It's time to move on.

But in show business you either adapt or you fail. Look at these Tough Crowd guys. They're stand up is trash. Vos, Keith, Jim, etc. They really just haven't evolved as comedians. For all the shit people give Louie you can't fault that he has adepts and tried something new. He may have his stinkers but it's always different and I can respect that. Colin has really found his niche with these one man shows which are more like lectures on political correctness than stand up comedy.

You have to move on

Precisely. Tough Crowd captured a certain time, and place that could only work then and can't be recreated. You can't recreate the past it's never the same.

Vos and Bobby's stand up isn't trash I have seen them boy live. Norton on the other hand

[deleted]

There's an O&A audio clip of this where Colin answers. It was a time when him & Patrice were in studio together. Basically said it would be too much work trying to wrangle everyone together & that everyone was doing their own thing now.

[deleted]

And I'm sure funding all the production is a big cost.

And THAT, LADIES and GENTLEMEN, is what I like to CALL "TOUGH CROWD"-funding, y'knowutimean?

that everyone was doing their own thing now

This is true but everyone's "own thing" is garbage. Together they would be great. Unfortunately nobody at Sirius (or any other broadcasting company for that matter) sees that.

Sadly, 2 of the regulars are dead. I don't know how Keith is doing in terms of the stroke. That only leaves Norton & DiPaolo. Time has not been kind to that show.

Dat Phan is doing fine, faggot.

Judy Gold is alive and well!

I guess they really were a Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn.

This is true but everyone's "own thing" is garbage. Together they would be great.

Doesn't matter. The reason people even went on Tough Crowd was for the exposure, it was a Comedy Central show that lead into Daily Show. Aside from the unemployed schlubs we all loved it was the main reason he got most of the people interested in the first place and there's way too many people trying that exact same format in podcast form. It might seem good now, but I'd recommend watching it all over again and reminding yourself how much of it was shit.

Laziness. I love Colin but he bailed out of a pretty hefty deal him and Bobby got offered to do their podcast. I also think he sees a podcast as beneath him. He's been critical of how every comedian has a podcast nowadays and it's turned comics into pontificating self-important blowhards (Rogan)

and it's turned comics into pontificating self-important blowhards

so if its a podcast its bad but if its a stageshow its good?

Because Colin actually writes things, thinks them through, tries them out live, rewrites them - you know, like a professional. Not like a once a week goof to entertain five thousand nobodies.

Because the two best regulars are dead.

Very true.

Why would he?

If you get Norton, Bobby and Colin then a few rotating comedians, it would be great. Just as long as Sherrod or Kurt are never allowed to be on.

Colin and Jim would be a fantastic match. Colin's endless frustration with Jim and his scarily accurate deconstruction of everything about Norton would both be healthy for Jim as a person and funny and entertaining for us to listen to

As long as they get rid of the snacks, I'll tune in

Not exactly Tough Crowd but very close -- Why not Jim Norton and Colin Quin, more of a equal partnership rather than Colin hosting and running the whole thing.

Jim and Colin with a rotating third "guest" host featuring people like Voss and Depalo. Finish it all up with a celebrity interview.

The show was more than you remember. It can only work as well if it were formatted for tv. CC would really benefit from it again though; with @midnight being a decent geyser for comics, Tough Crowd would make a good weekend show where they can go at eachothers throats and periodically let the "comic for comics" grumble his good shit.

Colin's done with that shit.

Perhaps money factors in to this.

Colin doesn't fuck around with podcasts or stuff like that, he is a bit "above it all". It's just like Norm, he just ended his youtube show out of nowhere even if it was beloved. It's an SNL thing, like hitting the big times and trying to stay on television. I was amazed when he did cop show and released it on youtube. It's a pride thing I guess. Tbh it's a wasted opportunity, he has the connections to set it up and get a guest list that Marc Maron had to fight for throughout the years.

All of the $ in radio is just too alluring. Tough crowd is a niche market in all reality. From Collin's perspective, he's had that part in his career. And now he's on to other things.

Perhaps Comedy Central owns it. Still, can come up with a similar idea.

Sometimes dead is better.

Seinfeld would not approve.

What are you saying?

I feel like podcasts are a little low-brow for Seinfeld and he seems to be guiding Colin's career in recent years.

How, Sway? You don't have the answers, Sway!

Because the world doesn't deserve that.

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

Very true.