Schaub's Comedy Special: Gringo Papi

[blaseblah]

Not sure what "cosigned his comedy" means. Nobody is out there talking about how he's the next Bill Burr. But everybody enjoys working with him, people like Schulz and Distefano helped out on his special because they like and respect him. If that counts, then yes, a lot of people have cosigned his comedy. Comedians like that, who've been hustling for years and years and know every bump on the rough road to success, they know what the grind is like and they can see Schaub traveling the same road and taking all the same bumps, and so they like him and respect that he's doing shit the right way and not big-timing it.



See, now a comment like this shows me how little you know/care about what actually goes on in the comedy world. Rogan not only didn't hook that special up for him, he didn't want Schaub to do it. He wanted Schaub to take an even slower route and just slowly build material in clubs. In Schaub's shoes, here he is two years in and he's getting money thrown at him by Showtime. Of course he takes the opportunity. But even then, he had no delusions of grandeur; he didn't suddenly start strutting around like he was in the same league as someone like Segura. He knows exactly where he is and he has very shrewdly figured out a way to both try to craft a new career and make money, but the fact that he's making a living as a comedian and making a better living than other open micers because of his generally higher level of fame hasn't gone to his head. Me, I respect that: He makes the most of every opportunity, he doesn't let his opportunities go to his head and delude himself into thinking he's one of the big boys, and he helps people coming up because he knows how fortunate he is to be in the position that he's in. Where exactly is he going wrong here, because to me, he seems to be doing everything right.



This is another comment that has me convinced that you don't actually follow comedy and therefore have no idea what's happening in that industry, as virtually everyone now is opting to produce and release their own specials on their own YouTube channels rather than give up control and a piece of the pie to other networks/platforms.



With killer jokes like this, you're definitely in an excellent position to shit on Schaub



I'm going to blow past this because I don't care about it...



...this is bad but it has nothing to do with comedy, so it's not relevant here except to fill in the larger context of why some people may hate him as much as they do, though in-fighting between MMA "pundits" nearly all of whom are pretty damn bad couldn't matter less to me...



...the only clip I've found on this has him saying explicitly he has no idea if CBD helped her as she was living out the last year of her life with cancer, he just wanted to think that it helped (which goes back to an experience he had with it seeming to help his son, which there's a clip of him discussing when he was on Your Mom's House).

Still not seeing the worst human being to ever exist on planet Earth, but you guys do you...



The fact that every comedian compliments Schaub on grinding and doing things the right way, while it's only random anonymous people not in the business who post on Internet forums who say that he doesn't work particularly hard, should say all that needs to be said on this point.



You realize that this could apply to every comedian with a podcast, right? What's the difference in your mind then between Schaub and Distefano, or Schaub and Schulz, or even Schaub and Rogan?



So it's resentment/envy that fuels the hatred? Isn't that sad?



You realize that Schaub and Callen's TFATK was exploding in popularity even before Schaub stopped fighting, right? It's not like Rogan himself created the podcast, ordered Callen to allow Schaub to be on it, and paid minions to watch it to drive up YouTube views.



This is a ridiculous stipulation for liking someone successful. Rogan didn't struggle with addiction or live on the street. Do you hate him, too? In Leonardo DiCaprio's first year as a working actor, he got on Growing Pains and landed the lead role opposite Robert De Niro in This Boy's Life. Do you hate him, too? Additionally, even by your own standards here, why does Schaub struggling to make it as - and ultimately failing at becoming - a pro football player not count? And why does Schaub then struggling to make it as - and ultimately failing at becoming - a champion MMA fighter not count? And why does Schaub going all over the country and playing at every comedy spot and experiencing his rough sets just like every other comedian not count either?



*FTFY.



Not sure what this is in reference to, but Schaub living in LA is far from the only person to voice their discontent regarding problems involving the homeless there.



"Simplistic racist tropes"? Jesus, you sound like a woke columnist critiquing stand-up comedy as if under the misapprehension that it was meant to be a Ted Talk. You know they're jokes, right? Funny or not funny, that's for each of us to judge based on what tickles our funny bone. But the vast majority of jokes are predicated on racist and sexist tropes. Seems a weird way to approach comedy.



