General Discussion
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Hippyt | Wednesday, August 06, 2003 - 08:06 am     What a crock,who voted ? Dat wasn't funny at all last week. Actually,none of them were that great. Rich should have won if you base it soley on voting for who did the best the last show. Did Dat win because people felt sorry for the way he was treated in the house? |
Realfan | Wednesday, August 06, 2003 - 08:38 am     Yay! Dat won!! No, I didn't vote. Didn't even see it in its first airing. I like that the underdog won. I also think Dat is more suited to situation comedy, should he get a chance in that arena. I hated Ralphie's mean streak, and was bored to death by his fat jokes. Being morbidly obese is NOT funny. Voss sounded like any other nightclub act I've ever seen. So did Tess and Corey for that matter. Dave was cool. I liked him. I don't adore him like many here, nor do I think he "should" have won. I think his Minnesota schtick was fun, but it too got old. He'll be around (am I the only one who thinks he looks like Stephen King's younger brother?). |
Brenda1966 | Wednesday, August 06, 2003 - 08:45 am     Hippy, I'd say yep! I'm so disappointed with the Dat win but not surprised. When you let the masses vote you get all kinds of odd results. I swear every time Vos opened his mouth last night he had me laughing. I think he, Dave, and Ralphie will have a lot of doors opened by this. I hope to see them all a lot more. As for Dat, he may be the best suited for a sitcom and maybe this will get him his wish. There doesn't seem to be a single funny sitcom on TV these days -- they all seem to be so cliched and just lame -- so I think Dat may very well fit into the sitcom mold! (And yeah, that is a slam.) I know that I won't be taping Leno tonight to see him and I won't be watching for his 1/2 hour on Comedy central either and I won't tune in for his short-lived sitcom. I've seen his jokes over and over now and they only made me laugh the first time. I'm really tired of Dat. |
Ginger1218 | Wednesday, August 06, 2003 - 08:56 am     I was extremely disappointed last night. I have been on the standup circuit, done standup, love comedy, and I think Dat Phan is nothing. I don't find him humorous at all. He is boring. He is just ...... not funny. |
Aunt_Bob | Wednesday, August 06, 2003 - 09:21 am     Ditto - everything what Brenda said - but change to: He's NEVER made me laugh, not even once. |
Reader234 | Wednesday, August 06, 2003 - 09:21 am     Thanks for posting the interview, I think Dat is a "performer" and I think the comics are working as writers. Interesting. I think it was funny how they showed the impersonaters, there really are a lot of really really bad 'comic' that showed up for the interview. I wonder if they will get a better group now that the show has aired, and gave a lot of "face" time. I wonder if the 10 are working now? And I still think its impossible for a woman to win!! *G |
Bastable | Wednesday, August 06, 2003 - 08:18 pm     NBC was very wily to put Dat on the same episode of The Tonight Show in which Schwarzenegger announced his wishes to run for CA governor. The ratings are going to be through the roof. It's no accident--NBC wants to make as much money off Dat as it can, so they've put him on Leno on a day when as many people as possible will be watching. Cynical! But smart. |
Hippyt | Wednesday, August 06, 2003 - 09:57 pm     I don't think so Bastable.Who really gives a damn about Arnold? I do not see through the roof ratings. |
Brenda1966 | Thursday, August 07, 2003 - 11:22 am     I read that the ratings were very high and is had to be because of Arnold. He's part of the Kennedy clan now so his running for office is a huge curiosity. I'm quite certain they all weren't tuning in for Dat! LOL! |
Abby7 | Thursday, August 07, 2003 - 04:08 pm     I recorded the show. Surprise, surprise. Dat didn't do ONE new joke during his set. I heard EVERY SINGLE ONE of the jokes already from the show. He then sat down with Jay Leno and was still 'ON'. He didn't get that big of a response. Jay Leno didn't seem impressed with him, but Jay was polite. You know how sometimes people in the audience don't really laugh so they clap instead of laughing (for whatever reason)? The response of clapping and some laughing seemed to be out of courtesy to Dat. Could be wrong though. |
Jan | Thursday, August 07, 2003 - 04:17 pm     Abby in fairness, Ralphie May is a sometimes writer for Jay's show so he would not be happy with Dat's win (not that I think Dat is so good..) |
Abby7 | Thursday, August 07, 2003 - 04:28 pm     Jan: My point about Dat was that he still used material that many of us have already heard on LCS. Even though Jay Leno may have been partial to another comic, I think he wouldn't take that out on Dat in anyway. Jay Leno may have loved Dat's comedy for all I know. It was just an observation (and probably wrong). Jay Leno has such respect for comics, I doubt that he would in any way make less of Dat's performance just because he wanted some other comic to win. |
Jhezzie | Thursday, August 07, 2003 - 04:46 pm     Jay's like anyone else. If it ain't funny to him, it ain't funny to him. He treated Dat very well. Dat, on the other hand, has GOT to have some other material, for Christ's sake. |
Ric_Munoz | Thursday, August 07, 2003 - 07:39 pm     Jay Leno probably never saw a single episode of the show. He admitted as much about "American Idol" to the writer from Entertainment Weekly. To hear Leno talk to the AI guests, one would have thought he had followed the show throughout the season. He is very good at appearing "interested." |
Jedisan | Friday, August 08, 2003 - 04:14 pm     I was flipping channels last night and caught Colin Quinn's show on Comedy Central. Rob, Dave, Rich and Cory were on, talking about curent events and such. It was hilarious, and once again, The Rich and Dave show stole every topic. ANyone else see this? |
