With Jeff Foxworthy and Jeff Dunham I would disagree with you, even though I don't find either funny. Even though they're similar to Amy because they just focus to 1 big niche, they're different in how it happened.
Jeff Foxworthy put together a tour and put 'redneck' comedy in the mainstream again. Jeff Dunham went after similar crowds with a different act that was his thing. With Amy, corporations really want women viewers and using shitty female comics to try and get them in.
I can at least quote some Jeff Dunham, Carlos Mencia, or Jeff Foxworthy lines. I've never heard anyone tell me an Amy Schumer joke, besides that rape one and the tampon line (both to insult her).
Foxworthy had a great premise and ran with it, he also put his guys on. Without Jeff we wouldn't know Ron White. Foxworthy is a good dude even though he's probably a bit clean for you.
Ron White is hilarious I'm sorry that he hangs out with people you don't like. Every time I saw Blue Collar Comedy Tour on TV I would watch Ron, get some laughs, then Engvall comes on and I change the channel.
The guy is a smart comedian who can write a joke and it's not "aww shucks" good ol boy bullshit like Vic Henley et al.
My favorite Ron White bit is about the small plane. Also the "Tater Salad" bit is great, and the story about him fucking some girl in his garage and grandma coming in.
Foxworthy... meh. He's not great but he's not like, offensively bad like Schumer is. Same for Jeff Dunham. He's just mediocre. I don't want to punch my TV when I see him though.
If I had kids and wanted to introduce them to comedy I would put on a Jeff Dunham clip. We are obviously not his audience, but he actually does some edgy stuff for a family type comic. He is also just a talented performer, so I have zero issue with his success. Schumer isn't and has never been funny, no matter what audience she was selling to.
I would argue that either are talented. Ralphie has been around awhile and has put out quite a few specials. Gabriel (fluffy) can at least do noises. Amy has about 3 specials, where 1 she is accused of stealing tons of material.
The best part of that story is that Carlos Mencia (ie Ned whatever his real name is) actually stole that story, literally word for word, and put it on one of his specials. Like it's not even arguable, there are videos where people play them side by side and it's literally the exact same story, same punchline, everything. Ned chose to steal from one of the best selling albums, by one of the most well-known comics of all time. Hr can't even fucking plagiarize properly
i saw him right before that scandal came out. most of it was pretty unfunny and about his success and life. just the way all those big guys go towards the end. real soccer mom crowd too.
however, i did laugh a couple times and in hindsight it was at stories that were a bit sexually inappropriate, hahaha. he's still got it.
San Francisco is a place where "people" shit into the escalators so often that they stop working. San Francisco is the city where you have to not only dodge dogshit but human shit on the street.
Lmfao this guy doesn't understand that when you shop on Market Street if you walk down a block you end up in a very "dark" neighborhood.
I'd be proud if I were a regular joe though, you know - not some high falootin' ivory tower guy like you. Just gimme a container of coffee - and I'm happy.
Oh come on. I'm sure you are fine. I live in a town called Atherton it's about 30 miles south of SF right next to Palo Alto. I honestly didn't mean to set you all this much. I DO love the Bay Area but was more poking ya. Part of can't wait to get out !
Sorry, I assumed you actually WERE one of those people who thinks the only reason people don't like SF they don't have money. I was living in SF I won't say where but it definitely wasn't the TL, HP or Bayview.
The fact that you can shop at Westgate, walk one block down to 6th and market and get mugged for all your shit is what I find so horrible about that city.
Forgot I was on O and A subreddit and someone might just be trolling me.
Comedians know who he is, but I couldn't think of a single person that I know (past or present) who would know his name at all, much less as a comedian.
Eh, the only reason I know his name is from people on 2-3 podcasts and shows saying what a hack fraud he is. I've never heard anyone say anything remotely positive about him.
Ugh fuck him. I hate him a lot. He bombs on everything but hey he acknowledged he's bombing so clearly he's not bombing anymore. Stupid jew with a jew face
I was going to say Dane Cook, but I'll concede both Amy and Dane have occasionally made me laugh. I've never laughed at anything Russell Peters has said.
No one has mentioned "I'd like to see you work a state Fair" Gallagher? Or Gallagher II? One of the few times I could tolerate Marc Maron. Hey, there's another one. Marc Maron. Tried to be the "liberal Rush Limbaugh", somehow that failed, so he started his podcast which would never have gone anywhere if it wasn't one of the first ever. I mean, interviewing comics about their craft? Either he actually wanted to be a modern Alan King, or he just realized he wasn't funny and had no other choice. And now he fucking sells out theaters and has more success than much funnier people just because of that audience he's built. Never laughed at him once.