Woke political shit notwithstanding, actually watch Schaub on any podcast and he's extremely grateful and he always makes sure to voice his thanks and appreciation to people like Rogan, Kreischer, and Segura. That's part of the reason that they all like him: Because he has a lot to be thankful for and he expresses his gratitude.

Lol is this Schaub himself? I'm not going going to respond to the entirety of this overemotional essay but please feel free to list any comedians who have publicly said that Schaub is funny.

And you're flat out wrong, Schaub would never have gotten a comedy special without his buddy Rogan's influence. He owes both his podcast career and poor attempts at comedy to Rogan.

 

[IIIIIIII]

How the hell is their an audience? How much do they get paid?

hahaha! good question.

 

[Jesus X]

Scaub:. "They need to hire a dime piece actor..."

What??? Dime pieces are actresses, not dudes.

Lol

 

[Jesus X]

lol. You guys are a bit intense.

Comedy is subjective and I’ve heard much worse. It’s like 25% better than his first special.

I have watched amatuer comedians at the one dollar beer day at the local dive bar deliver better comedy that is 100 percent the truf.

 

[evergreenrider]

Not sure what "cosigned his comedy" means. Nobody is out there talking about how he's the next Bill Burr. But everybody enjoys working with him, people like Schulz and Distefano helped out on his special because they like and respect him. If that counts, then yes, a lot of people have cosigned his comedy. Comedians like that, who've been hustling for years and years and know every bump on the rough road to success, they know what the grind is like and they can see Schaub traveling the same road and taking all the same bumps, and so they like him and respect that he's doing shit the right way and not big-timing it.



See, now a comment like this shows me how little you know/care about what actually goes on in the comedy world. Rogan not only didn't hook that special up for him, he didn't want Schaub to do it. He wanted Schaub to take an even slower route and just slowly build material in clubs. In Schaub's shoes, here he is two years in and he's getting money thrown at him by Showtime. Of course he takes the opportunity. But even then, he had no delusions of grandeur; he didn't suddenly start strutting around like he was in the same league as someone like Segura. He knows exactly where he is and he has very shrewdly figured out a way to both try to craft a new career and make money, but the fact that he's making a living as a comedian and making a better living than other open micers because of his generally higher level of fame hasn't gone to his head. Me, I respect that: He makes the most of every opportunity, he doesn't let his opportunities go to his head and delude himself into thinking he's one of the big boys, and he helps people coming up because he knows how fortunate he is to be in the position that he's in. Where exactly is he going wrong here, because to me, he seems to be doing everything right.



This is another comment that has me convinced that you don't actually follow comedy and therefore have no idea what's happening in that industry, as virtually everyone now is opting to produce and release their own specials on their own YouTube channels rather than give up control and a piece of the pie to other networks/platforms.



With killer jokes like this, you're definitely in an excellent position to shit on Schaub



I'm going to blow past this because I don't care about it...



...this is bad but it has nothing to do with comedy, so it's not relevant here except to fill in the larger context of why some people may hate him as much as they do, though in-fighting between MMA "pundits" nearly all of whom are pretty damn bad couldn't matter less to me...



...the only clip I've found on this has him saying explicitly he has no idea if CBD helped her as she was living out the last year of her life with cancer, he just wanted to think that it helped (which goes back to an experience he had with it seeming to help his son, which there's a clip of him discussing when he was on Your Mom's House).

Still not seeing the worst human being to ever exist on planet Earth, but you guys do you...



The fact that every comedian compliments Schaub on grinding and doing things the right way, while it's only random anonymous people not in the business who post on Internet forums who say that he doesn't work particularly hard, should say all that needs to be said on this point.



You realize that this could apply to every comedian with a podcast, right? What's the difference in your mind then between Schaub and Distefano, or Schaub and Schulz, or even Schaub and Rogan?



So it's resentment/envy that fuels the hatred? Isn't that sad?



You realize that Schaub and Callen's TFATK was exploding in popularity even before Schaub stopped fighting, right? It's not like Rogan himself created the podcast, ordered Callen to allow Schaub to be on it, and paid minions to watch it to drive up YouTube views.



