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Topic	Comedy stand-up opinions.
HaRRicH 02/11/18 1:38:43 AM #1:	Best album: Greg Giraldo - Good Day to Cross a River: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpyLQvc4OICdvNo066_R3-7750qsjd1xN Largest body of truly superb stand-up: George Carlin (Dave Chappelle's closing in though!) Best stand-up comedian with music: Stephen Lynch, and he has this short poem called Love Song which we all need to know: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4asdMekPdg Best stand-up album with music by a comedian who doesn't usually use music: Doug Stanhope - Something to Take the Edge Off Best dark one-liners: Anthony Jeselnik - Shakespeare Best lighter one-liners: I mix up Mitch Hedburg's albums, but it's hard to go wrong with any of them Best stand-up debut followed by a terrible special: Wyatt Cenac (Comedy Person was outstanding while Brooklyn was zzzzz) Rank the heirs of Jon Stewart's legacy: Colbert >= Oliver > Noah > Wilmore Most underrated Daily Show correspondent: Aasif Mandvi Rank the Blue Collar Comedy Tour: Ron > Jeff >> Bill > Larry Last good comedy I saw: it's not stand-up, but the documentary for the Dana Carvey Show called Too Funny To Fail is fun Last disappointing special I saw: Amy Schumer - The Leather Special (still has other quality works like Cutting, but eh to this) Comedian I don't get: Iliza Shlesinger Are women funny though: yes, they're smart AND funny Worst-aged comedian: Adam Sandler's albums, aside from his Hanukkah songs and Piece of Shit Car Worst bomb: The Situation at Donald Trump's roast Hot new upcoming comedian: obligatory mentions for Trae Crowder and Drew Morgan, but also I saw Michelle Wolff a few times before she landed on The Daily Show -- she's got chops Someone I'd like to see more from: Morgan Murphy Best book on comedy: the UCB Comedy Improvisation Manual reads like a fifth grade textbook with doodles added for adults to be funnier Comedy for us weird niche fucks still reading: Tig Notaro - Live to see a comedian after so much tragedy JUST struck her (it was niche for like a week anyway, not so much now) Todd Barry - Crowd Work had him tour with nothing but crowd interactions Harland Williams - A Force of Nature for stand-up out in the desert by himself Anything by Reggie Watts, but expecially his live album in Central Park Some other albums I don't have a category for but deserve a mention: Steve Martin - On Location Daniel Tosh - Completely Serious Patrice O'Neal - Elephant in the Room --- Nominate METAL MAN for 20XX! http://i.imgur.com/Dr4NAeq.png <cite>HaRRicH posted [p:895865087] in Comedy sta... [t:76306957]...</cite> <quote>Best album: Greg Giraldo - Good Day to Cross a River: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpyLQvc4OICdvNo066_R3-7750qsjd1xN Largest body of truly superb stand-up: George Carlin (Dave Chappelle's closing in though!) Best stand-up comedian with music: Stephen Lynch, and he has this short poem called Love Song which we all need to know: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4asdMekPdg Best stand-up album with music by a comedian who doesn't usually use music: Doug Stanhope - Something to Take the Edge Off Best dark one-liners: Anthony Jeselnik - Shakespeare Best lighter one-liners: I mix up Mitch Hedburg's albums, but it's hard to go wrong with any of them Best stand-up debut followed by a terrible special: Wyatt Cenac (Comedy Person was outstanding while Brooklyn was zzzzz) Rank the heirs of Jon Stewart's legacy: Colbert >= Oliver > Noah > Wilmore Most underrated Daily Show correspondent: Aasif Mandvi Rank the Blue Collar Comedy Tour: Ron > Jeff >> Bill > Larry Last good comedy I saw: it's not stand-up, but the documentary for the Dana Carvey Show called Too Funny To Fail is fun Last disappointing special I saw: Amy Schumer - The Leather Special (still has other quality works like Cutting, but eh to this) Comedian I don't get: Iliza Shlesinger Are women funny though: yes, they're smart AND funny Worst-aged comedian: Adam Sandler's albums, aside from his Hanukkah songs and Piece of Shit Car Worst bomb: The Situation at Donald Trump's roast Hot new upcoming comedian: obligatory mentions for Trae Crowder and Drew Morgan, but also I saw Michelle Wolff a few times before she landed on The Daily Show -- she's got chops Someone I'd like to see more from: Morgan Murphy Best book on comedy: the UCB Comedy Improvisation Manual reads like a fifth grade textbook with doodles added for adults to be funnier Comedy for us weird niche fucks still reading: Tig Notaro - Live to see a comedian after so much tragedy JUST struck her (it was niche for like a week anyway, not so much now) Todd Barry - Crowd Work had him tour with nothing but crowd interactions Harland Williams - A Force of Nature for stand-up out in the desert by himself Anything by Reggie Watts, but expecially his live album in Central Park Some other albums I don't have a category for but deserve a mention: Steve Martin - On Location Daniel Tosh - Completely Serious Patrice O'Neal - Elephant in the Room --- Nominate METAL MAN for 20XX! http://i.imgur.com/Dr4NAeq.png</quote> ... 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