Originally Posted By Labuda Hey, all... I'm just wondering if anyone else here tends to see comedy shows. I'm unfortunately missing Doug Stanhope tomorrow night (sold out and yes, I'm kicking myself) but in January I'll be seeing Rodney Carrington and in February the Gabriel Iglesias tour. Earlier this year I saw Larry Wilmore (from The Daily Show) and Paul F. Tomkins and Kevin Nealon. Plus I see a fair number of local acts here in Austin at Cap City and other, smaller venues. Anyone else here like to laugh so much you go see your favorites?
Originally Posted By Labuda Hey, all... I'm just wondering if anyone else here tends to see comedy shows. I'm unfortunately missing Doug Stanhope tomorrow night (sold out and yes, I'm kicking myself) but in January I'll be seeing Rodney Carrington and in February the Gabriel Iglesias tour. Earlier this year I saw Larry Wilmore (from The Daily Show) and Paul F. Tomkins and Kevin Nealon. Plus I see a fair number of local acts here in Austin at Cap City and other, smaller venues. Anyone else here like to laugh so much you go see your favorites?
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo I don't know any of those names, but yes, I love stand up, and I have even been known to do a little in the past too.
Originally Posted By Tandelothien Unfortunately we don't get to many shows but we do buy a lot of stand up DVDs, does that count?
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan I enjoy stand up and used to go fairly regularly to shows. It's been a long time since I've seen a show in person though. But so many times, some audience member gets drunk and decides it's Amateur Heckler Night. The comics usually handle that well, but it is still something that makes the experience more uncomfortable than it ought to be.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 Yeah I enjoy it but I'm more of a fan of the stand-up from the 70's and 80's
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >> in February the Gabriel Iglesias tour<< He's really terrific. One of my favorites currently!
Originally Posted By Labuda Tande - close enough! I've just started buying some comedy DVDs... Mitch Hedberg and Daniel Tosh are the only ones so far, though back when I was married, I had EVERYTHING Carlin ever put out, and I have some CDs that may well contain just about every Bill Hicks disc ever. Oh, and back when I had and listened to satellite radio, it was for the uncensored comedy channel. Good stuff to fall asleep to! lol "But so many times, some audience member gets drunk and decides it's Amateur Heckler Night. The comics usually handle that well, but it is still something that makes the experience more uncomfortable than it ought to be." As for that, 2oony, luckily they boot hecklers from the shows at Cap City if they get out of hand or just don't shut up quickly. It's weird, too - the house left part of the main room seems to be Drunk Chick Central. Weird. Anyhow, at least they usually shut up quick.
Originally Posted By Labuda Oh and Damon - who are your favorites? Have you listened to anything older than the 70s? Like old Bob Newhart? Or Joan Rivers?
Originally Posted By dshyates I love Carlin, Pryor, Williams, Murphy, CheeCh and Chong. And my all time favorite Steve Martin. Who I saw open for Led Zeppelin in 1977.
Originally Posted By Labuda Oooo, you have good taste! Though, truth be told, I haven't listened to much Cheech & Chong. Kind of weird, considering... Oh, and Robin Williams... O M G! I am SO glad I got to see him a few years ago! Oh, and I read recently that Eddie Murphy is thinking about getting back into standup. Woot!
Originally Posted By Tandelothien I like Ross Noble, John Pinette, Margaret Cho, Russell Brand, Ricky Gervais, Heath Franklin, Eddie Izzard, Chris Rock, Bill Maher and Ellen Degeneres.
Originally Posted By Labuda Good list there, man! I'm glad I got to see Williams a while back... sometime post-2000 before an HBO special he did. Ditto when I saw Carlin it was on the leadup to an HBO special. As for the others you listed, I love them, too... though, oddly enough, I haven't heard much Cheech & Chong. I just know them as actors more than the comedians they started as. Weird for ME to say that, eh? lol
Originally Posted By Labuda Good grief. What on EARTH is LP doing to me? It showed me this thread only had 10 posts, so after it didn't show my post #11, I reposted...and see that Tande had time to post and THAT also didn't show up! ARGH!!!! Why does LP hate me?
Originally Posted By Labuda And, btw, OMG.... I *need* to see Eddie Izzard live. I freakin' LOVE that guy, and have missed him the last couple of times he's been to Austin. Here's hoping he comes back soon!
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan One of my favorites is Bobby Slayton. He's been around forever, never really crossed over into being a big star like so many of his contemporaries from the 1980s. I'm never sure why that is, because he's the funniest stand up I've ever seen. On the other end of the spectrum, Bill Cosby remains another of my favorites. His stand up act was less about telling jokes, more about humorous story telling. If you've not heard any of his 1960s comedy albums, give them a try.
Originally Posted By velo I love Bill Maher but when I saw him live he was just kinda "eh" - I think he works better when he's with someone (like on his show). My kids LOVE Gabriel Iglesias. Me, I like Kevin Nealon, John Oliver (and the rest of Jon Stewart cast, actually). I have to give a shout-out here to "Cinematic Titanic" though - for all you MST3K'ers out there, if you see it coming to your town - GO!!!! It's basically Joel and the guys riffing old B-movies live. I laughed for 2 hours straight!
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Great list. I too loved Carlin, Williams, murphy, prior, carrot top, cosby, martin, jeff foxworthy, jerry seinfeld and eddie izzard. But there are others in the UK I love: Billy Connoly, jasper carrot, Ben Elton, Michael Macintyre, Jo Brand, Jack Dee, Bill Bailey, Tim Minchin, Newman and Badiel, Rufus Hound, Lenny Henry, Dhara OBrean, Dermot Managhan, Jonathan Davis, and Dave Gormin. There are so many other greats, but check them out - Billy Connoly, Bill Bailey and Jack Dee are my favs out of that lot.
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost I can't remember (maybe someone else does) what network it was on, but in the 80's there was a standup show hosted by Rosie O'Donnell. There were some great acts on that show. Some of my over all favorites have been Bill Cosby, Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engval (I laughed so hard at one of his monologues that I actually started having muscle spasms. I was laughing and screaming in pain all at the same time.) I enjoy Ron White although he needs some new material desperately. Tater Salad has run it's course! Jeff Dunham and his group of characters is a real job. At least up until he and his wife split up and his humor got a little darker.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Here's one of my favs: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0R7OVnTyUvM" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...OVnTyUvM</a>
