Last Comic Standing

[underdog]

Ugh.

So, the first season of this show was great. And the 2nd season was pretty good. Then they rushed a 1st v 2nd season, and then Jay Mohr stopped hosting and the show just fell apart. The last season I watched was the one where the palsey kid won. It was awful. It probably was the single worst season of any television show I've ever watched.

This season, I decided to tivo it because Tall Sam of the Sam and Sam show and O&A is leaving to pursue his standup career and there's been some message board talk that he might be on LCS. Well, I haven't seen him yet, and this show is as bad as ever. Almost none of the comics are funny. They have a guy who does impressions that don't actually sound like the people he's doing. And twins that just talk over each other and make twin "jokes".

But there's nothing on television now, so I'll probably keep watching this abortion of a reality show. Is anyone else causing themselves pain and watching the show?

[Badinia]

double-post magick!

[Badinia]

I have to WAIT to see LCS rerun on Bravo because it shows opposite So You Think You Can Dance, the most amazing show evah!

I like the auditions- just the amazing number of people who roll out of bed and say "Fuck it, I've never cracked a mic before, but I feel funnier than Doug Benson."

[underdog]

I like the auditions- just the amazing number of people who roll out of bed and say "Fuck it, I've never cracked a mic before, but I feel funnier than Doug Benson."

The people "judging" the auditions are terrible, too. Half of them have no business judging comics, they just all have some connection to NBC.

[Badinia]

Dude, you are right. My friend auditioned, and was glad to report that he, a comic with 10 years experience, was rejected by Norm and Cliff from Cheers, two character actors who haven't worked in 15 years.

[King Hippos Bandaid]

uggh

watched it last night

so hack

I knew who was gonna be picked

then who would get picked last ( the veteran) for the drama


I gave it once chance


at Fatty Najemy is NOT a comic scout

and also Fatty Soprano is an awful judge of comedy

[pennington]

so hack

I knew who was gonna be picked

then who would get picked last ( the veteran) for the drama

Instead of picking the funniest people, they have to be a politically correct combination of men, women, black, Asian, handicapped, etc. The only smart thing they do is put this on in summer when nothing else is on (the one time they tried the fall, they got creamed).

[SinA]

hack-ass crap comics...

the judges cut people for making jokes about punching and killing babies. i get it, it's gotta be saccharine for prime time, but that doesn't go well with the funny.

[boonanas]

I'm not sure if anyone still watches this show but can we talk about who made it to the finals?

That impressionist dude Marcus seems like a plant to me. He's not funny at all. His routine for the semi finals was one of the unfunniest things I've ever seen.

The girl Iliza is alright but she's clearly going for the Dane Cook act.

I liked Sean Cullen's act to get into the semi-finals but his routine this time was not funny.

Louis Ramey was funny as hell.

[Sue_Bender]

I gave up after Jay Mohr left as well. He was the best!

The show collects the most unfunny people around and provides a national platform for them.

Maddening.

[tele7]

I gave up after Jay Mohr left as well. He was the best!

The show collects the most unfunny people around and provides a national platform for them.

Maddening.

Totally agree. The forced phony laughter from some of the judges makes me want to throw a shoe at the TV. I gave up watching it 2 weeks ago.

[Enabler]

Papa CJ has got to be the least funny "comic" EVER!!! His set makes me violent. I HAAAAAAATE him.

http://www.comedycv.co.uk/papacj/papa-cj-2006-december.jpg

[boonanas]

Papa CJ has got to be the least funny "comic" EVER!!! His set makes me violent. I HAAAAAAATE him.

http://www.comedycv.co.uk/papacj/papa-cj-2006-december.jpg

Marcus is the least funny but yeah Papa CJ is a piece of shit. He sounds like he's reading off a script. He doesn't belong in comedy.

[Leticia]

A couple of people I know are in the show this season. One of my freinds Angry Bob made it to the first semis, morst of them didn't make it past that.

Except for these guys who I saw a bunch of times years ago. They performed where I worked a lot of time.

They were and still are the shit. They call themselves God's Pottery.

I'm so glad they've made it so far.

[ANC]

A couple of people I know are in the show this season. One of my freinds Angry Bob made it to the first semis, morst of them didn't make it past that.

Except for these guys who I saw a bunch of times years ago. They performed where I worked a lot of time.

They were and still are the shit. They call themselves God's Pottery.

