this stopping washing the dishes line is great - lck has so many of these perfectly observed little moments that rush by in a blink, and aren't even real jokes, but set everything up just right
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 20 January 2011 22:08 (thirteen years ago) link
I watched "Hilarious" last night and I lolled fucking hard! Esp. the story about his girl getting bit by a pony.
I did think the above-discussed "shittiest generation" bit was pretty at odds with having a 20 minute complainathon about how people lack precision in language. Like, we're not sufficiently grateful about cell phone service but - at the same time - we can't call chicken wings "amazing"? We should only be in awe of things that are hard to comprehend, or otherwise we shouldn't give them big praise? I know this is nitpicky, and that his routine about the guy saying "hilarious" was funny. The inconsistency just bothered me.
― Stop Non-Erotic Cabaret (Abbbottt), Thursday, 20 January 2011 22:21 (thirteen years ago) link
love the bit about the dude's head "secreting words"
Also, I think Patton lost a few points w/me when he starting going after college students and fourth tier comedians for stealing his material. I mean yeah it sucks, but overall I think it reflected poorly on him to make such a big deal about it.
At the same time, there's no way I'd write off Oswalt - he's still funnier than 99% of other stand ups.
― Darin, Thursday, 20 January 2011 22:30 (thirteen years ago) link
"it's got bees in it!"
― ullr saves (gbx), Friday, 21 January 2011 01:47 (thirteen years ago) link
gbx, the faggot bit is definitely the worst (and least funniest) thing he's ever done on stage; but I think the amazing 10-minute Louie episode two bit at the poker table where Rick Crom totally takes him to task about it is prolly his penance.
― Dan Watagatapitusperry (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 21 January 2011 02:00 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah i can see that
― ullr saves (gbx), Friday, 21 January 2011 02:01 (thirteen years ago) link
to be clear, I don't think it's his funniest, just that he managed it better than anyone else could have? if that makes sense
― ullr saves (gbx), Friday, 21 January 2011 02:07 (thirteen years ago) link
i think the real diff between Patton and Louie is that Patton sets himself up as the outsider—sci-fi, too-smart-for-suburbia, anti-monoculture, english major, living embodiment of the Onion A/V Club. His comedy presumes a self-righteous feeling of alienation in his audience--whether that comes from being a comic geek, or a film snob, or an indie type, or a hipster, or a message board poster. It's kind a cuddly Sub Pop version of Bill Hicks or late-90s David Cross. Which, as far as I'm concerned, is a totally great thing. But...
Louie shoots way higher, going for a general Homer Simpson everyman vibe. His bits are all about how thinks he's stupid, fat, awkward, frazzled, weirded out by people, uncomfortable around women. It's a stark humanity rendered with hyperbolic tools and gallows humor. And you don't have to have listened to Stooges records or read The Watchmen to relate to that shit.
― Dan Watagatapitusperry (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 21 January 2011 02:11 (thirteen years ago) link
i watched the tosh 2.0. guy's stand-up special on netflix. have you watched his thing? he does all the race stuff and making fun of fat americans thing. he's like the bastard child of somebody. he goes for the "edgy" thing.
― scott seward, Friday, 21 January 2011 02:21 (thirteen years ago) link
he does all the race stuff and making fun of fat americans thing. he's like the bastard child of somebody dane cook and charles mencia
― Dan Watagatapitusperry (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 21 January 2011 02:22 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm gonna start a rolling standup thread because this is getting outta control
i like tosh.0 a lot as a show but he definitely crosses the line b/w making race jokes & using comedy as an excuse to be a racist
― hard as a markers (J0rdan S.), Friday, 21 January 2011 02:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Rolling Stand-Up Comedy 2011
― Dan Watagatapitusperry (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 21 January 2011 02:24 (thirteen years ago) link
It's kind a cuddly Sub Pop version of Bill Hicks
this gets at everything that bothers me about patton and bill hicks at once
kudos
― HOOS the master?? STEEN NUFF (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Friday, 21 January 2011 02:24 (thirteen years ago) link
Patton was on the Bill Simmons podcast this week. Good chat mostly but gahhh he is so that guy that if you say your favorite movie character is X, he will say his favorite is the guy in the third scene that no-one remembers....or if your favorite movie is X he will tell you all about movie Y that influenced movie X in a way that now makes you look like a heel for not knowing about movie Y. Love the guy, in fact am married to a version of him and have those tendencies myself but lol it gets a little much
― VegemiteGrrrl, Friday, 21 January 2011 03:14 (thirteen years ago) link
Oops I forgot this wasn't even the Patton thread, soz!
― VegemiteGrrrl, Friday, 21 January 2011 03:15 (thirteen years ago) link
Ha, I flipped through Zombie Spaceship Wasteland or whatever it's called at Borders the other day and he had this whole bit about how people who dismiss sci-fi out of hand miss out on all these great sci-fi novels and people who similarly dismiss country music miss out on some great Dolly Parton and Waylon Jennings albums and the thing is, I *totally* sympathize with this POV like 100%, but in context it seemed like it was just an excuse to drop references to various left-of-mainstream stuff he likes to boost his cultural cred. (NB I'm not actually familiar with P-Dog's stand-up at all; I think the only bit I've seen him do is the one about how you can tell he's fat by the way he pronounces the letter B.)
