Tonight Last Comic Standing bid good-bye to Jonathan Thymius. I'm not sure if Thymius was sad, or just normal. He stood, looking like a stoned Archie Bunker, said a few slow words and wondered off stage. The final five comics to take the LCS stage were Roy Wood Jr., Myq Kaplan, Tommy Johnagin, Mike Destefano and Felipe Esparza.
All the comedians brought their funny tonight. It was the first time this season that I got a hard laugh from every single set. Of course, there were some standouts. My favorite three contenders all had memorably funny sets.
I still think the finals of LCS this season will be Roy Wood Jr., Myq Kaplan and Tommy Johnagin. Tommy Johnigan is really sneaking up as my favorite now (he's sneaky like that).
Mike Destefano had a really strong set tonight, he may be the spoiler this season. I think it will be Filipe Esparza that leaves us next week. He is hard to understand and was not nearly as funny as the rest tonight.
Ron White closed the show tonight with a guest appearance. This was the funniest that network TV is allowed to be in prime time.
My favorite LCS joke of the night: the conversation Tommy Johnagin had with his girlfriend after hitting a deer at 70mph, "Thank God we're all right!" "I'm not thanking God, a deer is one of his creatures and he just threw it at us."
Who are you hoping comes back next week? Leave me a comment!
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Monday, July 26, 2010
Last Comic Standing: Roy Wood Jr., Myq Kaplan and Tommy Johnagin Advance
Tonight only saw the exit of one comic on Last Comic Standing. I was sort of hoping another three would get the axe and we might see longer sets for the finals. Alas, there is too much time for NBC to fill up in the summer. I do think it's nice to have a pure comic show in prime time. Any publicity is good publicity.
Craig Robinson is getting on my nerves. There I said it. Let's get on with it.
Jonathan Thymius was the first comedian called to perform. Surely they were not being called out in order of votes... or votefortheworst.com is backing Jonathan heavily. I actually really liked his set the first time. Last week was just boring. This week was boring, then uncomfortable, then back to boring. I think Jonathan Thymius has peaked on this show. The comics did an intro clip tonight and even that was forgettable.
Craig Robinson is getting on my nerves. There I said it. Let's get on with it.
Jonathan Thymius was the first comedian called to perform. Surely they were not being called out in order of votes... or votefortheworst.com is backing Jonathan heavily. I actually really liked his set the first time. Last week was just boring. This week was boring, then uncomfortable, then back to boring. I think Jonathan Thymius has peaked on this show. The comics did an intro clip tonight and even that was forgettable.
Monday, July 5, 2010
Last Comic Standing: Train Wrecks and Stand Up Do Not Mix
Tonight's episode of "Last Comic Standing" included some of the funniest sets so far... and the biggest train wreck of its history. We'll start with the good and tell you who moved on to the finals next week when America gets to vote.
Moving on:
James Adomian
Roy Wood Jr.
Laurie Kilmartin
Tommy Johnagin
Maronzio Vance
All five comedians had hilarious sets tonight and are genuinely funny people. I agree with the choices. These five will join the five finalists from last week to compete for America's votes with a cash prize of $250,000 going to the winner. I think it's going to be a close race.
Now for the not-so-funny. Guy Torry took the Last Comic Standing stage as the angry comedian. You really need to be as good as George Carlin to take that route to funny. Guy Torry is no George Carlin. His biggest punchline seemed to be "Google It!" The audience gave a trickle of uncomfortable laughter throughout the set that seemed to last ten minutes instead of 90 seconds.
When it finally came time for the judges comments they were nearly at a loss for words... and would have been better off not finding any. Unfortunately they attempted a critique to which Torry defended his material and things became even more uncomfortable. Thankfully Craig Robinson finally stepped in and put an end to all of our misery. I felt bad for whomever was to follow.
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Moving on:
James Adomian
Roy Wood Jr.
Laurie Kilmartin
Tommy Johnagin
Maronzio Vance
All five comedians had hilarious sets tonight and are genuinely funny people. I agree with the choices. These five will join the five finalists from last week to compete for America's votes with a cash prize of $250,000 going to the winner. I think it's going to be a close race.
Now for the not-so-funny. Guy Torry took the Last Comic Standing stage as the angry comedian. You really need to be as good as George Carlin to take that route to funny. Guy Torry is no George Carlin. His biggest punchline seemed to be "Google It!" The audience gave a trickle of uncomfortable laughter throughout the set that seemed to last ten minutes instead of 90 seconds.
When it finally came time for the judges comments they were nearly at a loss for words... and would have been better off not finding any. Unfortunately they attempted a critique to which Torry defended his material and things became even more uncomfortable. Thankfully Craig Robinson finally stepped in and put an end to all of our misery. I felt bad for whomever was to follow.
Copyright @ 2008 TV Review
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