Comedian thread

[cawoodsct]

Carlin

 

[BC_Wader]

Comedy suffered once the wokeness took over but it's making a comeback. Chapelle's Netflix standups signaled the comeback. Shane Gillis, IMO, is the funniest guy on the planet at the moment. Look up some Gilly and Keeves vids and prepare to laugh your butt off.

 

[gamecockcat]

Love Anthony Jeselnik - dark humor but DGAF who he offends. One of those guys you go, 'Oh wow.' And then laugh your ass off.

Used to really like Christopher Titus and his brand of dark humor. The past few specials he's gone very political (anti-Trump, of course) and he's just not as funny. He was hilarious when talking about his family and romantic relationships. What he (or any other celebrity) thinks about politics is not so funny.

Saw the latest Jim Gaffigan special on Prime (I think). Mediocre. Seems like he's mining the same material for jokes. A few funny lines but it reminded me of old bands playing the same 20-song set note for note every night. Just OK and I used to really think he was clever and very funny. He's just OK now, imo.

 

[gamecockcat]

Forgot - Jimmy Carr, a Brit comedian. VERY non-PC, even more so than Ricky Gervais, imo. But, clever and very funny. Raunchy so not for the squeamish at times. But funny. Several videos on YT (mainly short ones).

 

[LineSkiCat14]

I need to check out Jeselnik's new Netflix special, because he's legit. However, I saw a few clips and I feel like he might be hitting his wall of "being the most offensive". A few jokes I feel like I already heard him tell. Hope it delivers.

Everyone here will likely agree that guys like Chappelle, Carlin, Segura and such, are near the top. A few that I don't see listed often, that I really like a lot: TJ Miller and Pete Holmes. I just like each's respective energy. They both have some great specials and actually seem like fun guys to be around. I think that makes for a good comedian. Shane Gillis has a lot of this as well.

I think Sebastian Monascalco is trash. His overtly "look at how jersey Italian I am!" bit got old after the first minute. Dude is ick.

 

[jcrow10]

I saw Jeselnik in Cincinnati this past Spring and it was pretty good. I’m looking at going to see Sam Morril at the beginning of the year, would love to see Shane Gillis and Nate Bargatze.

 

[Glenn's take]

Going to see Mike Birbiglia next Monday.

Doug Stanhope is the GOAT.