Or how about Trevor Noah. Who has ever laughed at anything Trevor Noah has ever said? It's barely even a comedy show anymore, it's a show to make liberals smile and nod knowingly while congratulating each other for being so much smarter than everyone else.
When Patrice tore apart Gallagher, God did that show Gallagher true depth of unfunniness.
But how the fuck has Marc Maron become relevant? He is strikingly unfunny. He has zero insight, zero forethought, just wings everything like a junior in high school producing a documentary film. Get rid of him.
Dennis Leary. Adam Sandler. Whoopie. D.L. Hughley (however you spell his last name). George Lopez. All his shit is the same and he reworks the same bits over and over.
Ugh fuck him. I hate him a lot. He bombs on everything but hey he acknowledged he's bombing so clearly he's not bombing anymore. Stupid jew with a jew face
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n/a takyon_deathyon 2017-03-10
Jeff Foxworthy, Carlos Mencia, and Jeff Dunham suck just as much
n/a turnthemaround 2017-03-10
With Jeff Foxworthy and Jeff Dunham I would disagree with you, even though I don't find either funny. Even though they're similar to Amy because they just focus to 1 big niche, they're different in how it happened.
Jeff Foxworthy put together a tour and put 'redneck' comedy in the mainstream again. Jeff Dunham went after similar crowds with a different act that was his thing. With Amy, corporations really want women viewers and using shitty female comics to try and get them in.
n/a takyon_deathyon 2017-03-10
Fair enough, corporate-made diversity comedians are generally much worse
n/a turnthemaround 2017-03-10
I can at least quote some Jeff Dunham, Carlos Mencia, or Jeff Foxworthy lines. I've never heard anyone tell me an Amy Schumer joke, besides that rape one and the tampon line (both to insult her).
n/a SorryFiMAGADog 2017-03-10
Foxworthy had a great premise and ran with it, he also put his guys on. Without Jeff we wouldn't know Ron White. Foxworthy is a good dude even though he's probably a bit clean for you.
Kathy Griffin's joke is asking "Really? Really?"
n/a Peckah_Inspectah 2017-03-10
And withiut Ron White, we wouldn't have Vic Henley. Think what we'd he missing out on
n/a SorryFiMAGADog 2017-03-10
Ron White is hilarious I'm sorry that he hangs out with people you don't like. Every time I saw Blue Collar Comedy Tour on TV I would watch Ron, get some laughs, then Engvall comes on and I change the channel.
The guy is a smart comedian who can write a joke and it's not "aww shucks" good ol boy bullshit like Vic Henley et al.
n/a Bedewyr 2017-03-10
I loved the rickety bridge 20 miles an hour shit. Ron White sold that shit so hard. Hilarious.
n/a SorryFiMAGADog 2017-03-10
My favorite Ron White bit is about the small plane. Also the "Tater Salad" bit is great, and the story about him fucking some girl in his garage and grandma coming in.
n/a Dick_Kickass 2017-03-10
Agree 100% with Mencia.
Foxworthy... meh. He's not great but he's not like, offensively bad like Schumer is. Same for Jeff Dunham. He's just mediocre. I don't want to punch my TV when I see him though.
n/a cakehornnigga 2017-03-10
If I had kids and wanted to introduce them to comedy I would put on a Jeff Dunham clip. We are obviously not his audience, but he actually does some edgy stuff for a family type comic. He is also just a talented performer, so I have zero issue with his success. Schumer isn't and has never been funny, no matter what audience she was selling to.
n/a valley_pete 2017-03-10
Ralphie May and the fat spic who says he's fluffy.
n/a HitEmWTheHeinnn 2017-03-10
Ralphie May isn't that bad. Google 'fuck a bunch of Indians.' It might change your mind.
n/a valley_pete 2017-03-10
Will do, I'll give him a shot. I just haven't been hype on his stuff before.
n/a TriangleDimes 2017-03-10
You haven't been hype on him?
n/a Notmyfirstacc3 2017-03-10
Ralphie May has a residency in Vegas, retard.
n/a HitEmWTheHeinnn 2017-03-10
How the fuck would I know where he lives faggot?
n/a Notmyfirstacc3 2017-03-10
Wrong residency
n/a turnthemaround 2017-03-10
I would argue that either are talented. Ralphie has been around awhile and has put out quite a few specials. Gabriel (fluffy) can at least do noises. Amy has about 3 specials, where 1 she is accused of stealing tons of material.
n/a valley_pete 2017-03-10
Ugh I HATE Gabriel, thank you for his name, I was on my phone.
