Rolling Stand-Up Comedy 2019

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.