1141: What Do We Do Now?

[Keith]

"How do I get my girlfriend to douche?"


What Do We Do Now? - Keith and The Girl Free Comedy Talk Show

[clcallag]

Alright, let's start the discussion of this episode with a nice rant...

I think I'm missing the point of the stand-up submissions. In the interest of full disclosure, I submitted twice: the first was a complete abomination, and the second was the second entry played on this show, which Chemda disliked because I "used big words" and "sounded like I was insulting them." (For the record, I absolutely was not. I was insulting all the stupid crap on the Internet that surrounds them.)

Meanwhile, the two entries that got the biggest laughs, from Chemda at least, were someone doing an impression of a retard and someone doing an impression of Keith doing an impression of Samantha. Really? Those were the best two entries? Admittedly, I laughed at them, but I've laughed at Larry the Cable Guy as well, and I can recognize the difference in talent and intellect needed to do what he does as compared to what someone like Greg Giraldo does.

Not that I'm comparing my second entry to the comedy of Greg Giraldo (alright, I kind of am), but I would've liked to have at least had my entry listened to all the way through and not quickly dismissed because it wasn't an impression involving a goofy voice. I'll probably prove myself wrong when I laugh my ass off on April 15th, but it seems like while the "offending" entries worked as a two-minute bit delivered alone in someone's residence, the impression angle will get old over a ten-minute set.

Then again, my first entry didn't even work as a two-minute set, so what do I know? But my second entry was much better, and I'm upset at the reasons it wasn't played on the air. I think the voting will now be colored because Chemda misunderstood my intention (praise of KatG, which would have been clear had they played the entry for but five more seconds, and self-deprication) and was put off that I used the word "meritocracy".

If I sound bitter, it's just because...I am bitter. I WANT SOMEONE TO LIKE MY KAHMEDY, DAMMIT!!

[Junkenstein]

Havent heard the episode yet, so i wont judge your stand-up (and i'm not in the position to do it, because i'm a big comedy fan but it hink i would bomb onstage, so who the fuck am i?)

That said, yours and some others' issue seems that Keith and Chemda appear to dismiss some of the submission quickly, without playing them in full.

I might be wrong, but i dont think that's true: Keith is extremely serious and methodical about his project. Even if he acts like he's hearing the submission for the first time, he probably heard it already with others, in full and thought about it. There are probably many more sybmissions with awful sounds, worse jokes or awful edits that he listens to, grinding his teeth and then avoids to put on, to leave the listenrs out of the torture (with the exception of a few stinkers that he plays for good podcasting). A lot of the stuff that was played during the marathonn was baaaaaad, and rightfully disappeared.

Chemda gives a more gutsy reaction. She's more close to a real audience. If you dont make her laugh or you rub her the wrong way, she'll say it out loud.

So in the end, they both are perfect and fair judges for this. They're fair.

Now if you listened to Jesse Joyce judging the submissions during the marathon, that was somebody who could scare me out of comedy forever.

[Fourbid]

Originally Posted by clcallag

Alright, let's start the discussion of this episode with a nice rant...

I think I'm missing the point of the stand-up submissions. In the interest of full disclosure, I submitted twice: the first was a complete abomination, and the second was the second entry played on this show, which Chemda disliked because I "used big words" and "sounded like I was insulting them." (For the record, I absolutely was not. I was insulting all the stupid crap on the Internet that surrounds them.)

Meanwhile, the two entries that got the biggest laughs, from Chemda at least, were someone doing an impression of a retard and someone doing an impression of Keith doing an impression of Samantha. Really? Those were the best two entries? Admittedly, I laughed at them, but I've laughed at Larry the Cable Guy as well, and I can recognize the difference in talent and intellect needed to do what he does as compared to what someone like Greg Giraldo does.

Not that I'm comparing my second entry to the comedy of Greg Giraldo (alright, I kind of am), but I would've liked to have at least had my entry listened to all the way through and not quickly dismissed because it wasn't an impression involving a goofy voice. I'll probably prove myself wrong when I laugh my ass off on April 15th, but it seems like while the "offending" entries worked as a two-minute bit delivered alone in someone's residence, the impression angle will get old over a ten-minute set.

Then again, my first entry didn't even work as a two-minute set, so what do I know? But my second entry was much better, and I'm upset at the reasons it wasn't played on the air. I think the voting will now be colored because Chemda misunderstood my intention (praise of KatG, which would have been clear had they played the entry for but five more seconds, and self-deprication) and was put off that I used the word "meritocracy".

If I sound bitter, it's just because...I am bitter. I WANT SOMEONE TO LIKE MY KAHMEDY, DAMMIT!!

Based on this post she was right. You come off as a douche, you may want to work on that.

[Junkenstein]

Comedians are douches, usually. I think the point is having good jokes.

[clcallag]

@Junkenstein: Thanks for some perspective. If a lot of the entries didn't even get on the air, then I suppose I should take encouragement that mine got played live, especially as awful as the first one was. I have no doubt that Keith takes this project as seriously as you say, so it would've been nice to get some criticism (constructive or otherwise) from him, but I suppose if he took the time to do that on-air with everyone, the show would be wasting hours, for one reason or another, on hacky comedy (my own included). I still think impressions in general use goofy voices to get away with telling okay-to-good jokes, but again I'm sure I won't be complaining come the 15th.

And I suppose I shouldn't bitch about Chemda's harsh judging. The honesty is why I love the show. I can't accept it when it suits me and complain when it doesn't, and stern dismissal will improve my comedy far more than gentle denial will. Let's hope the experience will help me out come submission time next year.

@Fourbid: Yeah, I do. But I excuse it to myself because a lot of my douchebaggery is directed right back at me (not necessarily in the post, but in general). I'm a non-discriminatory criticizer.

[Keith]

Post your stand-up here right now before the show comes out. Get everyone's reaction before they get ours.

[gumby013]

Originally Posted by Keith

Post your stand-up here right now before the show comes out. Get everyone's reaction before they get ours.

Boom!

Jeremy Not Funny Standup.mp3

[spooky]

The smurfs joke was hilarious.

[Keith]

Jeremy's not afraid. He knows his skills.