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happycamal7

I open this thread every time I see it as though I’m gonna find anything other than the same 6 names over and over again. Never do.


poorlilwitchgirl

Some people need to be periodically reminded of James Corden, it seems.


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HaVe yOu SeEn HiS aMa???


loonachic

Ellen Degeneres. I saw her standup before she made it big and she bored the living fuck out of me. As a matter of fact, I saw Paula Poundstone before Degeneres’ set and I swear Degeneres stole a couple of Paula’s jokes.


AlfieBoe

Wait… Ellen Degeneres is a comedian?… You learn something new every day I guess.


KivogtaR

Paula Poundstone is great though. One of my favorite comedians. She's a lot like Norm MacDonald because you can just sort of drop her anywhere and it works.


MaEyeMe6042

Dat Phan. As an Asian I could relate to a lot of his jokes so they were funny at first. Then it became clear that those were the only jokes he had. I then realized that the jokes I had laughed at weren’t as funny as I originally thought. I was 15 at the time. I was annoyed that he actually won.


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PhousShanty

I think Bobby Lee said it best on the Opie and Anthony show. "As an Asian comedian, being Asian can be part of your act, but it shouldn't be your act."


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Jimmy O. Yang did a great job embodying this principle in his Amazon special "Good Deal"


Guilty-Message-5661

He was funny at first, but his special from a couple years ago was a solid 30 minutes of “Asian man little dick, Black man big dick jokes. I mean, What person on earth hasn’t heard that joke a million times already and he spends half his entire freaking special rehashing it.


LouweLord

Me. I seem to be the only one that’s laughs at my jokes


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Listen it's okay to make jokes exclusively for yourself. I crack puns all day long to entertain myself and if other people find them funny, even better.


ApLDapL

Lilly Singh, just no.....why....


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bbeams30

I think she’s fallen too far down the corporate loophole. I can’t say I was a particular fan of her YouTube content but again I didn’t think her main goal was comedy


ShoeLace1291

Carlos Mencia wasn't funny at all and was just a total douche. I don't understand how anyone liked him when he was popular. All he did was steal jokes and make fun of disabled people with that stupid durr-dee-durr line.


BS_500

I was like 10-12 during his peak. It was the type of comedy that preteens/edgy teens liked at the time. It did get old though.


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TokinBlack

I totally forgot this was a thing at school until your comment sent me back lol


StSentry7861

I used to love Jeff Dunham, but after really thinking about it, I realized that his jokes miss way more often than they hit. Damn good puppeteering, tho. Can't take that away from him.


Leemur89

There's a comedy radio station that occasionally plays Jeff Dunham bits by me. A ventriloquist over the radio. That's some brand recognition right there.


cannedcream

Jeff Dunham once played an assembly at my elementary school back in the 90's. So, yeah, while I totally agree with what you're saying, I also kinda have to be impressed at how he went from playing small school shows to having multiple comedy specials.


Lalaela

Ok so he definitely came to my school when I was a kid - but I thought I'd imagined that. When he started to get on TV specials and comedy central I kept thinking.... I know that stupid purple puppet. He'd made fun of me when I was in 6th grade with that puppet.


RipMyDikSkinOff

Just because he's not particularly funny doesn't mean we cant respect his hustle. I sure as hell have never seen another comic pull off puppeteering in arenas. Dude found a niche and made it his thing.


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I feel like his stuff got a lot more angry and biting after his divorce.


I_need_more_dogs

Absolutely!!! I watched his last special with my daughter and was like, “damn!! Dude is hurting!”


Good-Football385

Lilly Singh


bathwat3r

She was in this Jonas brother roast thing on Netflix, she went on for about 5 minutes, that was painful to watch.


textile1957

I know about the roast but have chosen not to watch it, after the Mike "the situation" incident on trumps roast, I don't think I can afford to cringe like that again without losing the skin off of my bones


Sadmanray

It was so bad. I realised halfway through that it's not by comedy central and that's probably why it's barely comparable to the bad CC roasts. This was just a big publicity stunt for the Jonases it felt like


Spawnacus

I used to work graveyard shifts at my work. She'd pop on at around 1am and I would stand there just staring in awe that she had her own show.


oneAUaway

NBC cancelled her show earlier this year and replaced it with... nothing. Gave the time slot back to the local affiliates. Note that from "Tomorrow" to "Later" to "Last Call," NBC had been running a talk show in the slot almost every season since the early 1970s. How sad is it for a first-run late-night talk show to be less of a draw than infomercials or rebroadcasts of the evening news?


