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1. cj hood says:

   June 22, 2010 at 2:40 pm

   i was off by 30s…
   hey, this is not personal…i’ve met you both, you’re very nice and very funny. you’ve paid your dues and you deserve the accolades that will come with this opportunity.
   you can’t tell me that the comic with an appt. does not have an advantage over a comic who had to stand in line for hours and had to pass a 60s test. i’d jump at a chance to audition, but i don’t have an ‘in’ cuz i’m a regional mc/feature. everyone should have to stand in line or no one should stand in line. that’s just one change the show needs to make.

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   • Cecil Porter says:

     June 22, 2010 at 3:52 pm

     cj: It’s a tv show. It’s not fair and it doesn’t HAVE to be fair.

     I actually wish they’d eliminate the line and JUST do appointments. That’s what the producers told us was going to happen when they called to set up our appointments.. they said unlike years in the past, they would NOT have any people lining up on the street. No wacky clown-suit acts. Being lumped in with jackasses who lined up on the street cheapens the established professionals.

     This is NOT American Idol. Once NBC figures that out, this show *could* be both a success and respected by comics. Maybe someday.

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2. pgreyy says:

   June 22, 2010 at 6:11 pm

   And now, Doug, you can add the “as seen on NBC’s ‘Last Comic Standing'” as a credit.

   Well…I mean…you WERE… 🙂

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   • Doug says:

     June 23, 2010 at 5:19 pm

     Pgreyy…. I totally AM doing that! 🙂 “As seen on TV!”

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3. Eric Schayer says:

   June 25, 2010 at 4:37 am

   May I add something of my own experience on the NYC LCS line? I certainly hope so . . in truth, I merely happened upon the line, recognizing it from several years earlier when I actually planned to be there.

   Having not much else to do for the next 24 hours, I got on line — the only comic without a sleeping bag, it seemed . . . & sure enough, at 3am, I look around — I’M THE LAST COMIC STANDING!!!

   But seriously, there’s no telling what these cutting room guys (if I may be permitted a film-era metaphor) are up to or how they think, but suffice it to say, my smiling face and phatasmagorical schnozola have made it more or less in tact through the airwaves into this great nation’s living rooms, and if only I had a shot to show or a way of uploading it, you’d probably be looking at it now.

   As it happens, you might have to do what I did . . download/stream the episode until the very end, when we’re all on stage, waiting to be picked for the semi-finals (oh, this was episode 2, btw), when a close-up is given of the guy standing just ‘north’ of me, and immediately below him, you can see what appears to be something of an albino bowling ball — or the top of one, at least . . well, dear sir or madame, i’ll have you know that THAT is my gloriously spherical cranial cavity, of sorts, from whence the criticism/witticisms originate prior to upheaval through the oral cavity, etc, etc . . .

   and I proudly proclaim this my “northern hemisphere” shot, certifying my eternal designation as “Mr. Northern Hemisphere . . . . ,” who plans to compete on “Last Comic Shaving” at the earliest opportunity . . .

   and oh, a few seconds later is the schnozola shot, but u’ll have to take my word on that . . we northern hemispherians never lie . . . — e

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   • Brian McKim & Traci Skene says:

     June 25, 2010 at 10:49 am

     So… a comic who “happen(s) upon the line,” gets in it (or, if you’re from NYC, “on it”), and gets through to the nighttime showcase?

     It actually does happen.

     We remember Eric from our hours in the holding tank in the basement.

     We also remember the shots described above.

     (And, if we remember to do so, we’ll edit your “appearances” together into a short “reel.”)

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