Jarryjayo | Friday, August 08, 2003 - 06:19 pm     Dat Fan was on the late late show with Craig Kilborn last night, he did the last action hero bath room break, jokes about his mother, and talked about his sister taking over the world by pedicures. same old jokes, was very sad to watch him because he clearly isn't funny. |
Gemma120in2002 | Saturday, August 09, 2003 - 09:49 am     Last Comic Standing marathon on Comedy Central right now. |
Ketchuplover | Saturday, August 09, 2003 - 11:13 am     Dat Phan won? In the words of Bart Simpson "aye carumba" |
Hotlantan | Saturday, August 09, 2003 - 03:39 pm     Dave, Voss, Cory and Rob on "Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn". Topic: How did Dat happen? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rob: To me Last Comic Standing was a lot like Rambo 2. I didn't remember much. Lots of rats, bombing, screaming and yelling and a middle-aged guy with a shaved chest gets beat by somebody from the Viet Cong. Rob: I just got back from LA and I saw Dat Phan on the Sunset Strip with a sign saying, "Will work for material." Dave: "I wonder who wrote that sign for him?" Colin: What about Dat Phan? Do you think he got so much abuse he got sympathy and he won? Cory: No, It's because he was really the funniest comic. Colin: There was a guy with cancer and this scumbag (points to Voss) wouldn't put out his cigarettes for him and somehow that guy became the prick that was voted out. Cory: No! he pulled the Cancer card all the time. If there was no ketchup left, he had Cancer. Colin: Rob, you're a Kindergarten teacher. You don't smoke, right? Rob: I'm against smoking. Cory: You're not against ALL smoking. Please! Rob: Bay Area. What can I say. Rich: He goes "Bay Area." We're not talking about that kind of smoking. Rob: There's two kinds of smoking there. Either you're smoking Pole or you're smoking weed. Colin: What do you think about Ahnald running for Governor? (To Voss) You're a weight lifting enthusiast yourself? Dave: At least the magazines! Colin: And other people running, Gallagher, Arianna Huffington, Gary Coleman, Larry Flynt. Rich: I don't think Larry Flynt is running anywhere. (Colin asking Dave about his prison time) Cory: So did your Dad run the prison? Is it that small? Dave: To be honest, my brother is a Sherrif's deputy. I don't think you've ever lived until you've been strip searched by your own brother. And I made him do, you know, the finger swab. Why not?!?! You wanted the job. You're checking there/ Say hi to Mom. Re: The Openly Gay Bishop Cory: Isn't that redundant? Isn't that like saying you're the first openly gay choreographer. re: Gay Marriage Dave: I'm all for gay marriage in the United States. I like women and so does my friend Warren. But he's got Health and Dental benefits. Big church wedding, lovely reception. I'm off to the doctor to get my shoulder fixed. Colin: Ya know in the movie Fargo? They all talk with dat strange MinnasOta accent. You don't have that accent. Where the hell are you from? Dave: Ther's very few people who have that accent. It's like 9 other people and my mom. Colin: I've been to Minnesota. Everybody talks that way except you and your little prison buddies. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Colin: Pitch your show for Dat Phan. Dave: I'd have Dat Phan stranded on an island with three men and three women, one of them named "the Skipper" and the hilarity will ensue when he realises there was no development deal nor any such thing as "Last Comic Standing." It was all an elaborate practical joke. Cory: Well, coming from someone who's already pitched a home run for Dat Phan, a little show called "Pick a Color" which I hear is already up and running at Warner Brothers, here's another idea. Since Dat mines most of his material from his mother, let's bring Mom into the mix with a kooky, off-beat cooking show. And since neither minds cheap Oriental stereotyping, let's go all the way making it a cooking show and call it "99 Ways to Cook a Poodle." Rob: My pitch would be called, "Dat Phan, My Man.' It stars Dat Phan as a struggling Stand-up comic who gets no respect from his peers. Suddenly, he gets a development deal from NBC, and everybody's his best friend, especially his old buddy, Rob. Remember me, Dat. I never voted against you. And I never really liked Dave Mordal. Rich: The show would be about a good-looking divorced, Jewish guy with tatoos. He has two daughters that he loves more than anything. He lost all of his money on bad gambling tips. And he moves into the basement of his ex-wife's house, who is remarried. Every six or seven weeks they have lawn work done. That's where Dat Phan comes in. The show will be based in Atlanta where Dave and Rich are performing this weekend. |
Madelane | Saturday, August 09, 2003 - 08:29 pm     Thanks Hotlantan! That was hilarious! Every joke screamingly funny! Probably because Dat was not there. |
Jhezzie | Saturday, August 09, 2003 - 09:35 pm     Damn, that was funny even in print! And believe me, it would have been just as funny if Dat were there! |
Jedisan | Saturday, August 09, 2003 - 10:16 pm     Thanks Hotlanta. Now THAT'S what I was talking about! "Larry Flint is not running anywhere" LOL!!! |
Ladytex | Sunday, August 10, 2003 - 10:00 pm     I'm watching Dat right now on National Lamphoon's Funny Money. He's just as funny on this as he was on the show ...*rolls her eyes* The two contestants are Evan from Joe Millionaire and Darva Conger from Who wants to marry a multimillionaire |
Jhezzie | Monday, August 11, 2003 - 12:53 am     Hmm. Maybe they're getting him a ticket on the clue train. "Boarding in 15 minutes, Mr. Phan..." |
Willwillbee | Monday, August 11, 2003 - 11:22 pm     I believe Dat Phan gave the best performance as far as timing, etc. I don't believe he was the funniest, most of those guys shot from the hip. Dat had perfected his act, but it was more like a paint by numbers set. |
Nutsy | Tuesday, August 12, 2003 - 09:33 am     I missed the last show (road trip, and we forgot) ... as to the ending ... Dat sucks. |
Belovedaunt | Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 10:56 am     Nutsy: Now THAT was funny... |
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