Last Comic Standing - Air Date June 28

Alright, let's get this over with. I've been laughing too much lately, so it's time to cover the latest episode of Last Comic Standing.
Coming back to the Queen Mary, Michele Balan surprised everyone when she walked through the door. Clearly they were expecting Stella. Zing. Michele took her return as giving others reason to think twice before nominating her again, but that's just silly. It just means she wasn't the worst. When she mentioned that she won with 83% of the vote though, people started sweating. Or that could have just been the heat.
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The comics were treated to a special Moroccan dinner with entertainment provided by twin bellydancers and their snakes because nothing says "comedy show" like bellydancers and pythons. They seemed to have a good time, and my sources tell me Josh Blue is seeking treatment because his erection still hasn't subsided.
Now if you had read Realivision's coverage of the last episode of Treasure Hunters, and if you haven't you'll make the entire staff cry, you will know we are huge fans of waking of contestants in the middle of the night for a challenge, and for the second night in a row NBC came through for us. At 2:30 in the morning, a time most comedians start thinking it may be time to go to bed, our plucky gang was awoken and given an hour to get ready to go to their next task. We didn't get to see how rough everyone looked, but we did get to discover that Josh apparently sleeps with a slide whistle.
Piled into their short bus, they comics went for a long ride. Seriously, they left at 3:30 and were arriving in the city at 5:30. Two hours in a short bus with an unshowered Joey Gay.
Excuse me.
Sorry, my lawyers just informed me that I should point out that I don't have any evidence that Joey didn't have a shower, but just picked him because he was the funniest choice. Way to bring down the punchline, lawyers.
Where was the ultimate destination for this Road Trip From Hell? Why, at a radio station! Not just any radio station either, but one that employs that master of subtle, understated comedy - Adam Carolla. We don't know what the challenge will be yet, but don't be surprised if it involves women on trampolines.
Mr. Carolla, sir, then tells the comics what the challenge is - they each going to have one minute to perform an original comedy routine based on magazines that are sealed up in envelopes. Oooooh! I like this idea! There may not be any laughs, but it'll be torture to the comedians! After all the contestants finish, it would be up to Mr. Carolla, sir, to choose the winner who would then have immunity and a week free of having to perform in the head-to-head.
First up was Roz, who got Astrology, Numerology & Hot Sex. Really? There's a magazine with that name? I'm going to try to get you links to these publications, but I had no luck with this one. Roz decided to concentrate on the hot sex portion of the periodical and instead of being funny, talked dirty. Ha ha?
Next was Gabriel Iglesias who had picked Agriculture Today. He too eschewed comedy in favour of trying something different and edgy - cartoon voices. I'll give him this, he does great cartoon voices and the animation voicework business is a great one. There's no reason he shouldn't be able to do well there.
Chris Porter got stuck with Latina Wedding, the only magazine not in English, but not the only one I can't track down online. Was his bit funny? Does the image of Roz talking dirty to Gabriel while he's doing cartoon voices arouse you?
Ty Barnett had Hot Rods Today, and do any of these magazines still exist? I couldn't find a link to this one either. Sorry to stereotype here, but now we have a guy with a hot rod magazine. Surely he could find something funny! He did get a line in about a stripper pole and a Starbucks in a Geo Metro that was humourous. So far that puts him in the lead.
Michele Barnett then has to make Sparring Magazine funny, while I continue my own personal quest to find websites that feature these publications. At this rate I may be headed to the head-to-head. So might Michele, based on what we saw of her bit.
Josh Blue lucked into Weapons of Death. How can you miss with that! He did, but started getting laughs when he launched into how the competition sucks. Now we're talking! The funniest one yet!
Bil Dwyer got the unfortunately named ssCat periodical that was about cats and not, well, scat. That's good. So was his set, putting him into a commanding lead. Really!
Joey Gay was saddled with Farming Journal. See, he mentioned saddles and I said he was saddled with the magazine! He also mentioned tools, and all I could think of when I heard "tools" was Joey Gay. For something more interesting than his bit, may I point out I found a Farm Journal and a Farming Magazine, but no Farming Journal.