I'll give Ralphie another go.
n/a turnthemaround 2017-03-10
We don't want to piss them off and have a parade through here.
n/a zenicaone 2017-03-10
well I have a good news for you - Fluffer is either dying or he decided to do something to try to extend his life.
you can search for more, I saw headline somewhere the other day but did not care enough to click on it.
n/a beleca 2017-03-10
Hey, that doesn't sound like good news at all
n/a THEPOOPSOFVICTORY 2017-03-10
Fucking Gabriel Iglasias or some shit.
n/a Shotguncake 2017-03-10
Nick Cannon as well.
n/a SorryFiMAGADog 2017-03-10
Gabriel Iglesias would be great in the role of the black guy from Police Academy. He's at least funnier than Pablo Francisco. "MUPPETS WITH AIDS"
n/a HitEmWTheHeinnn 2017-03-10
I'll go with Bill Cosby as leader of unfunny/successful comedians. Other than the rape stuff, all of his other shit is awful.
n/a unprovoked_hate 2017-03-10
'but you seee..what's with the thing the guy did for me the guy aaaba hiba guba gooooo?'
n/a WiretapStudios 2017-03-10
What, you don't find long form stories about being a high school football player and a mundane thing happening funny?
n/a beleca 2017-03-10
The best part of that story is that Carlos Mencia (ie Ned whatever his real name is) actually stole that story, literally word for word, and put it on one of his specials. Like it's not even arguable, there are videos where people play them side by side and it's literally the exact same story, same punchline, everything. Ned chose to steal from one of the best selling albums, by one of the most well-known comics of all time. Hr can't even fucking plagiarize properly
n/a throwawawyy2 2017-03-10
He'll of a closing bit tho. Almost as good as Michael Jackson's pedophile bit
n/a MicrowaveYourFork 2017-03-10
I saw Cosby post-rapey, but before anything had come out. He killed for an hour. Seriously funny.
n/a dassabessdoe 2017-03-10
His compulsions are escalating.
n/a blackirishlad 2017-03-10
i saw him right before that scandal came out. most of it was pretty unfunny and about his success and life. just the way all those big guys go towards the end. real soccer mom crowd too.
however, i did laugh a couple times and in hindsight it was at stories that were a bit sexually inappropriate, hahaha. he's still got it.
n/a xaway3 2017-03-10
You ever heard of this guy Dane Cook?
n/a unprovoked_hate 2017-03-10
The Dane Cooks?
n/a SorryFiMAGADog 2017-03-10
I believe you meant Margaret Cho. She's Dat Phan with "edgy" views and has been spreading cancerous San Francisco bullshit for 20+ years.
n/a not_copomash 2017-03-10
Sf rocks, Margaret is from Oakland.
n/a SorryFiMAGADog 2017-03-10
San Francisco is a place where "people" shit into the escalators so often that they stop working. San Francisco is the city where you have to not only dodge dogshit but human shit on the street.
Good restaurants but SF absolutely doesn't "rock"
n/a not_copomash 2017-03-10
That's what people who can't afford Silicon Valley and SF Bay Area say.
n/a SorryFiMAGADog 2017-03-10
Lmfao this guy doesn't understand that when you shop on Market Street if you walk down a block you end up in a very "dark" neighborhood.
I'd be proud if I were a regular joe though, you know - not some high falootin' ivory tower guy like you. Just gimme a container of coffee - and I'm happy.
n/a not_copomash 2017-03-10
Dats cool.
n/a SorryFiMAGADog 2017-03-10
Where, pray tell do you live in the Bay Area?
You know nothing about me fellow redditor yet assume I must not have been able to afford the liberal wasteland.
That's why you people are such fags.
n/a not_copomash 2017-03-10
Oh come on. I'm sure you are fine. I live in a town called Atherton it's about 30 miles south of SF right next to Palo Alto. I honestly didn't mean to set you all this much. I DO love the Bay Area but was more poking ya. Part of can't wait to get out !
n/a SorryFiMAGADog 2017-03-10
Sorry, I assumed you actually WERE one of those people who thinks the only reason people don't like SF they don't have money. I was living in SF I won't say where but it definitely wasn't the TL, HP or Bayview.
The fact that you can shop at Westgate, walk one block down to 6th and market and get mugged for all your shit is what I find so horrible about that city.
Forgot I was on O and A subreddit and someone might just be trolling me.
n/a TriangleDimes 2017-03-10
Since you're both from the San Fran area you should make up and slather cum on each other.
n/a SorryFiMAGADog 2017-03-10
Wow that was a pretty original one there, Jimmy.
n/a throwawawyy2 2017-03-10
You live on hill. Shut up. San Francisco stinks
n/a tedsfurrydingle 2017-03-10
The Bay Area stinks. It will just take another decade for everyone to realize it.
n/a blackirishlad 2017-03-10
anybody that says a city "rocks" is instantly wrong and should be hung for spreading lies and propaganda.
n/a not_copomash 2017-03-10
Except she's from Oakland
n/a not_copomash 2017-03-10
So you must be a big Paula Poundstone fan.
