"Last Comic Standing" Season 7 starts tonight

[beastlybritt]

I loved Robinson when he said, "Welcome back to Last Comic Standing. A contest I'd be winning if it wasn't for my damn bunions. Oh wait, that's Dancing with the Stars. That show SUCKS!!"

I think that Craig is doing really great job hosting, definitely better than Bill Bellamy. I loved it when he played along with the last "group." "You guys step forward." Hardest I laughed through the entire show.

[brewcaster]

OK, I will give you the "He's better than Bill Bellamy" defense. touche.

[myq]

Hey, everyone I'm about to thank... thanks!

Myq Kaplan was great and won the night.

You are great and are winning the day right, so far.
(Thanks for saying nice things first!)

Congrats to Myq Kaplan.

Congrats to you for congratulating me.
I mean, thanks.
(I know what words to use where.)

Other than Myq's success, everything else about tonight was a big fat BOO.

Thanks for excluding my success from your sadness!
Sorry you are sad, happy you are nice.

Myq was great. I feel horrible because I have been a bad AST'er and didn't know of Myq other than in name before LCS. I feel like I did when I found out that I loved broccoli when I was 25 and I got pissed that I hadn't been eating it the rest of my life before that.

Myq, you're my broccoli. Congratulations (on making it through, not on being my broccoli).

I would have accepted your congratulations on being broccoli as well.
And if this helps any, I haven't been a comedian as long as broccoli has been a vegetable. So ratio-wise, you haven't been missing out for as long.
Though, I don't cause as many stomach issues. Maybe?

Someone put Myq on a "hope" poster. This is a proud day for America.

Someone put you on a "appreciated by Myq" poster. This is a proud day for thanking you.

Myq. Wow, whatta opener. You set a bar that was rarely even grazed by any other competitor. Maybe I have a weakness for jokes about books and religion, but it was one of the three or four sets of the night that actually aligned with my tastes and made me laugh.

Thanks for having nice tastes. (Something about broccoli?)
I am glad you like reading and listening to things about reading.

Much appreciated, everyone. Thanks for watching and keeping doing it if you do!

[CarolineEAnd]

If you guys don't have Vegan Mind Meld yet, waste no more time! I probably have listened to it once a day since I got it. Let's financially support the comedians we like! Yaay!

[funkyrhino]

I missed it because I'm in the process of moving and my television doesn't work when it's not plugged in. How did Myq look? I'll have to catch it some other way. Is there anywhere I can peep this episode?

[brewcaster]

I missed it because I'm in the process of moving and my television doesn't work when it's not plugged in. How did Myq look? I'll have to catch it some other way. Is there anywhere I can peep this episode?

http://www.myqkaplan.com/

has a link to his segment and the whole episode I believe.

[Travesty.]

I missed it because I'm in the process of moving and my television doesn't work when it's not plugged in. How did Myq look? I'll have to catch it some other way. Is there anywhere I can peep this episode?

Hulu

[reesedixon]

It seemed pretty obvious that Kindler, Leggero and Giraldo no longer have any say in who goes through (or at least, minimal input).

Seriously. When I saw that final 5 that's the first thought that went through my mind. Producers picks.

I was so distracted by my sense of grievance, I forgot to mention how much I hated the crowd. They were screaming so much at everything even resembling a joke that they completely ruined the rhythm and repeatedly sucked the funny out of tags that would have been hilarious.

[chippope]

Thanks for the kind words, gang. (I'm imagining all of you around one computer.) And Brasky, in the words of John Candy's character in "Splash": "If something works, I stick with it!"

[schley]

I was so distracted by my sense of grievance, I forgot to mention how much I hated the crowd. They were screaming so much at everything even resembling a joke that they completely ruined the rhythm and repeatedly sucked the funny out of tags that would have been hilarious.

RIGHT! One chick's flailing arms were particularly insane. Obviously they want a crowd that seems into it, so they get the Hank Kingsley "the better YOU are, the better LARRY is" speach. But this crowd was like extras stealing focus. Fine line, I suppose.

[pixel revolt]

This show is killing life. And suffocating our freedoms. Someone should tell an adult or a senator or something about this show and what it is doing.

[beastlybritt]

Seriously. When I saw that final 5 that's the first thought that went through my mind. Producers picks.

