Sorry for the lateness of this recap, but as you may have heard, Tuesday was my birthday. Which meant that watching and recapping Last Comic Standing was not high on my list of things to do. Wednesday came and went, and still this show wasn't on the list. I'll tell you what was on the list, though: sleeping. To recover from all my celebrating on Tuesday. Not to mention my vasectomy from last Friday.
Anyway, enough about my old balls. Let's move on to this season's old bag, Michele Balan. (How's that for a segue?) After kicking ass and taking names at last week's head-to-head-to-head challenge, she returns to the Queen Mary, hoping beyond hope that her victory might earn her a slight modicum of respect from the other comics. Of course, she's totally high, because the other comics have as much respect for her as Gordon Ramsey has for Tom's schweaty balls. And now that I've brought that joke full circle, it's time to get this recap started.
As I said, Michele thinks her win will prove to the other comics that she deserves to be there. Let's not get carried away, Michele. It proves you deserve to be there more than Stella and April, but at this point even Dat Phan deserves to be there more than those two. Still, Kristin seems impressed by Michele's win, and doesn't think anyone will challenge her again for a while, proving that Kristin is a true blonde.
That night, the comics are treated to a Moroccan dinner. Rebecca seems disappointed that the meal consists of weird meat and raisins, which only proves she's never had Moroccan food before. Suddenly, belly-dancing twins sporting snakes and veils show up to entertain our bevy of entertainers. No word on whether the snakes were also twins or not. The comics take turns dancing with belly dancers, but the entire segment was flatter than Ellen Pompeo's acting. Maybe next time they should try feeding the comics deep-fried crickets. Or Ellen Pompeo.
Do not release the sexay!
At 2:30 am, the comics are awakened and told to get ready for their next challenge. Nobody is very happy about it, except for Bil Dwyer, who I'm now convinced is actually a Battle-Bot disguise: nobody is that chipper that early in the morning. All the comics are aboard the short bus by 3:30, which Michele thinks is a victory in and of itself. At 5:30 am, the bus finally arrives at the radio station where the Adam Carolla show originates. Because nothing says comedy at 5:30 in the morning than visiting one half of the brain behind the Man Show Boy.
Hostage humor never gets old.
Okay, is it just me or does two hours seem like a really, really long time to drive from Long Beach to Los Angeles? At that time of the morning, I'd think it would take maybe 20 minutes. Thirty, tops. Evidently, the producers have hired Raylonda to drive the short bus this season. They should've picked Jack Bauer; he'd have broken the space-time continuum and made it there in negative 20 minutes.
The comics all trudge in to the studios to be greeted by... Adam Carolla. What, a big star like Adam doesn't have any bitches? And speaking of bitches, where's Anthony Clark? I guess he doesn't get up this early. That's some rider he has in his contract. Adam ends up doing a better job explaining the challenge than Anthony, which really says something, although I'm not sure what.
This week's challenge, for those comics who choose to accept it (I'm talking to you, JOEYGAY!), goes as follows: each comic has to choose an envelope. Inside each envelope is a magazine. They have to do a one-minute bit about the topic of their magazine on the air. Adam will pick the winner, who gets immunity from the head-to-head-to-head competition.
Chris feels like he's dead when he pulls out a magazine called Latina Weddings. Josh gets Weapons of Death, which he says is good, because he already has that issue. Bil gets ssCats! which I'm hoping isn't about cats. The other comics don't seem too enthused about their picks either. Or at least that's what the sneaky producers want us to think.
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Comments (17)
Not that this has anything to do with Last Comic, but I think Bo Bice should check into getting himself some Crest Whitening Strips
1 of 17 | Posted by boomersmommy
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Posted on June 30, 2006 9:04 AM
I think the lack of comments here proves that this show is losing viewers and FAST.
2 of 17 | Posted by Lyndsay
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Posted on June 30, 2006 11:32 AM
I still think that Bil was funnier than Michelle, but I guess i'm the only one. Josh's set at the radio station was blah, but I still think that he and Chris are the ones to beat . No one has even challenged Josh yet, so they must either think he's good or be afraid to challenge the disabled guy. He made a fine belly dancer though.
3 of 17 | Posted by zoobabe
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Posted on June 30, 2006 11:57 AM
I think Michelle's material is more dated than her face. I can be amused by Chris/Kristin but relative to actual comedians they're not that great. In the land of the humorless blind, the one-eyed comics are king though.
4 of 17 | Posted by RealityMonkey
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Posted on June 30, 2006 12:06 PM
Great recap copygodd! Kristin should have won the immunity competition. I was expecting a lot more out of the comics in their one minute routines. I know it's difficult to come up with material in such a short amount of time, but this is what they do for a living! Half of them didn't even tell any jokes!
I would pay a lot of money to see Chris Porter. He is the only comic in the competition so far that had me laughing out loud. His line about putting a bag over a girl's head and seeing how long she stays alert was brilliant! Also, I hate to admit it, but I loved Crotch Ball. A ball to the crotch really is comic gold.
5 of 17 | Posted by Pie
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Posted on June 30, 2006 12:09 PM
I'm with you zoobabe--I think they're all afraid to challenge Josh and come off looking mean and bashing the handicapped. Did I just show my age? Sorry, don't know what the current, politically- correct phrase is.