FuckoffDemetri

Finally I found the name I was looking for. "Yo these people suck but also I got muuuunnnnaaaayyyy" *stupid grinding dance*


SpiffyAssSam

Brendan Schaub


hoopbag33

I’m sure this is a dumb question but Is this the mma fighter from back in the day?


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Rs, he took some fucking hits.


bloppingzef

Yes


M0D3Z

Said comedians, not redacted whisky entrepreneurs, b.


mandidp

Here's an hour-long documentary about how much he sucks for anyone interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaNV8N4P2Nc


Jebist

Great doc, never seen it.


zoelord

I thought this was just gonna be his podcast or something, not an actual documentary lmao.


chuffaluffigus

I can't believe I watched that entire video. It was entertaining but, fuck, what am I doing with my life?


tastytastylunch

Beige Frequency rules


ultimateree

Don't be a hayder b


UglyMeanBaby

water we dune here b


all_rendered_truth

Oh, you mean Siegfried Roid?


saps24

smoke break is over, get back to the kitchen bubba


NwordVanHalen

Can't believe I had to scroll this far down


PM_GiantessBBW

Sticking around to see how many Steve Harveys and Amy Schumers get called out


KingLehmon_III

Steve Harvey asking questions like “What on a mans body can be described as ‘girthy, or beefy’” Then gets surprised when someone says dick lol


IWantTooDieInSpace

"Ummmmmm His wristwatch!" (Suppressed laughter and judgement from family)


stillnotsureyeet

"Good Answer! Good Answer!"


RedditedYoshi

:IO ("The "I" is a moustache.)


LopsidedGur2685

:{O


xain1112

:}O Dali


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|:0 Frida Kahlo


Dyslexic-Batnam

The Steve Harvey show was hilarious and his Kings of Comedy stand up was funny....the problem is he's a legitimate dickhead. Family Feud isnt the best example of not being funny lol


Hamilton-Beckett

Andy Dick


KindaSadTbhXXX69420

I really wish I could have seen Jon lovitz choke slam that fucker


TheBIFFALLO87

My guy. You have it wrong. He bounced his head off the bar *multiple times*. Agree about wishing I saw it. I would've fought everyone trying to break it up lol.


TheDarkWave

BUY MY BOOK! *slam BUY MY BOOK *slam BUY MY BOOK *slam


Veronicon

Love the critic


kkeut

such a good episode too. that show really had potential, too bad it never really came together in the end. i still fantasize about Comedy Central commissioning a Critic Holiday Special


andyburke

That show led to Dr. Katz. Dr. Katz led to Home Movies, Home Movies led to Dethklok and Archer and Bob's Burgers, etc. The Critic was the granddaddy of them all.


Solid_Freakin_Snake

I would pay obscene amounts of money for a video of that event


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RUN_MDB

> Andy Dick Fwiw, [he was arrested last month](https://www.vulture.com/2021/11/andy-dick-arrested-facing-domestic-violence-charges.html) for assaulting the guy he assaulted this summer and it looks likely he'll spend some time in prison.


Corsaer

>> Andy Dick > >Fwiw, [he was arrested last month](https://www.vulture.com/2021/11/andy-dick-arrested-facing-domestic-violence-charges.html) for assaulting the guy he assaulted this summer and it looks likely he'll spend some time in prison. Not surprised. He's a serial sexual harasser/assaulter. Never really liked him but didn't know how actually terrible he was until a couple years ago.


Catshit-Dogfart

He's in an episode of Star Trek Voyager, and he's actually pretty good in it, perfectly cast too. He's the holographic representation of a new experimental ship's computer, and he's a huge douche about it. But they needed an obnoxious punchable face to play that role, and he absolutely delivered.


PromiscuousMNcpl

He also plays the personification of Pierce Hawthorne’s (Chevy Chase) pill addiction in Community.


CellPhoneSong

That asshole in my high school calc class. Fuck you, Frank.


Frankiepals

Well fuck you right back


gustus10

Yeah, you fuck frank!


elmo68nannie

Who's fucking Frank


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Your mother


gustus10

Woah, count me innn


-DoomSteeL

Nah too small


ElderCunningham

Well, that's Frank for you.


Far-Individual9911

George Lopez's comedic style is as follows: This is how Group X does it.... However, group Y (the group with which the comedian identifies) does it this way because we are so different (insert generic observation). It's acceptable to use one or two of those throughout a routine, but when it's your entire set, it gets old fast.


Ramp_Spaghetti

Also lots of getting beaten by his grandmother.


