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    Hey guys - we try not to ban users or delete posts, because we want to encourage healthy discussion and conflicting views.

    @Dirk, the only thing you want to watch out for is grinding the same axe over and over... that's when we start to ban, is when it seems like someone is waiting to pounce on any post that disagrees with them. I think once you've made your point, let it simmer and be discussed for a while before coming in to defend it. I know it's easy to get heated on the internet, but if you're going to start out with something so inflammatory, you have to allow people the opportunity to strongly disagree, or be sarcastic, or even make fun of your post.

    I am enjoying this show, as a fan! Carry on discussing your favorites and least favorites.

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    Just to clarify re: Patton- since this is the second episode in a row someone's leveled this criticism about what a supposed waste it is to have him just bouncing off a character...

    This is what he's wanted to do the last couple of times he's come on. He's requested to be on with both Andy daly and Eddie because it's fun for him to play this role. He's a big CBB fan, and loves the episodes that get into a character's background.

    So I just wouldn't critique it based on the show you wished existed- and instead critique it on the show it is.

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    Hey, it's ol' knucklehead here, chiming in to clarify what I think the criticism of @Brett Hamil 's sketch was...

    - Let me first clarify by saying I like Brett. I am rooting for Brett. I expect Brett could win this whole thing.

    -But I also was similarly turned off by his sketch selection. Why?

    -Okay, let me try to explain...

    -Seeing a lot of comedy at the UCB here, I see young comedians bringing up "hack comedy" all the time. They bring it up so often, you'd think it were a thing the general public cares about, and that they all could agree is a terrible problem in our society. These are usually young comics who haven't figured out what they want to talk about themselves yet, so they use it as a crutch, like ironic racism or puns (in other words, the very same crutches I use).

    -Whenever I see this, I'm usually disinterested and zone out, and wish they would talk about something they really cared about. I don't know, maybe that IS the thing they really care about, since comedy can take over your whole life once you start doing it. But I don't think most of them see a lot of hack comedy around them. After all, they're mainly performing at open mics and the UCB, two places not known for performers of the usual definition of "hack" comedy.

    -(Side note: I don't like the term "hack" very much. It's too easy. If you care about comedy, there are shades and levels that are so interesting to dissect than just generalizing someone as such. I've seen people level the accusation of someone being a hack many times, and quite often they don't even know what it means. They're just calling someone that whose jokes they don't like very much. But that's just a pet peeve of mine...)

    -Now, it sounds like Brett is around shitty omedians a lot, from his description of middling in casinos and whatnot. So he is definitely coming from a place of experience. And, in any case, the point of his sketch was all about skewering the other guy- the guy who was upset at it, right?

    -I think the point the judges were trying to make was not that Brett didn't have the right to take potshots because he hasn't paid his dues enough to make fun of other comedians. They were trying to say he doesn't have the right because he hadn't ENTERTAINED US with several minutes of his OWN comedy yet. Brett literally started the sketch with about a minute of "bad" comedy. This is generally uninteresting to me, and probably to the judges.

    -I was super excited to hear whatever Brett considered to be one of his really great sketches, so I could get a good idea of what his style is. I found it very disappointing that I didn't get that opportunity. So that's what I think Matt meant when he said "bad song choice." He could see the talent, and could tell that Brett is good - it's just he didn't care for the tune Brett was singing.

    -Now, don't cry foul and say I'm being a hypocrite - after all, yes, I was on a show starring the guy who played Blueberry Head. I've taken potshots at everything from bad improv to a comedian whose style I didn't care for.

    -But I should've been focusing my time instead on writing something funny myself.

    -The best analogy I can come up with is - I was listening to Ben Folds's (otherwise perfect) record "Rockin' The Suburbs" the other day. And whenever that song comes on, I always skip it. Why? Because i KNOW Limp Bizkit is shitty - that's why I'm listening to Ben Folds!

    -I look forward to next week, and expect to hear Brett knock it out of the park. And good luck to all the contestants! I'm enjoying this show.

    -SA

    -PS - now that I'm on an explaining jag, let me tell you all the REAL reason I changed the name to Comedy Bang Bang. Oh shit - I'm out of space.

    -PPS - If you think Ben Folds is just as shitty as Limp Bizkit, please don't open an account just to log in and start calling me a pussy.

  8. Posted

    I like Ham Radio!
    I wish there were a way to hear more of his show... I wonder if the two minute time limit is hurting his chances.
    Oh well, we'll never know.

    Really interesting show this week, everyone!
    (I don't know what's coming up - I'm listening to it as a fan like everyone else)

    I think, instead of there being nine losers, there will be ten winners - I have even been on one of these podcasts (I think), and I still have never heard of any of them. Looking forward to hearing more!
    SA

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