last comic standing

Haven't you heard about the global warming? Didn't you know that the earth is experiencing changes in its global climate due to the huge emissions of carbon oxydes to the atmosphere for decades? Of course you have noticed. One of the solutions spinning at the table-top nowadays is the commercial and industrial use of biofuels.

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Tonight’s episode of last comic standing was a good start to the season – clearing out some of the ‘comedic dead wood.’

The Immunity challenge was a brutal one. The comics were each asked to try to perform while they took turns heckling one another. Anyone who has ever taken the stage to do comedy knows that 90% of what all comics do up there is carefully scripted. It may look spontaneous, but that is just a carefully crafted and intentional illusion which is part of their act. And few things can derail your act like an aggressive heckler.

Normally the comedian has the upper hand simply because they have a microphone, but when your heckler is another comedian, things can and did get pretty intense. While heckling another comic might be fun, few people had a tougher go of it than Chris Porter, whose job was to heckle Josh Blue – a comedian with cerebral palsy.

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Many of us are already gearing up for this coming Tuesday’s ‘Last Comic Standing.’ During the initial selection round the show picked up some undeniably funny comics, as well as some deadwood in my not so humble opinion. Here is a brief profile of a few of the final 12.

The Funny:

Josh Blue – No he’s not simply a human interest element with his cerebral palsy. He’s got talent and has arguably made his way into the final 12 on straight comic merit.

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I suppose that as far as vices go, being addicted to ‘Last Comic Standing’ is not quite as bad as owning a crack pipe. But it is pretty damn close. Last comic standing is now in its 4th season, and it has suffered some serious problems in the seasons prior. Problems you say? How bad can they be? VERY BAD my friends, very bad indeed…

Let’s start with the host…

This show about struggling comedians trying desperately to make it was originally hosted by Jay Mohr, which is a beautiful piece of irony as Jay Mohr is the very dictionary definition of a ‘struggling comedian’ himself - For exactly how many years are you allowed to be introduced as the co-star of ‘Jerry Maguire’? Doesn’t this title have some sort of shelf life or ‘best before’ expiry date? Shouldn’t you have done something since then, other than sell shoes?

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