# Last Comic Standing **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 30, 2006, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-comic-standing/358790 "2006-05-30T20:36:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Yeeter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/96bed5/32.png) [@Yeeter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeeter)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-comic-standing/358790/61 "2006-06-28T03:00:31Z")
Y’know after seeing Bill Dwyer’s bits today, I really wonder what it was that made me think he was funny… Josh and Chris are going to do really well in this series. Rebecca Corry is not funny, but somehow she has made it this far. Joey Gay is funny, but please stop yelling at me. ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-comic-standing/358790/62 "2006-06-28T16:27:38Z")
Gabriel Iglesias is a big ol’ pussy. Quit hiding behind your stupid hat and CHALLENGE someone, ya pussy. I’m fine with the decision last night - Chris and Michelle were funnier than Joey Gay (dude, you can only sail on the ‘gay’ thing so long) and Bil Dwyer. Besides, it’s not like Bil Dwyer can’t just go back to hosting his GAME SHOW :rolleyes: . Next step…get Roz’s unfunny self out of the ship. E. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-comic-standing/358790/63 "2006-06-28T18:30:03Z")
[QUOTE=Elza B] Gabriel Iglesias is a big ol’ pussy. Quit hiding behind your stupid hat and CHALLENGE someone, ya pussy. [/QUOTE] A spoiler I found, sorry - I don’t have the cite handy: Apparantly Gabriel is the person disqualified in the next episode. He got caught communicating w/ the outside world about the show on a portable electronic device. This would explain why he’s the one being roasted. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-comic-standing/358790/64 "2006-06-28T23:21:37Z")
[QUOTE=HelloNinja] A spoiler I found, sorry - I don’t have the cite handy: Apparantly Gabriel is the person disqualified in the next episode. He got caught communicating w/ the outside world about the show on a portable electronic device. This would explain why he’s the one being roasted. [/QUOTE] Ha. That’s totally not what I expected that to be about I figured it had to do with contestants shagging. I mean, how many house rules can there be to violate? I’m sure “don’t screw your housemates” is one of them. This season is going to improve, right? At least a couple of the comics are funny… could they have come up with a worse challenge than the air check thing? Even the try to entertain little kids challenge a couple seasons ago was funnier. ---
**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:** [June 29, 2006, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-comic-standing/358790/65 "2006-06-29T20:51:10Z")
And here, I thought the person who broke the house rules was maybe Roz, with a crack pipe? ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-comic-standing/358790/66 "2006-07-12T23:12:17Z")
So, I guess I’m the only one who is rejoicing that Rebecca Courry got eliminated? Or, maybe you’re all too busy celebrating to post…? ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-comic-standing/358790/67 "2006-07-12T23:17:37Z")
It was on opposite Rock Star, so I missed it. So the tiny girl left, huh? ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-comic-standing/358790/68 "2006-07-12T23:38:20Z")
I’m confused – is next week the _finale_? Really? I don’t remember a season being this short … although, in the past, seasons have been kind of interminable, so maybe I shouldn’t complain. ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-comic-standing/358790/69 "2006-07-13T14:47:04Z")
[QUOTE=rockle] I’m confused – is next week the _finale_? Really? I don’t remember a season being this short … although, in the past, seasons have been kind of interminable, so maybe I shouldn’t complain. [/QUOTE] In the past, I don’t think they’ve eliminated 2 players at a time like they are this season. Rebecca and Kristen lost to Ty this week. I predict a Chris and Josh final 2, but then again Dat Phan won the whole flippin thing on season one, so what do I know? ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-comic-standing/358790/70 "2006-07-13T15:29:37Z")
[QUOTE=Nutty Bunny] In the past, I don’t think they’ve eliminated 2 players at a time like they are this season. Rebecca and Kristen lost to Ty this week. [/QUOTE] That reminds me … since Gabriel got eliminated (for basically being a butthead), why did they still eliminate two comics after the head-to-head? Are the producers as bored as many of us seem to be? ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-comic-standing/358790/71 "2006-07-13T16:11:32Z")
I was confused about that also. Were there originally going to be 6 in the finals, or what? My faves are Josh and Chris. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-comic-standing/358790/72 "2006-07-13T16:15:45Z")
