Last Comic Standing - Air Date July 11
Last Comic Standing was pre-empted last week. Apparently July the 4th is a holiday of some kind in the United States. Some national celebration of soup or something like that. But that doesn't matter, because now it's back. The last of the head-to-head-to-heads, or as we like to call it around here, The Night Rebecca Corry Goes Home. She is, right? It's not like holding Adam Carolla's family hostage will get her a second immunity in a row. Whatever, the negotiator's still trying to get her to set them free.
Oh sweet Queen Mary, mighty ship of legend turned into a hotel paradise, how I missed you! Also happy to be back were Michele Balan and Chris Porter who had a two week trip back from the last head-to-head-to-head. Michele may have fallen and broken a hip at some point because she came riding in on Chris' back.
The other comics were suprised to see Michele back, though she didn't believe that they wouldn't challenge her again. The woman survived two H2H2Hes, nobody is going to underestimate her a third time.
Something we learn is that according to the rules, the contestants can only use the house phone to make calls, and they only get one phone call every other day. Whether or not they're allowed to make 1-900 calls they don't say, but one thing's for sure, working as a phone sex operator would sure be the life. Sitting around in a muumuu, eating pudding, and talking dirty on the phone all day? Sign me up! Ooooh baby, you know you'd love it!
The comics aren't allowed to discuss generalities, and Gabriel Iglesias was finding himself missing a woman he's very much in love with. One that doesn't ask for a credit card number. I will accept PayPal, Bil Dwyer.
Ty Barnett was missing his daughter's birthday by being on the show. That is sad but in all seriousness appearing on this show, even if he doesn't win, will mean better pay for him in the long run.
The next challenge the comedians will face is a roast at the Friars of Beverly Hills where they will roast one of their own. Because this is the final head-to-head-to-head, the winner of this challenge (whether he or she is the roaster or roastee) won't be getting immunity. HA! IN YOUR FACE, CORRY! You do have to kind of wonder why there's even a challenge in the first place if there's no immunity. The only advantage to winning this is psychological.
To determine who the roastee will be, each comic was given a cigar. One by one, they would enter a room where there was a box for each of them, and they would put their cigar into the box of the comedian they would most like to roast, that person being the one with the most cigars in the end. Now hand me a sponge as I need to wipe my brow. It wasn't easy getting through this paragraph without getting all Freudian and making double entendres.
Ty got one cigar, Rebecca got none, Roz got one, Chris got none, Kristin Key got two, and Gabriel got three. There was no point in seeing what Josh Blue or Michele hand in their boxes, one of which would have had one cigar.
So Gabriel Iglesias would be the comic being roasted. Any chance of there being any fat jokes? One thing is for sure - if this follows what happened during the same challenge in season two, there will be laughs and there will be silence. Deadly, horrible, awkward silence. Hee hee!
At the Friars, we were introduced to the judges. First was comic legend Phyllis Diller. Every single woman in comedy should be aware of who this is and the trailblazing she has done. Next was the great Gilbert Gottfried. I've long been a fan, and when I saw him live recently he killed. After the show and buying a CD I got the chance to talk to him very briefly ("Thank you, loved the show," that kind of thing) and he was very nice and surprisingly soft-spoken. Finally was Alonzo Bodden, winner of season three and winner of the roast challenge in season two. Host Anthony Clark started things off with an short introduction to the precedings, then brought out the roastmaster, Jim Norton who proceded to do what so many on Last Comic Stand failed at, he was funny.
Speed Round
Josh - did pretty well, quite funny.
Rebecca - do I even have to say? Though she did better than expected.
Ty - we saw one joke.
Michele - not her best work, but alright.
Kristin - BOMBED! Holy crap, did she do poorly! One joke she did was greeted with silence and stares from the judges. Ouch! Though I think an unnecessary dropping of the f-bomb hurt her. I swear as much as the next sailor, but only use it in comedy when it's funny. Still, I can't believe how bad this woman I've been championing did.
Roz - had a great joke about Gabriel ordering from McDonald's and it sounding like a phone number (because they have combo 1, combo 2, combo 3, see?).
Chris - killed.
Gabriel - got to turn the tables, did pretty well.
The winner? Without a question it was Chris, and he deserved it. It did come with more than prestige, as he won a one year membership in the Friars of Beverley Hills, and he would be flown to Las Vegas to perform with Louie Anderson.
On the ship, hard to tell how much later thanks to editing, Gabriel is sitting on a couch holding a cushion when we hear a producer's voice asking, "What's that behind the pillow? Is that a Blackberry?" No, this isn't cheesy product placement. Gabriel really did have a Blackberry, and the rules clearly stated that such things weren't allowed and that outside contact was to be closely monitored. He tried to brush it off saying he wasn't spilling secrets about the show, he was just trying to keep in touch with a loved one. Okay, that makes the breaking of the rules okay then. That wasn't the only time either as he had repeatly broken curfew as well. Then after his Blackberry was confiscated, he snuck out and made another call from somewhere on the ship! And so it was goodbye to Gabriel Iglesias as he was kicked off the show. To think of the comics who didn't get a chance to be on national television who would have obeyed the rules...
