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Originally posted by The.Crimson.King The.Crimson.King wrote:

Saw Renaissance at the Paramount Theater in Oakland 1977 and they were opening for some guy named "Steve Martin".  Yes, wild and crazy guy Steve Martin just before he became famous.  Yet another brilliant Bill Graham pairing LOL

As far as standup goes, I love Sarah Silverman but my all time fave is Henry Rollins...though I don't know if he's technically considered standup or spoken word.  I've seen Henry 4 times and he never fails to put on a great show.




I never understood the appeal of Steve MartinOuch I've seen countless of flicks featuring him in a supposedly funny character, yet he always fails to make me laugh. I kinda liked the Father Of The Bride movie(Yeah, well shoot me), but he wasn't remotely funny in that either.... 
Cinema and stand-up are two different animals, so you might as well give this guy a chance if you catch him on Last.fm or get one of his albums. Not that I've heard anything from him, but still, ... .

I should give Sarah Silverman a listen. I've read that she has an awesome stand-up career.


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Originally posted by Dayvenkirq Dayvenkirq wrote:

Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

Originally posted by The.Crimson.King The.Crimson.King wrote:

Saw Renaissance at the Paramount Theater in Oakland 1977 and they were opening for some guy named "Steve Martin".  Yes, wild and crazy guy Steve Martin just before he became famous.  Yet another brilliant Bill Graham pairing LOL

As far as standup goes, I love Sarah Silverman but my all time fave is Henry Rollins...though I don't know if he's technically considered standup or spoken word.  I've seen Henry 4 times and he never fails to put on a great show.




I never understood the appeal of Steve MartinOuch I've seen countless of flicks featuring him in a supposedly funny character, yet he always fails to make me laugh. I kinda liked the Father Of The Bride movie(Yeah, well shoot me), but he wasn't remotely funny in that either.... 
Cinema and stand-up are two different animals, so you might as well give this guy a chance if you catch him on Last.fm or get one of his albums. Not that I've heard anything from him, but still, ... .

I should give Sarah Silverman a listen. I've read that she has an awesome stand-up career.

Good call on cinema...Steve Martin films are very different animals compared to his standup.  It's like Monty Python, I love the Flying Circus TV episodes but think the movies are awful...they move so slow and except for a couple good lines, I just don't find much good there...seems they dumbed things down for the big screen.  Getting back to Steve Martin, his best comedy album was the 1st, 1977's "Let's Get Small" before he became popular...after that, seems everything went downhill...

There's quite a few Sarah stand up clips on youtube you can check out, and there's her 2005 film "Jesus is Magic" that's mostly stand up interspersed with some comedy sketches.  She also had a tv series for a couple seasons that was pretty uneven...though most of the best episodes were season 1.

I really liked Bobcat Goldthwait's stand up in the 80's.  I 1st saw him as the crazy biker in the Police Story comedy films and later checked out his stage act and thought he was great.
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Points: 10185 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 27 2013 at 14:18
Dave Chappele, Bill Burr, Lous C.K and Patrice O'Neal are (were in Patrice's case) hilarious.
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^ Oh, yeah, ... Bill Burr is awesome.
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But on a far more gentle line, news today of the loss of one of the classics from the 50s/70s

Mike Winters, RIP



Usually overlooked in Morecambe & Wise's shadow, Mike & Bernie Winters still have an affectionate place in my 1970s memories...

RIP Choochie Face!

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Points: 65523 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 28 2013 at 03:49
just caught a pretty funny young guy named Barry Rothbart

favorites include Steven Wright, Jim Gaffigan, Brian Regan, and of course Lenny
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oh and Jake Johannsen great too
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Originally posted by Dayvenkirq Dayvenkirq wrote:

^ Oh, yeah, ... Bill Burr is awesome.




Burr is awesome. I love his take on the car ride home with Hitler after Jesse Owens won all those medals in Berlin.

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Points: 10970 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 08 2013 at 14:03
Mike Birbiglia has some interesting things to say every now and then:



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i like me older  stuff like les dawson, tommy cooper, eric morcombe, bob monkhouse........but also adore Bill Hicks, Ted Chippington.......out of stuff today not much.....Tim vine, stewart lee ( who i had a pint with after a gig i saw of his......real nice fellow)

the worst one for me is Bill Bailey......i worked backstage at one of his gigs and he is a real arsehole......he aint what you see on telly thats for sure.
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If your day turned stinky, ... here's Adam Ray:
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