Nice thread but where's Stewart Lee, Stanhope's only real rival IMHO.
The problem with posting Lee is you have to really watch the whole performance, at times around 2 hours, to really grasp what he's doing and saying. Clever, nuanced performances and a master of stand up. And I like the fact that he's NOT a fashionable stand up "libertarian".
And apparently lots of people can't stand him too.
Don't watch this if you like Top Gear.
Nice thread but where's Stewart Lee, Stanhope's only real rival IMHO.
The problem with posting Lee is you have to really watch the whole performance, at times around 2 hours, to really grasp what he's doing and saying. Clever, nuanced performances and a master of stand up. And I like the fact that he's NOT a fashionable stand up "libertarian".
And apparently lots of people can't stand him too.
Don't watch this if you like Top Gear.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7CnMQ4L9Pc
Firstly let me state the obvious, namely that all my views are completely subjective, and that for me Stanhope and Lee are the masters of the comedians I have seen over a period of years, with daylight next. Others are entitled to their own views.
For mine Lee's most engaging performance is the most recent, "Carpet Remant World", but it's also possibly his most intense and challenging and people may prefer to take them in order and start with "Stand Up Comedian" or his highly regarded TV series "Stewart Lee's Comedy vehicle".
Lee delivers a lot more than jokes, he has plenty he wants to say and much of it is unashamedly progressive and political. And if you don't like that he doesn't give a ****. Replace the word "progressive" with "libertarian" and that could be Stanhope. He is a niche act with a fiercely loyal and protective following and he openly despises and savagely attacks conventional comedy. And when he's rolling he riffs and improvises like the Albert Ayler of comedy. (And Lee is a lover of avante guard music) All traits he shares with Stanhope, excepting that Stanhope hates music. He obsessively deconstructs his own and others' work and he thrives on negative feedback, in fact like Stanhope he complains that as he becomes more popular the audiences have become too supportive and he prefers a bit more tension in the audience (watch Stanhope's "Austin Incident"). And they are both cited by other more commercially successful acts as "Comedians' comedians".
And on the subject of bad feedback, I just love this clip from "Carpet Remnant World" where Lee simply reads some of his bad internet press, and he studiously archives all his negative feedback. Once more it makes more sense if you watch the whole show but such is life.
Warning: It's offensive!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78Puggk5MCA
[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qf9agtnSj8[/media]
I was at his last Melbourne gig where he declared he was never coming back to Melbourne again. It was a pretty visceral gig... there was only like 25 people in the audience and he abused the fark out of us personally in our faces for the entire gig.
Farken funny to me personally, I love collective audience terror at a comic who has gone off the rails... but the mate I took to the gig has never gone to another comedy gig with me again. Still recovering :)
And the thread needs way more Stanhope...
I was travelling through Asheville, North Carolina a couple years ago and happened to stumble last minute upon a Doug Stanhope show there. I went in with zero expectations and he was in fantastic form.
The night was memorable for two set pieces that sum up why I rate Stanhope. The first was a scathing critique of the ■■■■ film 'Backdoor to Chyna' starring the former professional wrestler, that was vintage Doug Stanhope and had me unable to breath during parts of it. Unfortunately, a video or recording has yet to surface.
The second was this, which is extremely NSFW and will test the tolerance of many, but had the entire crowd in uproar (both in hilarity and outrage)
[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hY3W9Z4bdS8[/media]
^^^^ that’s awesome!
I impulse buy on number 28 :lol:
I love how Stanhope has evolved over his career. This bit sums it up:
[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qf9agtnSj8[/media]
I was at his last Melbourne gig where he declared he was never coming back to Melbourne again. It was a pretty visceral gig... there was only like 25 people in the audience and he abused the fark out of us personally in our faces for the entire gig.
Farken funny to me personally, I love collective audience terror at a comic who has gone off the rails... but the mate I took to the gig has never gone to another comedy gig with me again. Still recovering :)
hes one of the most underrated comics in the world. the guy is fearless. i went to his show a year or 2 ago at the comics lounge and he just owned it.
You got tickets to his Melbourne show, Paul?
You got tickets to his Melbourne show, Paul?
Greg Fleet and footy humour. Ace.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvydRNEzn_8
I've been listening to Anthony Jeselnik lately. Most of his jokes are 2 liners, basically he sets you up and then the punchline kind of hits you from a completely different direction, though it can kind of get predictable after a while.
He's very offensive, pretty much for the sake of being offensive, so topics like rape, handicapped people, domestic violence, child abuse are his bread and butter. It's kind of a guilty pleasure.
He'll make a few jokes about immigrants and asians/blacks/latinos etc but you don't get the impression he's actually condoning racism, e.g., "I have heaps of friends who are black....when they dress up for Halloween..."
Well this is a sports forum and this is this most famous sports skit of them all. Still tickles me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTcRRaXV-fg
I've been listening to Anthony Jeselnik lately. Most of his jokes are 2 liners, basically he sets you up and then the punchline kind of hits you from a completely different direction, though it can kind of get predictable after a while.
He's very offensive, pretty much for the sake of being offensive, so topics like rape, handicapped people, domestic violence, child abuse are his bread and butter. It's kind of a guilty pleasure.
He'll make a few jokes about immigrants and asians/blacks/latinos etc but you don't get the impression he's actually condoning racism, e.g., "I have heaps of friends who are black....when they dress up for Halloween..."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xytT1oWhTu8
I've been listening to Anthony Jeselnik lately. Most of his jokes are 2 liners, basically he sets you up and then the punchline kind of hits you from a completely different direction, though it can kind of get predictable after a while.
He's very offensive, pretty much for the sake of being offensive, so topics like rape, handicapped people, domestic violence, child abuse are his bread and butter. It's kind of a guilty pleasure.
He'll make a few jokes about immigrants and asians/blacks/latinos etc but you don't get the impression he's actually condoning racism, e.g., "I have heaps of friends who are black....when they dress up for Halloween..."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xytT1oWhTu8
Jesilnik is awesome. He has an audio only special, I'll look it up later, but it's funny as fark.
Cool. I found 2 live albums of his on Spotify, they are called Caligula and Shakespeare. Can probably get them through itunes or wherever too.
Well this is a sports forum and this is this most famous sports skit of them all. Still tickles me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTcRRaXV-fg
Now that's comedy.
Cool. I found 2 live albums of his on Spotify, they are called Caligula and Shakespeare. Can probably get them through itunes or wherever too.
Yeah, Shakepseare is the one. Dead pan one-liners all over the shop.
Caligula is on the Comedy Channel, NOW…
Don't know much about comedie, excep thtat Stephen K Amos is fantastic. Especially when he talks about Straya.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgZKyz0hisA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bRS9zfnajk
I love when he talks about Townsville in this one!