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"We wish her the best of luck…"
It took them 11 minutes and 40 seconds to mention Bonnie McFarlane‘s absence. They hadda. When Screaming Jay Mohr did eventually address the situation, they used it as an opportunity to welcome the substitute, Jessica Kirson, the hyperactive New Yorker. The confusing melange of rules and regs for the Season III format is headache-inducing and not important. It will result in the winning team splitting $50,000. I think. Or maybe $50,000 each week. It’s all very sad. Couldn’t they have foreseen that America would want to see a new set of 10? Couldn’t they have planned for a third season?
It’s taking on many of the characteristics of pro wrestling now. And not nearly as entertaining and without all the fake blood. (That would be your sarcasm.) Huh? The rest are performing tomorrow night? Did Jay Mohr just say that? (Please don’t post at the end of this with an explanation of the rules. We’re not interested in understanding them.) We’re sure the rules will lose their mystery as the eight-week run goes on.
Did they intentionally choose a sub for Bonnie that was the polar opposite of Bonnie? Did they employ some sort of formula? And couldn’t they have found someone who can tell time? Like someone who knows how long two minutes is? They turn off the mike after two minutes… literally turn it off! It’s all such a sorry spectacle. Maybe it will improve. Stay tuned. Maybe we’re just tired.
Does he hafta call it “the battle of the best?” We’re cranky. I’m sure we’ll happy up in subsequent episodes.
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Honestly, I don’t understand the rules either and I don’t care to.
It’s kind of a good news / bad news thing. Good news: get to see Dave Mordal again. Bad news: it’s still the same cringe-inducing Last Comic Standing (if there was any doubt, I was reminded of this when they showed the montage of the possible Bonnie replacements and just showed clips of them all making wacky faces and oh-so-zany noises… reminded me immediately of Kindler’s line at this year’s State of the Industry Address: “the way they promo comedy is three seconds of a comic doing this… [insert aforementioned wacky/zany faces/sounds here].”)
Ultimately, standup on network tv can’t be a completely bad thing. It has people excited about comedy, and people watching standup on tv who likely haven’t done so since they lost their remote down the couch during an episode of Comedy on the Road in 1992. The big picture is good… it’s just hard to see right now.
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“The confusing melange of rules and regs for the Season III format is headache-inducing and not important.”
“Headache-inducing and not important” is also an acurate description of Jessica Kirson.
I’m guessing the producers saw the summer rating for the first two season and wanted to get something together for the fall. Rather than go through the whole process again, they prolly just came up with this as a quick way to capitalize.
And by the way, the blood in pro wrestling is not fake. I have friends with the scar tissue to prove it.
“the blood in pro wrestling is not fake.”
Yes, and the money under your pillow came from a magical fairy