# A question about Collin Quinn's "Tough Crowd"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-collin-quinns-tough-crowd/250432>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 15, 2004, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-collin-quinns-tough-crowd/250432 "2004-06-15T03:58:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![saluki\_fan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@saluki\_fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saluki_fan)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2004, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-collin-quinns-tough-crowd/250432/1 "2004-06-15T03:58:13Z")

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What exactly is Collin Quinn drinking during his show “Tough Crowd”? Thanks. Also, has anybody ever seen this show live and how is it?

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**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2004, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-collin-quinns-tough-crowd/250432/2 "2004-06-15T04:24:32Z")

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Whatever it is, it’s not strong enough.

Tickets are free, like at THE DAILY SHOW, but unlike TDS you have people in Madison Square Park coming up to any reasonably sane person and offering them for that night right away.

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2004, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-collin-quinns-tough-crowd/250432/3 "2004-06-16T02:32:35Z")

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> [@saluki\_fan](#):
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> What exactly is Collin Quinn drinking during his show “Tough Crowd”?

Probably Tide with Bleach.

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**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2004, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-collin-quinns-tough-crowd/250432/4 "2004-06-16T12:54:30Z")

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This is the second season, right? And he did the Weekend Update on SNL for awhile. One would think he could make it through a single monologue without stumbling. Together with his idiotic Angry American, oh woe is me the poor oppressed white guy routine, I can’t figure out how he manages to stay on air. His “success” is as puzzling as Bobby Flay’s.

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2004, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-collin-quinns-tough-crowd/250432/5 "2004-06-16T13:56:15Z")

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Unfunny juice? Please-laugh-at-me tonic? “I’m a big joke, my friends aren’t funny either, and I sold my soul to Lorne Michaels to pull some strings at Comedy Central to pity me with this show” soda?

Just a guess.