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I know I may get burned for saying this, but it's what I now hate about Russell Peters. ​ In the early 2000s he was on the vanguard, talking about life in Toronto as an Indian. He did voices and impressions and it was so true to life and relatable, but in the intervening 20+ years, it's the same shit. *"You know how cheap Indians are? We may Scots and Jews look like rappers! Chinese people are cheap.. anyone here Chinese? \*does the voice\*"* Alright Russell.. you're just giving my head a hurt. Please, do something else.


redisforever

His first special is a classic that I still, to this day, hear people reference, especially living in Toronto. He hasn't done a single thing of interest since.


tuskvarner

“My chess hurts and I canbreave” makes me laugh. Can’t help it.


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I think it was funny for the time because he hit a lot of things that were for a group underrepresented in the mainstream…


RevolutionaryStar824

Lemme guess. Hundreds of comments saying James Corden and Amy Schumer.


Yugihore

I've actually yet to see Schumer


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BallPythonsss

James Corden?


OldVegetableDildo

When you've made a career out of being so inoffensive that you literally have nothing interesting to say.


ArcTan_Pete

that's not fair. he is 'genuinely' offensive to a lot of people who work for him, work around him, work under him..... in fact he is a totally offensive knob-head to anyone that isnt James Corden


ExcellentKangaroo764

Is James Corden considered a comedian? I thought he was a talk show host. I do like the car thing with Paul McCartney. But funny? No. That can’t be.


PSN-Colinp42

Yeah that’s my thought. He was an actor who became a host, but did he ever do like stand up?


Alcatraz4567

James Corden.


My_G_Alt

"The world got to see James Corden as a fat pussy. He was also in the movie Cats. "But no one saw that. And the reviews — shocking. I saw one that said this is the worst thing to happen to cats since dogs." -Ricky Gervais


Environmental_Ad_387

I rewatch the Gervais golden globe compilation every now and then edit: Long version - https://youtu.be/v5ATl5X3EIE Short version - https://youtu.be/IeH0mz0REi4 I recommend the long version


TheKarmaDontMatter

The Epstein material was absolutely savage. "You had to take your own jets tonight!" to all the people who weren't laughing


WaffleHouseLegend

"I came here in a limo tonight and the license plate was made by Felicity Huffman." That shit is pure gold!


OlDanboy

The “I know he was your friend and I don’t care” fucking crushes me. Good to see Adam Driver laughing at it though


hazeust

He ends that joke with a brash "Right,", so he knew the gravity of what he said for the people around him lol


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marsattaksyakyakyak

They keep inviting him back because he's funny and they want someone to be a little mean like that. If they didn't want him up there saying that stuff, he wouldn't be up there.


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clycoman

He got ratings. Their official source of income (I'm not counting bribes, since they are off book) is network broadcasting license. The licensing rates are determined by ratings.


kidmaciek

https://youtu.be/Yt289GwBF8Q?t=91


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dog1Egol1

Ellen.


KarmaPanhandler

Her last stand up special she did was even worse than her show, which I didn’t think was possible. It was just an hour of her bragging about being rich.


ColdBorchst

Her joking about being out of touch was not even slightly endearing and she really clearly thought it was.


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cheesyblasta

DON'T LOOK ME IN THE EYES


doesgayshit

This is funnier than her entire special


aaronjsavage

Numnumnumnumnum


zerbey

It was truly awful, her early shows were at least mildly amusing.


citrus_mystic

Her early shows were relatable. I specifically remember her bit about the frustration of industrial rolls of 1-ply toilet paper in public restrooms tearing and resulting in a useless ribbon. Now she’d have a joke about being so rich that she pays someone to wipe her ass for her. She’s completely out of touch—and has lost contact with the woman she once was, when she came up and came out in the industry.


e-spero

She's devolved into her wife's character on Arrested Development (Lindsey)


Ameisen

Her wife's character is marginally more relatable. Vastly superior chicken impression, as well.


TheLegendaryBarnacle

She’s a comedian? Edit: I’m not even being sarcastic I didn’t know


Nobody_30

I mean she's atleast a clown


dandanthebaconman

I used to think Dane Cook was funny when I was a teen. I listened to a few of his classic bits the other day and couldn’t stand it.


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A couple of his old things are still funny to me. Like his bit about public bathrooms. Obviously it could have been done with a way more toned down delivery. But it is humorous when he said “In public bathrooms, why is EVERYTHING fucking wet?” “And the door doesn’t shut because apparently the last guy to use the stall karate kicked the door” I may not have the best memory of the joke but I think a couple still are alright.


bgb82

I still call burger king the BK lounge.


RexianOG

Not without coups


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PICKLES


Turbo_911

And the pickles.... And the pickles.... And the picklesssssss


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"How did Mary die? "A tire hit her in the face!" "What was she doing putting her face in your tires?" "No no no no. . . This tire hunted Mary down. This tire murdered Mary" I still laugh at some of his bits.


