"John Oliver's New York Stand Up Show" premieres tonight on Comedy Central

[smartbunny]

Maria was awesome! Maron killed it and he looked great too.

[scamboogah]

Braunger's T-shirt was awesome.

"RICK!! I'm Outside!!

[davidlidsky]

Braunger's T-shirt was awesome.

"RICK!! I'm Outside!!

I have to admit that I went to Matt's website last night to see if that shirt was for sale. Sadly, no, but I hold out hope with the notice that a revamped site is on its way.

Also, Chris Hardwick was great too. I've heard the material, but I thought his performance was really strong and winning.

I hope they do another series of these shows.

[ASR]

I love this show because now my less comedy-savvy friends are asking me for the names of people who were on so they could find more!

It's working, Comedy Central!

Keep doing this sort of thing!

[scamboogah]

For some reason, Braunger's shirt reminded me of this graphic for a dentist's office in Tokyo;

[gloshi]

Yeah, he wore that shirt at Comedy Death Ray once and it made me want to own one as well, but I also had no luck finding it.

[RoyalDutchOfDukes]

Braunger was great and I too want one of the shirts.

I've never seen Kristen Schaal's standup before and she was really awesomely weird.

[Taul F. Pompkins]

i finally got to catch an episode of this today. i saw the marc maron episode and marc was great. then i saw a little of the braunger episode that i DVRed and John oliver himself is great. i'm gonna watch the rest of it later because i'm sure Braunger is great in it. definitely hope this show keeps going.

[Matt Braunger]

Thanks for the kudos, guys. I had the shirt made in a store in Montreal and am looking into mass producing it. Stay tuned.

[ASR]

Matt, one of my generally annoying friends who usually refuses to watch stand-up was absolutely dying of laughter during your bit about the T-shirt. I want to thank you for that.

[A Shot Glass of Humor]

Comedy Central is finally coming back into credible comedy network territory...
think about it... Mencia cancelled, Dunham cancelled Blue Collar/Larry the Cable Guy used sparingly, meanwhile they've increased the stand up specials, and I'm loving the line up that Live at Gotham had... they gave us better stuff like Silverman, Demetri Martin, even Michael and Michael was solid. And this John Oliver stand up show is just killing it. Really great exposure for guys like Hannibal Burress, Hari Kondabolu. I really do hope they continue doing this. I mean stand up shows can't have that huge of a budget so even if the ratings aren't high, it shouldn't matter.

Also Marc Maron killed... didn't he recently tape something else for Comedy Central, a pilot or something? Anyone know?

[TacoSmith]

This show's been great. When Maron was on it really made me wonder why he's not one of the biggest comedians in the world now.

[darrylduffy]

Also Marc Maron killed... didn't he recently tape something else for Comedy Central, a pilot or something? Anyone know?

i believe he did a pilot presentation of WTF with Chelsea Peretti and Kyle Kinane, maybe others.

[smartbunny]

one of my generally annoying friends who usually refuses to watch stand-up

I had a boyfriend like that once. "It's so stupid, people onstage trying to make you laugh." What is wrong with these people?

[aenemaTron]

JESUS Paul was great on this. I had seen all of this material but this was like the 100% enriched uranium version. Even my mother in law caught some on her own and took it upon herself to tell us how funny it was. You hear me, people? AN OLDER PERSON LIKED IT.

"The Very Idea Of You!" and "He Needn't Have Bothered!" could both be t-shirts, somehow. Do that.



John Oliver doesn't do it for me, unfortunately. I like to leave things on a neg-tip.

[BillBrasky]

Since going to see The Paul F. Tompkins Show and CDR Radio live at Sketchfest with me, my dad has become a Paul F. Tompkins fan as well. It's become a nice bonding thing between us.

[Mutant Despot]

Paul F. so good

[ASR]

I can't find a torrent of the fourth episode. Damn. And I missed this Friday's, too.

[beccaBeccaBECCA]

"The Very Idea Of You!" and "He Needn't Have Bothered!" could both be t-shirts, somehow. Do that.

Yes! Those were my favorite lines. I love when PFT gets fancy. His turn of phrase is really quite beautiful. And of course hilarious.

He and Patton Oswalt employ such expansive vocabularies and use them so masterfully! Listening to either of them is an entertainment and education at once!

Great episode.

About ending on a neg: I always feel I'm lavishing the praise on a bit too thickly... being sycophantic even, but that implies insincerity. I just wish it were in vogue to express genuine appreciation for artists (and I do consider great stand up comedy high art) whose work you enjoy. I love snark as much as the next internet commenter, but sometimes you just have to gush. And Paul F. Tompkin's performance was definitely gush-worthy.

[drbristol]

I can't find a torrent of the fourth episode. Damn. And I missed this Friday's, too.

This Friday's ep - the season ender - will rebroadcast tomorrow (Tues 2/16) at 6pm Eastern time.