# Last Comic Standing: The results show (SpOiLeRs) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 6, 2003, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-comic-standing-the-results-show-spoilers/193252 "2003-08-06T02:21:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![The\_Controvert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-comic-standing-the-results-show-spoilers/193252/21 "2003-08-07T19:08:42Z")
Some general responses… Dat had to perform a lot more often than the other comics. Audition, Round 1, Round 2, Comedy Showdown vs. Dave Mordal, Comedy Showdown vs. Geoff, Final Five, Results Show, Jay Leno. Interspersed with this, they showed him practicing the jokes in his act. There’s no way the viewer would not see a repeat. Substitute your favorite comic doing his or her act 8 times in a row and think how funny it would be. Comedy is about going up in front of a fresh audience and getting laughs, not about coming up with an act that you repeat over and over to the same people. It appeared that people were laughing at Dat’s jokes. As for Dat doing martial arts, in his Results Show act, he said this was a situation that happened to him before he started practicing martial arts. Dat also says he is math challenged in a joke, yet he has a booklet with a lot of numbers and graphs. Again, this is the art of comedy. It’s based on personal experience, but exaggerations or outright lies are permitted. Do you think Tess really worked as an overweight stripper named “Tub of Love”? Are stage magicians supposed to be more honest about illusions designed to trick and fool the audience? ---
**Author:** ![minlokwat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minlokwat/32/2844_2.png) [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-comic-standing-the-results-show-spoilers/193252/22 "2003-08-07T23:48:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tradnor \* > \*\*Just watched Dat Phan on the Tonight Show. > > Total material not seen before: Zero. > > I can’t imagine how he’s going to fill that special on Comedy Central. \*\* You beat me to it, this is exactly what I wanted to post. I can understand having to repeat a bit or two, but his entire routine was a complete re-hash of previously-shown material. Felt like I was watching a clip show. What’s more, since this obviously represents his Grade-A material, you can expect Dat to barely even make it to the Flavor-of-the-Month category. Last thing. While chatting with Jay, you could see him trying to work in other bits (as do all comedians during their interview). No where near as effective. He just doesn’t have that smooth, improvisational wit that you need to achieve any staying power. Dat, you’re at 14 and a half minutes and counting, bud. Enjoy it while it lasts, cause it ain’t gonna. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-comic-standing-the-results-show-spoilers/193252/23 "2003-08-08T08:25:29Z")
Dave, Rich, Cory and Rob on “Tought Crowd.” Reruns on friday. ---
**Author:** ![EhhMon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@EhhMon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EhhMon)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-comic-standing-the-results-show-spoilers/193252/24 "2003-08-08T10:17:19Z")
We can all blame the other commedians in the house for giving Dat Phan all the exposure he got. They’re the reason Dat won!!! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-comic-standing-the-results-show-spoilers/193252.md?page=1)