As a rule I do not enjoy stand-up comedy. Why have Comedy Week then you ask? Well there are some stand up comedians I do enjoy. As a child I loved the Woodie Allen stand-up albums, the 2000 year old man albums, the Steve Martin albums and the Eddie Murphy Albums. As an adult I have enjoyed the comedy of most of the people involved in Mr. Show and also this comedy thing here in new york that my friend Teresa took me to called "Invite them up". Invite them up seems to be a popular site for some of the less conventional comedians today and also many of the regular performers have found there way onto "Flight of the Conchords" which I enjoy quite a bit. That said most stand up does suck and I fully expect Comedy Week to be a mixed bag at best.
I did start Comedy Week off with a bang. I chose Todd Barry a comedian who I have seen at "Invite them up" to lead off the week and he did not disappoint. He is very funny, although funnier live. When I have seen him he often goes on for several minutes about how funny he is, and something about it is particularly funny. This album contained some material which I had heard when he opened for Sarah Silverman at Carnegie Hall, and some material I had not heard before. Overall a very funny album which I would recommend you go listen to. 7.5 out of 9.7.
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Does your wife still do standup?
(I leave it to you to supply a suitable punchline)
Stand up, lay down, whatever it takes.
7.5 out of 11.2
i met todd barry at a wedding in upstate ny. i was seated next to him. he was very nice person. :)
also seated at our table was conan o'brien and sarah silverman. this was back in summer of 1999.
sarah silverman cut the corn kernels off her cob of corn with a knife in a very quirky manner. i have a picture of that.
the wedding was for louie c.k. so if you like todd, you would maybe like louie. he is pretty hilarious live.
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