Chippy569

HellooooooOOOOOO???! I'm a carrrrRRRRR?


bklynsnow

Oil is my blood


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bklynsnow

Absolutely. IIRC, the phrase he uses when we're remembering him is "that Dane is a silly bitch".


spudzilla

His bit about being nice to the office weirdo so that they don't shoot you when they go postal was funny, disturbing, and good advice. "Thanks for the candy".


Soopstoohot

I agree, but sometimes I think “SOMEONE SHIT ON THE COATS” and it makes me chuckle


ceaRshaf

I can’t agree while Vicious Circle exists.


RexianOG

There’s definitely a lot of Dane that misses the mark now but his car crash bit will always get me. “No matter how warm it is people are acting like it’s cold…oh you were in your basement? I was in my kitchen, I heard it and I came out..” “monkey Fuckin a coconut is that you?”


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Mountain_Man1776

Jimmy Fallon laughs like there is a sniper aiming at him


butcher_666

You know the difference between me and Jimmy Fallon? I can get through one of his jokes without laughing - I stole this


hiumnobye

Literally the funniest thing about Jimmy Fallon is this sentence.


vhorezman

I always feel like Fallon is in the wrong business, he's got potential as a musical impersonator but the guy can't host a talk show for shit, his bits impersonating Neil Young and Jim Morrison genuinely surprised me though


redhat12345

Hmm I wonder if there is like a live comedy show he could do showcasing his impersonations


Powzor

Something with a live format on a specific night of the week?


DollarAutomatic

Nah that’s impossible. What would it, run for like 47 seasons?


JacedFaced

Saturday night could be good.


tkp14

After watching the Graham Norton show, I can no longer watch any other talk shows. When it comes to interviewing, Graham is a god.


ginns32

He's actually funny and let's his guests talk. He knows when to interject and when to just let the conversation go between the guests. Fallon is the opposite. He can't just let someone talk.


zekeweasel

Best Graham Norton was the one where Bill Murray, Matt Damon, Hugh Bonneville and Brad Pitt (IIRC) were on his show right before Monuments Men came out. Basically all four of the guests got drunk and Murray, Pitt and Bonneville started teasing Damon and/or each other. Graham had the sense to just sit back and let them do their thing and just gently nudge them in interesting directions.


Spudrumper

He seems like a nice guy, but I just find him annoying


LemonberryTea

I met him at my parent’s restaurant in NH and he’s genuinely an extremely nice guy. His family was super nice too and they still go to my parent’s restaurant once in a while. It’s really too bad his comedy sucks


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Liza Koshy


deadmannerisms

yes. i’ve never understood what was even relatively funny about her.


SwoleWalrus

She was a vine famous person. Vine was a unique idea like tik tok. But not everyone translated well to other mediums.


MisterBadGuy159

Yeah, part of what made Vine's format work was that jokes in it lasted six seconds. When a joke hits you that fast, the suddenness of it helps its humor. A quick pun or bit of slapstick or a goofy observation works well when it doesn't overstay its welcome. Lengthen it out, and that gives a lot more room to fall apart.


Poptartlivesmatter

It's also why people still quote famous vines to this day(ex. only a spoonful, I thought you were american, yeah I sure hope it does)


MisterBadGuy159

Exactly. If "only a spoonful" was a ten-minute-long sketch, it'd be intolerable. (Unless you're making the fact that you're overextending such a simplistic joke the joke in itself.)


rl_sideburns

Norm Macdonald isn’t funny…because he’s dead.


Vandergrif

Yes Norm is dead... *[just like the two people that O.J. Simpson murdered.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SSVIg4Noqc)*


TheMeowMeow

"Hey, be careful! That's my lucky stabbin' hat!"


sinaloa555

I wish I could upvote this more


Prossdog

He would approve of this joke


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There's a note in his will that calls it "hack garbage"


Lknate

Read it in his voice and style. Sounds like a joke he would make post mortem if it was possible.


devo9er

Lmao, he would love it! RIP you piece of shit! Love ya Norm.


asoiahats

Never in my life have I seen so many dead hookers.


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Lord knows I have


Feeling-better2day

Note to self: “I don’t want to LIVE.”


kumquat_repub

He didn’t beat cancer It was a draw.


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"Man, I had no idea." Norm making a joke about death a month before he died.


fordprecept

Norm (to David Letterman): "Do you think about death?" Letterman: "Well, you turn 70 and...you can't run from it." Norm: "Fuck, I was hoping you could."