The show continues though. Surprisingly enough, it will still be a head-to-head-to-head instead of a head-to-head and two comedians will be going home. Instead of a final six, we'll have a final five. A different direction than anticipated.
Boiler Room Speed Round
Rebecca knows she's funnier than... Ty.
Ty knows he's funnier than... Kristin.
Chris knows he's funnier than... Josh.
Roz knows she's funnier than... Rebecca.
Kristin knows she's funnier than... Rebecca.
Josh knows he's funnier than... Ty.
Michele knows she's funnier than... Kristin.
So another tie, this one being three-way. Last episode it was four, before that was two. There is no scheming here at all. You're disappointing me, comics.
I fully expected Rebecca to be chosen this week, I expected it to be just her though, and that got me thinking. Depending on just how funny someone believes themself to be, if they were the sole nominee and got to pick two people to go against but didn't think they could pick two people they could beat, what I'd love to see is them taking one of the frontrunners out with them. Imagine if Rebecca took Chris and Josh to the H2H2H. It would suck to see one of them go that way, but it would be great to see that kind of deviousness.
Alas, it's not to be. Because of the three-way tie, there would be no choosing. Instead it would automatically be Kristin vs. Ty vs. Rebecca. For all the rest, they made it to the final five and could breathe easy for a while now.
But that's only four of them. Who would be the fifth?
Kristin Key - I've been loving her throughout the competition, but once again this episode she falls a little flat. It's not as bad as the roast, but she's done much better material than this. This is when you have to pull out your best stuff. She's still sufficiently witty though that it all depends on how Ty does. Rebecca's no threat.
Rebecca Corry - Okay, I've been a little hard on her. It's not that I don't like her act... Wait, yes, it is that I don't like her act. She appeared to be a little confused by the sound of the few laughs she got, but got back on track after Chris came out and explained what the scary noise was.
Ty Barnett - He hasn't been one of my favourites, but he hasn't sucked enough to deserve a spanking either. He has some good jokes, and seemed to be getting more and bigger laughs than Kristin. Hmmmm. This may not go down the way I was expecting.
It didn't go down the way I expected at all as Ty won the final head-to-head-to-head. Rebecca Corry is finally gone, but Kristin Key went too soon. She seemed to have been having an off night as we have seen her much, much funnier than she was on stage this time around. The good news is she's quitting her day job and going into comedy full-time. Good for you, Kristin, and good luck.
Oh sweet Queen Mary, mighty ship of legend turned into a hotel paradise, how I missed you! Also happy to be back were Michele Balan and Chris Porter who had a two week trip back from the last head-to-head-to-head. Michele may have fallen and broken a hip at some point because she came riding in on Chris' back.
The other comics were suprised to see Michele back, though she didn't believe that they wouldn't challenge her again. The woman survived two H2H2Hes, nobody is going to underestimate her a third time.
Something we learn is that according to the rules, the contestants can only use the house phone to make calls, and they only get one phone call every other day. Whether or not they're allowed to make 1-900 calls they don't say, but one thing's for sure, working as a phone sex operator would sure be the life. Sitting around in a muumuu, eating pudding, and talking dirty on the phone all day? Sign me up! Ooooh baby, you know you'd love it!
The comics aren't allowed to discuss generalities, and Gabriel Iglesias was finding himself missing a woman he's very much in love with. One that doesn't ask for a credit card number. I will accept PayPal, Bil Dwyer.
Ty Barnett was missing his daughter's birthday by being on the show. That is sad but in all seriousness appearing on this show, even if he doesn't win, will mean better pay for him in the long run.
The next challenge the comedians will face is a roast at the Friars of Beverly Hills where they will roast one of their own. Because this is the final head-to-head-to-head, the winner of this challenge (whether he or she is the roaster or roastee) won't be getting immunity. HA! IN YOUR FACE, CORRY! You do have to kind of wonder why there's even a challenge in the first place if there's no immunity. The only advantage to winning this is psychological.
To determine who the roastee will be, each comic was given a cigar. One by one, they would enter a room where there was a box for each of them, and they would put their cigar into the box of the comedian they would most like to roast, that person being the one with the most cigars in the end. Now hand me a sponge as I need to wipe my brow. It wasn't easy getting through this paragraph without getting all Freudian and making double entendres.
Ty got one cigar, Rebecca got none, Roz got one, Chris got none, Kristin Key got two, and Gabriel got three. There was no point in seeing what Josh Blue or Michele hand in their boxes, one of which would have had one cigar.
