The Swamp

Hoffstetter is my one "I saw him when" guy. A friend invited me out to his show 5-10 years ago in a tiny dive bar near Busch Gardens. Couldn't have been more than 30 in the audience. Dude's gotten pretty big online.

I can't stop fucking laughing:

So they've resorted to just reenacting viral videos and repeating the joke in 8 different ways.

govmentchedda wrote: ↑Tue Jan 03, 2023 10:30 pm Hoffstetter is my one "I saw him when" guy. A friend invited me out to his show 5-10 years ago in a tiny dive bar near Busch Gardens. Couldn't have been more than 30 in the audience. Dude's gotten pretty big online.

He blew up because, in part, he's really good at fucking up hecklers.

Shirley wrote: ↑Tue Jan 24, 2023 3:48 pm So they've resorted to just reenacting viral videos and repeating the joke in 8 different ways.

It's actually going back to their sweet spot of just taking something silly like this and blowing it up like that. I had a post on that skit teed up but got pulled into work stuff.

When I saw what they were doing I paused it and showed my wife the viral video (ffwd'ing through the alphabet after a bit) and she died when she saw the original video. Then I played the skit and she was crying laughing. I mean, I was too, but I always love when she loses it (great laugh).

Anyways, I think SNL tries a range of stuff and obviously it doesn't all hit. But sometimes a goofy premise is enough.

I Drive a Dodge Stratus! is a weak/thin premise. Still cracks me up watching today.

This is more like "i can see Russia from my house" or chevy chase falling a lot as jimmy carter. It's cheap, but they land a lot.

Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Tue Jan 24, 2023 4:32 pm
I Drive a Dodge Stratus! is a weak/thin premise. Still cracks me up watching today.

That was all in the delivery. Such a stupid skit, but I chuckled just thinking about Will Ferrell delivering that line. Saw a Stratus on the road recently and yelled "he drives a Dodge Stratus." Didn't bother to explain it to my daughter, so she just thinks I'm weird or had a mini-stroke.

And I gotta be a pedantic prick, Chevy played Gerald Ford, not Carter.

Well, it's not all that pedantic because the joke with Ford was that even though he was a UM footballer, he (apparently) was pretty clumsy.



I'm pretty sure it was because of a knee injury, but I don't feel like looking it up.

The Sybian wrote: ↑Tue Jan 24, 2023 4:58 pmAnd I gotta be a pedantic prick, Chevy played Gerald Ford, not Carter.

Prick. (I'm glad you did it before I could.)

Jimmy Carter's great moment on SNL was getting irradiated from the Pepsi Syndrome and becoming enormous.

Sarah Michelle Gellar snapping “I wish you were dead” is the unsung hero of the Dodge Stratus sketch.

Steve of phpBB wrote: ↑Tue Jan 24, 2023 5:06 pm

The Sybian wrote: ↑Tue Jan 24, 2023 4:58 pmAnd I gotta be a pedantic prick, Chevy played Gerald Ford, not Carter.

Prick. (I'm glad you did it before I could.)

Jimmy Carter's great moment on SNL was getting irradiated from the Pepsi Syndrome and becoming enormous.

Yup. I deserved the pedantry. Mea culpa.

Steve of phpBB wrote: ↑Tue Jan 24, 2023 5:06 pm Jimmy Carter's great moment on SNL was getting irradiated from the Pepsi Syndrome and becoming enormous.

Nah...it was the skit "Ask President Carter"...where he talks down the teenager on Acid.

Jimmy Carter:
Just remember you're a living organism on this planet, and you're very safe. You've just taken a heavy drug. Relax, stay inside, and listen to some music. Do you have any Allman Brothers?

Peter:
[on the phone] Yes, I do, sir. Everything is okay, huh Jimmy?

Jimmy Carter:
It sure is, Peter. You know, I'm against drug use myself, but I'm not going to lay that on you right now. Just mellow out the best you can, okay?

Johnnie wrote: ↑Sun Jan 22, 2023 1:58 pm I can't stop fucking laughing:

This was an all-time classic skit. just gold.

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"Miss Israel - what is your favourite food?" "GUM!"

I had just taken a swig of beer when the one girl said her talent was "skydiving" and nearly shot it out my nose.

"The Definitive Oral History of Christopher Titus." Just started watching Norman Rockwell is Bleeding again and it's genius.

That was hilarious. While I respected and liked the work that Trevor Noah did, he rarely made me actually laugh. Ronny Chieng makes me laugh.

I've never seen Hasan Minhaj before his hosting gig this week on TDS. He's a little too manic for my tastes. Brother needs to check his Adderall script.

L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 01, 2023 10:48 am I've never seen Hasan Minhaj before his hosting gig this week on TDS. He's a little too manic for my tastes. Brother needs to check his Adderall script.

Never? He was a correspondent on the Daily Show back in the late Jon Stewart years. Good, but never the best one.

The guest hosts have been interesting
I never connected with Trevor Noah, but respected his work. Just not my style.
I really did not like Leslie J's guest week. Just getting yelled at is not funny.
D.L. Hughley was pretty good.
Chelsea Handler is not my cup of tea
Wanda S is hit or miss
Hasan M was very good as a correspondent back in the day. Have not really watched much of his stuff since leaving the Daily Show.

Kal Penn and Al Franken could be VERY good
John Leguizamo and Marylon Waynes are probably bad fits


Ronnie Chang is great as a correspondent.