Kristen Key then came on to talk about Modern Knitting, another magazine doing so well it can't afford a website. She killed, having easily the best set of the morning. And even though she ran short, coming to and end around 47 seconds, this should be a cakewalk, especially considering the last to perform would be...
Rebecca Corry with Beefcake magazine. Not wanting to go for laughs yet in the competition, she gave lessons on how to avoid blowing out your ass while lifting weights. Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner! Agriculture Today is the only publication used that has a website! Let's give them a hand!
As for who gets immunity, let us not forget who is judging this. Kristen Key got the best laugh, who was at the top of the list but was because she ran short didn't get awarded the win. Adam Carolla, you are a bastard, sir. If I were a man I'd slap your face and demand to meet you at dawn where we would settle this matter with pistols.
Instead it comes down to Bil Dwyer and somehow Rebecca Corry. You think you know where this is going, but Adam Carolla doesn't play it that way, beyotch! No, in the luckiest day of her life, Rebecca Corry wins the challenge, the immunity, and one more week in the competition! Things haven't been this messed up and wrong since that weekend I spent with Charlie Sheen.
Later on the boat, the comics are playing football on the deck when they decide it's much funnier to play crotchball. Or two of them, anyway, as we only saw Josh (the pitcher) play with Kristen (the catcher). Now I understand that getting hit in the testicles hurts like hell, but not having any doesn't make the area numb and pain-free as Kristen will gladly attest. At least we know what she'll do for physical comedy.
And fast forward past some stuff with Rebecca enjoying her reprieve and some other stuff that isn't important, we get to the nominations.
Rebecca is funnier than... Joey Gay. That one's a tough call.
Joey is funnier than... Bil Dwyer.
Ty is funnier than... Bil Dwyer.
Chris is funnier than... Kristen Key. Oh. I wasn't expecting that.
Roz is funnier than... Michele Balan.
Josh is funnier than... Gabriel Iglesias.
Kristen is funnier than... Chris Porter. Wow. What have we not seen happening between these two?
Michele is funnier than... Joey Gay.
Bil is funnier than... Michele Balan. It's really hard to pull off alliances in a show like this, and as a result you get votes all over the place. It does make for a nice change of pace.
Gabriel does his weiner move again and pulls out a name... Chris Porter!
A four way tie! Wow! As a result, four people will now be going to the head-to-head-to-head-to-head! Chris, Michele, Joey, and Bil, two will stay, two will go. Chris has been funny again in the past couple of weeks, so he should be safe, but the other three? This one could go any number of ways. Okay, any one of three ways.
First to perform was Joey, who actually made me chuckle when he talked about his name , and deciding against "Joey Lesbian". But he's still more loud than funny, but it was the first time I've got any enjoyment from him at all.
Next was Chris. Thankfully he avoided the French-bashing jokes in favour of funny, funny stuff. There's no way he's going home.
Then it was Bil's turn, and he started off with the same Armenian joke we've heard from him through the process, but with more time we got to hear more of his material. It was okay. Nice enough. He's going home though. When Joey Gay gets more laughs than you, you're toast.
Finally it was Michele's second go at the head-to-head, and she was hilarious! Look through the archives and you'll see that I've always liked her and I wanted her to show me my instincts were right, and she did. Better than last week, she could actually be competition for Chris Porter. But it's all in the hands of the audience.
The first comic eliminated was Bil Dwyer. No surprise as it was obvious he was getting the fewest laughs.
Then Chris Porter was announced as the Capital One Audience Favourite with 52% of the vote.
Now we were down to two. Joey Gay vs. Michele Balan. Did the audience remember who was funnier or was a certain someone's voice still ringing in their bleeding ears?
And... Joey Gay is Joey Gone! Michele Balan survives another week!
I can't say I was unhappy with this result. Sure, Rebecca Corry dodged a bullet, but still these were good choices. Bil could now go back to his family and Joey could now return his teeth to the cartoon studio he purchased them from.
Next week will be the last head-to-head, then it'll be on to the audience voting. Unless Rebecca gets another immunity, I can't see her making it past this stage. But who will be the other to go? Tune in next Tuesday to find out.