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The documentary I Am Sam Kinison is really badly done.

A fascinating story told in a very irritating manner. Grainy footage of Sam Kinison interrupted by interviews of comedians explaining the significance of the routine, followed by 90s has beens telling us how great the joke that was just interrupted really was.


Sam Kinison was great, and his rise and fall would make for a really fascinating story. This movie blows.
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Pruitt wrote: Tue Jan 16, 2018 7:03 am The documentary I Am Sam Kinison is really badly done.

A fascinating story told in a very irritating manner. Grainy footage of Sam Kinison interrupted by interviews of comedians explaining the significance of the routine, followed by 90s has beens telling us how great the joke that was just interrupted really was.


Sam Kinison was great, and his rise and fall would make for a really fascinating story. This movie blows.
Sam Kinison was hilarious the first time I saw him. But that "yelling really loud" schtick got old quickly. At least for me.
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Yeah, he was like Andrew Dice Clay in that way - a one note guy.

But what was frustrating about this doc is that it touched on many interesting threads that would have made a fascinating story, but skimmed over them in order to have in depth interviews with inarticulate has beens like Corey Feldman, Charlie Sheen and Ted Nugent (who sounded like he'd only seen Kinison on TV and had nothing to add).
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Johnnie wrote: Sat Jan 06, 2018 8:27 pm
Nonlinear FC wrote:1) I love Tom Segura, so take it with that caveat... I just watched his latest on Netflix and pretty consistently laughed my ass off for over an hour.
His new one comes out on the 12th.
Just watched the new one, and it's awesome. He has a very defined style, and it's very similar to listening to him have a conversation on his friends' podcasts. He just seems like such a good guy. You want to be friends with him, but in a group. One on one, he might be really boring. Anyways, I really liked his previous special, but the new one is even better.
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The Sybian wrote: Thu Jan 18, 2018 10:27 am
Johnnie wrote: Sat Jan 06, 2018 8:27 pm
Nonlinear FC wrote:1) I love Tom Segura, so take it with that caveat... I just watched his latest on Netflix and pretty consistently laughed my ass off for over an hour.
His new one comes out on the 12th.
Just watched the new one, and it's awesome. He has a very defined style, and it's very similar to listening to him have a conversation on his friends' podcasts. He just seems like such a good guy. You want to be friends with him, but in a group. One on one, he might be really boring. Anyways, I really liked his previous special, but the new one is even better.
Haven't seen the new one yet, but I enjoyed his previous one. (I'm glad I didn't have my daughter there with me - she likes watching standup, but his stuff is a little too graphic for me to watch along with her.)

I also watched his wife's special on netflix. Christina Pazsitsky. She's funny.
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Bill Burr was recently on the Industry Standard podcast. Burr spends a good amount of time busting balls, so it's an entertaining listen, as well as a chance to learn more about Burr.
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sancarlos wrote: Thu Jan 18, 2018 12:57 pm
The Sybian wrote: Thu Jan 18, 2018 10:27 am
Johnnie wrote: Sat Jan 06, 2018 8:27 pm
Nonlinear FC wrote:1) I love Tom Segura, so take it with that caveat... I just watched his latest on Netflix and pretty consistently laughed my ass off for over an hour.
His new one comes out on the 12th.
Just watched the new one, and it's awesome. He has a very defined style, and it's very similar to listening to him have a conversation on his friends' podcasts. He just seems like such a good guy. You want to be friends with him, but in a group. One on one, he might be really boring. Anyways, I really liked his previous special, but the new one is even better.
Haven't seen the new one yet, but I enjoyed his previous one. (I'm glad I didn't have my daughter there with me - she likes watching standup, but his stuff is a little too graphic for me to watch along with her.)

I also watched his wife's special on netflix. Christina Pazsitsky. She's funny.
I haven't watched it yet, but I was front and center when he came to ABQ, so I've probably seen the majority of it.

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sancarlos wrote: Thu Jan 18, 2018 12:57 pm
The Sybian wrote: Thu Jan 18, 2018 10:27 am
Johnnie wrote: Sat Jan 06, 2018 8:27 pm
Nonlinear FC wrote:1) I love Tom Segura, so take it with that caveat... I just watched his latest on Netflix and pretty consistently laughed my ass off for over an hour.
His new one comes out on the 12th.
Just watched the new one, and it's awesome. He has a very defined style, and it's very similar to listening to him have a conversation on his friends' podcasts. He just seems like such a good guy. You want to be friends with him, but in a group. One on one, he might be really boring. Anyways, I really liked his previous special, but the new one is even better.
Haven't seen the new one yet, but I enjoyed his previous one. (I'm glad I didn't have my daughter there with me - she likes watching standup, but his stuff is a little too graphic for me to watch along with her.)