So Gabriel Iglesias would be the comic being roasted. Any chance of there being any fat jokes? One thing is for sure - if this follows what happened during the same challenge in season two, there will be laughs and there will be silence. Deadly, horrible, awkward silence. Hee hee!
At the Friars, we were introduced to the judges. First was comic legend Phyllis Diller. Every single woman in comedy should be aware of who this is and the trailblazing she has done. Next was the great Gilbert Gottfried. I've long been a fan, and when I saw him live recently he killed. After the show and buying a CD I got the chance to talk to him very briefly ("Thank you, loved the show," that kind of thing) and he was very nice and surprisingly soft-spoken. Finally was Alonzo Bodden, winner of season three and winner of the roast challenge in season two. Host Anthony Clark started things off with an short introduction to the precedings, then brought out the roastmaster, Jim Norton who proceded to do what so many on Last Comic Stand failed at, he was funny.
Speed Round
Josh - did pretty well, quite funny.
Rebecca - do I even have to say? Though she did better than expected.
Ty - we saw one joke.
Michele - not her best work, but alright.
Kristin - BOMBED! Holy crap, did she do poorly! One joke she did was greeted with silence and stares from the judges. Ouch! Though I think an unnecessary dropping of the f-bomb hurt her. I swear as much as the next sailor, but only use it in comedy when it's funny. Still, I can't believe how bad this woman I've been championing did.
Roz - had a great joke about Gabriel ordering from McDonald's and it sounding like a phone number (because they have combo 1, combo 2, combo 3, see?).
Chris - killed.
Gabriel - got to turn the tables, did pretty well.
The winner? Without a question it was Chris, and he deserved it. It did come with more than prestige, as he won a one year membership in the Friars of Beverley Hills, and he would be flown to Las Vegas to perform with Louie Anderson.
On the ship, hard to tell how much later thanks to editing, Gabriel is sitting on a couch holding a cushion when we hear a producer's voice asking, "What's that behind the pillow? Is that a Blackberry?" No, this isn't cheesy product placement. Gabriel really did have a Blackberry, and the rules clearly stated that such things weren't allowed and that outside contact was to be closely monitored. He tried to brush it off saying he wasn't spilling secrets about the show, he was just trying to keep in touch with a loved one. Okay, that makes the breaking of the rules okay then. That wasn't the only time either as he had repeatly broken curfew as well. Then after his Blackberry was confiscated, he snuck out and made another call from somewhere on the ship! And so it was goodbye to Gabriel Iglesias as he was kicked off the show. To think of the comics who didn't get a chance to be on national television who would have obeyed the rules...
The show continues though. Surprisingly enough, it will still be a head-to-head-to-head instead of a head-to-head and two comedians will be going home. Instead of a final six, we'll have a final five. A different direction than anticipated.
Boiler Room Speed Round
Rebecca knows she's funnier than... Ty.
Ty knows he's funnier than... Kristin.
Chris knows he's funnier than... Josh.
Roz knows she's funnier than... Rebecca.
Kristin knows she's funnier than... Rebecca.
Josh knows he's funnier than... Ty.
Michele knows she's funnier than... Kristin.
So another tie, this one being three-way. Last episode it was four, before that was two. There is no scheming here at all. You're disappointing me, comics.
I fully expected Rebecca to be chosen this week, I expected it to be just her though, and that got me thinking. Depending on just how funny someone believes themself to be, if they were the sole nominee and got to pick two people to go against but didn't think they could pick two people they could beat, what I'd love to see is them taking one of the frontrunners out with them. Imagine if Rebecca took Chris and Josh to the H2H2H. It would suck to see one of them go that way, but it would be great to see that kind of deviousness.
Alas, it's not to be. Because of the three-way tie, there would be no choosing. Instead it would automatically be Kristin vs. Ty vs. Rebecca. For all the rest, they made it to the final five and could breathe easy for a while now.
But that's only four of them. Who would be the fifth?
Kristin Key - I've been loving her throughout the competition, but once again this episode she falls a little flat. It's not as bad as the roast, but she's done much better material than this. This is when you have to pull out your best stuff. She's still sufficiently witty though that it all depends on how Ty does. Rebecca's no threat.
Rebecca Corry - Okay, I've been a little hard on her. It's not that I don't like her act... Wait, yes, it is that I don't like her act. She appeared to be a little confused by the sound of the few laughs she got, but got back on track after Chris came out and explained what the scary noise was.
Ty Barnett - He hasn't been one of my favourites, but he hasn't sucked enough to deserve a spanking either. He has some good jokes, and seemed to be getting more and bigger laughs than Kristin. Hmmmm. This may not go down the way I was expecting.
It didn't go down the way I expected at all as Ty won the final head-to-head-to-head. Rebecca Corry is finally gone, but Kristin Key went too soon. She seemed to have been having an off night as we have seen her much, much funnier than she was on stage this time around. The good news is she's quitting her day job and going into comedy full-time. Good for you, Kristin, and good luck.
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