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Comprehensively disagree re Birbliglia. While he's certainly funny, he's B-level on his best day.
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Funny - for me, Birbiglia is by far the best contemporary comedian/author. I wasn't that impressed with the "young" Birbiglia ("What I should have said was nothing"), but once he moved from stand up routines to "one man theater plays" ("My girlfriend's boyfriend", "Thank God for jokes"), I am firmly in his corner. His ability to create a structure, build on each of the jokes, return to it to explain its relevance - is unmatched IMO.Comprehensively disagree re Birbliglia. While he's certainly funny, he's B-level on his best day.
I chuckled when Gervais talked about Bruce J. But when Birbiglia actually provided full context for why he went after his target - that was a talk on a completely different level.
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I absolutely love Birbiglia. That said, he and Gervais are completely different in style and I see no reason to compare the two.
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To a degree, I agree. What made me think about comparisons was the fact that within 20 minutes of Gervais' special, I am thinking "wasn't Birbiglia covering EXACTLY the same main topic just a year ago?" And while I think that there may be simple coincidences in using similar jokes, the fact that on top of the same main focus, Gervais used exactly the same "peanuts on the airplane" joke was rather odd to me.I absolutely love Birbiglia. That said, he and Gervais are completely different in style and I see no reason to compare the two.
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Louis CK made the peanut joke years ago. And I'm sure someone pre-dated him.
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What was the peanut joke about?
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No one on a plane can have a peanut if one person on the plane is a weakling that will die if they see one.
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Ace Ventura's peanut joke is better.
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Here you go, full transcript of the whole joke!What was the peanut joke about?
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I’m also a fan of Birbiglia.
The problem with Louis’ peanut joke is that he came up with it while forcing a woman to listen to him masturbate over the phone and she lost all recollection of how to hang up said phone.Louis CK made the peanut joke years ago. And I'm sure someone pre-dated him.
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Pretty sure I saw Gervais running through Central Park when we were there. Dude needs to get in better shape. I felt so bad I almost ran beside him to encourage him.
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Thanks! I'm sure it is much better when he does it as opposed to me reading it in my head.Here you go, full transcript of the whole joke!What was the peanut joke about?
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When did you see him? He actually lost a lot of weight (and he talks about that a little during his most recent special):Pretty sure I saw Gervais running through Central Park when we were there. Dude needs to get in better shape. I felt so bad I almost ran beside him to encourage him.
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That's funny because I laughed harder when I read it than when he did it...Thanks! I'm sure it is much better when he does it as opposed to me reading it in my head.Here you go, full transcript of the whole joke!What was the peanut joke about?
That said, I like MB and have for a while now...Gervais doesn't do a lot for me personally, but I respect his talent level...
British stuff in general doesn't do it for me...I watched a good chunk of "Humanity" special on Netflix...it's funny, not hysterical and I fell asleep midway through it...so I'll give it another shot, maybe after having a tequila or two...
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I do like MB, and I agree I can't really get into the British comedy.That's funny because I laughed harder when I read it than when he did it...Thanks! I'm sure it is much better when he does it as opposed to me reading it in my head.Here you go, full transcript of the whole joke!What was the peanut joke about?
That said, I like MB and have for a while now...Gervais doesn't do a lot for me personally, but I respect his talent level...
British stuff in general doesn't do it for me...I watched a good chunk of "Humanity" special on Netflix...it's funny, not hysterical and I fell asleep midway through it...so I'll give it another shot, maybe after having a tequila or two...
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Referring to my post in the TV thread where I squeed over the anticipated arrival of Monty Python on Netflix, I very much do get into British comedy. It's a different mindset, for sure.
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If you wife is in the middle of the forest, and there is no one there to hear... is she still wrong?
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Two weeks ago.When did you see him? He actually lost a lot of weight (and he talks about that a little during his most recent special):Pretty sure I saw Gervais running through Central Park when we were there. Dude needs to get in better shape. I felt so bad I almost ran beside him to encourage him.
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He talked about how he's starting to put on more weight in his new special because he never actually learned how to control his diet, he just exercised... a lot. Now that he has more on his schedule he can't work out as much and is starting to put the weight back on.
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No you are for leaving her in the middle of the forest.If you wife is in the middle of the forest, and there is no one there to hear... is she still wrong?
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But unless he totally went to Spurlock-diet since the special, I think that "filming-time-Gervais" was comfortably in the top-50 percentile of physical fitness for men of his age (55?).He talked about how he's starting to put on more weight in his new special because he never actually learned how to control his diet, he just exercised... a lot. Now that he has more on his schedule he can't work out as much and is starting to put the weight back on.
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Since I'm not above plugging shows to essentially strangers, I'm gonna be in the final round of a March Madness-style improv comedy tournament this Friday at Arcade Comedy Theater downtown, called Comedy Royale. It's a good time -- it's essentially Whose Line, but the points actually matter, and they're distributed by guest PGH-celebrity judges, which are gonna be Val Porter, Heather Abraham, and Sean Collier. Check it aut.
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Are you funny like a clown?
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We can send Jim to be the faf judge and jury.
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