San Diego Comic Con 2007

Jennay · Post by **Jennay** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 9:04 am

I'm going on Friday and Sunday! Please let me know if there is anything any of you want me to check out for you- whether it's anime, comics, figures, etc.

Tacks · Post by **Tacks** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 9:17 am

how completely nerdy

Jennay · Post by **Jennay** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 9:27 am

Eh, its something to do- it was fun last year plus I'm hoping to see if I can sit in on the Dane Cook and Jessica Alba forum >< I gotta find out when that is.

Jennay · Post by **Jennay** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 9:27 am

So how you doin?

Kramer · Post by **Kramer** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 1:23 pm

dane cook is a funny man.

Tikker · Post by **Tikker** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 1:57 pm

no he's not

go check out the pvponline booth

just look for the really fat mac nerd

Naethyn · Post by **Naethyn** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 2:14 pm

Yes, he is.

Tacks · Post by **Tacks** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 2:22 pm

95% of Dane Cook's material isn't his.

Jay · Post by **Jay** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 2:46 pm

Tacks wrote:95% of Dane Cook's material isn't his.

Actually , I'd say more like 35% of the material isn't his. It just so happens that 35% worth of material is the 100% of actual humor.

Naethyn · Post by **Naethyn** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 2:54 pm

Tacks wrote:95% of Dane Cook's material isn't his.

Even if that is true why does it matter? His job is to make me laugh and he does his job very well.

Tikker · Post by **Tikker** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 4:04 pm

it's not our fault your standards are low

Tacks · Post by **Tacks** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 4:34 pm

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=dane+cook+steals+jokes

Post by **Lyion** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 4:43 pm

Every comedian steals jokes. Find a successful comic, from Robin Williams to Denis Leary, and you have a guy who has borrowed liberally from others.

All that matters is if people find them funny, and if so, whatever.

p.s. I don't care for Dane Cook, but the 'he steals material' claim is lame.

Harrison · Post by **Harrison** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 4:47 pm

I've watched a lot of stand up from the late 70s until now, the material isn't as important as how it's presented by the comedian.

If I was some over-analyzing cunt-rag, I'm sure I could come up with some ridiculous list of what was stolen from who in relevance to the time period it was presented.

I am not however, and so we have another thread where people are uptight vaginas.

Narrock · Post by **Narrock** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 4:56 pm

Why are you guys talking about Dane Cook, when Jessica Alba was also mentioned?

lol

Jay · Post by **Jay** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 5:01 pm

lyion wrote:Every comedian steals jokes. Find a successful comic, from Robin Williams to Denis Leary, and you have a guy who has borrowed liberally from others.

All that matters is if people find them funny, and if so, whatever.

p.s. I don't care for Dane Cook, but the 'he steals material' claim is lame.

I don't buy that for one minute. There are plenty of genius comedians out there who come up with nothing but original material. Not only that, but the fact that any comedian has to go out there and plagarize material and claim it as their own is a disgrace to comedy. Richard Pryor didn't steal material. Paul Mooney didn't steal material. Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock, David Attell, Lenny Bruce, Robert Schimmel, etc etc are all reputable comedians who do NOT steal anyone's material. Yeah, presentation is important, but part of being a comedian is writing jokes and if they aren't writing them, they should be sending a royalty check to the originator and giving due credit.

Tikker · Post by **Tikker** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 9:00 pm

eh, chris rock is richard prior junior

that being said, I kinda agree with lyion for once
presentation is a HUGE part of what actually makes standup funny. there really isn't a whole lot of completely unique/new humour

99% of everything is recycled

Harrison · Post by **Harrison** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 9:38 pm

wtf, the presentation point was mine...

Tikker · Post by **Tikker** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 9:43 pm

whatever

the two of you usually blur together

Kramer · Post by **Kramer** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 8:40 am

HA!

i agree, i think Dane Cook's delivery IS his humor/schtick...

as opposed to someone like Bill Cosby, who's stand up in the 60's and 70's was genuine personal material and brilliant...

same with Eddie Murphy in 80's, Raw and Delirious were legit.... though now he is some sad shell of who we was....

Tikker · Post by **Tikker** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 10:10 am

99% of comics are only relevant/funny for a short period of time

Zanchief · Post by **Zanchief** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 10:15 am

Employee of the Month got robbed at the Oscars...shit I meant Razzies.

Ginzburgh · Post by **Ginzburgh** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 11:20 am

99% of comics are only relevant/funny for a short period of time

Which is more than you'll ever accomplish.

:dunno:

Tikker · Post by **Tikker** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 12:32 pm

oh noes, some random dude on the internet said something that somewhat approaches a minor zing for no apparent reason

Harrison · Post by **Harrison** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 12:35 pm

Tikker wrote:oh noes, some random dude on the internet said something that somewhat approaches a minor zing for no apparent reason

Are you just now joining the NT for the first time?