Stand-Up's Strangest Experiment

[@ComedyWithoutErrors]

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[@ForlornFea]

I must say I adore this channel. It's not just good or great. It's desperately needed and vital for forwarding the discussion of stand-up as an art form. So often stand-up is denigrated and discussed as being less than art, especially by stand-ups and fans of up stand-up who regularly trundle out the 'it's just a joke, it has no real value or meaning' defence or perpetuate the idea that great stand-ups (especially ones who died young like Bill Hicks) 'weren't really stand-ups' but poets or performance artists or philosophers or whatever rather than just being great examples of what stand-up can do. Stewart Lee, in particular, has been a revelation in discussing the mechanics of stand-up as art and its connections to literature and theatre, but your channel has taken that idea a step further: not just looking at individual stand-ups as artists or aspects of stand-up as occasionally being artistic, but laying the groundwork for a holistic discussion of stand-up and its various aspects as art. Discussions like this are perhaps going on in certain universities or stand-up circles, but it's this is the first time on KZbin I have seen someone devote their channel to discussing stand-up in this manner and I absolutely love it. Also I think your editing is great and your music choices are inspired. The presentation of the videos make them feel culturally conscious and deeply engaging. Great work. Keep it up!

[@TheBobolicious]

Seconded.

[@TheBobolicious]

@Chop Wood Yeah, us comedy nerds really need an outlet outside of boring people at dinner parties.

[@Gongasoso]

As a theatre student that loves stand-up and feels this stigma against it often, I second this

[@MrBlackLenses]

So there’s gonna be a video on Bo Burnham’s “Inside” right?

[@MillerMooseMan]

Another Comedy Without Errors video = another stand up special for my watch list 😄

[@Chuck365]

I have never, EVER thought there would be an essay-form video on the Drew Michael's work. He is operating on an exceptional level of depth that I have not seen others do yet.

[@dano8331]

Thank you for doing this. I found out about this special from your channel and absolutely loved it. Not every creative risk worked out but it felt like a genuinely groundbreaking take on standup. I was disappointed to find out the majority of people hated it, called it a one-man show, or dismissed it as an attack on the art form in the vein of Nanette. In think it’s one of those pieces of overlooked art that will be thought of years from now as massively influential.

[@qurkee163]

Last time I was this early, Comedy Central was still airing Chapelle show

[@hd9ek]

This is a must if you wanna take a deep dive into the world of stand up. This is one of kind channel. I've been looking for something like this and have not been able to find anything close to this. Keep it up

[@davidwiercinski8414]

You are my favorite channel, hands down.

[@cleverchaleigh]

First off, I love your channel! Secondly, I'm going to be the brat in the room that doesn't agree that this particular special is stand-up comedy. The objective for stand-up comedy performances is to entertain & make people laugh. I look at this kind of performance. . .is just that, performance art! Something that is very unique & immersive experience. I do think that for a lot of people forget all about Performance Art, what it is. The objective for performance art is to provoke thought & emotions in an abstract manner. People rather call themselves stand-up comedians than performance artists, cause one is more popular than the other!

[@kieranjohngale]

I went and watched it just now and it's actually pretty good. It's avant garde, and certainly if you haven't developed your appreciation for genre breaking work then this could be a challenge, but the jokes still stand. It's slow to start. It feels extremely intimate. And the meta-textual joke of it is pretty crafty (the joke being the vulnerability he's not showing). The spliced bits of his gf make it a lot more cinematic. The sound and light editing accentuate the absurdities of his material. Solid work CWE. I've loved all your videos and this was a new comic for me

[@jasonzcomedy]

Drew Michael is one of the deepest minds in comedy right now

[@omg9261]

Love that guy. One of my favorite comedians ever

[@SourSourSour]

I have been thinking about this relationship with audience and entertainer, but under the framework of animation and social media. I've gotta watch this special now, thanks for talking about it!

