Comedy and comedians…

Mercurius · May 3, 2023

Louis CK's latest special is very good, as always. If you saw the live stream a couple months back, it is mostly the same material - that was a bit disappointing.

Enevhar Aldarion · May 4, 2023

Mercurius said:
Louis CK's latest special is very good, as always. If you saw the live stream a couple months back, it is mostly the same material - that was a bit disappointing.

He is still on the boycott list.

overgeeked · May 4, 2023

Watched Carlos Ballarta: False Prophet on Netflix. It was a great special. If you don't understand normal paced Mexican Spanish, I hope you can read subtitles fast.

Guest 85555 · May 4, 2023

jdrakeh said:
I really like Tom Segura. He hasn't done a standup special for a while, but the podcast he does with his wife is very funny.

I like his Steven Seagal bit

Mercurius · May 5, 2023

Enevhar Aldarion said:
He is still on the boycott list.

?

overgeeked · May 5, 2023

Mercurius said:
?

Likely this:

Louis C.K. - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

jdrakeh · May 5, 2023

Bedrockgames said:
I like his Steven Seagal bit

His 'Nike story' and the bit about his dad discussing Vietnam are also really funny.

Mercurius · May 5, 2023

overgeeked said:
Likely this:

Louis C.K. - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

No, I know his back-story I just don't know what is meant by the "boycott list."

Gradine · May 5, 2023

There's not really a "boycott list", but there are quite a few popular comedians to whom quite a few people might respond "This person is extremely gross and I don't want to support them" with the occasional dash of "not that they're even funny" with maybe a pinch of "anymore" at the end.

Louis C.K. is basically the poster child of <gesticulates wildly at the above paragraph> all of this.

overgeeked · May 5, 2023

Everyone has different criteria. Louis is still hilarious and is one of the best stand-ups working today. He’s also an incredibly gross person. Likewise Chappelle. One of the best comics, but gross human. Some people can ignore the gross, some can’t. Everyone’s preferences and lines are different. I know trans people who still love Harry Potter despite JKR being a gross human. It takes all kinds and no one gets to make those decisions for anyone else.

Anyway, back to the actual topic…

I miss George Carlin every single day. One of the funniest and best comedians ever.