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Post by Pittsnogle_Goggins on Jul 15, 2019 20:12:12 GMT
Thought there should be a standing thread for stand up comedy specials. With so many new specials hitting Netflix on a regular basis this thread can allow people to recommend/discuss/trash any of them.
Anyways, Nate Bargatze’s special, The Tennessee Kid was really great. The newest Anthony Jeselnik was decent but nowhere on the level of his previous one, Thoughts and Prayers. Will probably check out the New Aziz Ansari sometime soon.
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Post by pacinoyes on Jul 15, 2019 20:32:14 GMT
I watched the Aziz Ansari yesterday - it's really strange - sort of lightly funny but almost very deeply moving. Spike Jonze directed it and it's bookended by the Velvet Underground song Pale Blue Eyes - a sad, ominous song and that's what the special feels like - that song.
Almost all of it is about PC culture and he doesn't sound like he's totally over it either - he has some great points to make that you sort of laugh at later more than in the moment. He flat out calls Michael Jackson a pedophile and indicts the crowd too in a way - it's "just two kids" right?" while really considering separating the artist from the Art and stuff like that.
Mixed feelings on it - not that funny - but there are some laughs sure - but kind of daring and brave in a way - almost like performance Art.
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Post by Sharbs on Jul 15, 2019 20:35:03 GMT
it's really hard to not just rewatch New in Town whenever I get in the mood for stand up. So, that.
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Jul 15, 2019 20:48:07 GMT
I really only seek out Mulaney and Burr stand-ups.
One of my favorite quotes is Burr talking about McDonald's serving breakfast all day, "If you can't your fat ass down here by 10:30 in the morning, you're getting a burger!"
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Post by Mattsby on Aug 12, 2019 0:48:58 GMT
Ian Bagg - Getting To Know You (2013)
Never heard of this guy or seen anything else. Rare case where I thought a comedian this annoying can't make me laugh, but then he actually did, occasional doses, sort of winning me over by the end. His shtick works but seems like it often wouldn't? Rapid-fire delivery and constant asides that are at times indecipherable, meant to mix up the audience who he deliberately berates throughout, taunting and provoking them, largely improvised, but he works them like a lute. You can grasp the high energy and amused confusion of the people there. Idk if he's insane or a genuine comic talent ? !
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Post by mikediastavrone96 on Aug 12, 2019 0:52:15 GMT
Watched Daniel Sloss' Jigsaw and enjoyed it quite a bit. Easy to see how it caused a ton of breakups.
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Aug 12, 2019 4:12:29 GMT
Does Mrs. Maisel count?
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Post by bob-coppola on Aug 12, 2019 12:49:16 GMT
I believe it's too love-or-hate, but I love Ali Wong's specials on Netflix. Dark, loud and hilarious.
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Post by Viced on Sept 11, 2019 4:00:28 GMT
Paper Tiger (Bill Burr)
Like Chappelle's, his views are gonna piss a lot of people off... and make even more people laugh their asses off. Though I think he was at his funniest when he went personal... that dog part got to me.
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Post by pacinoyes on Sept 11, 2019 17:43:16 GMT
Paper Tiger also - you know that one bit Burr used to do where he said Hitler is the Michael Jordan of evil? Well, this special has some stuff in it that hits with that level of absurdness and on-point observation. I love the casual digs he takes at the British audience too "go get your pound cake and meat pies or whatever you people eat"........or "One thing I noticed about you people is that you are also really fat". Also improvises the best ad-lib ever for a random comment from the audience and I plan to use this on this board a whole lot: "Dude whatever the fuck you think I'm saying, however you heard it, that's not what I'm fucking saying"  |
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Post by Mattsby on Sept 13, 2019 4:06:27 GMT
Third stooge comin' in - I watched Paper Tiger last night. Only other Burr I've seen is Let It Go years ago but I still remember it - every October I think of his bit about going pumpkin picking with his overexcited gf. Gotta say, I laughed like crazy.... No means no, the bathtub, the Elvis documentary, the whole inflatable doll and robot bit and that airbag joke ("...My family!!!") and the Hawking "at least I'm not all twisted up and sayin' smart shit." Mostly hilarious and a lot of it comes together too from him being honest about himself, just like that other stand-up, how he admits to fighting away emotion as unmanly and all of that. His personality pays up his humor, if that makes sense...
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2019 15:22:59 GMT
Finally got around to Sticks & Stones, which was pretty hilarious
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Post by Mattsby on Apr 4, 2020 17:29:13 GMT
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Post by Pittsnogle_Goggins on Apr 4, 2020 17:31:00 GMT
Recently watched the new Tom Segura on Netflix and it is very hilarious. His 2018 special is pretty great too.