[@wHlTEnINJA]

I was not expecting to nearly burst into tears in this video, but then you played Leaves on the Vine, and here I am.

[@ericdevito9383]

I've been binging these keep going please

[@macb.t.9918]

You’re gonna get huge one day, keep up the great work!!

[@jonbuchan256]

Absolutely love this channel! :)

[@vijetharadhya5871]

Thanks a lot for these videos! They are fun and also very informative.

[@tyleryenna2774]

Wow. Thank you for this video and channel. Led me to some great art that I didn’t know about.

[@RohitYadav-zs1qf]

Great amount of work has been put behind this video. Awesome. All the best man. Hope to see more videos from you in future.

[@dannyrowleyyt]

Another fantastic video! I loved it. 👊👍

[@TheSarkyGamer]

Simon Bird (Will from "The Inbetweeners") performed during lockdown in an empty theatre, and absolutely nailed it. That was brave. This is still astonishing - his set seems to be an actor performing in a dimension where comedy is banned and dangerous.

[@abdrhmn7093]

Great video! And thank you for introducing me to many different comedians I never thought I'd like. Ps. I just finished Bo Burnham's Inside, which is also pushing the hard limits of what a special is.. I think in this case Burnham made one of the best comedy specials ever made, but it's pushing the "standup" part way past the point to be called one (I don't even know if it was even intended to be "standup")

[@ComedyWithoutErrors]

Inside is amazing! But you're right, it is in no way stand up. Somewhere between performance art, a comedy special and a psychological horror haha. Would be awesome to talk about. Thanks :)

[@teejayburger2136]

@@ComedyWithoutErrors foreshadowing is a literary technique…

[@ralphlea7595]

Another awesome piece of work, love your videos. Aside from the superb structured analysis of the best and worst of comedy your choices of B footage are on point 👌

[@gingerbreadYT]

Superb video again my man! You’ve got a great talent

[@EggBastion]

1:09 - the one that starts with N and ends with anette . . . _. . . Nanette?_

[@sameemshameem7980]

Well done

[@technogamesworld4812]

Abcdicon

[@Arman-gu8uh]

Could you do a video on James Acasters New Comedy Special?

[@rockpaperscissors6521]

"What a comedian should be doing is being funny. That should be his goal: to be funny. I feel some comedians-their goal is to be smart, and the funny is like a collateral thing. They want to be seen as smart.” Norm

[@eMJayRecordz]

I'd love to hear thoughts on Nate: A One Man Show by Natalie Palamides.

[@matthewrowley]

I second this.

[@basicjenkins]

I third this.

[@joehollingworth2691]

I fourth this forthwith.

[@ojpistorius6369]

Sorry folks I drank 5th

[@nasergamih3120]

Welcome back sir

[@s.j7423]

this is wonderful, danke

[@levimcglinchey5843]

I loved Under The Skin, sold! I'll have to get this special watched Another superb video, I'm so glad this channel was recommended to me, so many people are missing out.

[@lolamby1]

Superb. I'd love to explore the convergence of confessional novels and their equivalents in standup. At the very least, both are, as you imply, manufactured scripts.

[@DarkMotherFucker-z3m]

I love your channel! please make more videos

[@MattAndImprov]

Before Jim Henson, puppets on TV were filmed in little puppet theaters, little booths with curtains to hide the puppeteers, like they would appear in person. But the television IS the theater. It IS the curtain. It's already hiding the puppeteers off-screen. When online shopping was first envisioned, the assumption was that you'd have to recreate the in-person experience. But it's different. Musicians (and comedians) perform live, but when they record a song, it's not just a live performance recorded. It's snippets from several "performances" sliced together. When The Beatles and The Beach Boys and other musicians started to make music that was more complicated, they let the recording be different from the live show.

[@SpirusOfH]

Wow and Inside dropped just a month after this video. What stand-up/comedy can be on streaming platforms is really being pushed right now, I love it!

