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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Bollocks. I love his standup, and his Don Ricklesesque Golden Globes appearances.
But the hidden gem in his catalogue is the animated podcast series with Carl Pilkington. I could listen to Pilkington all day. I won’t pretend to know why. He’s like a sophisticated version of Medicated Pete from the Stern Show, whose prank calls and interviews are fucking amazing, because he has no idea he’s funny.
ETA: But if we’re debating standups, I think you have the Big Three - Pryor, Carlin, Murphy - and everybody else is bouncing around tiers below. Carlin’s final HBO special is a rare moment where an aging pro goes out with a grand slam. And I still listen to Delirious and Raw.
Chris Rock comes closest to that rarified air. But he’s not quite there yet.
Btw, when Anthony Jeselnik is firing on all cylinders, he’s hysterical. But he often seems to phone it in.
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An episode of Monkey News in one of the podcasts forever killed him for me. So the podcasts were Ricky and Stephen insulting Carl, and they were funny. But there was a Monkey News where Carl claimed there was a shortage of doctors and so a chimp did a heart surgery. To comment on that stupidity (which seemed terribly contrived) one should not say something stupid, yes? Ricky said Carl was stupid because, “a chimp can’t do surgery, you need opposable thumbs.” I don’t think he was saying some meta-dada thing, I think he believes only man had thumbs.