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Post by RiverleavesElmius on Apr 5, 2020 19:12:00 GMT
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Post by Zeb31 on Apr 6, 2020 17:59:18 GMT
Pretty good. Not his absolute best set and I do wish he'd delved deeper regarding his cancellation, because that's one of the most interesting bits in the whole special, but there's plenty of great material there. |
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Post by Mattsby on Apr 6, 2020 18:30:26 GMT
Sincerely Louis CK (great pun btw) - I actually teared laughing a few times. His Boston accent, "I'm uncomfortable in little shops" , the sushi waitress, etc. It gets less funny in the second half but it's still a very good special - maybe not on par with that Shameless, Chewed Up, Beacon Theater, Hilarious peak - but I think just as good as the more recent ones Oh My God and 2017. I wish he talked just a bit more about his family background, as a Mexican-Jew, that's interesting stuff....
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Post by pacinoyes on Jun 2, 2020 20:22:27 GMT
Patton Oswalt - I Love Everything (Netflix) - Pretty funny stuff about boring conventional stuff - getting older, marriage, home improvements, Star Wars/his kid, Trump etc. He's a strange guy - his manner is annoying, so is his voice and in this special so are his sneakers......I kind of hate him on sight but then I'm like "wait I know who he is, I don't hate him" - like he wins you over every time. Pleasant in the best sense but not a riot or anything.....but .......those sneakers......  |
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Post by Mattsby on Dec 19, 2021 18:50:25 GMT
 Sorry (2021) new Louis CK offered on his site. Great opening song, great title. He goes too long on pedophiles and it feels zapped, but he works his way back up to making me tear laughing. The ashamed banana |
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Post by The_Cake_of_Roth on Apr 8, 2022 7:36:34 GMT
Sorry (2021) new Louis CK offered on his site. Great opening song, great title. He goes too long on pedophiles and it feels zapped, but he works his way back up to making me tear laughing. The ashamed banana  Finally watched this, and I agree the pedophile stuff does go on for too long... but the bit that leads into it about the girl's panties and how to get rid of them is hilariously weird and had me dying. The second half of the special is stronger overall though. Also, all his bits about his dog are gold (not just in this special). |
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Post by Mattsby on May 25, 2022 18:38:08 GMT
The new Ricky Gervais on Netflix - SuperNature (2022). Mostly very funny. I think my biggest laugh was actually the closing story. Couple jokes played a little like deja vu, done already by Louis CK or Carlin. There was a lot of immediate controversy on its release yesterday, lotta headlines that shutter context or intention, lotta "I watched it so you don't have to." Well. He's a comedian who loves to rile you, pull the line closer to him so he can cross it quicker. If you don't like him, don't watch his specials--fairly simple solution!
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Post by Mattsby on Jan 30, 2023 19:43:03 GMT
Louis CK: Back to the Garden (2023) - His best in a while! His four specials between 2007-2011 put him into GOAT convo, and he's had several good specials since then but they were a notch down from that peak.... well, this one might be his best since that first block. Especially following two extremely lame openers - it really feels at times like watching a master at his trade. This was the live stream but it's the same show that he's already taped for release in April, which I'll for sure be watching again.
Note: while recently podcast-pressing, CK said he's taking at least a year off standup, implying there's chance he's done with it... forever??? He's clear he wants to focus on filmmaking more and has a "really weird, horror sci-fi" script he's looking to make this year.
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Post by pacinoyes on Mar 5, 2023 20:43:49 GMT
Chris Rock - Selective Outrage (2023)Not bad - a lot of people will hate this - if you think Chappelle is offensive this is kind of aggressively moreso (some trans jokes here too) - then hearing Rock call Jada "a bitch" and basically going all Nas "Ether" on Smith ( the last 7 minutes only) will be a little shocking........every other word is fnck through the special ....the majority of the bits are about p*ssy Power (quite on target but maybe not "funny")........and when he gets to the end he makes it quite clear that "you ain't my brother, brother"........this performance is much more geared to real life than "TV critics" who don't want toxicity.......this is oozing toxicity........ and fnck you-isms and "we ain't all in this together" .......the pitch that he sets these jokes at is at an almost screeching, hysterical level..... Then again Nas and Jay eventually made up ......so you never know.....but not at the moment |
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Post by Pasquale on Mar 6, 2023 7:13:08 GMT
Piggybacking from pac's post, I watched yesterday Marlon Wayans' stand up about that incident. It's nuts.
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Post by pacinoyes on Apr 26, 2023 20:33:43 GMT
Louis CK Live @ The Dolby (2023)Often brilliant - verrrrrrrrrrry low key - almost deceptively casually delivered stand up about the unfunniest subjects ever - Slavery, Auschwitz, the Bible, The Crucifixtion, Divorce, Abortion etc........the last segment is all sorts of uncomfortable laughter - and there is A LOT of laughter about various types of sex or something approximating sex..... Great line: "God doesn't hate you because you're gay.........God made you gay because he hates you.........nah, just kidding........ there is no God" |
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