Author Topic: 2 gryphon gets a break, of sorts (Read 13489 times)

genericfurry · « **Reply #20 on:** August 03, 2010, 04:08:43 pm »

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to be fair for a while Robin Williams made a career out ripping off other comics for years. He just got the delivery down half decent, heck Carlos Mencia hamfists obviously ripped off racist humor and still has a damn show.

Yeah....I cant believe I forgot that.

HOWEVER i have to give it to furries. They are literally setting him up for failure. And what's one show anyway?

My fear is that he'll somehow manage to suck just the right dick and get some kind of nationwide recognition, in much the same way carrot-top had. But considering he's a furry, he'll probably never show the initiative it takes to get up actually make a habit of "work". And well; not having a footlocker filled with ironic/mildly clever props to stand behind.

Sechs · « **Reply #21 on:** August 03, 2010, 04:30:04 pm »

Quote from: genericfurry on August 03, 2010, 04:08:43 pm

And well; not having a footlocker filled with ironic/mildly clever props to stand behind.

Hey, he's got an entire Bad Dragon catalog to work with for those! He could be "that weird dildo comic"!

LordNagetiere · « **Reply #22 on:** August 03, 2010, 04:46:52 pm »

It would actually be kind of win if people end up laughing at him thinking his 'character' is just a really unfunny screechy faggot.

ProvincialTwit · « **Reply #23 on:** August 03, 2010, 05:23:47 pm »

He could be the next "Larry the Cable Guy"

Sechs · « **Reply #24 on:** August 03, 2010, 05:27:27 pm »

I dunno, he might have to get his life together to bring himself up to the respectability level of a slovenly hillbilly stereotype...

threadshitter · « **Reply #25 on:** August 03, 2010, 07:06:15 pm »

Quote from: ProvincialTwit on August 03, 2010, 05:23:47 pm

He could be the next "Larry the Cable Guy"

Who was combined with Bill Engvall and Jeff Foxworthy to form "Ding Dang Doo Pigfucking Comedy Tour"

I left Ron White out as he is actually funnier than those three combined, and didn't have to build his entire routine out of a catchphrase.

ProvincialTwit · « **Reply #26 on:** August 03, 2010, 08:18:57 pm »

Well, my point was that "Larry" was just a character the guy came up with and then hammed way up. If he were smart/humble enough to run with that it might make a decent act.

Haha sorry no not really

genericfurry · « **Reply #27 on:** August 03, 2010, 09:16:05 pm »

You know I can just feel that bot crawling through the internet, it picks up on the mention of larry the cable twat; that lands on some marketing executive's desk tomorrow morning and six months from now another blue collar movie comes out with the breath-taking balloon animal sideshow of lady gaga doing the soundtrack alongside kenny chesney.

....or maybe thats just the xanax wearing off.....

Jim Demintia · « **Reply #28 on:** August 04, 2010, 06:21:09 am »

Quote from: ProvincialTwit on August 03, 2010, 08:18:57 pm

Well, my point was that "Larry" was just a character the guy came up with

Yeah, he's from Connecticut or some shit.

Jim Demintia · « **Reply #29 on:** August 10, 2010, 12:52:51 pm »

According to his latest journal, he's got a 30 minute show with 2 opening acts. That isn't it though:

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offers from other comedy clubs in my e-mail. I've been getting texts on my phone from people I don't know inviting me to perform in contests and events. And my performance hasn't even happened yet!

Indeed. This is where my bullshit-o-meter started going off the charts. This seems like someone's jerking him around. I don't know who it would be or why they'd do it, but this just doesn't compute. Granted, I don't know the world of professional comedy but it seems exceedingly odd that he's been given an entire show and is getting offers from other places and he hasn't even bombed his first appearance yet.

Either someone really doesn't know what they've got on their hands or someone is playing a joke on him. It's likely in either case the e-mails and the texts are bullshit and unlikely to pan out.