This is a ridiculous stipulation for liking someone successful. Rogan didn't struggle with addiction or live on the street. Do you hate him, too? In Leonardo DiCaprio's first year as a working actor, he got on Growing Pains and landed the lead role opposite Robert De Niro in This Boy's Life. Do you hate him, too? Additionally, even by your own standards here, why does Schaub struggling to make it as - and ultimately failing at becoming - a pro football player not count? And why does Schaub then struggling to make it as - and ultimately failing at becoming - a champion MMA fighter not count? And why does Schaub going all over the country and playing at every comedy spot and experiencing his rough sets just like every other comedian not count either?



*FTFY.



Not sure what this is in reference to, but Schaub living in LA is far from the only person to voice their discontent regarding problems involving the homeless there.



"Simplistic racist tropes"? Jesus, you sound like a woke columnist critiquing stand-up comedy as if under the misapprehension that it was meant to be a Ted Talk. You know they're jokes, right? Funny or not funny, that's for each of us to judge based on what tickles our funny bone. But the vast majority of jokes are predicated on racist and sexist tropes. Seems a weird way to approach comedy.



Woke political shit notwithstanding, actually watch Schaub on any podcast and he's extremely grateful and he always makes sure to voice his thanks and appreciation to people like Rogan, Kreischer, and Segura. That's part of the reason that they all like him: Because he has a lot to be thankful for and he expresses his gratitude.

 

[Bullitt68]

Lol is this Schaub himself?

In case you couldn't tell from my impeccable logic and my eloquent manner of expressing my brilliant thoughts, I'm an academic and university professor. You really think that Schaub has even a quarter of my brains?

No, I'm not Schaub. Your boy bodies Big Brown in the brains department. I'm just evidently one of the handful of people who don't hate the guy's guts.

I'm not going going to respond to the entirety of this overemotional essay but please feel free to list any comedians who have publicly said that Schaub is funny.

In a thread full of people with twisted panties over someone they don't know enjoying a successful life doing what he loves to do, you think I'm the overemotional one? You might want to Google the psychological concept of projection.

In any event, to your request, aside from Rogan, Joey Diaz, Bert Kreischer, Chris Distefano, and Andrew Schulz all think that Schaub is funny and have either performed with him or worked with him on his shows/specials. And this is to say nothing of his obvious close comedian friends like Bryan Callen, Chris D'elia, Erik Griffin, and Theo Von, who wouldn't work with him on a comedy podcast if they didn't think that he was good at comedy.

But don't let that stop the hate train. You keep on keepin' on.

And you're flat out wrong, Schaub would never have gotten a comedy special without his buddy Rogan's influence.

A lot of people from Bert Kreischer and Ari Shaffir to Theo Von and Mark Normand owe a tremendous amount of their exposure and current success to Rogan. His influence is significant and far-reaching and has been in comedy for years. Schaub is one of many who have benefited from it. But you specifically said that Rogan hooked the special up for him, which he didn't. So if one of us is "flat out wrong," it's not me, Papi

 

[Bullitt68]

 

[goldennirvana]

This seems to be another issue, namely that part of the reason why so many people hate him so much is because there are some people who don't hate him. On the subject of comedians, I don't know any who hate Schaub. Rogan, Segura, Kreischer, Joey Diaz, Theo Von, Erik Griffin, Chris D'Elia, Rick Glassman - he's tight with everybody in the whole LA comedy/podcast scene. And on the East Coast, he's tight with Andrew Schulz and Chris DiStefano, too.

Comedians would be the first to turn on you, and turn on you viciously, if you came in fronting or thinking you were hot shit without paying your dues. The fact that he has so many comedian friends and allies should speak volumes.

According to Annie Lederman, she, Rogan and some others had/have a discord where they post messages mocking a particular comedian and some believe it's Schuab. As far as Joey Diaz, he clearly isn't fond of Schaub...



Glassman ran rings around Schuab on his podcast. He was mocking him and Schaub had no idea.

Truth is, people are only "tight" with him because he's still strongly connected to Rogan, who is the big name in comedy and podcasting. Rogan still cares about Schaub so letting rip on Schaub very likely destroys your ties with Rogan. It would be a horrible business decision.