[@AlexanderAntoline]

does anybody knows more channels like this? i follow beige frequenly porsalin and comedy without error they are completely different in content but i appreciate perception a lot

[@AlexanderAntoline]

@@Abbie1204 thank you I also love comedy I wanna do stand up in my country

[@leightonmilton5162]

Great stuff!

[@Dylan.Gmusic]

I think this is a question that has been argued back and forth for ages when it comes to abstract art, music, film, and now comedy. I think it's as simple as - I made this thing, and if you want to acknowledge it, you can, and if you don't, then don't.

[@jaredrogersword]

Just like the iPhone - I think I've watched the best CWE video, and then up pops a new one - more powerful and advanced than it's predecessor

[@innovativeatavist159]

"Does anybody want to joke when no one's laughing in the background?" Yes....apparently. This guy. It was....uncomfortable.

[@Vence.]

Jerrod Carmichael is a fuckin genius man, great analysis btw

[@covrtdesign5279]

It's not really groundbreaking as Harland Williams did it back in 2012 in a desert, albeit a much different style of comedy, and I would put Maria Bamford's standup to her parents in their living room, but the director absolutely killed it. I definitely appreciate the special and doing something different in this day in age other than standing on a huge, two color lit stage with no personality of the comedian but rather the look of an America's Got Talent second round talent contest.

[@frizzman1991]

You can't just play Leaves From the Vine like that and leave me crying.

[@mdotbirmz]

You’re clearly a student of comedy. I’d love to hear some of your work

[@MattAndImprov]

That Creature From The Black Lagoon part? 2,000 points

[@oliharley]

Finally!!!

[@eoghan69]

Where can you watch it in the uk / free?

[@Nkanyiso_K]

*woah* this is so incredible. I love how you break down the nuances of the presentation of standup comedy

[@mirroredhour]

I like Drew Michael's comedy but I didn't like this special so thanks for such an insightful video on why that is. Makes me appreciate it so much more.

[@TheLambLive]

".......Andy Kaufman" - 🤣

[@punx78]

So when is the Bo Burnham: Inside episode happening? Loved it.

[@ComedyWithoutErrors]

Good Lord what a special! Gonna release the next vid then do Burnham, hopefully tying in themes/ideas from his previous specials. Thanking you :)

[@punx78]

Excellent, love the videos, thanks for all your work.

[@martinbbela4378]

during that last sequence of him getting verbally attacked by Suki, I felt myself getting angry at her. Like this guy bore his soul and you stand here claiming he is insincere and how dare you de-legitimize what he is feeling with your words. But After a while I realized I was mad because I recognized myself in him all throughout the special. And all the words she said towards him might as well have been towards me, It angered me but it was also a completely fair point. That was my Scoody Doo moment. That being said... He also wrote that part of the show sooooo....

[@Gongasoso]

What he did isn't stand-up because no recording of stand-up is stand-up. It's a _recording_ of the stand-up. Those are different types of artistic objects. Matter of fact, many comedians say that when material is recorded, that material dies - that is why fan recording isn't permitted, and why recording a special is such a big deal; it's a crystallization of a living, artistic matter, towards a treatment for technical reproducibility and commodification. This is not to say that his work is not good. It's not to say that his work is not _stand-up based_ or _ within a stand-up aesthetic_ - I was left very intrigued and might check up on it, tbh. However, one cannot call two different types of thing the same thing. Due to COVID, recent years brought about many new, budding forms of spectacle based on recording previous formats to which recording was an after-thought (theatre, music, stand-up apparently...) and some of those forms are different enough from their live-performance roots to warrant a new name to define them. I think this is one of them

[@sinofraj1744]

Bro, I would give you my life if I had any.