I am also confused by the scheduling, as with the apparent lack of comedy on ‘Last Comic Standing’. I did miss the roast part of the show, though, as I was on my way back from a Boston Dopefest, which frankly, was far more entertaining than this show has been this season. Did I mention how happy I am that Rebecca is gone? Woman cannot live by fart and diarrhea jokes alone. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-comic-standing/358790/73 "2006-07-13T18:10:17Z")
[QUOTE=lorene] I am also confused by the scheduling, as with the apparent lack of comedy on ‘Last Comic Standing’. I did miss the roast part of the show, though, as I was on my way back from a Boston Dopefest, which frankly, was far more entertaining than this show has been this season. Did I mention how happy I am that Rebecca is gone? Woman cannot live by fart and diarrhea jokes alone. [/QUOTE] Is Rebecca the short one? I was tired of her little schtick of kicking a leg out. And that one joke about being so small she could crawl her way through a basketball players intestines? She really needs to work on her material. As for the lack of comedy, I was wondering about that too. It’s like the producers just want to hurry up and get this over with, because most of these comics can’t come up with decent, original material in the time given them. ---
**Author:** ![Iggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Iggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggins)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-comic-standing/358790/74 "2006-07-13T18:18:23Z")
I’ll third the Chris and Josh final, though it seems they will have a 5 way free for all next week as the finale. I think Chris is the best of the remaining comics, though not the best of all the comics. When he got picked for the group to go to the boat, I picked him to win. Mostly his personality and delivery seem to be suited for the game. There were other comics that didn’t get chosen earlier that were much better than the ones picked for the boat. My wife actually said, “Isn’t Phyllis Diller dead?” when the roast started. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-comic-standing/358790/75 "2006-07-13T18:29:53Z")
[QUOTE=levdrakon] Is Rebecca the short one? I was tired of her little schtick of kicking a leg out. And that one joke about being so small she could crawl her way through a basketball players intestines? She really needs to work on her material. [/QUOTE] And she needs to brush her goddamn hair. I always felt like she was trying too hard to be “edgy” with her material, her hair, her mannerisms. Maybe I’m just getting old. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-comic-standing/358790/76 "2006-07-13T19:13:59Z")
[QUOTE=lorene] I always felt like she [Rebecca Corry] was trying too hard to be “edgy” with her material, her hair, her mannerisms. [/QUOTE] For the record, I am _also_ a 4’ 11" adult female of the species, and I don’t feel the need to kick all the time. I haven’t since I was, like, 7 years old and my parents start letting me ride in the front seat of the car. (It was the 80’s – _mistakes were made_. Shut up.) She’s a freak, and from all that weird hyperextension, she’s going to give herself arthritis. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-comic-standing/358790/77 "2006-07-13T19:28:05Z")
[QUOTE=rockle] I haven’t since I was, like, 7 years old and my parents start letting me ride in the front seat of the car. (It was the 80’s – _mistakes were made_. Shut up.) [/QUOTE] Hey, no worries. I was a 7-year-old in the 70s, and we were allowed to just roll free in the very back of the station wagon. The backity-back, we called it. You didn’t think I was linking the edgy thing and the height causally, did you? She’d be a fucking pain in the ass even if she was 7 feet tall. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-comic-standing/358790/78 "2006-07-14T02:06:15Z")
[QUOTE=lorene] You didn’t think I was linking the edgy thing and the height causally, did you? She’d be a fucking pain in the ass even if she was 7 feet tall. [/QUOTE] Oh, _goodness_ no! _She_ actually mentioned it earlier, in one of her bits. And we called it the jack-back. Same diff, you know? ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-comic-standing/358790/79 "2006-07-14T10:52:42Z")
[QUOTE=rockle] Oh, _goodness_ no! _She_ actually mentioned it earlier, in one of her bits. And we called it the jack-back. Same diff, you know? [/QUOTE] Oh, good. Cause I’m only about 2 inches taller than that, and I’m not a pain in the ass at _all_. ---
**Author:** ![Yeeter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/96bed5/32.png) [@Yeeter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeeter)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-comic-standing/358790/80 "2006-07-14T13:59:31Z")
Heh, when I read that I was thinking you meant Phyllis Diller needed to comb her hair, and She was trying too hard to be edgy (back in her day I guess she might’ve been). It was because the last line of **Iggins’s** post mentioned Phyllis. Now I get that you were talking about Rebecca. I think Roz would not be too funny if she stopped yelling, but I wish she would stop yelling. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-comic-standing/358790.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-comic-standing/358790.md?page=5)