It's also worth pointing out that there's more than a few people who hate him not because of his shitty comedy or his general asshole demeanor, but since he was actively involved in trying to cover up this mess, which included making legal threats against people asserting what he probably knew to be the truth—that his protege was intentionally spreading HIV, which is a crime in and of itself in some cases. I wonder what these comedy club managers who can't get enough of an angry furfag they barely know would think of that!

By the way, the upstanding furry citizen mentioned in that article had enough balls to show his face at AC 2010 this year, probably because he's good buddies with the right people.

LordNagetiere · « **Reply #30 on:** August 10, 2010, 09:56:17 pm »

They may be legit. Sometimes talentless hacks get breaks in comedy, like Carlos Mencia, but usually they have to cater to something baser, like LOL SPICKS or "YOU KNOW YOU'RE A REDNECK WHEN..." crap. 2 has neither going for him, can only really bitch about furries and people who aren't furries, maybe breastfeeding. I don't think his comedy will go down well in a hip Californian setting, and unless the audience is packed with furries, there is a high probability to bomb.

ProvincialTwit · « **Reply #31 on:** August 11, 2010, 12:43:37 am »

It sounds like the audience for this first performance may well be packed with furries, if I've read the prior posts in this thread right.

That begs the question, which schadenfreude is more delicious? To see him fail on his first outing, or see him lifted by his furfag fans to fall from a much greater height down the road if he actually does manage to land a bigger gig?

Normally I'd vote for the latter, but a single furfag succeeding just once sets a bad precedent for the rest of them.

MazelTovCocktail · « **Reply #32 on:** August 11, 2010, 08:31:17 am »

2 was in Denver at RMFC over the weekend, and somebody I know saw him in the bar and told him that he's an asshole and that his stand-up sucks. 2 was the bigger man, told my friend that he's certainly entitled to his opinion, and walked away.

Okay, I'm kidding. 2 actually got sand all up in his vagina, went to con staff, bitched to them about the incident, and got my friend kicked out of the con for the rest of the weekend.

Wonder what'll happen when he starts doing live shows outside of furry cons and somebody heckles him? I predict shedding of buttery furry tears.

Sechs · « **Reply #33 on:** August 11, 2010, 03:33:36 pm »

... Wait, they actually kicked him out of the con for saying something that wasn't nice?

You know, it's sad when you're actually hoping that at least they kicked him out because it was someone with more "fandom cred" bitching, rather than just being that murrypurry.

So does 2 think that ability to go bitching and whining when someone tells you that you suck is going to stick with him outside of furry, do you think? Does he think that if he gets heckled on stage, he can actually go whining to the club owner and have the guy kicked out? "Oh sure, let me just kick out someone that actually pays for their tickets and alcohol for the sake of the nobody performer's bruised ego."

LordNagetiere · « **Reply #34 on:** August 11, 2010, 09:41:38 pm »

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Okay, I'm kidding. 2 actually got sand all up in his vagina, went to con staff, bitched to them about the incident, and got my friend kicked out of the con for the rest of the weekend.

You know, playing the better man and mixing it with hyper charged passive aggression seems like a common trait for his crew. Didn't Kage make a big show about taking umbrellas to the chantard protestors in front of AC one year, only to come back inside and call the NAACP on them?

Lazarian · « **Reply #35 on:** August 13, 2010, 11:27:11 am »

I don't really wish for the guy to flop at what would be considered a big break for him: aside from listening to a couple of his routines I don't know him at all. What really bothers me is the possibility that he could make furry look even worse than it is now (a mindbending thought, I know). You'd think that he'd keep a lid on the furry bullshit, but seeing that he's trying to get as many furry fans to his show as he can, he might end up pandering to them in the show to the point of all the rest of the audience ends up thinking "what the fuck is up with all this furry shit?". Maybe I'll take a leap of faith and assume he's smarter than that.

An amusing aside: Say he does use furry as a whipping boy, and embarrasses the furries present and the fandom at large. Him and Conway are buddies, and that would really be interesting to see what kind of fallout would happen. Would 2 be shunned like Chewfox was over the Tyra Banks incident, or would there be a whirlwind of sucking up or downplaying things as "It was comedy folks! Don't take it so seriously!".

