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Fluff

Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 06:31 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I only liked Tess. She was nervous though.

The worst for me is between Dat and Ralphie. Ralphie's yelling scared me a bit. Dat was very nervous too, but the material itself wasn't great either. Kory and Rich's humor are too plain for me.

Gemma120in2002

Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 06:47 am EditMoveDeleteIP
When Evening At The Improv was big I'd see a comedian on that show, then he'd be on the Tonight Show, Then on Letterman, and then on some other show. The comedian would use pretty much the same material on all the shows and it stopped being funny. This is the problem we are seeing with this show. Rich Voss didn't perform after his initial qualifying performance, so everything he said was fresh for most of us. Unfortunately for Dat Phan, we got to see his material 3 times, so his stuff got stale. Ralphie didn't use stale material, it just wasn't his best material. He was channeling Sam Kinneson on a bad day.

Wink

Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 07:09 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I wasn't very impressed with any of them last nite but I did think Corey performed better than I expected. I have her last in the poll thread but I think I need to change that.

I was very surprised at how nervous Tess was in particular and I don't think I even cracked a smile while she performed. She had been one of my favourites after the first show.

I think Voss has been around the block a few times and probably had the smoothest delivery but his material doesn't appeal to me.

I agree with Gemma about Ralphie and Sam Kinneson but I did laugh out loud at his shoes in the airport line.

Dat has become a one note pony but I think there's some potential there if he can broaden his routine to a little more social commentary.

Hobbs

Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 07:58 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I think Ralphie is going to take this. I am not commenting on right or wrong here, but there is still a huge pro-war, anti-Arab/Muslem/whatever sentiment in this country. I thought it was a good strategic idea on Ralphies part to use that material to get votes. Did you hear the crowd chanting "Ralphie, Ralphie" while the closing credits were going by? They were definately pro-Ralphie and then next was Vos. These were pre-conseaved (sp?) notions from the show. I think after they gave Ralphie the standing "O", they gave it to the rest, out of politeness.

Konamouse

Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 08:35 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Last night on a rerun of the Jimmy Kimmel late night show, they did a sketch making fun of the Hulk. A man is looking at a computer screen that has popup adds showing up all over and the man starts to get mad. Guess who was shirtless and covered in green makeup??


Ralphie

My opinion - Ralphie was funnier than Dat, Tess's stuff was old to me, Voss used stuff that relates to his visit to Las Vegas (I like that in a comedian - when they can include the local city in their set), and Cory was...okay. I'm tempted to vote for either Ralphie (many comedians will offend, but we still laughed) or Voss.

'squeek'

Brenda1966

Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 09:02 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I laughed the most at Ralphie and I think he'll win. I'm glad to see so many people liking Vos. I voted 3 times for each.

Dat has sufferred from over exposure. His stuff is now old and didn't make me laugh at all. Tess was okay. Cory did much better than I expected. She made me laugh several times.

I was missing Dave SO much last night. Gosh, he should have been there.

Fluff

Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 09:07 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I liked Kory's joke about the Eminem song.

Bracken

Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 09:43 am EditMoveDeleteIP
This was so disappointing.

Ralphie did elicit a few laughs from me, the shoes at the airport -- but then he has the girth to propel many of his jokes which he uses too often for my taste and he blew it with his decibel level -- channeling Sam Kinneson -- perfect analogy. I agree with his using the pro-war sentiment to attract voters -- he's appealing to the least common denominator here and will probably succeed.

Vos was smooth, but showed he is a "stand up" by heckling the audience members, not material for a sitcom. I just don't like him and he had such a superior attitude in the house, I can't get over it.

Poor Dat was inhibited by the overexposure of having to perform three times, so I'm more than a little sorry about that.

I was entirely disappointed with Tess and thought her humor a little too risque for TV, fine for Vegas, but I thought she would be funnier.

I was surprised how much I liked Cory because I'm not that fond of "Mom" humor. But the best line of the night was (for us females) was her retort to the argument about the missionary v ontop positions. For that reason alone, I'm voting for her.

I find it ridiculous that NBC asks for all that information to vote on-line, yeah, they can have my email address, but all the other info I give is wrong. I couldn't get through last night for the first 45 minutes, so quit trying. After investing so many hours in this show, I feel compelled to vote. I also felt compelled to write NBC and tell that I will not be a viewer of such shows if they continue to expect voters to divulge personal information.

Hobbs

Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 10:39 am EditMoveDeleteIP
After reading this, I had to check out the "voting machine". I put in false information like street: 123 anystreet, and city: anycity. My email address was me at noneofyourbusiness.com. I also set my birthday to 1/1/1901. At 102 years old I think I'd laugh at anything!

Donut

Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 11:46 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I just found another website called Fans of Reality TV, where they interviewed some of the LCS comics. Its worth checking out..I only read Voss's so far..

They asked him:

"Did you ever hear of Wash and Wear clothing?"

