Jarick 5 Report post Posted February 10, 2009 It sounds like he's lifting material, but his delivery makes me laugh much more than the other guys. The Vicious Circle was probably the funniest standup I've watched. I know nothing about standup though.What I can relate it to is music (I've been a musician for 15 years). Some people are great song writers, and some people are performers. Cook seems to me to be a great performer. No clue about his writing. It does seem that the comedy field is much, much more sensitive about that kind of thing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chadd 916 Report post Posted February 10, 2009 It sounds like he's lifting material, but his delivery makes me laugh much more than the other guys. The Vicious Circle was probably the funniest standup I've watched. I know nothing about standup though.What I can relate it to is music (I've been a musician for 15 years). Some people are great song writers, and some people are performers. Cook seems to me to be a great performer. No clue about his writing. It does seem that the comedy field is much, much more sensitive about that kind of thing.I don't think his performance is entertaining either. It's like a bad imitation of Robin Williams when he was on coke. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TBLfan 25 Report post Posted February 10, 2009 The Retaliation stuff was pretty funny. After the tour, he's just not very funny. He goes on talking about a story for 20 mins to hit one punchline, not good. He recently played in Tampa and a lot of my friends went, none of them were very happy with the show... 3 years ago he killed. I'd rather see Pablo Francisco, Dana Carvey, Carl Barron, Ty Barnett, Gabriel Iglesias, Lewis Black, Demetri Martin and many others. We can't have a thread about comedians without mentioning: Chris Rock, John Leguizamo, Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, Hedberg, Carlin, Robin Williams(the original loud, overactive comedian), Sandler... Jesus, I can't even begin to name them all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jarick 5 Report post Posted February 10, 2009 Different strokes I suppose. I liked the Robin Williams coke era stuff too. I also don't really like half of Carlin's stuff, I liked Seinfeld's standup, I liked the Seinfeld sitcom, and have probably as much knowledge and credibility when it comes to rating comedy as the average TRL watcher does with music. :DOh yeah, and I loved Dana Carvey standup too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deerok 3 Report post Posted February 11, 2009 I rank him right up there with Harry Houdini and David Copperfield. The ability to make some people laugh by not being the least bit funny or entertaining must be MAGIC. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
