# AI Stand-Up Comedy **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** ai\ **Created:** [May 18, 2026, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-stand-up-comedy/1030195 "2026-05-18T23:16:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-stand-up-comedy/1030195/21 "2026-05-19T23:07:07Z")
A bigger joke thief than Milton Berle. All AI is is a plagiarism machine. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-stand-up-comedy/1030195/22 "2026-05-19T23:20:38Z")
Never mind. My math is atrocious. ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-stand-up-comedy/1030195/23 "2026-05-20T01:40:16Z")
“An American fan is suing FIFA after USA-Paraguay ended nil-nil. He claims the match failed to produce: ‘a recognizable American result.’” – ChatBOT ---
**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-stand-up-comedy/1030195/24 "2026-05-21T01:29:08Z")
It was really bad. But I think Kelly Carlin made sure it was taken down. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-stand-up-comedy/1030195/25 "2026-05-21T01:42:50Z")
I think that with most stand-up, it’s not so much the material that makes it funny, as the delivery. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-stand-up-comedy/1030195/26 "2026-05-21T02:07:01Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Still, in my many years as a record buyer, it never occurred to me that 45 rpm’s + 33rpms = 78 rpms. Is that just a coincidence? Me too. The joke was clever enough but mostly I liked seeing the 45 + 33 = 78 (except for one-third). As for the AI stand-up in the OP, it was pretty bad. Well, the jokes were pretty bad (one joke had traces of weak humor but it was so stock that it doesn’t count). But the animation was bad because it would take some very advanced or very-tweaked AI to mimic the precise timing that comics use and react to. On that point, the audience reactions were so fake and overly ebullient that they throw off the timing even more. I don’t see this as a good end use of AI video. There are thousands of folks who would love to do stand-up but don’t have any material. Whoever wrote these jokes doesn’t have any humor either, but there are good writers out there and there are good performers. AI is not needed. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-stand-up-comedy/1030195/27 "2026-05-21T02:10:54Z")
The old 10 inchers are actually 78 and one-fourth. (78.26 RPMs). ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-stand-up-comedy/1030195/28 "2026-05-21T02:16:02Z")
> [@MortSahlFan](#): > > But I think Kelly Carlin made sure it was taken down. > **[George Carlin’s daughter lambasts AI-generated video of late comedian](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/jan/11/george-carlin-ai-comedy)** > > Kelly Carlin decries comedy special on YouTube that generated a fake Carlin, saying ‘no machine will ever replace his genius’ It’s apparently still on Youtube, so it wasn’t “taken down”, but she was pretty open with her thoughts about it. I listened to about 30 seconds of it out of sheer curiosity and it came across as a soullless imitation of words the man himself would never have said. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-stand-up-comedy/1030195/29 "2026-05-21T02:28:59Z")
Watching a stand-up on stage is a relationship of sorts. A.I. can’t have that relationship. ---
**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-stand-up-comedy/1030195/30 "2026-05-21T22:03:40Z")
I know she sued. I guess she lost. There’s a big difference between a generated video and someone who is a very famous comedian. What really bugs me are the fake videos, with the corny thumbnail with a fake headline. All the information is fake, too. If they didn’t make YouTube money, they wouldn’t be advertised so high in the algorithm. So many impressions! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-stand-up-comedy/1030195/31 "2026-05-21T22:05:57Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Watching a stand-up on stage is a relationship of sorts. A.I. can’t have that relationship. Eh, most of the stand-up I’ve watched has been on YouTube or other recordings. The great comedians are still great that way. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-stand-up-comedy/1030195/32 "2026-05-21T23:51:56Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Eh, most of the stand-up I’ve watched has been on YouTube or other recordings. The great comedians are still great that way Oh, me too. I still feel like there is a relationship of sorts through the screen. I often say how much I loved George Carlin. I never met him or saw him live. But I connected with him through his routines. You can’t get that from A.I. ---
**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-stand-up-comedy/1030195/33 "2026-05-22T18:23:49Z")
I saw him live, but it was near his end.. Too negative even for me. I highly recommend the Playboy album he did with Jack Burns. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-stand-up-comedy/1030195/34 "2026-05-22T19:16:55Z")
Very true. I loved watching Mitch Hedberg’s TV specials. Fucking Hilarious! I got a chance to see him live, and he was whacked out of his mind and even his funniest stuff dropped like a stone. He just sped through his material with no nuisance at all. It was sad and disappointing. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-stand-up-comedy/1030195/35 "2026-05-22T21:07:21Z")
> [@MortSahlFan](#): > > I saw him live, but it was near his end.. Too negative even for me. Huh. His final album was actually slightly less negative, I thought. To be fair, I listened to it only once. He died super close to after recording it and I was too sad to re-hear it. It’s Bad For 'Ya. That was the final one. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-stand-up-comedy/1030195/36 "2026-05-22T21:34:22Z")
I used to think Mitch Hedberg was funny. I still do, but I used to, too. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-stand-up-comedy/1030195/37 "2026-05-22T22:14:52Z")
Saw Carlin live twice, in 2001 and 2007. I thought he still “had it” both times. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-stand-up-comedy/1030195/38 "2026-05-22T23:52:39Z")
Yeah, he actually began an upward quality-increase in his act around 1992-1996. By the time 2001 came and he did his Complaints and Grievances routine, he was probably at the absolute top of his act and the top comedian of all time. I actually think his second to last album, “Life is Worth Losing” was a step down in quality. He sounded, well, like he was flooded with water and it turned out he indeed was carrying around a lot of fluid in his lungs. I miss George. I miss knowing he’s in our world. I miss looking forward to his next special. He was the best and it isn’t close for me. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2026, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-stand-up-comedy/1030195/39 "2026-05-23T00:42:05Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > By the time 2001 came and he did his Complaints and Grievances routine, he was probably at the absolute top of his act and the top comedian of all time. > > I actually think his second to last album, “Life is Worth Losing” was a step down in quality. The two times I saw him were on the tours where he was trying out material for those shows. The first time was also about a month before 9/11, and at the time he said the special was going to be called “I Kinda Like It When A Lot Of People Die”. Guess that’s probably the only time he willingly censored himself. During that same show a domestic argument broke out in the first row that turned into punches getting thrown, and Carlin started doing play-by-play as the instigator made a run for it and got tackled by security. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2026, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-stand-up-comedy/1030195/40 "2026-05-23T00:55:30Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > During that same show a domestic argument broke out in the first row that turned into punches getting thrown, and Carlin started doing play-by-play as the instigator made a run for it and got tackled by security. I mean, when you’re a comedian, and something like that happens, you kind of have to roll with it. It’s like the time I was watching Shakespeare in a park, right next to a duck pond, and a pair of amorous mallards kept running across the stage, and the actors were improvving off of them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-stand-up-comedy/1030195.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-stand-up-comedy/1030195.md?page=3)