Is this a competition for adults or for kids' birthday parties? I'm a cat? You mean "I act like I'm 9 yrs old, and I'm geeky, that makes me funny" Surprised roseanne didn't say how clever and intelligent that was. 20 comics performed and she was top 5? No freakin way!!!
shareshe is hilarious. she has a unique style which makes her stand out.
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you must not have seen a lot of Maria B. Plus the judges would call her out on it if zhe were mimicking another comedian.
Anyways, comedy is subjective and I think she's great.
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For serials? You're telling me her little whisper voice is not EXACTLY lifted from Maria Bamford? Forget watching her, did you listen?
Also, if comedy was purely subjective, how could one judge it? Why do any of the judges or Wanda offer advice to improve the comics' sets? If they can be made better, that means there is a 'better' and a 'worse'. If there is a better and a worse, then it isn't purely subjective, is it?
Saying that someone can subjectively appreciate an objectively unfunny set is one thing, saying that there are no criteria with which one can judge comedy (or any art) in an objective manner is just ridiculous. The very existence of this show supports that.
She IS funny, but her style is anything but unique. I grew up in Minnesota, and that 'quirky' personality was all the rage with the A.V. club, pokemon/magic card playing at lunchtime crowd. Cutesy, non-sequitur, and twee. This is the girl you find playing 12 hour WoW marathons while wearing an Invader Zim t-shirt. Like I said, I DO think she's funny, but to call her unique? Nah.
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She IS funny
Some of her writing is pretty good...in the most recent episode, the left wing right wing bit was pretty funny. Her delivery and overall demeanor are completely obnoxious though. Poor man's Maria Bamford. (also from Minnesota...COINCIDENCE?)
shareI agree, she isn't funny at all nor is Taylor Tomlinson. I have no idea how either of them went through.
shareThe "I'm a cat" bit wasn't actually a joke. She just forgot her set and was trying To fill the dead air until she could recover and it was so bizarre that it worked in an inexplainable way. That being said she is cannon fodder. She's not winning this thing.
As for the poster who mentioned Taylor Tomlinson she was one of only two comedians(of those whose entire set we saw) in which I didn't crack a smile. The other being Bryan Kellen. It's obvious that Norm has a hard on for her. I don't understand what the other two judges see in her. She is terribly unfunny. The young Harvard chick had a lot more promise than Taylor.
Did I miss something? I know the prize includes "a development deal", but I've never heard or read that it was "on NBC during a weekday time slot".
Amy Schumer won, her show is filthy (and hilarious) and on Comedy Central. In the fine print, the 'and affiliates' is usually there somewhere. I'm sure NBC would place a show somewhere other than the main network if the ensuing show wasn't the right fit.
That being said, they are totally pushing the family vibe. That's why AJ and company are such an odd casting choice...
Amy Schumer actually got 4th on LCS.
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I agree. I'll never understand how she made it to the Top 5.
shareevery time i see that ugly face i throw up
seriously she is the ugliest person on that show
I couldn't listen to her for long. It was more than enough just listening to her for a few mins on the show. Not funny and sounds like someone who forgot to take her meds that day.
shareShe's weird-looking, sounds hideous, and is not in any way at all funny. I'd rather hear a cat screeching its claws across a chalkboard.
shareI have found this show likes to find and promote comics who have a bit, a character, a gimmick or a hook. Then they overpraise them and act like their routines are "fresh" or "unique". Socially awkward, overweight, somehow disabled, physically very attractive yet speaks very vulgarly, to name just a few. Then they promote these comics on, material be damned. There is a very good reason they have done away with audience participation and/or phone in voting.....
Andy plays a character during her sets, that of the imaginary friend of a little girl coming out of the mouth of a Raggedy Ann doll. Forget the fact nearly all he jokes are painfully juvenile, this bit has been done before and in much more seasoned and interesting ways.
I agree about Maria Bamford, she is a much more refined, adult based template from which Andy's character certainly was at least partially based upon.
Much like Larry The Cable Guy is based upon Southern stereotypes, innuendo and exaggerated dim witlessness, so too is Ms. Erikson trying to caricature northern Michigan and Mid Western folks. How terrible is it that LCS championed her as the "somehow crippled' contestant in lieu of someone with some actual affliction?
Other shows like this promise a nightly venue in Las Vegas to preform in and when I see children acts or overtly juvenile, one trick premises, I often wonder how they could possibly win? How can this act work in Las Vegas?!?
I found myself wondering during the Final, if Andy won....how could this possibly be turned into some kind of sitcom?