n/a anaLog1989 2017-03-10
Didn't she rape her adopted child...?
n/a not_copomash 2017-03-10
Something like that.
n/a JewsRUs630 2017-03-10
Aziz, might be less successful, but he may be the worst person to ever call themselves a comedian, at least Vince Champ made 'em laugh.
n/a truthie 2017-03-10
Aziz came instantly to mind. His stand-up is just him telling slightly odd stories with no attempt at a punchline.
n/a GreggHughesTheCuck 2017-03-10
Aziz has to be my guilty pleasure as a comedy fan. "Ching Chong ding dong where's my keys"
n/a BamMargeraOfficial 2017-03-10
Iliza Schlesinger's joke writing skills are just as bad. Then you got Dane Cook, Larry the Cable Guy, Ralphie May.
n/a cokevanillazero 2017-03-10
Andy Kindler.
n/a SHITLORD_CUNTDICK 2017-03-10
I would agree except he's not successful.
n/a cokevanillazero 2017-03-10
Depends on your definition. I mean people know who he is. For a comedian that's fairly successful.
n/a WiretapStudios 2017-03-10
Comedians know who he is, but I couldn't think of a single person that I know (past or present) who would know his name at all, much less as a comedian.
n/a cokevanillazero 2017-03-10
We both know who he is.
And considering how absolutely dogshit he is at his chosen career, that's damn impressive.
n/a WiretapStudios 2017-03-10
Eh, the only reason I know his name is from people on 2-3 podcasts and shows saying what a hack fraud he is. I've never heard anyone say anything remotely positive about him.
n/a dassabessdoe 2017-03-10
Jim Norton and Nick Dipaulo both defended him against accusations of him being a hack. They really let me down.
n/a throwawawyy2 2017-03-10
Ugh fuck him. I hate him a lot. He bombs on everything but hey he acknowledged he's bombing so clearly he's not bombing anymore. Stupid jew with a jew face
n/a SHITLORD_CUNTDICK 2017-03-10
I don't know, "AND AN OB TAMPON WHOOP WHOOP" had me in stitches.
n/a THEPOOPSOFVICTORY 2017-03-10
Kathy Griffin, Ralphie May, Jim Carey, Bill Cosby, Kevin Hart, Gabriel Iglasias, Dane Cook.
n/a ZigginZaggin 2017-03-10
I was going to say Dane Cook, but I'll concede both Amy and Dane have occasionally made me laugh. I've never laughed at anything Russell Peters has said.
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n/a beleca 2017-03-10
No one has mentioned "I'd like to see you work a state Fair" Gallagher? Or Gallagher II? One of the few times I could tolerate Marc Maron. Hey, there's another one. Marc Maron. Tried to be the "liberal Rush Limbaugh", somehow that failed, so he started his podcast which would never have gone anywhere if it wasn't one of the first ever. I mean, interviewing comics about their craft? Either he actually wanted to be a modern Alan King, or he just realized he wasn't funny and had no other choice. And now he fucking sells out theaters and has more success than much funnier people just because of that audience he's built. Never laughed at him once.
Or how about Trevor Noah. Who has ever laughed at anything Trevor Noah has ever said? It's barely even a comedy show anymore, it's a show to make liberals smile and nod knowingly while congratulating each other for being so much smarter than everyone else.
n/a TeflonDon3000 2017-03-10
When Patrice tore apart Gallagher, God did that show Gallagher true depth of unfunniness.
But how the fuck has Marc Maron become relevant? He is strikingly unfunny. He has zero insight, zero forethought, just wings everything like a junior in high school producing a documentary film. Get rid of him.
n/a Ghostdog2041 2017-03-10
Hat about that Indian guy Isneezd Imsorry
n/a Frankwasbetter 2017-03-10
I don't care what anyone says, Dane Cook has given me some pretty big laughs.
n/a ehondaslaps 2017-03-10
Jim Norton
n/a yellowman444 2017-03-10
I would argue that jim Norton is funny but not successful
n/a ehondaslaps 2017-03-10
He's funny on the radio, not as a stand up comedian.
n/a SammyLuke 2017-03-10
Dennis Leary. Adam Sandler. Whoopie. D.L. Hughley (however you spell his last name). George Lopez. All his shit is the same and he reworks the same bits over and over.
n/a bill_burrs_butthole 2017-03-10
More like huge-ly overratted tsss
n/a RacistPigeon 2017-03-10
And on top of that, she's a massively phony cunt.
n/a SHITLORD_CUNTDICK 2017-03-10
I would agree except he's not successful.
n/a throwawawyy2 2017-03-10
Ugh fuck him. I hate him a lot. He bombs on everything but hey he acknowledged he's bombing so clearly he's not bombing anymore. Stupid jew with a jew face