Comments on: Comedy In DC: At Your Desk http://www.welovedc.com/2009/06/03/comedy-in-dc-at-your-desk/ Your Life Beyond The Capitol Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:42:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Comedy in DC: Bentzen Ball Preview » We Love DC http://www.welovedc.com/2009/06/03/comedy-in-dc-at-your-desk/comment-page-1/#comment-12485 Comedy in DC: Bentzen Ball Preview » We Love DC Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:02:05 +0000 http://www.welovedc.com/?p=13417#comment-12485 [...] talked about some of these locals before: Seaton Smith, Hampton Yount, and Erin Jackson are all appearing at one or more of the shows, along with Aparna Nancherla, official comic of the [...] [...] talked about some of these locals before: Seaton Smith, Hampton Yount, and Erin Jackson are all appearing at one or more of the shows, along with Aparna Nancherla, official comic of the [...]

]]> By: Tyler http://www.welovedc.com/2009/06/03/comedy-in-dc-at-your-desk/comment-page-1/#comment-8477 Tyler Sun, 07 Jun 2009 19:51:39 +0000 http://www.welovedc.com/?p=13417#comment-8477 Oh man! Thanks for the cover, Tiff. Still probably not posting a good clip anytime soon. Career suicide? Absolutely. Oh man! Thanks for the cover, Tiff.

Still probably not posting a good clip anytime soon. Career suicide? Absolutely.

]]> By: Jimmy Meritt http://www.welovedc.com/2009/06/03/comedy-in-dc-at-your-desk/comment-page-1/#comment-8385 Jimmy Meritt Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:11:15 +0000 http://www.welovedc.com/?p=13417#comment-8385 I'm going to try to inject some positivity. My favorite joke on each video: Jake Young: The one joke that was the video Seaton: Coinstar machine options. "I am poor!" I'm at Safeway at 3:15 in the morning" Hampton: Bear puns Erin: The tooth fairy comes on the first and fifteenth Me: Everything was just terrific. Mike: "No Parking, here be dragons" I’m going to try to inject some positivity. My favorite joke on each video:

Jake Young: The one joke that was the video

Seaton: Coinstar machine options. “I am poor!” I’m at Safeway at 3:15 in the morning”

Hampton: Bear puns

Erin: The tooth fairy comes on the first and fifteenth

Me: Everything was just terrific.

Mike: “No Parking, here be dragons”

]]> By: DC comedian http://www.welovedc.com/2009/06/03/comedy-in-dc-at-your-desk/comment-page-1/#comment-8367 DC comedian Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:39:10 +0000 http://www.welovedc.com/?p=13417#comment-8367 Most comedians in DC that know Mike Blejer think he is a copycat of Demetri Martin. The fact that he is an utter smug d-bag in person made him extremely unlikeable during his stay in DC. Most comedians in DC that know Mike Blejer think he is a copycat of Demetri Martin. The fact that he is an utter smug d-bag in person made him extremely unlikeable during his stay in DC.

]]> By: Tiffany Bridge http://www.welovedc.com/2009/06/03/comedy-in-dc-at-your-desk/comment-page-1/#comment-8366 Tiffany Bridge Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:01:21 +0000 http://www.welovedc.com/?p=13417#comment-8366 I just think I don't throw accusations of "copying" around. There are only so many comedic styles after all (hell, there are only so many jokes), and while the Insult Comic, the Degenerate Comic, and the Angry Comic get used all the time, it's bound to happen that the more unusual styles will get adopted and used by more than one person. It's normal that delivery would be similar just because there's only so many ways you can say, "No Left Turn is too negative" and have people laugh at the punchline. When you get right down to it, stand-up jokes have only a few, very predictable structures that just get dressed up. Sort of like there's only so many ways to make a grilled cheese sandwich, and anything unusual people do to them is really just dressing up that basic structure. I saw a guy at an open mic a couple of weeks ago whose whole act was extremely evocative of a less-successful Mitch Hedberg- the one-liners, the weird strung-out cadence, the goofy laugh in between jokes... but that persona is easy to adopt even if you've never seen Hedberg, because it's a cultural type we're all familiar with. The idea to make visual jokes on a notepad has occurred to anyone who has ever been to elementary school. Just because one guy got a TV show doing it doesn't mean no one else gets to experiment with that form. I just think I don’t throw accusations of “copying” around. There are only so many comedic styles after all (hell, there are only so many jokes), and while the Insult Comic, the Degenerate Comic, and the Angry Comic get used all the time, it’s bound to happen that the more unusual styles will get adopted and used by more than one person. It’s normal that delivery would be similar just because there’s only so many ways you can say, “No Left Turn is too negative” and have people laugh at the punchline. When you get right down to it, stand-up jokes have only a few, very predictable structures that just get dressed up. Sort of like there’s only so many ways to make a grilled cheese sandwich, and anything unusual people do to them is really just dressing up that basic structure.

I saw a guy at an open mic a couple of weeks ago whose whole act was extremely evocative of a less-successful Mitch Hedberg- the one-liners, the weird strung-out cadence, the goofy laugh in between jokes… but that persona is easy to adopt even if you’ve never seen Hedberg, because it’s a cultural type we’re all familiar with. The idea to make visual jokes on a notepad has occurred to anyone who has ever been to elementary school. Just because one guy got a TV show doing it doesn’t mean no one else gets to experiment with that form.

]]> By: jlarson http://www.welovedc.com/2009/06/03/comedy-in-dc-at-your-desk/comment-page-1/#comment-8365 jlarson Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:36:23 +0000 http://www.welovedc.com/?p=13417#comment-8365 Agreed, but the first impression that I get when I watch that guy's clip is that he is basically copying Demetri Martin. It's his style and delivery not just the use of an easel. I can't be the only one who see's this? Agreed, but the first impression that I get when I watch that guy’s clip is that he is basically copying Demetri Martin. It’s his style and delivery not just the use of an easel. I can’t be the only one who see’s this?

]]> By: Tiffany Bridge http://www.welovedc.com/2009/06/03/comedy-in-dc-at-your-desk/comment-page-1/#comment-8364 Tiffany Bridge Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:25:21 +0000 http://www.welovedc.com/?p=13417#comment-8364 Use of an easel and giant notepad for visual jokes was hardly invented by Demetri Martin. Use of an easel and giant notepad for visual jokes was hardly invented by Demetri Martin.

]]> By: jlarson http://www.welovedc.com/2009/06/03/comedy-in-dc-at-your-desk/comment-page-1/#comment-8362 jlarson Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:21:19 +0000 http://www.welovedc.com/?p=13417#comment-8362 Good stuff by most of the comedians except for the last guy who basically stole Demetri Martin's act. Good stuff by most of the comedians except for the last guy who basically stole Demetri Martin’s act.

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