I also watched his wife's special on netflix. Christina Pazsitsky. She's funny.
Loved the new Segura special. Watched Christina P last night on your suggestion. It was hit and miss. Felt like she had some really strong bits and a couple of bits that she liked and were going in whether they got laughs or not. Also if you were in the other room, you'd swear about 60% of the time someone was watching a Roseanne Barr special.
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Pruitt wrote: Fri Jan 05, 2018 11:22 pm
Johnnie wrote:The new Chappelle stand ups are great. Definitely watch them.
Just watched one of them - the one with the story about dinner at his white friend's house - and it was really good.
Yes, absolutely brilliant. Haven't seen the other one, which according to comedians, is a typical Chapelle, low key, off the cuff set, riffing about whatever is on his mind, as opposed to a tight, well worked set.
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Campaigners are petitioning Netflix to censor a comedy special featuring ‘hate speech’

They're coming after Tom Segura! Because he mocked "retarded" by substituting with "extra 21st chromosome."
The petition urges the streaming giant to “remove the anti-down syndrome rhetoric from the show,” “take the anti-disability sketch out of the trailer for the show,” and “issue a public apology for perpetuating hate speech and stereotype to the Down Syndrome community”.
These people bitching about it are acting retarded.
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Johnnie wrote: Wed Jan 24, 2018 1:29 pm Campaigners are petitioning Netflix to censor a comedy special featuring ‘hate speech’

They're coming after Tom Segura! Because he mocked "retarded" by substituting with "extra 21st chromosome."
The petition urges the streaming giant to “remove the anti-down syndrome rhetoric from the show,” “take the anti-disability sketch out of the trailer for the show,” and “issue a public apology for perpetuating hate speech and stereotype to the Down Syndrome community”.
These people bitching about it are acting retarded.
I saw that special, and as I recall, he was quite clear about how he (and others) used to use the word "retarded." It was used to describe something that was idiotic in its execution. He compared the usage to the way we used to use the word "gay," not to mean "homosexual," but to mean "lame.'

These people need to focus their anger elsewhere. Because their petition is retarded and gay. (In the Segurian sense of course).
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Yeah, I knew he'd catch shit for that.

Kinda funny how you don't see the LGBTQ(etc) community burning a bunch of energy on this stuff (anymore.)

And, look, I get it. My kids are all over me when I say something or someone is retarded and I've tried (fairly successfully) to "retire the R word," as they say. Just like I, er... guillotined the G word?

But going after comedians is really the lamest thing in the world, just in general.
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Mentioned it upthread, but that military but he had made me lose my shit so hard. Fuck that fat prick in Reno for getting offended on my behalf.

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Going to see Nikki Glaser on Friday.
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tennbengal wrote: Wed Feb 07, 2018 6:11 am Going to see Nikki Glaser on Friday.
I like her the more I see her. I hope she doesn't fall into the Amy Schumer trap of getting one note with it. She's very funny and very confident in herself and that can go the Iliza direction or the Amy direction. One you get to explore a lot of fun sterotypes and tropes and there's a lot of great thinky-comedy in there, the other its another hour of "you'll never believe how big a slut I am, funny right?" jokes.
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BSF21 wrote: Wed Feb 07, 2018 8:02 am
tennbengal wrote: Wed Feb 07, 2018 6:11 am Going to see Nikki Glaser on Friday.
I like her the more I see her. I hope she doesn't fall into the Amy Schumer trap of getting one note with it. She's very funny and very confident in herself and that can go the Iliza direction or the Amy direction. One you get to explore a lot of fun sterotypes and tropes and there's a lot of great thinky-comedy in there, the other its another hour of "you'll never believe how big a slut I am, funny right?" jokes.
She's a fun twitter follow, I am looking forward to it. I hope it is the former rather than the latter.
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tennbengal wrote: Wed Feb 07, 2018 6:11 am Going to see Nikki Glaser on Friday.
I've seen her...she is great. Both my wife and I are fans...we liked her show on CC...too bad it got axed after 10 episodes.