I'm thinking this too. There is no reason why seasoned comedians like Kyle Grooms and Kirk Fox did not make it to the next round.

[brandom]

yikes, looks like future tapings have an arrival time of 1045a & 1030a

http://www.ocatv.com/shows/show/291

Not the best time to see stand-up, even if they start to go on around noon. I'm sure most the comics will still do fine though.


At the taping, Myq made a comment about the previous comic that performed and got some big laughs from it, and Kindler told him it was great that he took a risk and said something he just thought of right there, but said hopefully it doesn't work against him in the editing (meaning if they went out of sequence or something). They ended up not showing it at all, and I can't seem to remember what he said. He also went on stage at a point where the audience had seen more than their fair share of comics and were getting a little restless, and he was able to bring a lot of energy back into the room/theater.

Myq, what was the comment/joke that got cut out, and how do I go about getting more vegetables in my diet/suitcase?

[Lifedough]

I enjoyed a fair amount of the comedy, especially Myq and Chip's sets. There's going to be a second semi-final right? Just making sure that James Adomian didn't get cut out of the whole affair. I'm really sad that I'm probably never going to get to see R.O.Manse on prime-time television, but I knew there probably wasn't a large chance of that happening, but what's life without hope. I hope that Myq Kaplan can keep bringing it, since the first two parts of his performances I've seen have been great, and I thoroughly enjoyed Vegan Mind Meld.

[carrots]

The editing on this show confuses me, it seems like most of the reaction shots arent for the joke that is being told at that time. Im glad that Myq and Mike made it.

[Gnome Chomps Key]

I like that Jesse Joyce's "comedian in a movie" character that never happens in real life is a spot-on impersonation of Graham Elwood.

[schley]

They're gonna re-run the second hour? Really? This episode doesn't really work like that. If they're smart, they'll re-cut the episode to include everyone who advances. So that won't happen.

Huh. Well, guess what happened... They DID re-cut the entire episode! I didn't have the patience or time or interest to sit through everything I've already seen again and compare it against the two hour version. But the comedians that are in the hour cut are in a different order.

Also, I forgot to comment about that cat that Craig was holding at the very beginning. (Slipped my mind after sitting through the rest of the two hours.) Anyway, that cat was kinda disturbing. It looked uncomfortable. And its eyes were growdy.

[Itslikeimsayin]

The editing on this show confuses me, it seems like most of the reaction shots arent for the joke that is being told at that time.

Yes, this is very annoying.

[schley]

The "reaction" shots are mostly just there so they can cleanly edit out jokes (or stutters, or pauses, or a couple superfluous words, or whatever). They don't care that the reactions don't match the jokes. They don't think people notice.

[myq]

If you guys don't have Vegan Mind Meld yet, waste no more time! I probably have listened to it once a day since I got it. Let's financially support the comedians we like! Yaay!

Wow, thanks. That's a lot of listening.
If anyone else gets the CD, I don't require that level of commitment.
But I appreciate it!

At the taping, Myq made a comment about the previous comic that performed and got some big laughs from it, and Kindler told him it was great that he took a risk and said something he just thought of right there, but said hopefully it doesn't work against him in the editing (meaning if they went out of sequence or something). They ended up not showing it at all, and I can't seem to remember what he said. He also went on stage at a point where the audience had seen more than their fair share of comics and were getting a little restless, and he was able to bring a lot of energy back into the room/theater.

Myq, what was the comment/joke that got cut out, and how do I go about getting more vegetables in my diet/suitcase?

Oh, it's really easy. (The suitcase part, not the diet.)
All you have to do is have a camera crew come to your house and say "we want to show things that you do normally, but wackier."

And I honestly don't remember exactly what I said either.
(Too in the moment to activate memory, and now the world is deprived of a thing. Sorry, world. I'll give you other things.)

Sincerely, thanks!

I enjoyed a fair amount of the comedy, especially Myq and Chip's sets. I hope that Myq Kaplan can keep bringing it, since the first two parts of his performances I've seen have been great, and I thoroughly enjoyed Vegan Mind Meld.

Thanks! I hope so, too. We're hope-twins!

The editing on this show confuses me, it seems like most of the reaction shots arent for the joke that is being told at that time. Im glad that Myq and Mike made it.

Your comment gets an applause break!

Thanks again everyone, applause breaks edited in for all!