HORRIBLE
Ron G: Between Mrs Cad and I got one laugh. That ooooooo - ooooooo - AAAAHHHH - ooooooooo - ooooooooo was so annoying. And he did it all freackin’ hight.
God’s Pottery: The same routine everytime. Gets old fast and cannot last.
COURTACY PASSES
Paul Foote, Jeff Dye: They were OK and one may have deserved to be the last one to make it, but there were better ones that should be in before them.
OVERSIGHTS
At least one of the women was good enough to go. Take your pick depending on your comedy tastes of Shazia Mirza, Andi Smith, or Erin Jackson.
The Israeli Carrotop: Lioz Shem Tov. Prop comedians are rarely funny and he’s a rare one.
Slightly off: Phil Palisoul, Dan Naturman. Not the funniest of the bunch but throw them in the middle calibre with Paul Foote and Jeff Dye.
My top 5
Adam Hunter
Lioz Shem Tov
Phil Palisoul
Erin Jackson
Paul Foote
I’m terrible at remembering who is who, but I’ll have a go.
The three funniest of the night were the first three they showed, and the second one (Universal “I’m a jackass” signal) had no business not going through.
Complete agreement on Ron G (he had one funny bit in his first audition, and that was it) and God’s Pottery (yes, funnyish, but what they hell are they supposed to do when they get to the challenge rounds where they have to work with more of an improv style?)
Paul Foote has said exactly one funny thing the entire season, and it wasn’t even during an act (“Yes, ‘Foote’…my family name is the ‘Footes’, not the ‘Feet’”). I always find myself trying to figure out if he’s intentionally trying to channel Dudley Moore’s “Arthur” or not.
The three brothers were decently funny this time around, but since still had no business being there, having fallen completely flat in the opening rounds.
I’m not optimistic about this season…last year (my first season watching it) the only consistently, painfully unfunny one in the Top 10 was Lavell Crawford. This season it could wind up being half the field.
I have to agree this season is kind of lame compared to the last seasons.
So far, I sort of like the British Muslim woman, although she seemed really nervous the last night.
Paul Foote has a career in comedy movies, but his stand up is just sort of odd, not particularly funny.
Now that I think of it, no wonder I am fast forwarding this show so quickly…it really isn’t all that great so far. Then again, they do seem to clip their stand up bits pretty short, so maybe when I see them on stage a little longer I might be more impressed.
It’s wrong to want Jeff Dye to do well because he’s cute, right? Well, most of the comics are lame so I don’t care if I’m wrong! Watch this
The first round was pretty disappointing. Paul Foote, really? Are we still giving weirdos the nod even though they’re painfully unfunny? Apparently we didn’t learn our leason with Jay London… Ron G was awful too, yet he got to go on and none of the women did. Great.
Eh. Maybe the other half will be better. Probably not, but maybe.
Speaking of tonight’s show…Fearless prediction: Impressionist guy will make it through. They’re hack, contrived, and are almost always very lame, but people fricking love impressionists. They have nothing to do with comedy, but people eat 'em up.
If you do the same material at the semifinal that you did at the auditions/night show, you are disqualified!
C’mon. How good of a comedian can you be if you only have 3 minutes of grade-A material?
Last night’s show proved one thing. Marcus was brilliant for doing comedy and not impressions. Marcus has won LCS6. The field is clearly ranked as follows
Marcus (who once walked across a lake to heal an injured swan)
Some decent comedien(nes)
People to fill out the top 12.
Here’s how I see it for the second semi-final. Besides Marcus, Iliza Shlesinger and Sean Cullen (if only for his stage presence) deserved to go.
It is a sad day when Esther Ku is one of the funniest 7 out of 12 (and she was but just barely)
The other two women:
Mary Mack is absolutely brilliant or Louise Lasser psycho. I’m not 100% if her routine is meticulously thought out or not. Jackie Kashian - was that a comedy routine or a therapy session.
Pete Lee :smack:
or rather
How did Papa CJ make the finals? Not only did he violate Cad’s Law (see the second sentence in the post), his “I hate you all” attitude was disturbing. I was funnier than him when he did that “I’m Hindu and I’ll be reborn as your child” line. I quickly yelled at the TV, “That’s why were going to get an abortion!”
I was so disappointed last night. Papa CJ is so not funny, it’s painful to watch him. Plus, he’s so predictable. Is that all he has? Hindu and outsourcing jokes? And I do agree that they need a rule for no repeats! So far, this group of finalists is highly unimpressive.
I’ve seen Sean Cullen maybe a dozen times live in my life as well as a number of times on TV. I wasn’t a fan of his set last night (although he does have stage presence), but I’ve seen enough of his material to know he’s piles of grade A material.
