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Thursday, September 30, 2004
Comedians of Comedy 9/29
I usually devote this blog to the type of comics that are books with pictures in them, but this time the comics I’m going to be on about are people who stand-up and tell jokes. Mark H. at Chaos Monkey wanted a full report and dammit if I ain’t gonna try.
The 9/29 show at the El Rey Theater was the last show for The Comedians of Comedy tour starring Maria Bamford, Brain Posehn and Patton Oswalt. Don’t be sad you missed it; it’s going to become a movie. The LA show was slated to have “special guests.” While I didn’t get to see Sarah Silverman like I hoped, but I was not disappointed. What guests were there? How does Bob Odenkirk sound? How does Louis C.K. sound? How does two sets from Jerry Minor sound? Sounds nice, eh? Well it was. I’m going to go over it, but remember two things. One, I was drinking throughout the show so my memory might not be too hot. Two, whatever jokes I write here on my blog isn’t going to sound nearly as funny as when it’s delivered by someone who has actually practiced saying the jokes in front of many crowds. Please keep those in mind.
The whole thing was hosted by Blaine Capatch, who most people know as “the guy who hosted Beat the Geeks after that other guy.” He’s also the voice that introduces David Cross on It’s Not Funny and has been making the comedy rounds. His set was pretty good with most of it being LA jokes. As he said “local jokes get me local work.” He had a bit about being so disappointed he couldn’t get the rims that made the wheels look like they’re still moving when the cars stopped so he just got legs that made him look like he’s still walking when he stand in place. I thought that was pretty funny.
Up next was our first special guest, Bob Odenkirk, who frigging rules. He spelled out the rules of alternative comedy for when the judging comes up. “Mentioning a French film director is three points, mentioning a Hong Kong film director is five points, mentioning a 70’s Blaxploitation is ten points and mentioning Michel Gondry is an automatic win.” Bob was funny, because that’s what Bob is.
Then we got Louis C.K., who might be one of my favorite stand-ups today. His whole bit about hating his wife and daughter is so misanthropic, but he delivers it so well that it’s just hilarious. I won’t try to write them here because you can see a lot of his stuff, including what we lucky audience members saw, at his site.
Jerry Minor came out as a comedian from Africa. While he told jokes an audience member from a rebel tribe was booing him and telling us all not to believe this man. Eventually the strife of their country spilled into the act and Minor had to cut off the other guy’s arm. It was kind of like an Andy Kaufman skit, and was funny.
Next was Maria Bamford. She did her voices, talked about God and some people’s stupid application of the concepts and of course made everybody laugh. Her rendition of “Old MacDonald’s Farm” featuring a Pterodactyl might be one of the funniest things I’ve heard.
Brian Posehn was on after her. Posehn is the king of nerds. Speaking as a total nerd his very presence feels me with glee. His act is a lot filthier than it was on his Comedy Central special, which I liked. The bit about going to his high school reunion was great (“apparently after I left there was a 20-year sausage eating contest between all the hot chicks at my school”). His bit about Star Wars just might be the last word on the subject (paraphrased here):
I hate Star Wars, because I used to love Star Wars. The new movies aren’t even bad compared to the first Star Wars; they’re bad compared to whatever Sandra Bullock just said yes to.
You know what it’s like? It’s like you’re uncle putting his cock next to your mouth. Not gross like if it happened when you’re younger, but like if it happened now. Like if at Christmas time when everybody’s asleep and suddenly feel something next your ear and your like “Owww!” And then two Christmases later…it happens again!
I don’t even think there’s going to be a third one. I think it’s just going to be me walking into an empty theater and Lucas raping me. I’ll be crying on the floor already and then he’ll put on a Greedo mask and call it the Special Edition. Greedo came first!
That just ruled. Just plained ruled.
Minor went on stage for a second time, this time as himself campaigning for the role of “America’s Next Favorite Black Person.” “With I, Robot and Catwoman America’s current favorite black people have let us down…As America’s Favorite Black Person, I promise that when I sleep with your white women, and I will sleep with your white women, unlike some blacks I know I will not rape them!” The fact that he delivered this like John F. Kennedy was just brilliant.
Then Patton Oswalt came on. One of the funniest stands up out there was on stage and I was watching him! It seemed too awesome to be true. I knew a lot of his material already, but it was great to see it done live. The new stuff I heard sounded great, too:
In romantic comedies you’ll have the OCD guy and then he’ll move in with the crazy girl. But she’ll be like Hollywood crazy. She’ll have a ferret on a leash or keep her records in an orange crate.
Now I’ve dated crazy, and that’s not crazy. Crazy is walking up at 3 a.m., and asking “what are you doing?”
“I’m carving your initials in my arm so I’ll cum when you punch me!”
Then he came onstage again and did the Robert Evans bit. It might be the funniest thing ever recorded by a human being and he did live and it was awesome! Oswalt is just a master of comedy.
If you have a chance to check out any of these comedians, I suggest you try it. When The Comedians of Comedy movie comes out dear God, go see it. You will laugh like you just discovered how.
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