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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2019 19:41:45 GMT
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Mike Birbiglia - I'm a Bear
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Bobby Slayton - The Laugh Factory
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Post by Crunchy Col on Sept 5, 2019 21:22:53 GMT
rubbish
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Post by bungo the mungo on Sept 6, 2019 4:34:27 GMT
just as i was about to get through a round without abstaining. good grief.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2019 9:21:00 GMT
It's sometimes difficult to know why some things are funny and others aren't. A kind of tiptoes around the idea of funny without quite getting there, even though it's a colourful story with real comic potential. The animation doesn't help and I appreciate this was done afterwards, and I did find it more immersive and engaging when I listened rather than watched it, although it was still unfunny. I think my main problem is the guy's delivery is too full on, too over emphatic. I don't like stand ups who direct you in this way. It ends up very forced and destroys the humour.
B was the US equivalent of some British 70s comedian in a dickie bow telling jokes about his mother in law. Except the latter would probably have been funnier. I'm sorry but this was truly dire - dated, clichéd and boorish.
A for at least having some vaguely likable qualities.
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Post by Crunchy Col on Sept 6, 2019 9:31:06 GMT
sloop vs lokie?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2019 9:39:42 GMT
Slayton always struck me as low rent Kinison or Leary...works sometimes, but not here...The bear story of A is amiable, I guess...Mildest of votes for A
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Post by bungo the mungo on Sept 6, 2019 10:03:22 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2019 20:06:36 GMT
B is fantastic.
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Post by DarknessFish on Sept 6, 2019 21:05:21 GMT
A seems to be getting a rough ride here, but I thought it was a nice enough riff on the nerdy useless guy under no real threat out in the wilds. I liked it.
B strikes me as a US Ben Elton, borrowing the style and material of better comics. Just doesn't sound genuine, does it, you're not on his side at any point, he's just an irritation who doesn't seem to have the technique to carry it off.
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Post by toomanyhatz on Sept 6, 2019 21:22:20 GMT
This points out the difference between comics popular a decade or two ago and ones that are big now. Insult and political incorrectness without irony or heart tends to wear thin very quickly. A could be accused of not being "challenging" enough, but that would be silly. Audiences no longer need to be beaten over the head with the punch line; the occasional gentle poke ("Sorry, home schoolers!") or non-aggressive absurdity (the sketch is actually called "I'm a Bear, Etc.," which already makes me laugh) is enough.
That kind of stuff can get too cloying, I guess, but this has just enough edge for me. I'm not a huge David Sedaris fan, but I think overall he might be a positive influence.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2019 20:01:15 GMT
A
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Post by lokie on Sept 8, 2019 11:12:47 GMT
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Post by lokie on Sept 8, 2019 11:13:46 GMT
I guess
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Post by fonz on Sept 9, 2019 13:32:20 GMT
B
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Post by rayge on Sept 10, 2019 14:43:49 GMT
Two people I've never heard of. The animation for A was a bit naff, but the story, and the delivery, was pretty good. The material in B just seemed a bit tired, and the guy kept covering up by getting too excitable, and had a tendency to swallow his lines.
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