy, but I love Louie's stand up!

I think one of the reasons Jimmy will never reach A list status is because he is not a likeable person and a network will never be able to market him. We enjoy him on the show cause we're scumbags, but a regular Joe upstanding citizen won't.

I don't really agree with the sentiment, but Jimmy's lack of self-confidence is ridiculous considering what Ronnie said about him before the move to Raw Dog. Ronnie said Jim was the greatest stand-up of his generation (doubtful) and that Jimmy deciding to hang his hat on doing radio elevates the entire medium of radio (absolutely true). That's literally the biggest compliment I've ever heard about a comedian.

Vos, Florentine, and Levy all bug the shit out of me. I won't deny that they can have their moments on the show but I don't like any of their standup. I can't think of anyone that I like on the show but don't like doing standup. Standup is too personal to like a comedians personality in one sense and not like their standup in the other.

I've seen Norton twice, once in AC a few weeks back and at Helium in Philly last November and both times he had me rolling. He seemed really comfortable at the Borgota show as far as his stage presence, at Helium he was a little off but only for the first few minutes. His Epix specials were very hit or miss for me, thought please be offended was awesome but the most recent one was really lacking laughs. I got the album Vos put out a couple years back with the "i dont like em" bit and it was pretty entertaining.

Surprised I didn't see any mentions of Jay Mohr. He's pretty funny, but if you're a real fan of his and listen to his podcast and stuff, you've heard a lot of stuff. One thing I don't like about him is he is a fan of using material on the radio, he actually encouraged it to people on his podcast.

Bawby and Vos are actually surprisingly amazing in both stand up and in studio

Patrice and Burr are the only regulars who have amazing stand up specials and legendary on the radio

The truly funny comics that we hear on the show will always be slightly disappointing when we see them on stage. They're brilliant wit spoils us for when we have to see what they've worked on for months. Their stand up is still great. It'll just never compare to the things they say off the cuff.

They're brilliant wit

Their stand up

1 for 2!

I don't enjoy stand up but I like most guys on the show.

Bawby and Rogan. Their standup is unbearable.

Bill Burr. I know he is a good comic, but I just can't get into his stand up. He is fantastic on radio and in acting though. Joe Rogan too, his stand up is like "Dane Cook meets Bill Hicks with homoerotic sex jokes" which doesn't work for me, but his podcast rules.

Burr won me over once I realized that he's INTENTIONALLY fucking with the audience a lot. I thought that was great once I figured it out, the idea that he's basically avoid taking the easy way out and actively antagonize the audience to build up tension.

Opie trys this too, but Opie overdoes it; Opie constantly does things to antagonize the listener.

It's one of those things you have to use with caution because if you fuck with the audience too much they'll hate you, but in small amounts and timed right, it works.

I love that he's not afraid to force the audience into a awkward pause when he seems to go too far. The woman beating thing in last special was a nice example. He made it work too. Louie does that sometimes too. He had a great one during that "Of course..... But maybeee" bit

I think Burr is actually one of the best comics out there right now. Then again, everything is going well for him so the end is near.

I enjoy Bills podcast more than his standup. I like the off the cuff nature of funny people being funny in the moment.

At the same time he's the best standup comic right now.

I've never liked standup comedy at all and don't watch standup routines, but my favourite regular guests on the show were all standups...

If any O&A fan says they didn't like Patrice, Vos, Louis CK or Bobby Kelly on the air you should probably hit that person. With a stick.

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calm yourself, darling

I think I tapped out after about 20 minutes trying to watch his last special.

I really wanted to like it cause I think Jim's hilarious on the show but everything was just so forced and the self-deprecation just gets annoying when it's every other joke.

I really enjoy Jims stand up. I think the problem is that by the time it hits his specials we have already heard most of the content in some form or another on the show

I had just head all those jokes before on the show. It's more funny when it comes out organically and kind of ruins it when it's written down and performed. That's why I don't like listening to comedians talk about being comedians, for some reason hearing about the process makes jokes less funny.

It feels like he's trying too hard. I'm used to the real Jim Norton. The guy on stage is some other guy desperately seeking my approval.

Last one I heard him on was Carolla a while back but yeah it's the same old shit. I did enjoy his second book tho.