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Fruitbat
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08-07-2000

Friday, August 06, 2004 - 9:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I favor John. Alonzo has great material but his delivery is too harsh.

Gary is adorable but his material is not not as fresh as the others. The self sticking postage stamps was not current enough to deliver a punch and the sugar cookie bit left me cold. I like him though but have him coming in third for my taste. He has a huge following and I would not be surprized to see him take it.

Luvmom
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10-17-2000

Friday, August 06, 2004 - 5:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
That is the one thing I really like about all three of these comics.Each one has a completely different style then the other but they are all funny.My favorite is Gary like I mentioned before but my 16 year old niece watched the results show with me Thursday and she was laughing so hard at John's jokes.She wants him to win and she doesn't even watch the show.She asked me if John has attention disorder because he can't stay still.....LOL.She's like that too.

Brenda1966
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07-03-2002

Monday, August 09, 2004 - 12:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I just watched my tape of the final 6 and the results show over the weekend. I was really turned off by Tammy's set. Seemed like a planned PR stunt to improve her image. Seems like she's not too happy about how she was portrayed. At least Ant seemed to take it in stride. I'm so glad Tammy didn't make the finals.

My 3 picks for the finals were Gary, John, and Alonzo. I'm thrilled they made it! I'm really going to be happy no matter what the outcome, but I'm really pulling for John.

Ketchuplover
Member

08-30-2000

Tuesday, August 10, 2004 - 5:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Is this show still on?

Fruitbat
Member

08-07-2000

Wednesday, August 11, 2004 - 4:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yes Ketchup, it is one of my favorites. :-)

The final three are John Heffron, Gary Gulman and Alonzo Boudin.



March
Member

10-02-2003

Wednesday, August 11, 2004 - 9:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
All three did a good job last night, but I would give the edge to John Heffron to win.


Lurknomore
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07-07-2001

Wednesday, August 11, 2004 - 3:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I love Gary. I think Alonzo is very talented too, but aside from being hysterically funny and cute, Gary just seems so nice too! And he seems SOOO blown away by the standing O when he came out...and appreciative. All I have to say is he owes me 6 hugs (anyone who voted for him knows what I mean!). Did anyone vote for the other guys? I'd love to know what their messages were.

I have one question that's bugged me for a long time now...and I wonder if it was ever answered and I missed it. When Ant (who I disliked more each week) got booted out he said he was just a puppet in the alliance not the leader. So who was???? I always figured if he wasn't lying it was Tammy, but I wanted to know. Enquiring minds and all lol. BTW I hated the alliance thing....we have enough of that on BB and Survivor. I watched this show just to laugh not for game play. What a concept lol.

ETA that's so funny March...just shows different tastes. I was torn over who was funnier, my Gary or Alonzo, but thought John had the weakest set. Though I agreed with the choices for final 3. Well we'll see eh?

Fruitbat
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08-07-2000

Thursday, August 12, 2004 - 3:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Lurk, there was not all that much stradegy going on. Tammy tried to rally John, Gary, Kathleen and maybe another to vote for the same person. I think she felt her chances of getting challenged would be less. It didn't work beyond the first week when she managed to get everyone to challenge Bonnie.

The only strategy that really serves one in this game is to choose another they really do think they could beat, or choose someone you know won't get votes so it is a non issue. This is clearly a competition where you play for youself.


March
Member

10-02-2003

Thursday, August 12, 2004 - 9:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Actually I would be happy with whoever wins out of these three. I liked them all. Much better top 3 than last year. Although my top fav is still Dave Mordal.
What I really liked the other night with John was his "wife hinting requests" act.
The part about the towels on the stairs to go upstairs and the husband jumping over them.
Reminded me of when my mother would do that. My brothers would pass them numerous times(our rooms were all upstairs)so it usually ended up being one of us girls or my mother taking them up.


Lurknomore
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07-07-2001

Thursday, August 12, 2004 - 9:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh there was more to it than that Fruit. After what you said, they kept targeting Gary every week remember? But he kept pulling through YaY! And in Ant's exit he said he wasn't the ringleader of the alliance only a puppet.

Donut
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07-31-2001

Thursday, August 12, 2004 - 12:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
hey lurk!
i get 3 hugs too!I hope he wins, and i dont think its just cuz we are all his neighbors:-)
I think his humor is really great and original. He's the only one who doesn't do the old woman bashing routine... I liked alonzo's very first set at the beginning of the show, and although his stuff is smart, it just never made me laugh as much after that.. And I like Heffron, but thought he has slowly diminished in funniness too. Gary is the new "people's seinfeld" He tells jokes that the average person would like to have thought up themselves, without the cynicism of seinfeld.

