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US comedians on Netflix

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  • #32
    Silentcorner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,631 ✭✭✭Silentcorner


    Has anyone checked out Hannah Gatsby's Nanette on Netflix...it has a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

    It was described as reinventing comedy.

    It was the worst hour of comedy I have ever suffered through, pure self indulgence of the worst kind.

    Two words accurately describe it.

    Feminist Comedy.


  • #33
    magic_murph
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    Silentcorner wrote: »
    Has anyone checked out Hannah Gatsby's Nanette on Netflix...it has a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

    It was described as reinventing comedy.

    It was the worst hour of comedy I have ever suffered through, pure self indulgence of the worst kind.

    Two words accurately describe it.

    Feminist Comedy.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aE29fiatQ0

    From that clip I did not see or hear any comedy. Its more a self help monologue.
    With the routine she be better off on the couch next to Oprah pouring her heart out.

    Very few 'real' comics out there these days - its all about being PC and hitting the on trend topics which is not unique seeing as every other comedian is essentially telling the same joke.


  • #34
    Dots1982
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    The comics I mentioned in the opening post are non pc. It was Tom Segura not Segal


  • #35
    [Deleted User]
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    I love that aussie ****. Can't remember his name. Has a netflix special, is autistic.


  • #36
    [Deleted User]
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    Bo Burnham two specials are very good. Off the wall humour, jokes you dont see coming. Very clever!


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  • #37
    artvanderlay
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    WrenBoy wrote: »
    Norms humour is super weird and people either love it or hate it, I agree that his special doesn't show it though he's way better off the cuff and in the podcasts, if you watch his interviews on youtube on different radio and tv shows they are gold... I remember one where he basically convinced this radio host who was trying to keep everything light and fun that he was a depressed loner incapable of feeling love and dragged it out for ages, I was in stitches.


    Any time Norm analyses old pop songs is gold too. The Pina Colada song is a prime example. Can't dig out the link but look it up.



    Also another classic Norm bit



    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6VH4gF9jgQ


    "I have nothing against gay guys but the country music fan traditionally does not like songs that have a lot of jizz drinking in them". :pac:


  • #38
    Keyzer
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    Irish Guitarist wrote: »
    I watched a bit of Anthony Jezelnek (or however it's spelled) and thought he just came across as an asshole.

    He is an asshole. His joke about Eric Clapton's son is disgraceful.


  • #39
    magic_murph
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    Keyzer wrote: »
    He is an asshole. His joke about Eric Clapton's son is disgraceful.

    Its a joke - no malice intended I'm sue.

    I comedy should be allowed to make jokes, they are jokes at the end of the day, about any topic - nothing off limits.


  • #40
    Deebles McBeebles
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    Jeselnik definitely is an asshole. A f*cking hilarious one though.


  • #41
    TimesArrow
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    Interesting topic.. I like the Joe Rogan podcast but find his stand-up to be pretty woeful. Same for the regular comedy guests on his show; whitney Cummings, tom segura, ari schiffer and especially Bert Kreischer.

    Have to say, I do like Jeselnik's stuff


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  • #42
    Wompa1
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    I'm all about this turning into a thread about Norm. His Netflix stuff was awful. I didn't like his other Comedy Central stand up too much either yet other Comedians say it's one of the best. Though, his little off the cuff bit at the end about OJ Simpson in prison for stealing his own stuff and then trying to convince the other inmates that he did commit the murders because of the pecking order in prison.

    Double murderers, pretty near the top. Guys who steal their own stuff....

    I went to see him do standup twice. One time he was terrible. The other time with a much smaller crowd, he was incredible. I've been lucky enough to attend the filming of one of Louis CK's special and Norm was right there with him in terms of quality for that one show. He seems to be a self saboteur.

    Also, he did a recurring bit on a morning radio show in LA. He phoned in and pretended he was working on adding a ventriloquist part to his stand up (around when Jeff Dunham was huge). He has multiple "pals" as he called them including one grump old man puppet who was a Holocaust denier. So basically he was getting away with telling anti-semetic jokes on morning radio under the idea it was a character.


  • #43
    WrenBoy
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    Wompa1 wrote: »
    Also, he did a recurring bit on a morning radio show in LA. He phoned in and pretended he was working on adding a ventriloquist part to his stand up (around when Jeff Dunham was huge). He has multiple "pals" as he called them including one grump old man puppet who was a Holocaust denier. So basically he was getting away with telling anti-semetic jokes on morning radio under the idea it was a character.

