# Painfully unfunny stand-up comics

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/painfully-unfunny-stand-up-comics/339176>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 9, 2006, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/painfully-unfunny-stand-up-comics/339176 "2006-01-09T17:26:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/painfully-unfunny-stand-up-comics/339176/121 "2006-01-12T05:28:50Z")

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I know Silverman is supposed to be satire. I still think she sucks because she’s not really saying anything, she just has that air of “look at how shocking I am! Aren’t you shocked?!”

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**Author:** ![Albert\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Albert\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Albert_Rose)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/painfully-unfunny-stand-up-comics/339176/122 "2006-01-12T06:49:40Z")

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“Hi, I’m Kevin Meany. I’m going to tell jokes about my mommy and wear a stupid schoolboy outfit. Isn’t it cute & funny how immature I am? Oooh, I’ll throw in an impression of my mommy! That’s not right!”

Good God, I _hate_ that guy.

As far as funny female comics go, [Tammy Pescatelli](http://www.tammypescatelli.com/) is fantastic.

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**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:** [January 12, 2006, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/painfully-unfunny-stand-up-comics/339176/123 "2006-01-12T07:04:38Z")

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Patrice O’Neill and Tig both suck like Hoovers. They make Colin Quinn seem funny.

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**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/painfully-unfunny-stand-up-comics/339176/124 "2006-01-12T07:20:28Z")

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> [@gatopescado](#):
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> Patrice O’Neill…

There’s a singer named Patrice O’Neill that I rather like, mostly through her work as a member of Mel Cooleys. Is it the same person? (picture [here](http://www.yellowtailrecords.com/pon/pon.htm))

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**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/painfully-unfunny-stand-up-comics/339176/125 "2006-01-12T07:43:03Z")

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I believe he’s talking about a large African-American male who voice-acts the black baby on that Comedy Central show where they do animated shorts set to stand-up acts.

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**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/painfully-unfunny-stand-up-comics/339176/126 "2006-01-12T07:44:16Z")

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Shorties Watching Shorties. That’s the one.

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