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Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :

Never thought I'd complain about this, but there are too many concerts more or less in my area I want to go to in the same time period, and I'm broke.

Tonight: Stephen Lynch
Tomorrow night: Bill Cosby
All this weekend: Christopher Titus
Jan. 27: Steven Wright

I'm shooting for Steven Wright, it gives me time to save up. Argh!

That's it, just wanted to vent for a minute.

Posted by A Rat Named Dog (Member # 699) on :

I got three Eddie Izzard routines for Christmas, so I'm set for a while [Smile]

Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :

Never been to a comedy concert, but I like Stephen Wright. "I have no concept of time"

Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :

That's interesting, although my respect for Geoff remains high, I seem to like him far less after reading that. [Dont Know]

Hobbes

Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :

I've seen a lot more comedy concerts than I have musical ones (and most of those were Weird Al concerts, which muddy the categories somewhat).

I'm still peeved I missed the Dave Atell/Lewis Black one that cam through last year.

Posted by odouls268 (Member # 2145) on :

Stephen Lynch is a genius

Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :

I saw him last year, so I'm not devasted I'm not going tonight (although he did say he had new stuff already, grumble grumble...)

Posted by Lalo (Member # 3772) on :

Steven Wright's the guy who does the one-liners? I tried out an album of his, and I couldn't find any Funny. Just a monotone guy creaking out one-liners and the audience laughing uproariously.

Granted, I didn't listen the entire way through for the sake of my sanity, but is there more to him than I found?

Posted by Da_Goat (Member # 5529) on :

I've never seen anybody in concert or anything. I just wanted to say that my favorite comedian is Pablo Fransisco.

Posted by Lalo (Member # 3772) on :

Francisco's not bad, though he's nothing special. You need to listen to Richard Jeni. Or Dave Chappelle. Or George Lopez, the greatest Chicano stand-up comedian in the business. (Carlos Mencia's good if you want a conservative Mexican comedian -- and he is funny -- but the guy's pretty hateful in much of his act. If you get the chance, listen to how his speech changes when he talks about "fags.")

Posted by sarcasticmuppet (Member # 5035) on :

During the first season of the new Star Search show, there was this amazing comedian. He ended up winning, and I haven't seen or heard from him since. Anyone know who I'm talking about? He's a bald white guy. He probably got shuffled to some CBS writing job. Poor guy.

Posted by A Rat Named Dog (Member # 699) on :

Hobbes, do you deny that if pure comic genius were bottled, poured into a human-shaped mold, and then tarted up in a Kimono, the result would be Eddie Izzard?