If that actually occurred, it would be funny as fuck to watch. We'll have to wait until September to see...

crossie · « **Reply #36 on:** August 18, 2010, 11:45:26 am »

I don't know, the guy sounds like he knows what he's doing. Basically, you guys seem to be worrying 2 has 1. a, oh noes, built in audience, and 2. oh noes again, a topic that hasn't been done to death.

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I'm really interested in seeing what happens when he gets in front of a LA crowd and tries to talk about typefucking a rhinoceros.

I haven't heard 2's "typefucking a rhino" bit, but that actually sounds pretty funny. I'd pay to hear a good "typefucking a rhinoceros" joke.

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I don't really know what the explanation is; but I just can't see them thinking he's good based on ticket sales alone.

Holy shit, but that is dumb. The comedy business is just like any other show business; Michael Bay's movies aren't exactly cinematic masterpieces, but they sale tickets, so guess who's job as a movie director is insured.

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but seeing that he's trying to get as many furry fans to his show as he can, he might end up pandering to them in the show to the point of all the rest of the audience ends up thinking "what the fuck is up with all this furry shit?". Maybe I'll take a leap of faith and assume he's smarter than that.

This could be a problem, sure; he's got to find a way to explain furry in a funny way, to let the non-furries in on the joke. That being said, he has to find a way to explain a subculture based around jacking off to "The Lion King" in a funny way. If he can't do that, he wouldn't have made it this far.

All in all, he's been doing this for 10 years. He's put in his time. Whether or not he's funny, at this point, is beside the point; talent can only take you so far. The guy's proven, at the very least, he's got persistence. And that persistence has earned him a fanbase that would literally suck his dick just to say they had. This is something any performer would kill for, and he's not satisfied with that, which also says good things about him.

From a personal standpoint, I think he's got some funny jokes, lots of them only requiring a vague awareness of the furry fandom (his "Apathy Rant" is still one of my favorite bits by any comedian). He's also got some awful jokes; he's more of a performer than a writer. He's got a decent stage persona; that's his real talent (which shouldn't really be surprising from a "furry" comedian).

Basically, I'm starting up at the opposite end of the spectrum (yes, I'm in stand up myself, doing local open mics in the, ugh, Midwest, getting some attention from local professional comics, but in the, you know, Midwest), so I'm hoping the guy makes it, if only because it opens the door for me a bit as well.

Sechs · « **Reply #37 on:** August 18, 2010, 11:49:28 am »

Quote from: crossie on August 18, 2010, 11:45:26 am

All in all, he's been doing this for 10 years. He's put in his time. Whether or not he's funny, at this point, is beside the point; talent can only take you so far. The guy's proven, at the very least, he's got persistence. And that persistence has earned him a fanbase that would literally suck his dick just to say they had. This is something any performer would kill for, and he's not satisfied with that, which also says good things about him.

What the fuck is this happy horse hockey?

MazelTovCocktail · « **Reply #38 on:** August 18, 2010, 05:43:44 pm »

Quote from: crossie on August 18, 2010, 11:45:26 am

All in all, he's been doing this for 10 years. He's put in his time. Whether or not he's funny, at this point, is beside the point; talent can only take you so far. The guy's proven, at the very least, he's got persistence. And that persistence has earned him a fanbase that would literally suck his dick just to say they had. This is something any performer would kill for, and he's not satisfied with that, which also says good things about him.

His fanbase is comprised, by and large, of furries.

Furries will suck anybody's dick just to say they had.

Pi · « **Reply #39 on:** August 18, 2010, 07:09:34 pm »

Quote from: crossie on August 18, 2010, 11:45:26 am

I don't know, the guy sounds like he knows what he's doing. Basically, you guys seem to be worrying 2 has 1. a, oh noes, built in audience, and 2. oh noes again, a topic that hasn't been done to death.

he doesn't have part 3:
being funny