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the_interloper said:
Fair enough, though I saw Will Anderson this year and the only funny bit was him hanging s**t on the Scottish heckler, can work for some I guess.
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It can be funny but the comics don’t like it, especially if they’re filming their special that they have spent such a long time perfecting.
 
Val Keating said:
Such a great time for stand up.
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This.
We now have multiple streaming services providing dozens of comedy specials, before you consider you-tube, podcasts, etc

I'm not sure how anyone could think that 'comedy is dead'.
 
Comedy died the day Trevor Marmalade left The Footy Show
 

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Mofra said:
This.
We now have multiple streaming services providing dozens of comedy specials, before you consider you-tube, podcasts, etc

I'm not sure how anyone could think that 'comedy is dead'.
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Exactly, Netflix has such a variety of global comics to choose from, but I picked up paramount Plus recently and its catalogue of Aussie comics is also impressive. So much to choose from.

As for Rock, will definitely watch. He's had his ups and downs but he's always been watchable.
 
Cap said:
And there is the problem, which is what we see repeatedly with far right nutjobs who love a laugh at any minority they can find, but draw the line at comedy aimed at them, which most is because their views are so out of line with normal people, it's funny.

I laugh at most things, I'd I think I'm not going to laugh, I change channels in the worst case scenario.
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Un...comm..fort...able...
There is the strip tease of comic which has no lines drawn...then there are those who know that a gentle and equitable driver will say what "belongs" to everyone...

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Leeda said:
Un...comm..fort...able...
There is the strip tease of comic which has no lines drawn...then there are those who know that a gentle and equitable driver will say what "belongs" to everyone...

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Are you talking about Drawn together ?....
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Plenty of strip teasing 🤣
 
Tell you what killed comedy.

It's nothing to do with privileged white guys punching down before complaining about "being cancelled" on their next sold out tour...

How much would it suck trying to make a go of it as a touring stand-up performer at the moment? Step 1 of that job ceasing to exist was when reality tv performers started getting jobs on radio and needed comedians cos it turned out none of them were funny; step 2 was COVID; step 3 was COVID seeing this massive uptake in cheaply made panel shows featuring panel comedians.

I'm not funny enough to be a comedian, but if I was, I couldn't imagine anything worse than having to go on tv and wear a collar after grinding for years to become a comedian.
 
nobbyiscool said:
Tell you what killed comedy.

It's nothing to do with privileged white guys punching down before complaining about "being cancelled" on their next sold out tour...

How much would it suck trying to make a go of it as a touring stand-up performer at the moment? Step 1 of that job ceasing to exist was when reality tv performers started getting jobs on radio and needed comedians cos it turned out none of them were funny; step 2 was COVID; step 3 was COVID seeing this massive uptake in cheaply made panel shows featuring panel comedians.

I'm not funny enough to be a comedian, but if I was, I couldn't imagine anything worse than having to go on tv and wear a collar after grinding for years to become a comedian.
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So, the explosion of reality TV creating superficial parasocial relationships between ordinary/talentless people coupled with the simultaneous destruction of live gig availability via Covid?

I dunno. Smells a bit snobbish for me. 'I am above those unfunny reality TV stars and panel shows featuring members of Working Dog or Rove enterprises or Dave Hughes (etc) are also boring'.

They don't have to be for you (or me) but if there wasn't a market for them they wouldn't exist.

Isn't it just a simpler solution to say Covid drove comedians onto streaming services, compressing the industry into solely those whose skill/talents were sufficient to the task of being filmed and the industry is yet to truly recover as people have less time/money and are less willing to go out than they used to be?
 

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Gethelred said:
So, the explosion of reality TV creating superficial parasocial relationships between ordinary/talentless people coupled with the simultaneous destruction of live gig availability via Covid?

I dunno. Smells a bit snobbish for me. 'I am above those unfunny reality TV stars and panel shows featuring members of Working Dog or Rove enterprises or Dave Hughes (etc) are also boring'.

They don't have to be for you (or me) but if there wasn't a market for them they wouldn't exist.

Isn't it just a simpler solution to say Covid drove comedians onto streaming services, compressing the industry into solely those whose skill/talents were sufficient to the task of being filmed and the industry is yet to truly recover as people have less time/money and are less willing to go out than they used to be?
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It wasn't intended to be a comment on the state of televison - I watch HYBPA and Front bar on occasions.

It's a comment on the state of comedy and its audiences. No one knows actual stand-up comedians any more. They know tv comedians from one of 3-4 shows of a similar concept that channel 10 are currently advertising. If that's not the comedy you wanted to do - if your comedy is more scripted, more droll, more sarcastic, more adult and less quick-witted, less offensive and less family friendly - I don't know that your career as a stand up even exists any more. Even when you get to the comedy festival, it's the tv panelists that are selling out shows.

Your final sentence is correct, but I wouldn't say it's a "simpler" way of saying anything.
 
I don't think Australia is a particularly good place to grow your comedy if you're a stand up, as with all things if you want to make a career out of it - go to the US. Tour your hundred cities with an established act. The market is far bigger there, you'll find your place.

Here you have to be Tommy Little or Randy Feltface.
 
Taylor said:
I don't think Australia is a particularly good place to grow your comedy if you're a stand up, as with all things if you want to make a career out of it - go to the US. Tour your hundred cities with an established act. The market is far bigger there, you'll find your place.

Here you have to be Tommy Little or Randy Feltface.
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Yeah there's probably not a big enough market here for you to build a name, I think most of the younger comedians try to do it on Youtube, Tiktok etc. But the main aim is probably to reach those OS markets with a view to touring eventually.
 

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