Best part about seeing her live is she'll do pictures with people after the show. We went for my birthday but it was my wife that got to take the picture with her.
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Awesome. I think she's from Cincinnati, so that will make small talk easier while getting a pic...
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tennbengal wrote: Wed Feb 07, 2018 10:31 am Awesome. I think she's from Cincinnati, so that will make small talk easier while getting a pic...
You're right...I believe she was born there but moved to St. Louis area at some point during childhood.
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I wanna like Bill Burr but he sucks.
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brian wrote: Wed Feb 28, 2018 10:58 pm I wanna like Bill Burr but he sucks.
He is 25 percent awesome and 75 percent throwaway
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A_B wrote: Wed Feb 28, 2018 11:00 pm
brian wrote: Wed Feb 28, 2018 10:58 pm I wanna like Bill Burr but he sucks.
He is 25 percent awesome and 75 percent throwaway
That’s very accurate and a better way of putting it.
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A_B wrote: Wed Feb 28, 2018 11:00 pm
brian wrote: Wed Feb 28, 2018 10:58 pm I wanna like Bill Burr but he sucks.
He is 25 percent awesome and 75 percent throwaway
My thoughts exactly. I've tried his podcast a couple of times, but after 15 minutes and a couple of chuckles it was "enough already."

I find that Adam Corrola is similar.
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brian wrote: Wed Feb 28, 2018 11:03 pm
A_B wrote: Wed Feb 28, 2018 11:00 pm
brian wrote: Wed Feb 28, 2018 10:58 pm I wanna like Bill Burr but he sucks.
He is 25 percent awesome and 75 percent throwaway
That’s very accurate and a better way of putting it.
I liked him on Crashing.
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Giff wrote: Thu Mar 01, 2018 9:20 am
brian wrote: Wed Feb 28, 2018 11:03 pm
A_B wrote: Wed Feb 28, 2018 11:00 pm
brian wrote: Wed Feb 28, 2018 10:58 pm I wanna like Bill Burr but he sucks.
He is 25 percent awesome and 75 percent throwaway
That’s very accurate and a better way of putting it.
I liked him on Crashing.
Yes. It felt like a needier and feminized version of what he seems to be from listening to his podcast.
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brian wrote: Wed Feb 28, 2018 10:58 pm I wanna like Bill Burr but he sucks.
I've liked some of his stuff but his general style of yelling and swearing a lot to make mediocre material 'funnier' just doesn't work for me. Rogan (and many others) falls into the same boat.
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Michelle Wolf's HBO special was hilarious.
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Really liked Tig Notaro’s new special on Netflix.
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brian wrote: Thu May 24, 2018 6:48 pm Really liked Tig Notaro’s new special on Netflix.
Wait whAt?!?!?? I love me some tig.
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Watching it right now. She's great.
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So can I take my 13 year old to Dmitry Martin? We have heard his recorded stuff but just not sure if I will be that parent at a live show.
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I was watching Carlin at 7. You'll be fine.
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Johnnie wrote: Sun Dec 16, 2018 12:49 am I was watching Carlin at 7. You'll be fine.
My father gave us the "Occupation Foole" LP when my brother was 11 and I was 9. Still remember routines from the record... and also that my dad was pretty cool for liking it too.

Taking a 13 year old to a comedy show sounds like a great Dad move to me.
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Pruitt wrote: Sun Dec 16, 2018 8:15 am
Johnnie wrote: Sun Dec 16, 2018 12:49 am I was watching Carlin at 7. You'll be fine.
My father gave us the "Occupation Foole" LP when my brother was 11 and I was 9. Still remember routines from the record... and also that my dad was pretty cool for liking it too.

Taking a 13 year old to a comedy show sounds like a great Dad move to me.
We have done Brian Regan and Gaffigan live already, but that was a safe play. I think Dmitry has gone clean after a talk from Seinfeld about lewd as a crutch for sub par writing. However, I can't find anything that says that.
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Watch his Netflix special and YouTube vids and judge prior to if you're worried about it.

Then watch Daniel Sloss's stand ups for yourself. For a 26(!!!) year old, he's absolutely brilliant.
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I bought George Carlin's AM/FM album when I was in 7th grade. Lots of drugs and sex comedy on that. Some of it was over my head, but my young mind was not ruined.
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