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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on May 3, 2015 10:02:12 GMT -5
It was weird for me because I just watched his documentary on the Network again, so he told the story almost exactly the same way. Doug Stanhope has the same problem where people buy tickets to multiple shows and follow him on tour and get all pissed it's the same show. He's not actually just coming up with stuff off the top of his head, it's a show. Little asides may happen or he'll change stuff up depending on crowd reaction, but it's just a show. Are there really people who are that dumb about stand-up, though? |
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Post by Essential1 on May 3, 2015 21:15:50 GMT -5
Is it really stand up if it's not funny?
The funniest bit I got from it was that his son looked like a pre op transsexual.
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Post by jp49er80 on May 4, 2015 3:48:19 GMT -5
Doug Stanhope has the same problem where people buy tickets to multiple shows and follow him on tour and get all pissed it's the same show. He's not actually just coming up with stuff off the top of his head, it's a show. Little asides may happen or he'll change stuff up depending on crowd reaction, but it's just a show. Are there really people who are that dumb about stand-up, though? As one myself, yes, yes there are. |
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Post by Evilution E5150 on May 4, 2015 4:41:51 GMT -5
i watched half of it and got bored, the pervy stuff with the females is always weird plus i've read his book so i was borws
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Post by mcstoklasa on May 4, 2015 14:50:46 GMT -5
The show was fine though I would have totally reedited it. There were so many shots of bored Foley kids, and shots of fans not laughing. It had some really awkward choices. I do not care if it's manipulating reality; cut to people smiling and laughing only.
I love Mick, his first book is probably my favourite book and his writing style is very funny. He was also extremely funny as Mankind in 98/99 and commish in 2000.
However I dunno how funny this material is in person. He keeps saying stuff in that serious jokey serious voice. He's a funny guy but I think it's funnier on the page.
Anyone think the podcastin' man, Steve Austin would be funny in a similar kind of event?
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on May 5, 2015 9:05:54 GMT -5
Honestly, the Cheap Pops show was nowhere near as good as the show I went to with Mick - it was a lot more comedy focused and he could curse a little bit more.
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on May 6, 2015 3:59:07 GMT -5
Honestly, the Cheap Pops show was nowhere near as good as the show I went to with Mick - it was a lot more comedy focused and he could curse a little bit more. It seemed virtually identical to what I saw from his act at his San Jose show. Well, except for the jokes he had about being the second best show that the audience would see that night (the NXT San Jose event was 2 blocks away, and started an hour after Foley's show ended, so about 75% of the audience was wearing NXT shirts). |
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on May 6, 2015 5:36:45 GMT -5
Honestly, the Cheap Pops show was nowhere near as good as the show I went to with Mick - it was a lot more comedy focused and he could curse a little bit more. It seemed virtually identical to what I saw from his act at his San Jose show. Well, except for the jokes he had about being the second best show that the audience would see that night (the NXT San Jose event was 2 blocks away, and started an hour after Foley's show ended, so about 75% of the audience was wearing NXT shirts). To be fair, mine was maybe three years ago and it was his first UK tour; it was before basically every wrestler was doing one. |
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Post by tigermaskxxxvii on May 10, 2015 9:25:37 GMT -5
It used to be if you did a set on Tuesday Night Titans and Vince waved you over to the couch, you knew your comedy career was in for a push!
I remember in the prologue for Foley is Good Mick talks about adapting Have A Nice Day into a screenplay, only to be disappointed by it when he had the chance to read it on a long flight (I want to say it was some where way far off, like the Philippines). On that note, I was thinking while watching Cheap Pops that maybe his life story could work as a movie if he based it off the one man show, like how Mike Birbiglia turned his one man show Sleepwalk With Me into a movie (with lots of narrating by having Mick break the fourth wall by turning to the camera to address the audience).