On what planet did Schaub "pay his dues"?

Look up his conflict with Annie Lederman. That's at least one comedian who hates him.

 

[Jesus X]

According to Annie Lederman, she, Rogan and some others had/have a discord where they post messages mocking a particular comedian and some believe it's Schuab. As far as Joey Diaz, he clearly isn't fond of Schaub...



Glassman ran rings around Schuab on his podcast. He was mocking him and Schaub had no idea.

Truth is, people are only "tight" with him because he's still strongly connected to Rogan, who is the big name in comedy and podcasting. Rogan still cares about Schaub so letting rip on Schaub very likely destroys your ties with Rogan. It would be a horrible business decision.

On what planet did Schaub "pay his dues"?

Look up his conflict with Annie Lederman. That's at least one comedian who hates him.

I dont think his peers like him either d'elia has been dick to shaub in a few podcasts. Rob dyrdek was annoyed with shaub anyone associated with bobby lee hates shaub like andrew santino.

 

[Bullitt68]

According to Annie Lederman, she, Rogan and some others had/have a discord where they post messages mocking a particular comedian and some believe it's Schuab [...] Look up his conflict with Annie Lederman. That's at least one comedian who hates him

Since I'm not a 13 year old girl, my threshold for gossip is zero. I do enjoy all of these people's podcasts, including Trash Tuesday, and I've seen all the rumor/innuendo shit involving Schaub and those girls - everything from him trying to get Annie to give him blow jobs after comedy shows to him hooking up with Khalyla. The Internet is a wild and wacky place where literally everything that anyone could possibly think up has been claimed authoritatively somewhere. I believe exactly none of the gossip mill shit. Until people say stuff out in the open using names and dates, it's just fodder for sad people who live their lives on the Internet.

As far as Joey Diaz, he clearly isn't fond of Schaub...

That had nothing to do with Joey throwing shade at Schaub. What he's not fond of is an asshole trying to kill two birds with one stone and insult him and Schaub at the same time. Here's a more accurate representation of Uncle Joey's thoughts, from his initial prejudice to his eventual respect.

Glassman ran rings around Schuab on his podcast. He was mocking him and Schaub had no idea.

Ricky runs rings around everyone on every podcast. He's one of the quickest and funniest dudes out there. But Schaub did well playing with him. The "nicotine helps brains" thing was one of the funniest parts of the podcast and you can see Schaub lean into it and then laugh on the cut. Seriously, this feels like Qanon shit or the pizzagate shit, with people scouring the Internet looking for messages from everyone confirming that everyone on the planet hates Brendan Schaub. Rick is just super quick and super snarky. Do you also think that he hates Esther Povitsky?

On what planet did Schaub "pay his dues"?

He's actively paying them, as we speak. He does the road, he does the small spots, he goes to the markets where it's not just his fans, he does everything that you're supposed to do as a comic, which is why people on the Internet hate him but his peers respect him. Whether you find him funny or not is a separate conversation. To dispute that he's grinding and putting in the work is just sour grapes.

I dont think his peers like him either d'elia has been dick to shaub in a few podcasts. Rob dyrdek was annoyed with shaub anyone associated with bobby lee hates shaub like andrew santino.

I don't know who Rob Dyrdek is, but dude, D'elia broke down expressing how grateful he was for Schaub and that crew.



And Santino doesn't hate Schaub. He fucking sat in for Callen on TFATK a million times, he had Schaub on Whiskey Ginger.

There isn't enough shit out there on Schaub to satisfy the blood lust of the haters? You guys really have to make shit up and create fictional allies for yourselves out of Schaub's real-life friends in your all-consuming hatred of him?

The Internet is a wacky place, man.

 

[cheesus]

He's actively paying them, as we speak. He does the road, he does the small spots, he goes to the markets where it's not just his fans, he does everything that you're supposed to do as a comic, which is why people on the Internet hate him but his peers respect him. Whether you find him funny or not is a separate conversation. To dispute that he's grinding and putting in the work is just sour grapes.

Not really, the only reason he does comedy is purely for the money. Schaub continually cancels shows when they he's not pulling the numbers he thinks he deserves, any other comic would do it anyway for the practice, he doesn't.