He said 'They asked me to iron Ralphie's pants, but i told them "It's only an eight week show!"

That line cracked me and hubby up more than anything we heard last nite!
He also said that he is an obsessive ironer and that he didnt even know they were going to use that bit in the show..(only he said it a lot funnier than i am ..)

The people there seem to have a lot of the same opinions as we have here.. I noticed Fluff there, maybe others are you guys too, but in disguise..

Fluff

Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 11:47 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Tee hee!

Ay Hobbs, why don't you go on the show? I'm serious, there are funnier people on this board than that friggin' show.

Fluff

Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 11:48 am EditMoveDeleteIP
WTH? You noticed me where, Donut? Oh Lawd, somebody else has my screenname?

Fluff

Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 11:53 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Crud, I checked it out. There is another "fluff" out there. But please keep in mind that it isn't me. Besides, I wouldn't use a Velvet Teddy Bear as my icon like that "fluff" did, I would pick something hair related.

Donut

Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 12:03 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
i still have to get the Ralphie set off my chest more, even tho i am going a bit off topic..
I just still have a hard time seeing war used for entertainment..War is serious. People die..and unfortunately it's used a lot for financial purposes and political purposes, but these days it seems to also be used for entertainment purposes, like on AI, with Bush and the flag in the background, or the way Ralphie used it to garner up crowd support..
I think that in the past, entertainment was used to try and help people deal with war, through music, movies, comedy etc, but I think that it has switched and now instead of entertainment being used to help people deal with war, now war is being used to help entertainers win over people. And I just don't think war should be taken lightly and be used to increase your fan base, on AI, LCS, in car commercials or anywhere..
On the other hand, i do think that humor and entertainment can be used effectively to help alleviate the stress of war, such as Rich's toenail clipper joke..

ok, soap box and i are leaving this thread now...

Donut

Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 12:09 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
oops, sorry Fluff!
(and i thought your icon would be a fluffernutter sandwich) Now when I see your name I will think hairgel, instead of getting hungry...
and btw, yes Hobbs, i actually even checked to see if noneofyourbusiness.com was a real place, and since it is not, i will use it too! And thanks guys for jarring my braincells with the idea to vote under my differerent addressess.. go Voss!(i surprise myself everytime i say that..)

also, could someone please repost Mordahls website cuz i cant find it, not even on Google.. Thanks! and Vosses too...

Fluff

Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 12:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I was actually quite surprised at Ralphie myself. I was like "Huh? Where did that come from?"

I wish he is the one leaving.

Jan

Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 01:13 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I have to admit that, as a Canadian, I was APPALLED at Ralphie's set. Canada did not join the USA in the war because, for the most part, Canadians felt that it was a war to get at Iraq's oil...and we couldn't see any imminent threat . Sure Saddam was an awful man who is horrible to his people but if you want to go to war over that there are at least 50 countries to choose from. It was over oil....and for Ralphie to think that is a great thing and that the US should go and take their oil...and then line them all up and kill them ...it wasn't funny

I was appalled


off my soapbox now...

Ginger1218

Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 01:35 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
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Nathalia

Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 02:11 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
My son and I watched the show last night and both decided it was a toss up between Voss and Ralphie. Dat Phan's set was old after hearing it for the third time. I was tired of hearing about his mother.

Although there is nothing to laugh about war. I think Ralphie went with it because in comedy, timing is everything..and this is the subject of the times.

I have to admit..the funniest part of the show each week was seeing Voss ironing. He made me laugh without saying a word. He had a lot to live up to. He was doomed from go.

Of course... I think Dave Mordel was the funniest of them all...so I couldn't in earnest vote.

Cinnamongirl

Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 03:26 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
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Abby7

Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 08:09 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I agree with most of you about last night's show. Didn't really enjoy any of the comics. Agree Rich was the best. I liked Cory second best.

Anyone heard if there will be a second show next season? I hope so. With some minor changes, I think this show could be a big hit.

Eliz87

Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 08:16 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I voted for Rich. I thought he was the best last night, and Dave Mordal was my FAVORITE, so also I voted for Rich in honor of Dave, since they were such good buddies in the house.

Abby7

Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 08:24 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Regarding the Poll, voting is now very tricky. Will "America" vote for who they thought was the funniest last night....or who they liked the best in the house?

Darn, I STILL VOTE FOR DAVE TO WIN!

p.s. Doesn't Dave have a website and an e-mail address? I can't find it on this thread (where I think I first read about it). I'm thinking of sending him a note. Anyone know his e-mail?

Puttergirl

Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 08:31 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Abby7, thats why I haven't made my picks yet. I am VERY CONFUSED!!

Pamy

Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 08:51 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I thought Corey was the best, which surprised me. Did anyone notice after she did the joke about telling the guys that women find it easier by themselves they cut to a guy and girl in the audience, the girl was laughing and the guy had this shocked look on his face!!! ROTF He looked like he was thinking,'what??!!! you mean she can do that all by herself?!"