Anyways, as far as the Ant thing, it's all a blur now, but i remember being sure that he must have meant Tammy, because we saw her talk him into doing her dirty work and voting Gary so she didnt have to and he, not her would get stuck going up against him.But,then when ant came back, he ddnt seem to have a clue that it was tammy, cuz he was hell bent on revenging someone else, but i forget who now...

btw, does anyone think the producers are not favoring Gary? I thought his intro piece was really lame compared to the other two. they left out a lot of good stuff that they showed about the others, including the fact that everyone picked on him to to go..
any predictions for tonite?

Lurknomore
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07-07-2001

Thursday, August 12, 2004 - 3:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
You raise a few very interesting points Donut. (Waving a big hi back btw!) One of which is I recall a fuss when the show started that the producers were using pro and semi-pro comics and there was talk they had their favs and questions if the show was "fixed". I wonder if Gary wasn't one of them, but his humor kept him in there.

I totally agree with you. He had that kind of humor that so many of the greats have...taking stuff out of everyday life and finding the funny spin on it that was haven't thought of. Maybe it's just wishful thinking, but judging by the crowd reaction, I'm thinking our hometown boy Gary may have it....but that said, they all did good sets so who knows. lol

He was at Mohegan Sun in the Caberet a few weeks ago and I wanted to go see him do a whole show, but none of my friends were interested . Hefferon is down there soon but I don't think I'd pay for him lol. That says something (even though it was only 10 bucks). One thing I noticed in his bio was a stint on Comedy Central. Inasmuch as that is one of the prizes to the winners, it would be nice if someone won who didn't already do it ya know?!

Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000

Thursday, August 12, 2004 - 6:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
and the winner is.........John Hefron

Producerchic
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06-29-2004

Thursday, August 12, 2004 - 7:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
You know -- between those three, I really didn't care who won (unlike last year)... I think next season will be interesting with all 20 of the comics... It'll be great to see Dave again!!!

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Thursday, August 12, 2004 - 7:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
crap! he was my 3rd choice...I wanted Alonso!!

Marysafan
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08-07-2000

Thursday, August 12, 2004 - 7:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I am thrilled that John Hefron won! I loved him! I am also tickled that I will get to see Dave Mordal again! So for me...it's all good.

It took me until tonight to realize that Gary Gulman has this whole younger (and very much taller) Richard Gere thing going on. No wonder I thought he was sexy!

And I like to add that I really liked Alonzo too. I would have been happy with any of the three.

Vee
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02-23-2004

Thursday, August 12, 2004 - 8:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I also am thrilled with the winner, but isn't it unkind of us to be mentioning it in the general discussions thread? Sorry West Coast!

Next season looks great. I think it will be a lot of fun to watch all the comics from both seasons play Last Comic Standing.

Hippyt
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06-15-2001

Thursday, August 12, 2004 - 8:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Eh,John's ok. I think Alonzo should have won.

Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Thursday, August 12, 2004 - 9:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I like Alonzo very much as well, but his appeal is not quite as broad as John's. I did think Alonzo was absolutely amazing at the Friar's Club...he recognized his audience and delivered for them...not always easy to do, but very important for a comic to learn. Wish more of them would remember that not everyone is young and hip. Gary's stuff is universal also, but he lacks a certain edge. I'd rather watch him than Dat Phan any day, though. I really didn't care for Dat Phan's material tonight.

Lurknomore
Member

07-07-2001

Thursday, August 12, 2004 - 9:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I don't ever want to see Ant again in my lifetime. Or hear him. This is not acceptable. Anyway I'm sorry but I would have been ok with my Gary or Alonzo winning. But John has already done all these pro things...so why does he need this? Just doesn't sit well with me. And what was with the outfits tonight? Man they needed to change IMHO.

I didn't watch the first year. Where there less pro's and more hopefuls? Just from what I saw tonight the guy who came in second made me laugh more than the winner.

Mzzlissa
Member

03-08-2004

Friday, August 13, 2004 - 9:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I am so mad I missed the show last night!

Does anyone know when it will re-air on Comedy Central? The website says August 15, but I can't make out the time.

Rslover
Member

11-19-2002

Friday, August 13, 2004 - 12:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I couldn't believe that Ralphie May recycled that year old Jack in the box joke. Geesh, he couldn't come up with some new material.

I'd like a woman to win the next round for a change.

March
Member

10-02-2003

Friday, August 13, 2004 - 4:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I had read over on fansofrealitytv site that Ralphie had wanted to do new material but the producers wanted him to do last years.
don't know if it because they wanted him to save the new stuff for LCS3 or what but he didn't really want to do it but didn't have much choice.


Ketchuplover
Member

08-30-2000

Friday, August 13, 2004 - 10:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Are there no new comedians?

Clutterfree
Member

10-24-2003

Saturday, August 14, 2004 - 7:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ok, I had my VCR set to tape Jay Leno's TONIGHT show last night Friday to hear John Heffron,and woke up this morning to find that I had the last part of the Olympics plus evening news instead!
Did anyone catch it and can they report? Thanks, bEth