 

[Bullitt68]

Not really, the only reason he does comedy is purely for the money. Schaub continually cancels shows when they he's not pulling the numbers he thinks he deserves, any other comic would do it anyway for the practice, he doesn't.

Distefano just joked on a recent podcast about canceling a show somewhere because it wasn't selling. These guys have multiple irons in the fire, podcast schedules hosting their own and guesting on others, and families with whom they want to spend time. For all its rewards, being a road dog comic is a huge sacrifice, and if the juice isn't worth the squeeze - for some that means dollars in their wallet, for some that means asses in seats, for some that means time away from family - plenty of comics will pass on that particular glass of juice.

Not that I would expect anyone to give Schaub the benefit of the doubt, but canceling shows here and there isn't necessarily indicative of a lack of love, focus, or diligence.

 

[badascan]

Let him be a lesson, often it's who one knows not what...

The man is unlikeable probably mostly due to having no ability to see himself but we create our reality and he appears uncompromising in his ability to stick to his "script" as it were, even in the face of such adversity, he doubles down... I don't appreciate anything he does but also don't get too upset at his being, it doesn't affect me... Although I'd love to go from couch to couch joking and giving my shitty opinion on things as a job...

Someone must be watching him and his projects because he's still here, if you hate the guy ignore him and he'll go away...

 

[cheesus]

Distefano just joked on a recent podcast about canceling a show somewhere because it wasn't selling. These guys have multiple irons in the fire, podcast schedules hosting their own and guesting on others, and families with whom they want to spend time. For all its rewards, being a road dog comic is a huge sacrifice, and if the juice isn't worth the squeeze - for some that means dollars in their wallet, for some that means asses in seats, for some that means time away from family - plenty of comics will pass on that particular glass of juice.

Not that I would expect anyone to give Schaub the benefit of the doubt, but canceling shows here and there isn't necessarily indicative of a lack of love, focus, or diligence.

Then don't continually agree to do shows you're not willing to commit to, you're over complicating it.

 

[BoomStronk]

The fact that every comedian compliments Schaub on grinding and doing things the right way, while it's only random anonymous people not in the business who post on Internet forums who say that he doesn't work particularly hard, should say all that needs to be said on this point.

I don't know, you clearly watch way more comedy podcasts than I do - and you clearly care WAY more than the people you're accusing of overreacting - There's no accounting for taste, but if Schuab's appreciated by comedians it absolutely is mostly for reasons other than his comedy. Dude is absolutely not funny. Actual comedians most likely associate with him because of his Rogan connection and his podcast(s). I said earlier, I think he's a good podcast host/guest. Not someone I would seek out, but I've stumbled on a few clips of his here and there and they've been good, fine.

You realize that this could apply to every comedian with a podcast, right? What's the difference in your mind then between Schaub and Distefano, or Schaub and Schulz, or even Schaub and Rogan?

I have heard Schuab say many times how hard working he is. I haven't heard Rogan say that. While I don't love Joe Rogan's standup, it isn't terrible like schuab's is. Schulz is funny, I don't know Distefano. That's the difference.

So it's resentment/envy that fuels the hatred? Isn't that sad?

I don't grant you license to use the words "resentment," "envy" or "hatred" in this discussion. You're being dramatic. I didnt use them, in fact I clearly said "hater" isn't an appropriate word.

You realize that Schaub and Callen's TFATK was exploding in popularity even before Schaub stopped fighting, right? It's not like Rogan himself created the podcast, ordered Callen to allow Schaub to be on it, and paid minions to watch it to drive up YouTube views.

Yeah, fair enough. I don't have the same knowledge of timelines and success metrics that you clearly do. I have no beef with Schuab as a podcaster.

This is a ridiculous stipulation for liking someone successful. Rogan didn't struggle with addiction or live on the street. Do you hate him, too? In Leonardo DiCaprio's first year as a working actor, he got on Growing Pains and landed the lead role opposite Robert De Niro in This Boy's Life. Do you hate him, too? Additionally, even by your own standards here, why does Schaub struggling to make it as - and ultimately failing at becoming - a pro football player not count? And why does Schaub then struggling to make it as - and ultimately failing at becoming - a champion MMA fighter not count? And why does Schaub going all over the country and playing at every comedy spot and experiencing his rough sets just like every other comedian not count either?

