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This movie is completely illegitimate.

posted 19 years ago by CinemOhYeah
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This film does not mention the Tuesday night Trainwreck even once.

The Trainwreck is and ingenious show that is held every Tuesday night at the Parkside Lounge nestled in the heart of Manhattan's Lower East Side. For the last 30 years, the Trainwreck has been going full throttle NON STOP. It is the birthplace of almost every famous American comic.

Either the director does not know the first thing about comedy or he is taking a deliberate swipe at the Trainwreck. Either way the film is worthless as result.

[–] CinemOhYeah 19 years ago

Ahhhhhhhhh so no one cares about the Trainwreck, very well. Perhaps I shall do you the enormous favor of telling you what I mean by it being the birthplace of almost EVERY famous American comic. This is a short list of people who got there start at the Tuesday night Trainwreck.

Rodnedy Dangerfeild, Richard Pryor, Andrew Dice Clay, Burt Pasaos, Eddie Murphy, Dave Chapelle, Sam Kinison, S Ray Guetereze, Lenny Bruce, Bill Hicks, Jerry Seinfeld, Ray Feild, Paul Reiser, Jon Lovitz, Gary Shandling, James Stahl, Tom Nevin........... The list goes on and on and on. But why bother? It looks like nobody cares.

[–] phillatio 19 years ago

I've heard of 12 of the 17 you mentioned. But you're right about the other 5 obscure ones, nobody cares...

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[–] CinemOhYeah 19 years ago

Are you nuts? Every comic I mentioned is pure blockbuster! I can not even begin to imagine who the "5 obscure ones" are. Maybe you think that Paul Reiser, Jon Lovitz and Gary Shandling are obscure but in my book, they are nothing short of magic. O.K. Ray Field sometimes has his off nights too but when he is at the top of his game he can not be stopped. *beep* Bensonhurst Merlot!" Classic stuff.

Just trying to keep things real.

[–] phillatio 19 years ago

Sorry for being out of the loop, but here are the 5 I don't know...Burt, S Ray(I assume you spelled his last name wrong), Ray, James, and Tom

[–] CinemOhYeah 19 years ago

You do not have to apologize for being out of the loop! Just look up their stuff and discover the joys of true comedy. Oh, and check out Walter Gambine as well, he will rock your world.

[–] CinemOhYeah 19 years ago

I am in Paris right now. I have met at least 20 people here who love the Trainwreck. I guess that you have to be French to appreciate REAL comedy.

[–] CinemOhYeah 19 years ago

I am back in New York and sad to say that the people here still do not care about the Trainwreck, not even its hosts Damion Sammarco and Joey Gay. They have done the unthinkable and decided to discontinue the show. If they were here in front of me right now I would spit in their faces. Unfortunatly they are not, so instead I will slander them on the internet.

[–] CinemOhYeah 19 years ago

Let us start with Joey Gay. His last name is not without meaning. He is extremely gay, that is Joseph Gay is in a perpetual state of joy. On the 12th of September 2001, he skipped around Manhattan in a state of bliss, cursing what he referred to as "the soy milk drinking masses". Later on when sober and given the opportunity to explain his actions Mr. Gay's only response was, "Whatta ya gonna do?" Sadly, no one has been able to answer that question, terror still inhabits the Earth and Gay is somehow running his own comedy club in Brooklyn. Their is no justice in the world and these are truly the last days.

[–] CinemOhYeah 19 years ago

Damion Sammarco's turn. Fat kids who crap their pants a lot rarely grow up to be happy adults. Much of Sammarco's past in shrouded in mystery but a few bits of information have surfaced. It is known that Sammarco worked for a brief time for the CIA, torturing communists and terrorists with his inhuman gaseous excretions and grinding sarcasm. His victims would eventually beg for more traditional forms of torture and eventually death. He left the CIA and emerged again in the early 90's lost and addicted to deep-fried Twinkies auditioning to be a pole dancer at a West Virginia strip club. The owner of the club somehow liked what he saw, got rid of the pole handed Sammarco a microphone and told him to go to work. Now he could attack, offend and depress unsuspecting audiences with what he tried to pass off as a "comedy act". Thus the Tuesday Night Trainwreck was born. If there was ANY justice in this world, Sammarco would be on a dessert island, in jail, or on a spit but no, instead he has a promising career, a hot girl friend and a dog. The poor, poor dog.

[–] excelgeo 14 years ago

are you seriously tring to say that the movie is worthless because a certain night club isnt mentioned?

i can only assume that you are in some way affliatted with this place, or a huge troll.

never mind the comment that you have to be french to appreciate comedy. uber trolling.

I AM REALLY OFFENDED BY PEOPLE WHO WILL GO OUT OF THEIR WAY TO GET OFFENDED.

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[–] lreed7950 12 years ago

Obvious troll. A simple google search reveals that the five "lesser known" comics in that list don't exist. All concocted in a (hardly) clever ploy to get people riled. Didn't work either, as the thread was dormant for an eternity.

[–] MisterNataliePortman 18 years ago

I have read many books on Seinfeld and they do not mention the Tuesday night Trainwreck in any of them. I'm sure he played there before, since he worked everynight, but it doesn't sound like that big of a deal. Bill Hicks started in Houston, so i'm doubting that he flew to NYC to work some club when he was 15. Chapelle started in D.C.. I'm sure more of your information is inaccurate, but I don't feel like googling them up.

[–] rainofwalrus 16 years ago

you did realize that 'Comedian' is not a documentary about the history of modern American comics? given what 'Comedian' *is* actually about, it's pretty plain to see why Tuesday Night Trainwreck isn't mentioned.

silly misinformed griping on the Internet... must be Tuesday.

attention grammar-cops: you're not as smart as you expect from us.

[–] ElectricPaint 12 years ago

Schindler's List is completely illegitimate. They didn't mention my dad's childhood, which was in FULL SWING at the time, even once. How can a movie pretend to be about a certain time in history when they don't even talk about the man who fathered me?