I'm so glad they've made it so far.

I'm gunning for God's Pottery to win it. :thumbup:

I don't agree with the judges they picked at all. What does Steve Schirippa have to do with comedy?

Also Belzer really pissed me off when he said he's "Allergic to Ethnic Humor and comedy shouldn't be offensive". Granted the guy he was critiquing had a dopey WWII bit that wasn't even close to funny. Belzer doesn't have the balls to tell someone they're not funny. Then he said the complete opposite when the Korean chick finished her, My family is Korean and... shtick. He said that her ethnic humor and writing was brilliant. Fuck Belzer.

[ANC]

Here's my self indulgent thoughts on the LCS finalists:

Adam Hunter - good presence, overconfident about his material.

Esther Ku - female Dat Phan. We get it you're Korean and your family has a different culture.

God's Pottery - funny before the even open their mouths, very funny material, brilliant timing.

Iliza Shlesinger - stereotypical female comic complete with doing guy/girl voices. Gives great female comics a bad name.

Jeff Dye - predictable material, trying too hard to be Dane Cook.

Jim Tavare - very dry, would appeal more to a niche audience, I think he's very funny.

Louis Ramey - good material, solid performer, pretty funny.

Marcus - good presence, decent material, trying too hard to be Dane Cook.

Papa CJ - Awful, Dell call center jokes don't cut the mustard mister.

Paul Foot - Odd material, very funny. Make me think he's the spawn of Eric Idle and Mitch Hedberg.

Ron G - from the "I'm funny because I talk fast, make noises, and walk aroud the stage like I own it." School of comedy.

Sean Cullen - seems like a classicly trained stage actor turned to comedy. I think he's got some good material.

I know nobody cares what I think, I'm just putting it out there.

[fezident]

Does anybody else think LAST COMIC STANDING should've been the first HBO-game-show?

[STC-Dub]

I totally agree on Belzer. That pissed me off when he said the alergic to stereotype humor and then said it was ok because the female was Korean. What a jerk.

[CambriaBurning]

The least funny comic on there is Bill Bellamy. I fucking want to get violent when he tells his "jokes".

[Slumbag]

Esther Ku - female Dat Phan. We get it you're Korean and your family has a different culture.



Unfunny? Abosolutey.

Sexy.......
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa61/slumbag/eku.jpg
I vote yes.


It really has become the worst show ever. That chick that's kinda the host on there, the British one. She has the comedic timing of a news anchor woman. Just trying to be funny, but can't quite pull it off. That shit where she was meeting the foreign contestants at the airport, and dressing like there nationality's.......I shut it off then and haven't looked back.

[Badinia]

They did the second cull in Vegas and it is obvious that this is about looks and ratings. The comics are: cute guy, cute girl, cute guy, weird English guy, cute guy, cute girl, weird English guy. To watch Eddie Pepitone and Dan Cummings get thrown over for the adorable, unfunny Esther Ku was hard to take, and now I don't have anyone to root for, only to root against.

[hunnerbun]

I agree with the Esther Ku not funny consensus. I almost turned it off when they called her as one of the finalists.
I also don't find Sean Cullen funny either. I was disappointed when he got picked over a couple of the other Canadian comics.

[MoreGooder]

Did anybody like the Israeli prop comic? Although the delivery was a little awkward, he was very imaginative. I wish he made the finals.

[Badinia]

Did anybody like the Israeli prop comic? Although the delivery was a little awkward, he was very imaginative. I wish he made the finals.

I only know he was frickin' hot, in a Sacha Baron Cohen way. I thought the props were a good way to get over the language barrier, that stuff would have been funny anywhere.

But really- does a prop comic have enough and different material to make it to the end? Does God's Pottery? Philosophy!

[Enabler]

Honestly they all suck. They eliminated every person I thought was funny. I bet this guy Louis Ramey wins though.

http://web2.hahaha.com/microsite/uploads/ComedyTour/LouisRamey.jpg

[tele7]

Ok......so I decided to give it another watch. Glad I did. They're doing Yo Mama jokes? Brilliant!!:wallbash:

[pittphantoms]

I wanted to rip Iliza's face off when she was bitching and moaning about Ku nominating her after Iliza stait up told her she wouldn't hours earlier... its called payback. Also, someone mentioned it earlier - but Iliza is absolutely trying to be Dane Cook...

