Wow, I just found this page of me doing stand up and a bunch of people commenting on it. look, thanks to the people who said nice stuff, for the people who said other stuff, look I was drunk and in a comedy club and someone taped this and put it up. Someone said im rushy, but they dont know that thats my style. In a club with Drunk people, rushy is funny. For you guys to say stuff about comedy with comments about last comic standing is hilarious. Last comic standing is a reality show, not “who is the best comic.” it is in no way a reflection of true headliners working today and I really recommend to people who say things like, stand up is the lowest form of comedy, go to a comedy club, when a good headliner is there, and see for real what stand up comedy is. I do not recommend deciding on it by watching tv only. Its not where comics are in their prime. TV is for shows, like SNL. SNL is made specifically for tv. So when people who only decide on everything by watching tv think that stand up is the lowest form of comedy, they look stupid. Because TV shows like LCS are casting a show where the people need to live in a house together. Therefore, they need drama in the house, so instead of hiring the funniest comics, they hire people who will be interesting for many different demographics to watch. If you want to really decide on standup, please come to some shows in LA and New York. I did a show last night with Todd Glass, Sarah Silverman and Harland Williams. Tix to that show were 10 bucks. The crowd was saying that they had the best night of their lives. Experience something like that, and then go to a live TV show taping. You will want to kill yourself there. Thanks for your comments though.
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I don't know what this website is about. But I have Kyle's back on this one. (not that he needs me to back him by any means.) I used to only watch stand-up on tv (which is still a far better form of comedy then a freakin pre-taped sit-com) but once I saw him live at the Seattle Comedy Underground along with other opening acts, I understood what REAL stand-up was about.
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