6 of 17 | Posted by boomersmommy
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Posted on June 30, 2006 12:09 PM
Speaking of laughing at the handicapped, did anyone see It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia last night? I laughed so hard during the first episode, my stomach was hurting.
In the episode, the gang pretends to be handicapped in order to get dates/strangers to be nice to them. So crazy!!!
It's such a clever show - I hope you all watch it.
7 of 17 | Posted by augustburns2
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Posted on June 30, 2006 1:38 PM
Speaking of laughing at the handicapped, did anyone see It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia last night? I laughed so hard during the first episode, my stomach was hurting.
In the episode, the gang pretends to be handicapped in order to get dates/strangers to be nice to them. So crazy!!!
It's such a clever show - I hope you all watch it.
More funny than these "comics" - though I do like Chris and Josh. And Kristin made me laugh during her radio bit.
8 of 17 | Posted by augustburns2
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Posted on June 30, 2006 1:40 PM
Your birthday is June 27th as well copygodd?!? Maybe we're long lost twins.
9 of 17 | Posted by Deena
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Posted on June 30, 2006 2:27 PM
the comments on these recaps have dropped exponentially along with the quality of the comics and their material. which is odd, because you'd think as we weeded out the weaker comics, the show would get better. that's a poser...
of the ones left, i think chris, kristin and josh are far and away the best. i'd still like to see josh do a non-cp routine, but his basic behavior around the house is pretty funny, so i think he'll be able to pull it off. either way, i'd still challenge him and make fun of his handicap. while it's not as golden as crotch humor, making fun of the disabled is still always good for a laugh or two.
yay, another 627er!
funny story, my baby brother was also born on june 27th, just three years after me. 36 months of labor almost killed my mother.
actually, my parents were just big believers in the rhythm method.
10 of 17 | Posted by copygodd
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Posted on June 30, 2006 2:58 PM
Please no more scary pics of Bo Bice!
Anyone else wonder why in the third season, they sucked so bad at getting comics for this show? Is it because Jay Mohr isn't on it anymore, or is it because there are just no funny people left out there? Hmm.
11 of 17 | Posted by chick110
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Posted on June 30, 2006 3:15 PM
Happy Birthday, copygodd and I hope your balls have recovered. Again I appreciate the sacrifice you make in watching this show. My stomach just isn't that strong.
Hasn't Bil Dwyer been doing comedy long enough to be able to beat these other people without working that hard? I mean, that's a pretty pathetic showing on his part considering he's an "accomplished standup comic" (per his bio on nbc.com).
You know why the show doesn't get any better as the "weaker" comics are weeded out, copygodd? They were all weak to begin with!
12 of 17 | Posted by zevonia
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Posted on June 30, 2006 5:11 PM
It's a sad statement on the quality of the comedy on this show when the random pic of Bo Bice in the recap makes me snort with more glee than ANYTHING the so-called pro's could come up with.
The fact that Adam Corolla was a judge says a lot, too. The man is NOT funny. If it weren't for Jimmy Kimmel, the Man Show woulda sucked. (As it did once the Dynamic Duo left Comedy Central.)
What a GREAT challenge, though. ssScats! Are you kidding me??? He gets a SCAT magazine and could not even come up with ONE litter box joke?
Happy Birthday, copygodd. Great recap. Just piss-poor material to work with.
Why don't your doggs think you are a godd instead of god? Not cool enough? Poor you. ;)
13 of 17 | Posted by subgenre
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Posted on June 30, 2006 8:09 PM
This show is what happens when you let producers cast a potential hit. Stupid fucks.
14 of 17 | Posted by The Svan
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Posted on June 30, 2006 8:30 PM
argh, subgenre! i can't believe i misspelled my own pseudonym.
who am i, edhill...?
15 of 17 | Posted by copygodd
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Posted on June 30, 2006 9:32 PM
Due to a heavy work load this week I was behind with all my tv viewing. But thanks to my DVR I was able to catch up yesterday and have now seen Last Comic Standing.
And it wasn't really worth the wait - HOWEVER, the recap sure was! Great recap Copygodd (as usual).
I was torn about Bil Dwyer, I was disappointed he was so unfunny but semi-pleased he was voted off. I never thought he should be there since he has already had so much success (VH-1, That 70's house). I still want this show to be about helping an unknown get discovered.
Sadly, there isn't really anyone on this season who gets me laughing. The FUNNIEST thing about this show IS copygodd. Hmm....can he qualify for Last Comic Standing?
16 of 17 | Posted by TinkerbellAPixie
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Posted on July 2, 2006 10:44 AM
This show is not good. I have it in my tivo, and I skim it.. but it's just not good. They skipped over funny people to put losers in the house, and many of the funnier ones are one-note ponies anyway. At least that horrible Stella is gone, but WTF was she doing there in the first place?
Tim Meadows!? Garry Marshall? Kathy Griffin, ya okay, but she's everywhere. She's doing Alka-Seltzer commercials for god's sake.
This show is just a train wreck, and not in that good, Being Bobby Brown way.
17 of 17 | Posted by Memememe
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Posted on July 10, 2006 12:44 PM