racer2c
09-05-06, 04:20 PM
One could say that a person's taste in comedy is more varied than music or art. That said;
I'm flipping channels last night and stop on HBOHD and see a guy, by himself on a stage in the middle of a large arena. Looks like a typical arena, probably holds 20K. The place was packed. He's in full animated mode and talking about how people cry in private. After 10 minutes of this I was convinced that I was watching some new age motivational speaker who was tying way too hard to try and incorporate humor into his round about long winded 'point'.
Another 10 minutes went by and I realize I'm just watching a really unfunny comic who was hardly making the packed arena chuckle. Questions abound; why haven't I ever heard of this guy and he's packing arenas? How can he pack arenas and not be funny? Why did I just waste 20 minutes on a guy who didn't make me laugh once? I picked up the remote and flipped over the the classic Chappell show skit about Charlie Murphy and Rick James. (I'm Rick James Beitch!). I laughed out load four times in five minutes. Chappell 4, Cook 0.
I feel I have a very open and well rounded taste in comedy, from English classics like Monty, Mr.Bean, Ab Fab, etc. to urban humor of Rock and Chappell, to the over the top shock comedy of Southpark, to the satirical work of Christopher Guest. I loves the comedy...this guy Dana Cook however was as funny as a white bread cheese sandwich. He was like the Creed of Comedy.
I'm flipping channels last night and stop on HBOHD and see a guy, by himself on a stage in the middle of a large arena. Looks like a typical arena, probably holds 20K. The place was packed. He's in full animated mode and talking about how people cry in private. After 10 minutes of this I was convinced that I was watching some new age motivational speaker who was tying way too hard to try and incorporate humor into his round about long winded 'point'.
Another 10 minutes went by and I realize I'm just watching a really unfunny comic who was hardly making the packed arena chuckle. Questions abound; why haven't I ever heard of this guy and he's packing arenas? How can he pack arenas and not be funny? Why did I just waste 20 minutes on a guy who didn't make me laugh once? I picked up the remote and flipped over the the classic Chappell show skit about Charlie Murphy and Rick James. (I'm Rick James Beitch!). I laughed out load four times in five minutes. Chappell 4, Cook 0.
I feel I have a very open and well rounded taste in comedy, from English classics like Monty, Mr.Bean, Ab Fab, etc. to urban humor of Rock and Chappell, to the over the top shock comedy of Southpark, to the satirical work of Christopher Guest. I loves the comedy...this guy Dana Cook however was as funny as a white bread cheese sandwich. He was like the Creed of Comedy.