I have no dog in this race - I am not all that impressed with anyone. I can tell you I loathe Ron G - Papa CJ - and Sean Cullen.

[King Hippos Bandaid]

watched yesterday

all 3 should have been voted off


we get it god's pottery, you like Jeebus

[CambriaBurning]

While none of them had a good set, Eliza's was the best. I really thought the crowd was going to vote to keep Ku... which would have made me just be fuckin' depressed for the mainstream.

Also... best joke was.. white trash, redneck, and blue collar.

Wow.

[STC-Dub]

I can't wait until the big knock-knock joke showdown next week!

[MisterSmith]

watched yesterday

all 3 should have been voted off


we get it god's pottery, you like Jeebus

I was absolutely overjoyed that God's Pottery got the axe. They never should have been in the finals to begin with.

[paracetamol flanders]

Watching Tivo'd episode and all I can say is someone should bludgeon Dye with Ku, even if both are voted off.

[underdog]

WHY DO I KEEP WATCHING THIS SHOW?!

God, its so fucking awful. Almost none of these people are funny, either on stage or off. And the NBC'ing of it is just fucking atrocious.

And the guy that does the impressions is worse than Z-man.

[MisterSmith]

WHY DO I KEEP WATCHING THIS SHOW?!

God, its so fucking awful. Almost none of these people are funny, either on stage or off. And the NBC'ing of it is just fucking atrocious.

And the guy that does the impressions is worse than Z-man.

I have to disagree. He does a respectable Jay Mohr. :tongue:

[pennington]

God, its so fucking awful. Almost none of these people are funny, either on stage or off. And the NBC'ing of it is just fucking atrocious.

Gotta agree with you.

I used to like this show in the beginning. I haven't been able to make it through any of the few episodes I've seen this season. Bad.

[MadMatt]

I have been watching the show off and on, and it is a complete disappointment. There were several people from the tryouts that were REALLY funny but they didn't even make the cut.

And what is that BS about 4 "tickets" in one city, 2 in another, and 6 in another. What the hell? Why not the same in each location?

The show has just become a travesty from stem to stern. :thumbdown:

[boonanas]

i just watched the latest episode, i can't stop watching. It literally fuels my hate machine.

Iliza did her best impersonation of Kyle Cease/Dane Cook its so fucking obvious.

God's Pottery actually made me laugh, yet they get voted off because the producers think that they needs girls on the show.

I also like how all the hack comedians in the back are critiquing the work of the comedians. Especially Esther Ku, how they're saying all her jokes are the same, and PAPA FUCKING CJ is nodding his head. WTF. I hate these fucking assholes.

Louis Ramey, Sean Cullen, and God's Pottery are clearly the only funny people on that fucking show.

Adam Hunter's fucking face just annoys me.

[Enabler]

Im starting to find Sean Cullen really funny. And I dont despise Marcus. I still think Luis Ramey will win. Other than those three, everyone else is pretty terrible. But now that Papa CJ is gone, Bill Bellamy may actually be the least funny person on the screen. He's just never even mildly amusing let alone funny. I cant remember, was he a VJ turned comic or a comic turned VJ?

Oh yeah, and Iliza has an amazing rack so Im glad she won last night.

[pittphantoms]

I would like to dispute the fact that Bill Belamy is the least funny person on the set... Ron G is AWFUL.

Marcus is my favorite and I have to imagine Iliza and Louis Ramey could coast for a while as well...

I hope the next competition is Jim Tavere / Sean Cullen / Ron G... I dont think any of them are finalists

[Enabler]

Ron G is horriffic...very true. That "impression" of Jesse Jackson was TERRIBLE! Its a toss up between him and Bellamy.

[STC-Dub]

How can anyone on the show not be funny? They are the best comics from around the world! Haven't you heard the show opening?:devil2:

[CambriaBurning]

I was surprised it actually took a joke or two for Papa to get to the Indian humor.

Eliza beat the crap out of him and Foot.

Anyone else douche chill like CRAZY when Papa CJ was like, "welcome to the big leagues" when talking about Eliza?

[CruelCircus]

Iliza's actually funny. She reminds me of Bonnie McFarlane, who I liked.

Ramey and Cullen are contenders, and I think it's telling that Ramey said they should have Adam Hunter clean house. I thought Hunter had one of the strongest semi-final sets.

I actually think the "try this type of comedy" contests are working. They actually have challenges that make some sense now in the context of a comedy competiiton. But I thought Jamie Kennedy and Rich Eisen did a horrible job judging the "boxing" contests.