― Tyler/Perry's "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)" (jaymc), Friday, 21 January 2011 03:27 (thirteen years ago) link
He's not even that fat, is he?
― sectarian chicken (mh), Friday, 21 January 2011 03:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Nah, I think the bit was about how he feels like he's almost getting to that point.
― Tyler/Perry's "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)" (jaymc), Friday, 21 January 2011 03:35 (thirteen years ago) link
He'll never get there by rejecting things like the famous bowl!
― sectarian chicken (mh), Friday, 21 January 2011 03:35 (thirteen years ago) link
http://video.feministing.com/2010/07/29/louis-c-k-s-unfunny-sketch-about-race/http://www.womanist-musings.com/2009/05/being-white.html
smdh
― boots get knocked from here to czechoslovakier (milo z), Wednesday, 2 February 2011 20:22 (thirteen years ago) link
the comment to the first link gets it
― الله basedأكبر (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 2 February 2011 20:29 (thirteen years ago) link
there used to be a ton of comments to that feministing post, weird
― boots get knocked from here to czechoslovakier (milo z), Wednesday, 2 February 2011 20:33 (thirteen years ago) link
oh, all the crazy comments are at http://feministing.com/2010/07/29/louis-c-k-s-unfunny-sketch-about-race/
the default comment bug is a mudflap silhouette babe flipping people off
― الله basedأكبر (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 2 February 2011 20:55 (thirteen years ago) link
amazing. most of the commenters seem to get it though.
I am starting to get really disappointed by posts on this blog that read pieces of culture with no analysis, sense of irony, or recognition or satire, let alone any context in which to place this particular piece of this comedians work.
ty and otm.
― circa1916, Wednesday, 2 February 2011 21:30 (thirteen years ago) link
"how many feminists does it take to screw in a light bulb"
― الله basedأكبر (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 2 February 2011 21:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Bruce Ratner can eat a bag of dicks.
― hstencil, Tuesday, March 16, 2004 5:39 PM (6 years ago)
― Evan, Friday, 4 February 2011 22:32 (thirteen years ago) link
donald rumsfeld, are you a lizard?http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2011/02/25/rumsfeld_lizard_person/index.html
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 25 February 2011 19:58 (thirteen years ago) link
megalols at that whole clip
― sonderangerbot, Friday, 25 February 2011 20:34 (thirteen years ago) link
pretty much the best thing about today
― not everything is a campfire (ian), Friday, 25 February 2011 20:54 (thirteen years ago) link
so great.
― Simon H., Friday, 25 February 2011 21:23 (thirteen years ago) link
oh thank you so much for this
― bang-proof-bling-mans (forksclovetofu), Friday, 25 February 2011 22:13 (thirteen years ago) link
"look at his fucking face... that is an easy mask to slip on and off"
― bang-proof-bling-mans (forksclovetofu), Friday, 25 February 2011 22:33 (thirteen years ago) link
So delicious hearing Opie and Anthony slowly lose control of their program
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Friday, 25 February 2011 22:39 (thirteen years ago) link
"NOBODY does!!"
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Friday, 25 February 2011 22:41 (thirteen years ago) link
btw:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NhlvizRZoQ
― bang-proof-bling-mans (forksclovetofu), Friday, 25 February 2011 22:43 (thirteen years ago) link
alsohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjNgNDZzH5o
― bang-proof-bling-mans (forksclovetofu), Friday, 25 February 2011 22:53 (thirteen years ago) link
Woah she's super cute.
― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 26 February 2011 00:15 (thirteen years ago) link
dying listening to that rumsfield clip
― Nhex, Saturday, 26 February 2011 04:22 (thirteen years ago) link
was this posted yet
http://i.imgur.com/ChdtI.jpg
― ℳℴℯ ❤\(◕‿◕✿ (Princess TamTam), Saturday, 26 February 2011 22:50 (thirteen years ago) link
lolll pootie tang is totally underrated
― jan špankwajer.com (diamonddave85), Saturday, 26 February 2011 23:12 (thirteen years ago) link
Ha, I misread that as "pootie tang is totally unedited." Then I thought, hm, that might fit.
― Son of Sisyphus of Reaganing (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 26 February 2011 23:14 (thirteen years ago) link
holy shit!
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 27 February 2011 00:20 (thirteen years ago) link
One of the best shows on television... Ricky Gervias's appearences as his doctor are funnier than shit...
― SeanWayne, Monday, 28 February 2011 06:40 (thirteen years ago) link
new season in june! all the promos seem to be just footage from last season tho
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVoqZN4Is-8&NR=1
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 22:31 (thirteen years ago) link
http://nymag.com/arts/tv/upfronts/2011/louis-ck-2011-5/
― sensual bathtub (group: 698) (schlump), Monday, 16 May 2011 10:01 (thirteen years ago) link
stoked for S2 - the bits described sound great. Hope he can keep it together, or maybe get some trustworthy help at some point, 'cause it seems like making 6 hours of actually-funny/compelling TV every year on your own is a bit much.
― Simon H. Shit (Simon H.), Monday, 16 May 2011 17:59 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXRViQ7rRk8
― crazy donkey winger (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 24 May 2011 18:17 (thirteen years ago) link
ha I just posted that independently on the Lucky Louie thread.
can't wait!
― Simon H. Shit (Simon H.), Tuesday, 24 May 2011 21:14 (thirteen years ago) link