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I had the fortunate (or not) experience of watching the DVD of Eddy Izzard last night with friends. This man is beyond fabulous. Stunning, hysterical humor. When I sat down to my Tivoed LCS it was a huge let down. All three of these comics are only pretty good.
I am going to guess that Gary wins though either of the others would be my pick. I go back and forth between John and Alonzo.
I am looking forward to next year; I am already rooting for Dave Mordal. He will make me pick up the phone.
I don't know why, but I find Gary Gulman to be very funny. Maybe it's his delivery, maybe it's the constant little boy smile he has on his face, like he's really enjoying himself... or maybe his jokes just strike close to home for me so that's why I can laugh so hard - anyway, I doubt Gary will win, I think it will be Alonzo, John, and Gary, but hey, I'd like a Gary win....Originally Posted by Dogbat
After watching last night's show, all I can say is "what happened"?
All three comics seemed to adjust their style a little bit. Alonzo and Gary's didn't bother me so much, but I felt let down by John. I LOVE his childhood to adulthood humor. I wasn't buying his "marriage" jokes last night. I did chuckle over the "stripper glitter" joke, but that was it for me.
I wish Gary would have started with the "Olympics" stuff. However, I'm glad he stayed true to himself and through in a cookie joke...fig newtons!
Alonzo was his typical smart comic self. I love his approach to humor.
I didn't vote because I could see all three of these winning this. It's going to be a tight race. IMO.
After watching last night's show, all I can say is "what happened"?
All three comics seemed to adjust their style a little bit. Alonzo and Gary's didn't bother me so much, but I felt let down by John. I LOVE his childhood to adulthood humor. I wasn't buying his "marriage" jokes last night. I did chuckle over the "stripper glitter" joke, but that was it for me.
I wish Gary would have started with the "Olympics" stuff. However, I'm glad he stayed true to himself and through in a cookie joke...fig newtons
Alonzo was his typical smart comic self. I love his approach to humor.
I didn't vote because I could see all three of these winning this. It's going to be a tight race. IMO.
Couldnt agree more, I thought all 3 were extremely flatter than usual. I thought they did way better in the semi finals. I laughed my ass off in the semis but not so much in the final 3. I laughed more at Norton and the Old lady to be honest.
It was an odd combo of someone funnier (Norton), someone much worse (Mohr) and all of the bad audition clips--forming some sort of energy field that sucked everyone down a bit.
Or maybe Bonnie did them all in the dressing rooms pre-show, and they were all tired.
I actually thought Alonzo had a great set. The only problem being that he STARTED listless and built up, whereas with the other two it was just up and down the whole set.
i will admit to being one of the people that have posted that jay mohr is a gigantic waste of tv air. you are also not the first to suggest he is funnier in person.
if you read all the threads here and on other boards you see a lot of comparisons of the participants to other [famous] comedians - their styles, their material - that go as far back as groucho. comparisons are made and observations commented.
using these other comics as reference i have this thought: if you are truly funny, you are funny to any audience. there are circumstances where censoring is appropriate. (the day care center was an example of a special case, let's not anyone get hung on the trivial).
a really funny person IMHO can make any audience laugh. to drop a few names from the reference group above: red foxx, george carlin, richard pryor. far from being sunday school teachers on stage, they could also be funny on network tv - espcially in the 60s and early 70s where you couldn't do/say half of what you can today.
so, if he has to be obscene to funny, is he really funny??? or is he just obscene? do to the enormous amount of face time he is given on LCS, the odds are in his favor that i'd grin at least once or twice, but i've never laughed, never been impressed. based on the posts i've read, you are in the minority, so, you go see him. i couldn't be bothered to walk across the street to do it. and since i have chosen to watch LCS, i submit to the sacrifice of putting up with him.
Thanks Keith I am glad that you like Just Correct, I am very proud of it. Tomorrow I am going to perform, NBC has picked out my set, basically my Tonight Show set. I am just a little disappointed though because I didn't want to repeat a joke, but they said a bunch of people haven't seen the first season and all the staff there wanted that set. I am really tired all day long we shot promos for season 3 and for tomorrow. 30 million viewers and I am wiped out. It should be fun. Oh ya Dat is going to tell you everything he is doing and then do the martial arts in the bathroom joke again, enjoy. Oh man that's my teammate now, wow that is weird. Should I do a cookie joke just to goof on Gary Gulman??
Ralphie May
Ah, so there is a team aspect, eh Ralphie? Can you vote for one of your own in the spirit of knawing your foot off to be free from the trap?
You, Mordal and Voss should fair very well. I am looking forward to this. We have all been whining about this season not coming close to the first.
Who from the first season will be included?
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