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Post by Reflecto on May 10, 2015 10:01:59 GMT -5
The show was fine though I would have totally reedited it. There were so many shots of bored Foley kids, and shots of fans not laughing. It had some really awkward choices. I do not care if it's manipulating reality; cut to people smiling and laughing only. This seemed a little more blatant considering some of the cuts- it did look like at a few occasions on the show, they cut to Performance Center and/or NXT performers in the crowd- you'd assume that if you're doing that, you'd tell those people to over-sell the jokes and laugh far louder to make it look funnier. |
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Post by Dub H on May 10, 2015 12:57:09 GMT -5
I enjoyed it,Mick Foley never fails to entertain me
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Post by Pushed to the Moon on May 11, 2015 6:14:12 GMT -5
There were a couple of good stories. There was a little too much "Say a wrestler's name and wait for a golf clap" moments though.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on May 11, 2015 23:42:51 GMT -5
Honestly, the Cheap Pops show was nowhere near as good as the show I went to with Mick - it was a lot more comedy focused and he could curse a little bit more. Really? In the show I went to, there were tons of F-Bombs, only he didn't say all but one of them. Granted, they all happened when his opener came out dressed as DDP and Mick told the cookie story. Then, as he did in Cheap Pops, he had a kid in the crowd count his F-bomb total. After the whole show was over and he got his well deserved standing ovation, he came back to the mic and shouted "f***!" and walked off....for 25 seconds while they set up his merch table for the meet and greet. |
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on May 12, 2015 1:42:07 GMT -5
Honestly, the Cheap Pops show was nowhere near as good as the show I went to with Mick - it was a lot more comedy focused and he could curse a little bit more. Really? In the show I went to, there were tons of F-Bombs, only he didn't say all but one of them. Granted, they all happened when his opener came out dressed as DDP and Mick told the cookie story. Then, as he did in Cheap Pops, he had a kid in the crowd count his F-bomb total. After the whole show was over and he got his well deserved standing ovation, he came back to the mic and shouted "f***!" and walked off....for 25 seconds while they set up his merch table for the meet and greet. I phrased it really badly. I meant the show I went to was funnier and swearier. |
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on May 12, 2015 1:43:06 GMT -5
Really? In the show I went to, there were tons of F-Bombs, only he didn't say all but one of them. Granted, they all happened when his opener came out dressed as DDP and Mick told the cookie story. Then, as he did in Cheap Pops, he had a kid in the crowd count his F-bomb total. After the whole show was over and he got his well deserved standing ovation, he came back to the mic and shouted "f***!" and walked off....for 25 seconds while they set up his merch table for the meet and greet. I phrased it really badly. I meant the show I went to was funnier and swearier. I knew what you meant, I'm just disbelieving the swearier part. Mick isn't exactly a potty mouth. |
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on May 12, 2015 3:08:49 GMT -5
I phrased it really badly. I meant the show I went to was funnier and swearier. I knew what you meant, I'm just disbelieving the swearier part. Mick isn't exactly a potty mouth. Ah. Well it wasn't hugely sweary, but the first thing he said when he came onstage was 'this is bullshit,' he used the n-word at one point (in a quote), and he said the f-word maybe half a dozen times including the Kane story. Admittedly that's not necessarily a 'lot' swearier but by comparison to one f-word it certainly is. |
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Post by Essential1 on May 12, 2015 22:47:27 GMT -5
He used the n-word? so now this has-been is looking for cheap boos.
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Post by 67 more on May 13, 2015 1:18:03 GMT -5
He used the n-word? so now this has-been is looking for cheap boos. To be fair, it was quoting someone. Bit different than him just saying it. |
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on May 13, 2015 7:51:41 GMT -5
Is it really fair to call someone a has-been if they aren't trying, and failing, to do what they used to?
He's made the logical progression from wrestler into spoken word artist now that he's finally done wrestling. I don't get why that's a problem.
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Post by OldDirtyBernie on May 15, 2015 14:09:38 GMT -5
I thought it was okay, but I wouldn't say it was a failure at all. Just like any comedy special (and I use the word comedy loosely here) it's likely exponentially better in person rather than having the time constraints and other restrictions of television.
It's really more like a Henry Rollins spoken word show than an actual comedy show, and I'd put Foley just a little below Rollins when it comes to execution. He hasn't been at it nearly as long as Rollins but I thought he did well in telling the stories and trying to keep people entertained with light-heartedness and/or comedy.
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