One of the most brilliant comedic rants ever in the history of stand-up, at least in my judgment. I love him and it is sad he is gone. Be sure to investingate his other material as well….You can almost NEVER go wrong with Mr.Carlin.
Futurerama, South Park, Robot Chicken and Simpsons have changed the meaning of Cartoons.
I am a big fan of all of these except Simpsons. Just never got into the show and when I have seen an episode I did enjoy it. I bring this up because I came across a Digg that highlighted Family Guy Scenes that were cut from episodes.
If you are still reading you are like me and excited to see the F.G. deleted clips. Check them out here.
While I am thinking about Funny Talented People, I wanted to mention Brian Posehn, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, Howard Stern, Conan, Letterman, Craig Furguson and Carson Daly before NBC fucked-up the NYC/early L.A. version of his show.
Carson Daly proved to be witty, has a great boyish charm & totally freaked on animal segments. His attentiveness insured he would always rock the interview and many of the Hot Hollywood ladies who appeared on Last Call were obviously attracted to him making for more interesting television. The “guy down-stairs”, TIVO Monologue and chatting with (I wanna say Joe) the bandleader and catch terms like “chillax” all really worked well for him. Last Call had some really good writers when it settled down a bit in L.A.
If NBC was on point – Leno would have never clawed his was onto the Tonight show. Now, there is no doubt he should just be axed. I can’t stomach him anyway. He is a sell out. Just as he is the puppet master behind fucking Conan, he managed to screw Letterman about12 years ago. Jay’ s true two-faced colors are now shining through The best long-term move for NBC would have been – Conan, followed by Fallon (who has been great but, I personally prefer the improv of Craig over the written bits of Jimmy) ending the night with Carson in a re-mix of his old format and the new format.
The biggest shame is that the brilliant Jimmy Kimmel often gets left out of the mix, unless someone who is really paying attention. Win Ben Stein’ s $ first introduced him to Jimmy, then the home-run of the Man Show. Now successful with Jimmy Kimmel Live, it is a combination of some excellent writing, great Kimmel family real life characters and some of that old skool J.K. wittiness in the mix.
Ultimately I find this important because of the type venue a late night show offers it guest and viewers. It is one of the only opportunities the public has to see actors, actresses, politicians, sports figures, musicians and other everyday house-hold names in a more real to life setting.
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I recently cleaned out my DVDs and narrowed down my selection. Sold about 100 DVDs and used Handbrake to put them on my Mac. Now I have less clutter in the house, digital copies of the DVDs I cleared out and room for new DVDs if need be. I did notice I didn’t get rid of any stand-up comedy DVDs. They seem to stand the test of time. From that I started making a list of my favorite Comedians. I don’t do really stoopid (yes spelled wrong for a reason) comedy. I want “on the mark”, truth, entertaining, topical (yet able to stand the test of time), thought provoking, smart, talented comedy. I started putting together a list of these names. We can start with these and go from there.
Jeff Dunham, Chris Rock, Gabriel Inglesias, Rodney Carrington, Rodney Dangerfield, Sarah Silverman, Wanda Sykes, Jimmy Kimmel, Ellen DeGeneres, Eddie Murphy, George Carlin, Old school Robin Williams, Lewis Black, Stephen Lynch, Katt Williams, Ron White, Stephen Wright, Bill Cosby (Himself), Greg Giraldo, Steve Martin, Lisa Lampanellie and Joan Rivers. Others include, but are not limited too – Gilbert Gottfried, Norm Mac Donald, Nick DiPaolo, Jon Lovitz, and one of the best female funny ladies EVER Cloris Leachman.
People I did not include because I am just not into or simply don’t find funny: Brian Regan, Jim Gaffigan, Carlos “The Thief” Mencia, Martin Lawrence, Demitri Martin, DANE COOK. It is a bit harder to come up with these name because I try to forget them.
If there are comedians you would like to add to either list…..? Comments are open.
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