Modified On July 14, 2004
Things are so bad at the L.C.S. Castle, they hadda throw a dog into the mix! What’s up wid dat?! But wait– We hear that Rusty, the plucky pooch from Last Comic Standing, Episode #208 is headlining at Uncle Fucker’s Chuckle Hut next week! Tickets are going fast! (Apologies to Dana Gould!)
“If I have to wear a clown suit, I’m just gonna leave and let NBC sue me for a million dollars.”
–Kathleen Madigan
“I hate roasts and I hate clowns.”
–Kathleen Madigan
The challenge was pretty bogus. But it was fascinating. Humiliation factor: 11 out of a possible 10. Seeing them squirm while trying to figure out if they should play to the kids in the actual live kiddie audience or try to appear likeable to the folks at home was painful.
“Funny to me…to you, much less so!” Nice quote from Gary Gulman! He was way off in the sound bite where he explained his strategy. He seemed to think that, after the last installment, he was vulnerable. We are of the opposite opinion. Certainly he was challenged, but he won! As far as we’re concerned, that makes him the least challengeable… Or so we thought!
We identified with Kathleen Madigan. She didn’t exactly do comedy, but she didn’t “bomb” either. We would have gone out and done our act…straight– let the kids come up to our level. Nobody tried that.
What happened to Heffron’s “Lone Wolf” strategy proclamation? In the post dinner scenes, he’s depicted engaging in what can only be called “strategizing” with Pescatelli.
Our readers had London and Pescatelli in the head-to-head. They were half right. It’s 9:40PM EDT… in 15 minutes or so, we’ll see if they were half-right or all wrong. Stick around.
(Sorry about that premature posting– at about 9:42 EDT, we accidentally hit “Publish Post” and certain savvy readers were treated to an unfinished “bulldog edition” of this evening’s L.C.S. analysis!)
Six remain after tonight’s episode. We’ll post a new L.C.S./SHECKYmagazine Readers’ Poll as soon as we upload this analysis! Be sure to get in on this week’s poll!