    Dennis Miller show, theres a compilation on Youtube of all the times they call Norm and its great.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpOol74qhqQ

    Him sabotaging the Youtube Awards show was hilarious too.


  • #44
    Obvious Desperate Breakfasts
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,474 ✭✭✭Obvious Desperate Breakfasts


    I will forever love Norm MacDonald for his ‘90s Michael Jackson jokes. The big, brass balls on him.


  • #45
    artvanderlay
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    Wompa1 wrote: »
    I'm all about this turning into a thread about Norm. His Netflix stuff was awful. I didn't like his other Comedy Central stand up too much either yet other Comedians say it's one of the best. Though, his little off the cuff bit at the end about OJ Simpson in prison for stealing his own stuff and then trying to convince the other inmates that he did commit the murders because of the pecking order in prison.

    Double murderers, pretty near the top. Guys who steal their own stuff....

    I went to see him do standup twice. One time he was terrible. The other time with a much smaller crowd, he was incredible. I've been lucky enough to attend the filming of one of Louis CK's special and Norm was right there with him in terms of quality for that one show. He seems to be a self saboteur.

    Also, he did a recurring bit on a morning radio show in LA. He phoned in and pretended he was working on adding a ventriloquist part to his stand up (around when Jeff Dunham was huge). He has multiple "pals" as he called them including one grump old man puppet who was a Holocaust denier. So basically he was getting away with telling anti-semetic jokes on morning radio under the idea it was a character.




    Rusty was the anti-semitic puppet. As Norm said "that guy's plain wrong!"

    I also love Norm's bit about Joe Camel, the cigarette mascot, looking like a cock (4:40 onwards)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBmIoUO7_Gc


  • #46
    Sober Crappy Chemis
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    Keyzer wrote: »
    He is an asshole. His joke about Eric Clapton's son is disgraceful.
    .... and exceptionally unfunny.


  • #47
    Irish Guitarist
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    magic_murph wrote: »
    Its a joke - no malice intended I'm sue.

    I comedy should be allowed to make jokes, they are jokes at the end of the day, about any topic - nothing off limits.

    No one said comedians aren't allowed to make jokes. They're allowed to make jokes and people are allowed to have the opinion that the jokes they tell make them sound like an asshole.

    And I know Eric Clapton is worth millions but he probably occasionally sits down and watches Netflix. So telling a joke about his son dying tragically does indeed make him an asshole.

    I'm not into political correctness. Comedians can tell all the racist, sexist, homophobic jokes they want. When they make fun of an individuals tragedy though it makes me think they're a dickhead. It doesn't mean I want them banned. It just means I don't find them amusing.


  • #48
    completedit
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    What is it about Irish people and the need to specify how unfunny American comedy is? It’s so weird. This is the same country that gave us The Naked Gun, The Simpsons, Always Sunny, Brooklyn 99, My Wife and Kids, Scary Movie, Superbad, Step Brothers, the list is endless.


  • #49
    Dots1982
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
    completedit wrote: »
    What is it about Irish people and the need to specify how unfunny American comedy is? It’s so weird. This is the same country that gave us The Naked Gun, The Simpsons, Always Sunny, Brooklyn 99, My Wife and Kids, Scary Movie, Superbad, Step Brothers, the list is endless.

    You haven’t mentioned one stand up comedian which is what the topic is about so your point has very little merit. I don’t mean that as a putdown, i Just mean as a straight fact.


  • #50
    kowloon
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    AllForIt wrote: »
    You might like Andrew Doyle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqQBLIzDDUQ

    And his fictitious creation Tatania McGrath



    I think with a character-based act like that they need to get out and engage with the world. As a stand-up act it just seems like flogging a stereotype for 7 mins longer than was necessary and not much else. As a Sacha Baron Cohen type character going about messing with people it would work better imo. It's almost like it's all personal taste.

    Except for Jim Davidson, he's just a bitter prick.


  • #51
    NIMAN
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    Deebles McBeebles wrote: »
    Jeselnik definitely is an asshole. A f*cking hilarious one though.

    I thought his jokes and humour were funny enough but his slow delivery style is painful.

    Each show could have lasted half the time if he spoke normally.


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  • #52
    garyskeepers
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    Anthony Jestlenik and Bill Burr specials on Netflix are phenomenally funny


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