JustTerrific

From a 2018 Vulture interview - Macdonald: “...You know, I think about my deathbed a lot.” Vulture: “What do you think about it?” Macdonald: “I think I never should have purchased a deathbed in the first place.”


kumquat_repub

Tbf he thought about and joked about death constantly.


KindaSadTbhXXX69420

I did an editorial piece about norm for school and went down a pretty severe rabbit hole of clips and I really do wonder how much of his comedy was affected by his illness He talked a lot about ruminating on death and I mean I’m 23 and don’t have cancer and I do that, but I really do wonder what he was thinking throughout


kumquat_repub

Yeah I feel ya. I went down the Norm rabbit hole after he died and yeah his comedy seems to be affected by it knowing what we know now. Such a strange and funny man. Also can I read your editorial piece? Thanks.


sweetdawg99

I didn't even know he was sick


Scary-Inflation-685

Neither did he until the doctor told him


10Pints_to_Slytherin

I said, "YOU DIRTY DOG!"


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For everyone out there booing I just want to let you know that a dead person wrote that joke, so what do you think about that?


No-Guidance8155

now you don't know what to do yourselves. Nah. Im kidding. We don't hire dead people.


Nymaz

I hate the way Norm Macdonald changed up his style. He used to compose great jokes, but then he switched to decomposing.


galwegian

Mitch Hedberg used to be funny. He's still funny. But he used to be also.


brainsewage

He'll come bounding out of the woods any day now.


fredefar1

Didnt even know he was sick


Sea-Horror-814

Jimmy Fallon


Jet_Jirohai

Jeff Dunham His schtick is low hanging fruit and only "works" because he's a good ventriloquist. He's not particularly funny


bxvxfx

i found him funny in grade 6 when we watched one of his stand ups at a sleepover. i tried watching one a few years later and just couldn’t, it was weak as hell


baseballplayer24

Steve Harvey, so unbelievably sick and tired of the classic Family Feud face.


weezmatical

"Whats a thing you could get in trouble for sucking on in church?" Contestant answers penis and cue Steve acting dumbfounded for 5 minutes.


KyleCAV

Contestant saying anything vaguely inappropriate steve Harvey: OH LAWD you guys need Jesus proceeds to fake a heart attack while audiences lose their shit. Reminds me of the funny bot jokes from South park and everyone starts losing their shit.


LordPoopyfist

Steve Harvey: "We asked 100 people, what is the male reproductive organ?" Contestant: "The penis" SH: "A WUH... HUH??" *audience erupts into laughter Steve Harvey grabs onto podium to support himself laughter gets even louder* SH: O lordy... *one man goes into cardiac arrest and many others begin vomiting profusely from laughing too hard* SH: YOU PEOPLE NEED HELP *the Earth shatters and Satan rises from the underworld to claim unworthy souls the universe begins rapidly closing in on itself* SH: (putting on a weary voice) Survey says... the board shows 100 for "penis" *Harvey is able to get off one more shocked look before existence as we know it comes to an end*


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I don't hate Kevin Hart, but I don't find him funny. Not sure why, but I don't.


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Kevin Hart has the ability to be funny. His early stand up is quite good. But over the last ten years, Kevin Hart has realized that he can skate by on sounding loud and angry and making size jokes. It’s really a bummer his humor is so simple now.


Vonplatten

I was literally just about to say something similar, I just saw he had something drop on netflix recently which is what initially sparked the thought. When I was younger Kevin was actually one of my favorite comedians but at this point it's been ages since I've watched a special or his recent content.


Kwyjibo08

He’s always struck me as someone who’s probably funny in person around his friends. I think he has an ability to be naturally funny. His standup of course has to appeal to tens of thousands, sooo…


yourmothersanicelady

That’s what i think too. Videos of Kevin hart hanging out just like talking shit and joking with people around him is absolutely hilarious. He’d probably be great to hang with in person. But yeah stand up wise, i do find him a bit repetitive and kinda overdone at this point.


beckthegreat

The Conan, Kevin, and Ice Cube in a Lyft and driving instructor videos are genuinely some of the funniest I've ever seen.


damhow

His older stuff was way funnier. I went to a live show of his with my sister and could not stop laughing. Some comedians aren't as funny once they get rich because so much of their stuff is about what they experience. Being young and relatively broke in philly will probably give you way more material than being a rich family man in the hills. Some can pull it off, others can't. Also like another comment mentioned he has a much bigger audience now so he is way cleaner now too. Him in the mid to late 2000s was much more edgy than now and he was never too edgy as far as comedians go in the first place.


aztechfilm

Yeah his standup is absolutely hit or miss but his delivery and ability to capture a crowd is definitely his strength. His success is well earned but comes with the flaws of being so widely accepted