You are being quite disingenuous here. Pointing out the advantages someone has had in achieving their success, when that person says shitty things like "people who work at PF Changs dont matter" and "I work so hard" isn't "not liking someone" its being offended by a privileged person acting like a douche. Leonardo Dicaprio and Robert Deniro are thousands of times better actors than Schua is a comedian. A much, much better example would be one of the Kardashians. Or Paris Hilton.

Not sure what this is in reference to, but Schaub living in LA is far from the only person to voice their discontent regarding problems involving the homeless there.

Oh, it's about Schuab attempting to dismiss his "haters" (read: people who don't like absolute bottom of the barrel hack comedy) by saying their opinions of him don't matter, and then comparing these people to homeless people or cats or waiters at PF Changs. To a goon like Schuab, the comparison is obvious: people who work minimum wage jobs because they werent born winners of the genetic lottery like him, are sub-human.

"Simplistic racist tropes"? Jesus, you sound like a woke columnist critiquing stand-up comedy as if under the misapprehension that it was meant to be a Ted Talk. You know they're jokes, right? Funny or not funny, that's for each of us to judge based on what tickles our funny bone. But the vast majority of jokes are predicated on racist and sexist tropes. Seems a weird way to approach comedy.

Yes, it is. You're being disingenuous again, bub. Of course I understand that racial themes are fundamental to most comedy. But there are funny/clever/incisive ways to make racial jokes and then there's stuff like Brendan Schuab's impersonation of his Chinese doctor which was tha absolute definition of hack, especially considering the actual guy he's impersonating doesn't have a Chinese accent. and then there's this HILAAAAAAARIOUS cross-cultural zinger:

Woke political shit notwithstanding, actually watch Schaub on any podcast and he's extremely grateful and he always makes sure to voice his thanks and appreciation to people like Rogan, Kreischer, and Segura. That's part of the reason that they all like him: Because he has a lot to be thankful for and he expresses his gratitude.

Woke political shit? dude... cmon. Pointing out that Brendan's comedy isn't funny and relies on tired, unoriginal racist themes hardly makes me "woke." You're really reaching here.

And of course even an oaf like Schuab knows how lucky he is. It's no suprise at all this guy kisses the ring. I'm more impacted by the way he treats people who CAN'T benefit him - he considers them sub-humans who aren't worthy of his consideration or respect.

Fantastic guy. Great comedian, too.

 

[biscuitsbrah]

His jokes were… ok. It’s really his delivery that just completely ruins his stuff. You can just tell how inexperienced he is

 

[Big Nasty Edison]

I don't normally get involved in these types of threads but i legit stopped at 2:42.

 

[biscuitsbrah]

There is something about the guy that is just unlikable.

By all accounts, he seems like a decent guy - he was respectful of his opponents, fought for fighter pay, is an active and involved father and most of his peers seem to like him. He even offered to help out Ray Borg out financially when he found out that his son was born with health issues and required specialized (and expensive) care.

The only negative things I can remember are his horrible grappling match where he refused to engage with his opponent, and his weird beef with Helwani.

Despite all these things, I just don't like him. I rooted against him as a fighter (with the highlight being the Nog KO), and I genuinely don't think I have ever come across somebody who was a genuine fan (either as a fighter, or as a comedian). I can't even tell you any specifics of why I dislike him, it's just an innate feeling. Weird.

He’s a very delusional and stupid person. People don’t like people who aren’t self aware.
He’s a liar who constantly contradicts himself. Also a dick rider lol

 

[TTech]

Ive just read that his Comedy Special is THE LOWEST RATED comedy special on IMDB. Like of them all.

Also, I think it was Annie Lederman(sp?) who said he is very quick to litigate (supposedly terminated a chanel on yt where someone posted him hitting on a girl ) and that he and Rogan payed pretty penny to Bent Pixels. Its a company that specializes in removing by copyright infrigments (valid or not), scaring off or whatever to those that criticize him or give him a bad name.

 

[goldennirvana]

He's a pathological liar, but man is it hilarious to observe...