I thought Marcus’ set was great. One of the best of the night. The fact that he didn’t do an impression and still killed really won me over. I hate impressionists - although I did find his Chris Walken bit pretty funny.
Papa CJ is terrible. His delivery is unwatchable and his jokes are all derivatives of jokes I’ve heard a thousand times before.
I’m drawing a blank on a few others, but this set was WAY better than the first semifinals.
Yeah, that guy who did the Japanese fighter pilot thing was a serious :eek: . Horrible. I’m glad Richard Belzer called him on it… but then he had to do that awkward thing where he told Esther Ku that her Asian jokes were OK because she’s Asian. Too bad she wasn’t funny, though.
Sean Cullen was by far the best act last night, and he’s overall my favorite so far. The Porn Song was actually laugh out loud funny to me, which is rare. I also liked Louis Ramey, but he repeated material from the previous show. Eliza Schlesinger is funny but I liked Mary Mack more, even with her slower pace; too bad she didn’t make the cut. Don’t understand what was so great about Jim Tavarre and his cello. Blah. Agree that Marcus was great. He could go all the way.
I think I’m liking this season better so far than last. In fact, I didn’t really love any of the finalists last year. This year, at least half of them are somewhat decent. It’ll be interesting to see how they handle the improv challenges.
This is my first year watching this show. I like Louis Ramey, despite his repeat jokes.
Is there no love for Jim Tavare? He just amuses me. Does anyone have a black Escort? A black Escort? She’s in the bathroom… Ha!
And I like Paul Foote. I laughed out loud at his moisture routine. This cake is very moist.
Mary Mack was funny.
Esther Ku was sort of funny. I don’t think she’s gonna win, but she’s pretty, so she has that going for her, which is nice. Belzer was right that an ethnic group is allowed to make fun of themselves, but her Asian impression was pretty bad. I was uncomfortable watching.
Well, shut me right up – blowing off the impressions actually makes Marcus funny! Glad to seem him make it through…let’s hope he’s learned to leave the crutch behind.
Of the remaining group that made it though, Iliza Shlesinger was the funniest, and she was nothing side-splitting. Jim Tavare and Louis Ramey were above average. Sean Cullen was a one-tricker who can only keep up his bizarro-Nathan Lane thing going for so long. Papa CJ might be ok if he didn’t piss all over Cad’s Law (yeah, it needs to be in the rules), and Esther Ku flat out sucks. Her material might be mildly amusing in the hands of a professional, but her sense of comic timing is really…really…ummm, what’s the word? Bad. Yeah, bad.
Ditch Tavare, Cullen, CJ and Ku to make room for for Bob Biggerstaff, Pete Lee, John Evans and Dan Cummings. Then we’d have a quality lineup.
Prepping for Thursday night, the finalists are: Favorites Adam Hunter - Reminds me of Christopher Titus. Marcus - An imressionist and comedian all in one. Iliza Shlesinger - Maybe not the funniest woman, but the funniest one to make the finals. [male chauvenist pig] Looks great in a tshirt [/mcp] Sean Cullen - Great stage presence. I get the feeling that he’s been using his A- material and holding back for the finals. May be the dark horse.
Also rans Jeff Dye - Jokes are a bit stale and no real flow to his sets Paul Foote - Best when he goes on a rant, but can that work all the time? Louis Ramey - Ditto Jeff Dye with no flow to his sets. Really disappointed that he violated Cad’s Law thus I have to assume he is short on material Jim Tavare - Does he have a routine without the cello? Too many one liners which would be great if Henny Youngman were voting.
Oh God please go away Papa CJ - So wrong in so many ways. God’s Pottery - They’re not really comedians are they? Maybe if they stopped singing all the time and did a bit in character it would be better. “Jesus loves you but not sexually . . . well maybe. Is your name Mary? Are you a virgin?” How in the world will they do improv or heckling? Ron G - Plain damn not funny (ooooo - oooooo - AAAHHHH - oooo - ooooooo!) Esther Ku - She is the token young woman who’s kinda funny but needs a lot more experience like Amy Schumer was last year. Scary thing was that Amy made it all the way to 4th.
That was a crime, sending Amy home ahead of John Reep, Gerry Dee, and especially The Unfunniest Comedian In America, Lavell Crawford. She was far and away the funniest one in the competition. For my money, anything other than an Amy Schumer-Matt Kirshen finale was an injustice…ah well…
I agree with Lavell. He did not deserve to even make it to the semis. All of his jokes were variations of I’m fat and I’m black except for the occasional I’m black and I’m fat jokes. But you and Mrs. Cad both loved Amy and I never got it. Her timing was horrible and while her jokes were funny in a rough sort of way, she could really polish them up over a couple years on the club circuit.
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