A lot of them were rehearsed bits they used on stage at the time. Especially Worm, Vos and Dip.
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A lot of them were rehearsed bits they used on stage at the time. Especially Worm, Vos and Dip.
WWAWD Greg Giraldo destroying Leary?
"Destroying" ? You sound like those faggots that make "Ben Shapiro DESTROYS feminist author!!!" Youtube videos. More proof that Tough Crowd was for pretentious sniveling political douches who needed "my right wing jew worshiper owned your left wing jew worshiper" moments of goyim mind programming on your talmudvision.
O&A is mostly timeless because they barely wasted time having political debates. It was just them laughing over some of the funniest moments in our lifetimes. Like Kramer's nigger meltdown. Mel Gibson's tapes. Imus getting fired. Roasting each other. Imagine how irrelevant and outdated O&A would be if they had done the Tough Crowd format.
You think Leary came out of that exchange sounding educated and correct?
Leary isn't even close to a right-winger anyway. It was nothing more than a decent rib.
Leary was pissed though, the joke thieving hack.
I'm just saying that the level of political discourse between all of those comics on O&A amounted to nothing. It might as well have been Bobo arguing against Lady Di for the impact that it had on anyone. Political comics are the lowest of the low. If you are into Carlin and Hicks and that kind of "humor" then Tough Crowd is probably right for you.
But I would rather listen to O&A rant about misheard lyrics, Jocktober other shows, goof on their old tapes, and so on.
Not the answer, just a thought.
If you think about how opaque and unbelievable the number coming outta Sirius XM and radio in general were, it makes a bit of sense. O&A were never drawing the numbers they said they were so when you transplant that audience into Nielsen TV ratings which employs far more measurable figures, it stops being tenable, especially when you consider that demographic isn't the most valuable.
If you think about how opaque and unbelievable the number coming outta Sirius XM and radio in general were, it makes a bit of sense. O&A were never drawing the numbers they said they were so when you transplant that audience into Nielsen TV ratings which employs far more measurable figures, it stops being tenable, especially when you consider that demographic isn't the most valuable.
WHY DON'T THEY RELEASE TOUGH CROWD ON DVD? Gee, because it would be a 50-disc set of mostly unknown comedians arguing about headlines from decades ago that most people have forgotten, or are too young to ever have known about?
It would do great On Demand if someone cherrypicked moments, but that ain't happening.
Nigger, please.
A hack being called a hack on cable TV has nothing to do with politics.
Although I agree with you on the political comedian part... cough... Steven Crouder... cough cough... Anthony Cumia... cough, cough, cough... Bill Maher...
Nick Dipaolo and Dennis Miller are some of the funniest people alive (soon to be dead), but the as seriousness with which they approached politics ramped up, their funniness slowed down.
I think it was DeRosa at the Vos roast who said "Any Tough Crowd fans here? The complete half season is coming out on DVD soon".
Hicks and Carlin were funny as well. But none of their political humor, which was 90% of their acts in their last decade, has held up well. Ranting like a fag about American politics, or who gives more money to jews, is beyond pathetic.
100%
I consider Occupation Foole, Class Clown and On the Road as Carlin's best albums.
Youtube liberals have taken his 90's act as a topical bible, but his silly 70's albums have aged suprisingly well.
It was on 3 days a week for twoish years.
You met Patrice??
I tried watching Tough Crowd when I hadn't been listening to O&A for long and didn't know most of the people on it.
What I saw was a decent host with bunch of mediocre comics that I had never heard of and nobody cares about, all trying desperately to get out one trite political point without being steamrolled by the obnoxious fat black guy.
Now that I know who everyone is I like it, but coming in without that knowledge it was just annoying. I don't think Colin was happy with it from how he talks about it and it's obvious he regrets letting his lazy friends work on it.
What I saw was a decent host with bunch of mediocre comics that I had never heard of and nobody cares about, all trying desperately to get out one trite political point without being steamrolled by the obnoxious fat black guy.
Now that I know who everyone is I like it, but coming in without that knowledge it was just annoying. I don't think Colin was happy with it from how he talks about it and it's obvious he regrets letting his lazy friends work on it.
I did, brothaman.
I agree but that moment wasn’t really about politics to me, if anything it signified the death of “rockstar” comics. Leary came on the show in a leather jacket trying to look cool and got completely emasculated by a dork who went to Harvard. I’m not the biggest fan of Giraldo’s standup but he worked very hard on jokes for Tough Crowd and he absolutely carried all of the roasts he was on. Way better than a guy who steals from Hicks, possibly the most overrated comic in history.
Fuckin' awesome, man!!