War Room Lounge v151: Between drinking and burning, I don't need another vice in my life.

[Gregolian]

Him and Mencia

Mencia had an ok joke about his brother in the most recent special of his you can find on Spotify. Had to do with that AZ illegal immigration checking for papers law and how his brother would probably always get asked to prove he is here legally when he was born in the States cause his accent sounds like he just got off the Cuban life raft made from a pickup truck... meanwhile a friend that is British living here illegally for years would never be asked to have his paper's checked.

 

[Fawlty]

Dane Cook was an abomination. To think he stole peoples jokes and STILL sucked is why we have Trump imo

He had a couple pretty solid albums, imo.

 

[Fawlty]

Never found Mencia funny but I thought Dane Cook's album Harmful if Swallowed was hilarious


Bring on the hate

I enjoyed both that and Retaliation (if I remember the name).

 

[Lead]

I still love his pumpkin bit:


The part about his girlfriend adopting a pitbull while he was on the road from the same special is good too.

I’ve probably forgotten some but his bit on Don Sterling and living too long is one of his best. I think a few people touched on the same pieces he did but still nailed it so well. The only special I didn’t like of his was the Texas one (second most recent I think)

 

[PolishHeadlock2]

I enjoyed both that and Retaliation (if I remember the name).

Also his HBO Tourgasm special introduced me to Gary Gulman and Bobby Kelly

 

[Sycho Sid]

You know who really sucks at stand up?

Trevor Noah

 

[Rational Poster]

I enjoyed both that and Retaliation (if I remember the name).

I heard he got hella screwed by his brother basically stealing millions from him over the years.

 

[Fawlty]

You know who really sucks at stand up?

Trevor Noah

I'd like to see him do it again now after years in the Daily Show. I didn't understand why he was getting so famous back in the day. Super boring stories with basically no jokes.

 

[Officer Rick]

You know who really sucks at stand up?

Trevor Noah

 

[Sycho Sid]

I'd like to see him do it again now after years in the Daily Show. I didn't understand why he was getting so famous back in the day. Super boring stories with basically no jokes.

I saw him live like 3 years ago. He had a good bit about a black James Bond, but other than that, it was just not good.

I think without Trump, his ratings would have cratered.

 

[Officer Rick]

I'd like to see him do it again now after years in the Daily Show. I didn't understand why he was getting so famous back in the day. Super boring stories with basically no jokes.

 

[Trotsky]

He was a better actor and better at not raping people. Not even in the same galaxy as a stand up.

As in Robin Williams is way worse in standup?

I don't enjoy either in standup but I like Robin a lot as an actor.

 

[Sycho Sid]

He did that bit at the show I went to, it bombed.

 

[Possum Jenkins]

I've quoted Delirious so often for so long that I don't even realize I'm doing it any more.

Told someone "if you don't like it, get the fuck out!" and they were like "why did you say it weird?" and I couldn't remember lol.

Me and my friends have used his "Pussy thrown at you like frisbees" bit for a while.

I think the best thing about those two specials is how he mixes confidence with vulnerability. He's a young dude in a fucking leather outfit with his chest showing, but in a lot of the jokes, he's coming out on the shitty end of it. But it's not all self-pity, either.

And of course, the impressions are brilliant. Everybody imitates and dunks of Cosby now but to do this in the mid-80s must have been shocking:

 

[Officer Rick]

He did that bit at the show I went to, it bombed.

 

[Sycho Sid]

Hey man, comedy is a personal choice thing, and I get you are a fan. I am just relating a story.

 

[skysolo]

We know how government works.

Sanders had a slight lead then Obama made some late night phone calls and made some concessions. And for the first time in the history of a crowded presidential field, every single candidate dropped out and endorsed one person who they all trashed just weeks earlier. One person called him an unmitigated racist and all was forgiven (by Obama).

 

[Trotsky]

He had a legendary appearance on Who's Line is it Anyways

I watched and didn't find it funny at all.

That show has two modes: Colin Mochrie and waiting for when Colin Mochrie comes back on.

 

[Officer Rick]

Hey man, comedy is a personal choice thing, and I get you are a fan. I am just relating a story.

not really a fan
just think he does fine on the daily show
i mean no one can replace john stewart

 

[Sycho Sid]

not really a fan
just think he does fine on the daily show
i mean no one can replace john stewart

Admittedly I have no watched in awhile, but I did watch Noah off and on for the first 6 months to give him a chance. His delivery just does not do it for me.