[Enabler]

Iliza's actually funny. She reminds me of Bonnie McFarlane, who I liked.




She seems like a cross between Dane Cook and Maria Bamford to me. She never makes me laugh, but I never fast forward through her sets.

[Badinia]

I was surprised it actually took a joke or two for Papa to get to the Indian humor.

Eliza beat the crap out of him and Foot.

Anyone else douche chill like CRAZY when Papa CJ was like, "welcome to the big leagues" when talking about Eliza?

I know! WHATEVER, Johnny one-joke!

I'm watching this show now just so I can hate it, and my dislike of it can gloss over the noise of my real problems.

I have recluctantly become an Iliza booster, just because sure, she's mediocre but a lot of the dissing in the house is just plain anti-lady, and I'm glad to see her kick some righteous ass two weeks in a row. Respect. Of course, if Mary Mack, Jackie Kashian, or Andi Smith had gotten into the house, I wouldn't piss on Iliza if she were on fire.

I hope she gets that American Apparel Deep Vee t-shirt sponsorship she's been courting.

[Enabler]

I hope she gets that American Apparel Deep Vee t-shirt sponsorship she's been courting.


:thumbup:

[Enabler]

I hate to keep this thread going...but I cant believe how retarded this show is. This weeks episode was all about seeing who makes it to Vegas for the final competition. The show ends without knowing who is going. But they show clips from next weeks show wherein you see who makes it!? Pure shit.

[pennington]

But they show clips from next weeks show wherein you see who makes it!? Pure shit.

I noticed that too.

Of the seven who performed I liked Jim Tavare (the bald British guy with the cello) and Louis Ramey (the bald black guy) the best. Looking at the clips for next week I guess Tavare doesn't make it.

This is a bad summer for TV.

[boonanas]

No one's set made me laugh at all. But I still like Louis Ramey. Ron G is terrible.

[CruelCircus]

But they show clips from next weeks show wherein you see who makes it!? Pure shit.

Weren't those clips from the semi-finals? (which were also in Vegas)

[Enabler]

But they show clips from next weeks show wherein you see who makes it!? Pure shit.

Weren't those clips from the semi-finals? (which were also in Vegas)

Were they? That would make more sense. Dont know. Seemed like clips from next weeks show..

[underdog]

If you were to choose 10 random people off the street to do comedy, I feel like you'd have good odds in finding at least one person.

Yet, somehow, NBC has managed to not find one. The show tonight is a fucking disaster.

[Tallman388]

I was wondering if it was just me, but thank you Underdog. Last Comic Standing is a fucking disaster. The real shame of it is that there are people somewhere sitting in front of their TV thinking, "Now this is entertainment!" Fuck this garbage.

[underdog]

I was wondering if it was just me, but thank you Underdog. Last Comic Standing is a fucking disaster. The real shame of it is that there are people somewhere sitting in front of their TV thinking, "Now this is entertainment!" Fuck this garbage.

I CAN'T STOP WATCHING IT.

Every week I dvr it and then actually watch it. WHY?!

[Tallman388]

I CAN'T STOP WATCHING IT.

Every week I dvr it and then actually watch it. WHY?!

You may have a problem. Have you sought professional help?
I just keep catching it in the middle of somebody's stupid act. Tonight it was Iliza and I did not laugh at one joke. I actually felt bad for the people in the audience who were laughing.

[MrPink]

This show just proves that a truly funny comedian will never become super famous.

[STC-Dub]

What was the number for none of the comics?

[MoreGooder]

Sean Cullen was clearly too hip for that plastic crowd. I really hope to see him in a sitcom or movie or something...

[jonyrotn]

Whould it be possible to pick someone, you know, one off our naturally funny members and write an act for him or her and send them on this stupid show to clean up..
I suggest Jeff Jauble, he's already plenty funny without us..We'd just have to beef him up a bit..Make it foolproof, 100% chance of sweeping this thing..
Then we subtract expenses and donate the remainder of the prize money (it is for money right?)..I bet we could do it..

[MisterSmith]

Sean Cullen was clearly too hip for that plastic crowd. I really hope to see him in a sitcom or movie or something...

Sean Cullen seems to have a very love-him-or-hate-him act. I like a lot of his stuff, but some of it is a little too offbeat for the mainstream.