Shirley wrote: ↑Wed Mar 01, 2023 10:54 am

L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 01, 2023 10:48 am I've never seen Hasan Minhaj before his hosting gig this week on TDS. He's a little too manic for my tastes. Brother needs to check his Adderall script.

Never? He was a correspondent on the Daily Show back in the late Jon Stewart years. Good, but never the best one.

Patriot Act (mentioned in the clip with Chieng above) was really good. It's a shame he only got one season on it. I've watched his standup special and his hosting of the Correspondents Dinner and both were top notch. He's been the best of the co-hosts so far IMHO, just a tinge above Sarah Silverman. He definitely smacks the desk too often and too hard though, so maybe cut that back a bit. I hope they give him a shot at the permanent gig.

Shirley wrote: ↑Wed Mar 01, 2023 10:54 am

L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 01, 2023 10:48 am I've never seen Hasan Minhaj before his hosting gig this week on TDS. He's a little too manic for my tastes. Brother needs to check his Adderall script.

Never? He was a correspondent on the Daily Show back in the late Jon Stewart years. Good, but never the best one.

I never really watched the Daily Show until the pandemic. Just had other shit to watch. I’m not really a fan of late night. It’s my blind spot.

wlu_lax6 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 01, 2023 10:57 am The guest hosts have been interesting
I never connected with Trevor Noah, but respected his work. Just not my style.
I really did not like Leslie J's guest week. Just getting yelled at is not funny.
D.L. Hughley was pretty good.
Chelsea Handler is not my cup of tea
Wanda S is hit or miss
Hasan M was very good as a correspondent back in the day. Have not really watched much of his stuff since leaving the Daily Show.

Kal Penn and Al Franken could be VERY good
John Leguizamo and Marylon Waynes are probably bad fits


Ronnie Chang is great as a correspondent.

How did Sarah Silverman do? My only connection to these shows are the clips that show up on YouTube. She had some great moments in that realm.

Reaper wrote: ↑Wed Mar 01, 2023 10:57 am

Shirley wrote: ↑Wed Mar 01, 2023 10:54 am

L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 01, 2023 10:48 am I've never seen Hasan Minhaj before his hosting gig this week on TDS. He's a little too manic for my tastes. Brother needs to check his Adderall script.

Never? He was a correspondent on the Daily Show back in the late Jon Stewart years. Good, but never the best one.

Patriot Act (mentioned in the clip with Chieng above) was really good. It's a shame he only got one season on it. I've watched his standup special and his hosting of the Correspondents Dinner and both were top notch. He's been the best of the co-hosts so far IMHO, just a tinge above Sarah Silverman. He definitely smacks the desk too often and too hard though, so maybe cut that back a bit. I hope they give him a shot at the permanent gig.

Ah, I could've read on for an answer.

And, yes, I really enjoyed Patriot Act. I like Hasan, don't love him.

Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Wed Mar 01, 2023 11:07 am

wlu_lax6 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 01, 2023 10:57 am The guest hosts have been interesting
I never connected with Trevor Noah, but respected his work. Just not my style.
I really did not like Leslie J's guest week. Just getting yelled at is not funny.
D.L. Hughley was pretty good.
Chelsea Handler is not my cup of tea
Wanda S is hit or miss
Hasan M was very good as a correspondent back in the day. Have not really watched much of his stuff since leaving the Daily Show.

Kal Penn and Al Franken could be VERY good
John Leguizamo and Marylon Waynes are probably bad fits


Ronnie Chang is great as a correspondent.

How did Sarah Silverman do? My only connection to these shows are the clips that show up on YouTube. She had some great moments in that realm.

I subscribe to the podcast, bubble to the top of the queue sometimes. I think I caught one of her days....don't remember any of it though.

Chris Rock's Selective Outrage was...fine. He had a few good jokes (and finally broke his silence on Will Smith), but I didn't laugh that much.

Andrew Santino's Cheeseburger was hilarious. Several laugh out loud moments in that one.

I laughed exactly twice ...

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... when he called him Suge Smith and when he said he still had "Summertime" ringing in his ears. Otherwise ... man, that was a slog. It really does seem like 90% of old-er dudes with money morph into the exact same grievance griever. Their entire existence becomes about fear of cancellation and complaining about things they don't understand that didn't exist in their worlds 20 years ago.

Johnnie wrote: ↑Mon Mar 06, 2023 11:45 pm Chris Rock's Selective Outrage was...fine. He had a few good jokes (and finally broke his silence on Will Smith), but I didn't laugh that much.

Andrew Santino's Cheeseburger was hilarious. Several laugh out loud moments in that one.

He has a pretty good podcast called Whiskey Ginger that I like. I don't love the one he does with Bobby Lee (Bad Friends).

I'm laughing my ass off at this:



And this:

The new Kyle Kinane special is on Youtube, and its pretty damn funny.

John Mulaney's new Netflix show is alright. Not great, not terrible.

Pruitt IV wrote: ↑Mon May 01, 2023 6:11 am John Mulaney's new Netflix show is alright. Not great, not terrible.

Agreed, but did appreciate the beginning where he just lays out how his reputation is viewed.

Sarah Silverman's new HBO special is pretty funny.

One of the greatest cover versions in history.

The new Tom Segura special on Netflix is good and has some moments that had me on the floor.

Pruitt IV wrote: ↑Sat Jul 29, 2023 6:53 am The new Tom Segura special on Netflix is good and has some moments that had me on the floor.

Yes, great special.

I've only seen the Ted Cruz bit and if that's the funniest thing, it'll be awesome.