Category: Stand-Up Comics (Page 9 of 11)

You can fool all of the people some of the time. Somehow, miraculously, Rebecca Corry fooled everyone involved with “Last Comic Standing.” But she couldn’t fool anyone when a real audience determined her fate. Hell, she certainly didn’t fool me at any point in the audition process. This woman is not a comedian, she is an imposter, and she thankfully went home last night.

Okay, will someone help me with the last step off my soapbox? Thanks.

With 8 contestants left, host Anthony Clark announced at the start of the show that there would be no immunity this time. That meant that douchebags like Adam Carolla couldn’t determine whether or not Rebecca Corry would hang around.

The event this time was a roasting at the Friar’s Club, and the comics all had to pick one person from among them that they wanted to roast. That turned out to be Gilbert Iglesias….the large Mexican dude who was an easy target and would no doubt have fun getting roasted. That was definitely the case, but during the event you could tell some of these comics are in a different class than some of the others. For instance, Chris Porter is clearly a favorite here and Michele Balan gained a ton of respect in recent weeks and last night. But Kristin Key was not funny at all, and Rebecca was, well, Rebecca.
Guest host Alonzo Boden, a former LCS champ, even jabbed at her: “Rebecca, you’re beautiful. And as a comic, you’re, well, beautiful.” Chris Porter won the event, and rightly so, and he is so funny he doesn’t even need immunity.

Then Gabriel wound up breaking show rules when he was caught communicating with his girlfriend via Blackberry. No no no, senor…… and adios amigo.

So now it was down to 7 and the three that competed at the end of the show were Rebecca, Kristin and Ty Barnett.

Rebecca went first and did her stomping, belching, snorting, jokeless routine. Then Kristin went…she was relatively funny, but still not a slam dunk to be the winner. Ty was last, and he was definitely funnier than Rebecca and Kristin. With the studio audience voting one final time before all of America takes over the voting next week, they voted Ty the winner and Rebecca and Kristin went home.

This all proves one thing. We all know what is funny, and don’t need old washed up comics or radio hosts telling us what they think we should think is funny.

So now it’s down to the final five: Michele, Chris, Ty, Josh Blue and Roz……all worthy of being there, setting up a very exciting battle of finalists. And Rebecca will be voting from her couch like the rest of us. Till then, Vandalay is OUT.

Is it just me, or is “Last Comic Standing” moving so fast we can barely keep up? With two comics being eliminated each week in the current three-week span, the field will be narrowed to 6 finalists faster than Ashlee Simpson can rearrange her face and put out a new video.

Last night, the 10 remaining contestants had a Moroccan dinner, complete with belly dancers, before catching a few hours of sleep only to be woken for a bus ride at 3:30 am. The bus took them to an LA radio station where host Adam Carolla was to judge their challenge of the day. Each contestant chose a plain envelope containing a different magazine, and then were given one minute of air time to crack jokes about that magazine. The winner in Carolla’s eyes would be granted immunity, or at least one extra week on the show in which they could not be eliminated.

It came down to Bill Dwyer and Rebecca Corry, but I think Kristin Key got robbed because she was funnier than both of them. I even think Bill was funnier than Rebecca, but Carolla chose Rebecca, who kept reminding everyone else that she had immunity. Can she be any more annoying? And I’m sorry Adam Carolla, but for choosing Rebecca, you are now considered a jackass in my book and a sorry judge of talent. She is nowhere near as funny as ANYONE left in the field. And she’s lucky she was granted immunity because when real people vote on actual stand-up, she will have no chance.

Then we came to the “Boiler Room,” the portion of the show where each comic gets to say that they are funnier than someone else, to determine who will face off in a head to head in front of a studio audience. This week, it was a four way tie between Bill, Joey Gay, Chris Porter and Michelle Balan.
Really? Is anyone stupid enough to challenge Michelle again after she had 83% of the vote last week?
Apparently so.

After a mediocre showing from Joey Gay (all this dude does is shout, it’s his whole act), Chris Porter followed with an utterly hilarious performance. Look, if someone makes my stomach hurt from laughing, they deserve props and that’s what Chris did. Then Bill Dwyer was next, and he was almost as unfunny as Joey Gay. Michelle followed and was strong once again, though the audience favorite was Chris. So Joey and Bill went home and Michelle and Chris went back to the ship.

Thankfully there is a studio audience that knows more about what makes them laugh than Adam Carolla or those stupid judges they had in the preliminary rounds.

And can we say again how not funny Anthony Clark is? Jay Mohr, I know you’re alive because I heard you on Jim Rome’s radio show the other day. Please rescue this no-talent host!

That’s it, it’s time for Art Vandalay to go sell some latex. OUT.

First of all let me say this…..there were some great comics who got snubbed by the judges in the preliminary round of “Last Comic Standing” to determine who got to go live on the Queen Mary and perform for the right to be the next LCS. I don’t remember anyone specifically (okay, it’s been a week folks) other than Nikki Payne, but she is reason enough for me to be bitter. Remember her? The chick with the lisp and enough energy to power a train? She had me laughing so hard I think I pissed the couch….and the judges took the likes of Rebecca Corry and pregnant Stella over Nikki. Well, now that the voting is in the hands of audiences, only the true great performers will get to stay in the game, and the judges can go hang out with their counterparts in figure skating. Yes Kathy Griffin, that means you!

Okay, one more random thought….does anyone else out there find host Anthony Clark to be the most unfunny person on television? How in the hell did he get this gig? So he was in a moderately funny sit-com….but if he’s ever done stand up and deserves to be here, he’s sure not showing it on LCS. Where is Jay Mohr anyway?

Okay…so the final 12 made it to their rooms on the Queen Mary……and the ones I think are very funny and have a legitimate shot to win are Roz, Josh Blue, Gabriel Iglesias, Chris, and Kristin Key.
Dark horses are Joey Gay, Bill Dwyer, April Macie, Ty Barnett and Michelle Balan. The ones who have no business being here are Stella and Rebecca.

After having dinner together and getting to know each other better, the comics’ names were chosen at random to perform and heckle each other, and the best of each were chosen by the studio audience to gain immunity….meaning, they couldn’t be kicked off in the first round. Kristin Key and Michelle showed really quick wits and were the most entertaining to watch bust on each other, but it was Roz who was voted the best heckler and Chris voted the best comic of the evening.

Then each comic got in front of a camera and stated who they thought they were funnier than, and the three with the most challenges got to perform against each other with two comics going home after the studio audience voting. It was no surprise that Stella was one of them, but a bit surprising that Michelle received just as many challenges…April Macie was the third.

As for the performances themselves…..Stella was a train wreck and it was obvious the judges wanted her on the boat just to piss off Roz. Michelle was incredibly funny (primarily busting on herself for being old, short and/or Jewish) and April was just okay. No surprise then that Michelle was voted the best comic by the audience and Stella and April went home.

So now there are 10 left, and there will be two more double-elimination rounds before the final six are left to perform with all of us at home voting. Tempers will flare as everyone vies for position, and maybe someone will get thrown overboard. Now THAT would be funny.

Vandalay, OUT.