Garfunkel and Oates performed their new song “This Party Took a Turn for the Douche” for the first time live last night at Tom Arnold’s weekly show at the Laugh Factory. Per usual, G and O killed it. They are so interesting and cute and funny and clever, you can’t help but love them. Musical comedy acts are mostly cheesy crap. But these girls are definitely must see live comedy. The video doesn’t do them justice. Kind of like Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. They’re just so much better in person. Can someone please get them on stage with Dragon Boy Suede, so we can figure out who the best comedy rappers are in game?
The rest of the line-up was spectacular. It actually ended up being a super big line-up, which I rail against constantly, but I didn’t mind last night. Comedians may have gotten antsy…but whattaya gonna do?
Tom Arnold’s set up-front was really, really good. I’ve seen this show 3 or 4 times now and this was his best performance. Pretty amazing how stand-up comedy is one of those crafts where you can constantly improve. I’d still like to see him shorten up the in between parts.
What can you say about Tom Segura? Really. I just saw him at Ballgame’s and I still laughed. Dude just writes and writes and writes. He’s hilarious. His new joke about staring at the dudes bulge is great.
Tim Allen stopped in for a guest spot. He was funny. He was. But I hope one day all comedians can feel what it’s like to get laughs based on who you are. That’s when you know you’ve made it. The crowd just laughed harder because they knew it was Tim Allen. They put a little extra umph in the laugh.
Duncan Trussell, Greg Fitzsimmons, and Bobby Lee were great as always.
Finally, I really enjoyed watching 20-year old Alex Edelman and Scotsman Danny Bhoy. Edelmans scarcasm and poise on-stage was solid. And at 20, you can expect big things if he sticks with it and works hard. He ran out of steam with out 2 minutes to go in his routine, but he was good. Check him out if you can before he heads back to film school in NY. Bhoy was very relaxed and told some great jokes about the Irish (I’m Irish…and I still loved them). I can imagine people go crazy for those jokes in the UK. He’s only been in L.A. 2 weeks but I expect you’ll hear more from him.
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Thanks for coming to the show and the nice words. Glad you survived the long list. Everyone did a great job keeping the audience going.
Back in the day, you used to buy a $10 ticket to the 10PM show at the Laugh Factory and be there till 1am…and every comedian was good. As long as you have great comedians, it's all good.