Does anyone have any decent stand-up comedy recommendations? I obviously don't want anything woke but it doesn't have to be anti-woke either (although I'm certainly open to anti-woke recommendations as well). It seems like stand-up comedy is dying along with the rest of the entertainment industry.
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Theo Von is a bit too weird for me, and I could never get over how irritating I find MacDonald's nasal whine.
Otherwise I would only add Louis CK. Ron White is a riot too.
What do you think of Joe Rogan's stand up? It's OK I suppose, but he's more important as an ambassador for comedy . . . a sort of cheerleader.
Oh, how could I forget Nick DiPaolo? He's a SAVAGE . . . I'm also sorry that Joey Diaz has gone into retirement. He was great.
Joe Rogan is an example of the problem when an alpha of a group is surrounded by sycophants too afraid to be honest with him that he sucks at what he is most proud of.
I agree about Theo Von. I don't mind him and watch his podcast time to time.
But his obfuscating of his actual interesting upbringing (his father was like 70 when he had Theo, so was essentially a grandpa to Theo) with other confabulated stories to play on Deep South stereotypes can be off-putting and make him seem disingenuous.
Though all comedians make up and exaggerate stories, somehow it cuts differently from Von once you understand that he's playing a character or a caricature.
I actually found his routine on his father and family pretty funny, but most of his rap is just too weird and off-the-wall for me.
And I don't understand why his podcast gets so much traffic. Everybody's getting on it these days.
I wouldn't say Rogan sucks as a stand-up, but you're right about the sycophants.
That said, I really enjoy the "Protect Our Parks" episodes. Probably because of Shane Gillis, who in MHO is the current GOAT
I've yet to see anyone online admit that they find Rogan to be a legitimately funny comedian.
I have no particular hate for Rogan. But it's interesting that such a successful guy in other domains (sitcoms, reality TV, MMA, pioneering podcasting, shilling BS supplements) identifies and labels himself firstly as a road comic. Despite the fact that it's the one domain that there's a universal understanding that no one thinks he's good at it and he's just using his wealth and status to hang around with his comedian buddies and give himself more everyman street cred.
I don't watch Rogan post-Spotify, but I discovered Theo Von via JRE.
The memes BITD were that not only is Rogan a hack comic, but he doesn't understand & appreciate better comics stylings like Von on his podcast, allowing dry wit to to fly right over his head, ruining bits and even getting passive aggressive when comics were funnier than him on-air.
His podcast gets traffic cuz he is good at having fun conversations with all types of guests. He can vibe with RiffRaff and also talk with a scientist and still be funny. His Tucker Carlson interview is hilarious.
Theo Von did a great job of disarming Tucker.
Tucker vibed with Theo's zaniness from the start. Carlson also showed some raunchiness and vulnerability that I'd never seen before.