[@j-dub8758]

That clip of Drew Michael talking about how he wrote this, and I even wrote this part too...I was like hang on...that sounds awfully similar to a Stewart Lee bit. So I rewound to listen again, then saw your subtitle saying "Sound like Stewart Lee anyone?". Definitely does. Good spotting. I'm not sure the "Good writers borrow, great ones steal" maxim stands in this case. Unless of course Stewart Lee did in fact steal that idea and use it in Comedy Vehicle - then yes, it would stand. Actually that would be hilarious if it turned out SL had been stealing all of his ideas from relatively unknown North American comedians and repurposing them for the Hackney liberal intelligentsia.

[@BNL07604]

I heart this.

[@KaleighMacKay]

this is super interesting!

[@JB-jr8zw]

Liked and subscribed. I was there when JCS just started and am good at digging through the tube crates for the greats. Thank you for making KZbin great again. Peace.

[@footbawlsamich]

some damn good coffee

[@beaushorkey9313]

Leaves from the vine! Making me sad

[@simarjeetnagpal]

10:42 is which special or comedian?

[@amypauley2551]

Eric Andre - The Eric Andre Show. :)

[@static3821]

The cutaways to clips from other movies and audio clips really brings the pacing to a crawl. I wish he would just have them play on top of him talking, or if it has audio, just take it out. It feels like he is pointing out something, and then just playing a clip from a movie where they say the same thing. Like the Kung fu panda clip where he says “stuffing our face with cookies” and then po is stuffing his face with cookies. What was the point? It feels like a watch mojo video whenever that happens. The analysis is good, why do you need those clips from movies and tv.

[@sullivanfigurskey3931]

I disagree, it worked for me, but rarity of constructive criticism in YT comments earned a thumbs up from me

[@OGRE_HATES_NERDS]

jerrod carmichael is an og kill tony legend

[@Matybigfro]

Is stand up a timeless art form? Because it seems allot of this Chanel is unpacking the questions stand up is asking of itself as an art form that other forms of art first started asking of themselves a couple hundred years ago.

[@noizetv4240]

If it wasn't horror movie level uncomfortable I may have laughed more on my own accord. As it stands, I watched it once...not again. This experiment needs more tooling.

[@patrickelliot943]

eek...19:00 is not "Stewart Lee vibes", it's straight up plagiarism.

[@thehesitantpoets]

its not stand up comedy its just stand up

[@Pinkybum]

I didn't realize it at first but you have a bit of an Australian accent.

[@Pinkybum]

So I googled you and it appears you are a New Zealander - my profuse apologies.

[@ComedyWithoutErrors]

You're forgiven... this time haha

[@Pinkybum]

@@ComedyWithoutErrors great analysis by the way. I look forward to each new video.

[@funkymunky]

All form. No substance. Another act of "épater les bourgeois", reflecting their tedious insecurities back to them.

[@malachichampion]

This inb4 Inside

[@megazenn22]

can you render in 60fps if youre using mixed framerates, a lot of this is painful to watch, some of it is 10fps :(

[@Zvox]

idk why you referenced Nanette like it's a piece of shit. it's fucking brilliant.

[@OGRE_HATES_NERDS]

that gary gulman/ charles dickens idea is wack af. did he really do that? also did dickens ever say “i said good day sir”? or did you just put that clip in for the scrooge reference

[@WakeUpUniverse66]

This is like the modern art of stand up comedy. And by that i mean its pretentious shite.

[@BenPfei]

I think comedy should provoke laughter, that's the essence. Experimental comedy has change on method, but laughter has to be there... this guy, it just seems like he does spoken poetry and is trying to have someone lauding his genius, which this video gives him. It's pretentious and very far from simply intelligent

[@abrahama2643]

Not funny. Hard pass.

[@LettersAndNumbers300]

Thanks, seems like something I really don’t need to watch.

[@salmanmazumder6148]

The minute 'Vulture' and 'Vice' becomes a go to for anything, it's unbearable. Like they don't even get comedy themselves, always riding the moral ground of 'high brows'. I'd rather judge him watching his regular clips of sets in comedy clubs.