Rolling Stand-Up Comedy 2019

I don’t really have anything to recommend—the Roy Wood Jr. special isn’t bad; the Anthony Jeselnik one isn’t good—but a) maybe someone else does, and b) I wanted somewhere to link Jack Halberstam’s take on Hannah Gadsby (and Dave Chappelle):

https://bullybloggers.wordpress.com/2019/08/09/just-joking-notes-on-the-comedy-of-hannah-gadsby-by-jack-halberstam/

Christina P’s latest is v funny

Just Joking: Notes on the Comedy of Hannah Gadsby By Jack Halberstam

When she steps out of the magic circle of comedy here, leaves out the punchline and instead descends into a rant, Gadsby, believes she is leaving a shitty genre behind. But in fact, ‘the love it and leave it’ mode she performs IS the genre.

idk would an essay about "the comedy of Hannah Gadsby," and whether or not she has left it behind, not behove itself to consider the decade of work she labelled as comedy before she may or may not have left it behind?

i enjoyed the julio torres special on HBO. which is funny because at its core it's prop comedy? but he's got such a strong persona

Never had heard of Ian Edwards before, but I liked this one I happened to catch a few weeks back.

http://www.cc.com/episodes/m3sgbp/bill-burr-presents-iantalk--ideas-not-worth-spreading-bill-burr-presents-iantalk--ideas-not-worth-spreading-season-1-ep-special

Just caught up with that Julio Torres special. Delightfully surreal, queer and, yes, funny. Also, the best set decoration I've ever seen in a comedy show (not something I've ever thought about before).

have been reading a lot about this guy (I don't have cable)

Now, Julio Torres' HBO special MY FAVORITE SHAPES was brilliant. I'm a big fan of Torres' ethereal pieces. He's the most conceptual prop comic you've ever seen, but he touches your soul in ways you can't imagine. The toy penguin social order is particularly compelling. pic.twitter.com/aTmoJeThTt

— Dennis Perrin (@DennisThePerrin) August 18, 2019

did you read about him in two of the three posts prior to yours?

The Alec Baldwin roast is actually pretty funny, a vast improvement on last year's Bruce Willis roast. I'm generally not a fan of staffing these things with stunt guests over comedians, and accordingly Caitlyn Jenner's set was mostly laugh-free, but Blake Griffin was surprisingly solid (his Will and Grace zing at roastmaster Sean Hayes was one of the best lines of the night). Nikki Glaser and Jeff Ross both killed it, as expected, while Adam Carolla remains one of the least necessary human beings on the planet.

Was there not a rolling 2020 thread? I guess 2020 sucked that much. Anyway, John Mulaney checking into rehab for alcohol and cocaine is not what (else) I expected from this year, but good for him. I hope he gets the help he needs.

Ugh that’s a bummer. A major talent. He’s had basically perfect specials the last few years.

I guess we're bumping right along into 2021. I was recently introduced (metaphorically) to Martin Urbano, and ... I think he's pretty funny! Lots of stuff floating out there, but I just started spending some time with this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ltBhlB7F1o

He was on the bill at the last comedy show I went to back out in 2019 and killed, extremely funny

I'm a fan of "Who Wants $2.69?"

https://www.planetscum.live/269

anyone watch that Drew Michael special? Not for me.

ive been watching a lot of roy wood jr clips and have lolled at them p routinely

love him! top 5 working comics for me even though he doesn't "push the envelope" but so consistently funny

That Roy Wood Jr. story about his mom and Rod Stewart is really funny.

yesssss

I've always liked the classic Gary Gulman routine about abbreviating the states, but for some reason I never looked him up before now. He's put out a few CDs and recorded a couple of specials, the most recent being in 2019, something called "The Great Depresh," and learning about that I learned about this:

Gulman recorded a HBO special in June 2019, entitled The Great Depresh. Judd Apatow served as executive producer. The special premiered on HBO on October 5, 2019 and sees Gulman opening up about his depression, anxiety and hospitalization. He has described the show as "a hybrid, where I do some documentary about my recovery, treatment, and my hospitalization, and then I do stand-up surrounding that." It includes conversations with his wife Sadé, his psychiatrist Dr. Richard Friedman, and his mother Barbara, who asked "if Judd Apatow could make her look thinner". Gulman has stated he had "retired from life" because of his crippling depression for more than two years before recovering through treatment and medication. However, he felt very anxious and sad when he got back on stage, and his way of dealing with that was to joke about it, leading to the idea for the special. Gulman credits his psychiatrist with guiding him through medication, treatment and hospitalization, which he was particularly terrified of because all he knew about it previously were the negative depictions of hospitalization like One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Girl, Interrupted. He has stated that his hospitalization actually "turned out very ordinary, and so helpful" and he hopes that sharing his experience will help to destigmatize medication and therapy.

Hope he's still doing OK!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcSidXJTnjA

i love this

Speaking of my last post seven months ago, I saw Gary Gulman over the weekend and jeebus is that guy funny and smart.