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Crowd work has ruined standup comedy
Posted on 4/23/24 at 12:13 pm
Posted on 4/23/24 at 12:13 pm
Every clip I see on Facebook, Instagram, or TikTok is just some person doing an awful job at crowd work.
There are few comedians who are actually good at and incorporate it well in their routines, ie Sam Morril or Stavros Halkias, but for the most part it’s just bad.
What happened to actually writing and telling funny jokes?
There are few comedians who are actually good at and incorporate it well in their routines, ie Sam Morril or Stavros Halkias, but for the most part it’s just bad.
What happened to actually writing and telling funny jokes?
Posted on 4/23/24 at 12:14 pm to Bonkers119
Matt Rife is a pretty good example of this. His act is almost entirely 100% crowd work and its pretty godawful. Really not sure how that guy got famous
Posted on 4/23/24 at 12:14 pm to Bonkers119
People got offended and many comedians are afraid of being cancelled
Posted on 4/23/24 at 12:15 pm to Bonkers119
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Every clip I see on Facebook, Instagram, or TikTok is just some person doing an awful job at crowd work.
It is very difficult for a comedian to come up with an original 30-1 hr set. If they showed their actual jokes on these social media clips there is no incentive for folks to attend the shows.
Posted on 4/23/24 at 12:15 pm to Bonkers119
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What happened to actually writing and telling funny jokes?
The bad one probably get ChatGPT to write their jokes.
Posted on 4/23/24 at 12:16 pm to Bonkers119
A lot of crowd work is fantastic. You mentioned Morril and Halkias, but lesser names like Dan Soder and Big Jay Oakerson have fantastic stand-alone crowd work sets out there.
And I know I'll get shite on for this, but people who say Matt Rife is bad at crowd work have not seen truly awful crowd work
And I know I'll get shite on for this, but people who say Matt Rife is bad at crowd work have not seen truly awful crowd work
Posted on 4/23/24 at 12:17 pm to Bonkers119
I don’t know why but I want to blame Dane Cook.
Posted on 4/23/24 at 12:17 pm to Bonkers119
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Crowd work has ruined standup comedy
Political Correctness and Totalitarian Progressivism ruined comedy.
Posted on 4/23/24 at 12:30 pm to Bonkers119
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Crowd work has ruined standup comedy
I disagree. Standup comedy is not ruined. This is probably the best era of standup comedy, and crowd work has its audience who love that shite.
The only thing that hasn’t changed is female comedians still suck.
Posted on 4/23/24 at 12:34 pm to Bonkers119
No, you just don’t know how stand up comedy works. You need to watch the actual specials. They do crowd work because that’s how they get new clips to post. Their actual act is just being repeated every city they go to so they can workshop it for an eventual special. If they were posting their actual act, you would just be seeing the same jokes over and over again, and no one would have any reason to watch their special because they have already heard the entire routine.
Go watch an actual special instead of 30 second clips on tik tok.
Go watch an actual special instead of 30 second clips on tik tok.
This post was edited on 4/23/24 at 12:39 pm
Posted on 4/23/24 at 12:37 pm to Bonkers119
Who is the dyslexic guy? I remember the crowd work but not the name.
Posted on 4/23/24 at 12:38 pm to Bonkers119
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TikTok
And I will add......
YouTube Shorts have all had a terrible impact on standup.
The editing required for a stupid one minute video squashes all but the most basic jokes, so you're left with a heavily edited "joke" with all laugh and timing removed, or this bullshite crowdwork from comedians who aren't all that great at crowd work.
I just don't bother with watching the short format for standup comedy.
This post was edited on 4/23/24 at 12:39 pm
Posted on 4/23/24 at 12:39 pm to Bonkers119
think there is varying degrees of crowd work
You have traditional comedians like Pryor and Carlin.
You have some that did some crowd work like Jimmy Carr.
And you have some that only work the crowd like Matt Rife.
Think it just depends on your preference.
You have traditional comedians like Pryor and Carlin.
You have some that did some crowd work like Jimmy Carr.
And you have some that only work the crowd like Matt Rife.
Think it just depends on your preference.
Posted on 4/23/24 at 12:43 pm to Bonkers119
A lot of comedians have scripted crowd work with a planted heckler.
Posted on 4/23/24 at 12:46 pm to Bonkers119
Dave Attell will slaughter a crowd...and he writes great jokes.
Posted on 4/23/24 at 12:49 pm to Bonkers119
Mark Normand getting topics from the crowd and making a joke on the spot is pretty hilarious.
Plus he's Nola guy.
Plus he's Nola guy.
Posted on 4/23/24 at 12:54 pm to Bonkers119
Crowd work is unique to each show so it gives them unlimited content for social media to promote themselves.
They can’t show their actual jokes because those are copyrighted and no one would attend if you knew all the jokes of a tour beforehand…so without these crowd work clips it would just be recycled jokes from previous specials only which would get old quick
It hasn’t ruined anything, social media has just allowed a platform for crowd work to be seen. If anything, the real issue is now people in the crowd are more obnoxious with heckling because of it
They can’t show their actual jokes because those are copyrighted and no one would attend if you knew all the jokes of a tour beforehand…so without these crowd work clips it would just be recycled jokes from previous specials only which would get old quick
It hasn’t ruined anything, social media has just allowed a platform for crowd work to be seen. If anything, the real issue is now people in the crowd are more obnoxious with heckling because of it
This post was edited on 4/23/24 at 12:57 pm
Posted on 4/23/24 at 1:05 pm to Bonkers119
All I know is Shane Gillis’ special “Beautiful Dogs” is one of the funniest specials I’ve ever seen.
Posted on 4/23/24 at 1:15 pm to Bonkers119
They don’t want to burn material for clips so crowd work is easy to post.
It’s just supposed to get your attention so you go see them live or watch their actual act when a special comes out
It’s just supposed to get your attention so you go see them live or watch their actual act when a special comes out
Posted on 4/23/24 at 1:34 pm to Bonkers119
Jimmy Pardo said on his podcast one time that the late night talent bookers didn't give him a regular shot because he didn't have an act. He has an album I think of all crowd work.
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