USELESS!!!I know I didn't mention this show in my previous article (http://primetimetvblog.blogspot.com/2006/06/summer-shows.html) but I had to say something about the episode that was on last night. The basic premise is like Idol. A bunch of comics audition, they cut the field down to forty, out of that forty they pick 10 to live in a house and out funny each other. Last week and last night the forty were split into two groups. Each set of twenty would perform and they'd choose five from each group to live in a the house. The first twenty were all pretty good, and I think they probably picked out the best. Last night though, something's seriously wrong with these producers.
They have three judges, the amazing Gary Marshall, the crazy Kathy Griffin and the funny and talented Tim Meadows (who's all over the place lately). They get to ask the comics questions, some of which we see, some we don't, and we're led to believe they at least have a say in who gets to go through. I mean honestly, who would I trust to pick the funniest person? Gary Marshall, the actor/director extraordinaire who brought us Happy Days and Laverne and Shirley? Or some twenty five year old producers who doesn't know shite about comedy?
Ty Barnett. He's funny.The twenty that performed last night weren't that great. There were probably five or so that had me rolling, but the rest were either boring or just plain dumb. Luckily the one who was truly funny got the audience choice and automatically moved on, Gabriel Iglesias. Then, they chose this guy, Bill Dwyer. When he auditioned he was hilarious, but last night, not so funny. Some lady was heckling him from the upper balcony and he didn't respond to her. I think the best comedians can take whatever someone's saying and make it hilarious. He didn't do that. Well, they chose him to be in the house. Gary, Kathy and Tim didn't see his past performance, how'd they know he was funny because of that?
The worst though was this pregnant lady named Stella. She wasn't funny in auditions and from the way they edited it, she wasn't chosen. The best my roommate and I could figure out is that she was an alternate and was pulled up. Again, not sure why. Anyway, she was horrible last night and they chose her!!! She even looked surprised! What the hell?!? I wish I could find a picture of this dumb ho, but I can't.
After they called everyone, as I was yelling at the TV, host Anthony Clark (who I love but looks weird on the show) said that there was a twist. Uh oh, a Last Comic Standing twist, what ever could it be? They were choosing two extra comics out of that nights bunch. What?! If you were gonna do that, why not last week when most of them were actually good?! At least the guy I thought was the funniest next to Gabriel would be chosen. But no, they chose this woman Kristen, who was funny, and this midget chick who wasn't funny at all! Her punchline consisted of farting jokes. Now we all know farting jokes are funny, but not when it's some midget girl bending over pretending to take a dump. Not funny.
My thinking is that the show doesn't want to put the funniest comics in the house, they want to put who they think will be the best drama in the house. I hate this. Especially because this Stella ho is not funny at all and she's probably going to give birth while she's there. Her schtick is as an obnoxious New Yorker and her delivery is just awful. If she wasn't pregnant I'd want to punch her. Wait, no, I still want to punch her. A few really funny people got passed up so her annoying ass could be in the house and that infuriates me! I don't know why I'm surprised though. In the first season the same thing happened and Drew Carey and Brett Butler actually got up and left the room they were so pissed. At the time, Drew said, "It was like somebody at NBC cast the show ahead of the event in Vegas. And they had 1,100 in the audience (for the semifinals competition) who saw how blatantly it was cast. If this happened on 'Survivor' or any other reality TV show, it would be a major scandal."
The good news is in the preview for next week, Roz (who's funny) and Stella get into a fight. I hope she tells her how she's not funny at all.
