Comedy: Stand-Up, Improv, Sketch, Podcasts • Page 414

"The East Village location opened in 2011, following two years of construction and a small amount of neighborhood drama over a sign declaring the name of the venue’s bar: The Hot Chicks Room."

Classic New York

 

the local comedy club just announced Louis is doing a surprise hour tonight and no phones are allowed. Aziz did the same thing in November. it’s a Funny Bone location. fuck that company.

can’t wait to see all the people i know on my fb feed go while i lose further faith in humanity

 

So great. Even though I hate the Celtics, I always loved White Mamba.

 

I haven’t listened to boogie monster in forever but I might go to this.

 

Inside the Layoffs at UCB

Linked from Jack Allison. Fantastic article

 

How have I never even heard of Big Lake before now?

 

Aukerman and Mulaney wrote for The Globes I guess

 

what a mess

 

I got a copy of the Third Man Records exclusive Rory Scovel record this week. I’m listening to it now. He’s so fucking nutty haha!

 

I love that record and put it on all the time while cleaning the house.

 

This show is great and more people should check it out if they haven't.

Rory and Kinane are both regulars on the show too.

 

Latest Flagrant Ones Sean’s freestyle holy shit

 

What the fuck is Ron Funches doing

 

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Defending Chris Hardwick on Twitter

 

and also throwing a tantrum about Yusef Roach's review of his special for Paste which wasn't even that negative. such a bad look

 

Did he delete whatever he was tweeting?

 

Indeed. He basically said Chris was nice to him and "proven innocent"

 

Hardwick has been dead to me since June.

 

Agreed. Loved the last two songs.

 

Ohh yeah. Not a good look there Ron.

 

reading a piece about Louis’ set last night, and can we ban this man from existing please? one of his quoted bits:

the source, with a fucking absurd headline

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ti...-Louis-C-K-at-Funny-Bone-1-10-19-13524706.php

 

This, in a nutshell, just goes to show how many fucking idiots defending CK miss the point. Gross, offensive, tasteless humor is absolutely okay in comedy. Bits about assholes or your kids sucking or killing your dad are okay. No one wants to stop that. People dying in car accidents, sure. Joke about it. Fuck, joke about school shootings as a thing that happens.

When it becomes punching down and the equivalent of an alt right dickhead's twitter feed, that's where the line is drawn. Targeting and attacking marginalized people or specific victims of an atrocity for the lone purpose of attacking or targeting them is the problem, not joking about controversial things.

 

Jeselnik is a prime example

Old white men act like there’s some widespread covert operation to neuter comedy, boo fucking hoo. Just don’t be gross AND unfunny. It’s pretty easy to tell when the “joke” is representative of the “comedian’s” actual feelings