And I have to disagree to an extent; not everybody on the show is absolutely horrible. Sure, I have seen/heard better comics but I have also seen far worse.

[mikeyboy]

This was my first season watching the show (sorry Jay). Was it just me, or did they spend entirely too much time on the auditions. It was way too much time spent with freaks and mediocre comics, and then one show to whittle down the people who passed audition, two shows in "the house" and then the finals, which makes it seem like it's ending abruptly. Anyone else feel like they should whittle down the time they spend on auditions?

I thought Jeff Dye had the best set last night. I don't know if it will translate into nationwide votes, but Eliza Schlesinger got tremendous pop from the crowd the moment she stepped onstage, so it looks like winning two straight challenges has garnered her a fanbase. I thought the biggest train wreck was Adam Hunter. It was almost like, because it was the biggest set of his life, he tried to throw out as many of his best jokes as possible rapid fire, with no consideration of connecting one joke to the next in any meaningful fashion.

I think Louis Ramey is going to win it all, but Eliza Schlesinger has a shot at beating him.

[pittphantoms]

I thought Marcus made a mistake not going with his best stuff last night - his impressions needed to be worked into the act more... he was myfavorite to win - but I just didn't think his set was that good last night... I actually think I have heard a lot of that material before - making fun of how Eddie Vedder sings is pretty old news...

Louis Ramey is my favorite on the show at this point - I again thought he was the funniest up there...

All the Dane Cook impressions are driving me nuts on the show... as much as I hate Ron G - at least he did his own material... Iliza should send $125,000 to Dane if she wins...

I was in the Anti-Sean Cullen group... he comedy wasn't for me - but his interactions during the show were hillarious...

[STC-Dub]

I guess the show was not rigged but it sure felt that way.

[CruelCircus]

What happened to the finale? My Tivo had it as 10pm Thurs, but then I got an hour of "America's Got Talent" recaps.

[pittphantoms]

This was really rushed...

How bullshit is it Marcus performed ONCE in the finals - and we had to use that performance to decide if he was the last comic standing? That was just awful...

Iliza won because she was the most familiar...not the funniest...

Best line of the night was when they mentioned how Iliza went from a B to a C cup on the show..

[mikeyboy]

What happened to the finale? My Tivo had it as 10pm Thurs, but then I got an hour of "America's Got Talent" recaps.

Yeah, that happened to me too.

[Enabler]

What happened to the finale? My Tivo had it as 10pm Thurs, but then I got an hour of "America's Got Talent" recaps.


Me too. So, Iliza won?

[Reynolds]

Yeah, that happened to me too.

That's weird, my tivo recorded it. You both have it networked, or phone line?

[mikeyboy]

That's weird, my tivo recorded it. You both have it networked, or phone line?

I have a DVR through the cable company, so their program info must have been bad.

[pennington]

I have never laughed once during any of Iliza's performances.

I'm convinced the voting is rigged on this show; it was "time" for a girl to win. I bet somewhere in small print in the closing credits there a line to the effect "Winners are determined by fan votes and the producers".

[Enabler]

I have a DVR through the cable company, so their program info must have been bad.



Same here. F'n Cablevision. The football game might have thrown it off too.

[mikeyboy]

I have never laughed once during any of Iliza's performances.

I'm convinced the voting is rigged on this show; it was "time" for a girl to win. I bet somewhere in small print in the closing credits there a line to the effect "Winners are determined by fan votes and the producers".

The thing is that she may have built up a fanbase just from being up for elimination twice and crushing the competition. As I stated earlier in this thread. She got a tremendous pop from the audience when she set foot on stage last week.

[Reynolds]

I have a DVR through the cable company, so their program info must have been bad.

Ugh, I hate it when people say they have tivo when they have a stupid cable company dvr

[pittphantoms]

The thing is that she may have built up a fanbase just from being up for elimination twice and crushing the competition. As I stated earlier in this thread. She got a tremendous pop from the audience when she set foot on stage last week.

This is exactly what happened...

It also hurt all the other contestants that their performances were overshaddowed by the fact we were still finding out who was being eliminated. This really was rigged by the amount of time they had Iliza on the screen - how she again was last to perform - and how the fan favorite in the house, Marcus, went first in the previous show. Two hours later he was an afterthought... I am not the biggest Marcus fan but he was the "favorite" going into the finals - it seemed pretty calculated to stick him where they did...