Funny Favorite comedians / comedy bits?

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    Maria Bamford just came through Eugene and I missed her show....she's Jonathan Winters crazy!
     
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    Around the time comedians started thinking their personal political views mattered to their audience, the laughter subsided and the art of comedy all but died.

    All my favorite comedians are either dead or not feeling well.
     
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    yet you do not name one......the art of posting without political views is all but dead eh?
     
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    Love Maria Bamford. One of my faves.

    Gonna switch over to the comedy station on iHeart now, because this thread has me in the mood.
     
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    Natasha Leggero, haven't seen any of her bits but I have a feeling I'd love them all.
     
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    Agreed.

    Few stand-ups who become famous don't fall into the trap of thinking their opinions are important.

    It's also a trend to have (mostly young) stand-ups who think that political and social commentary is comedy. Comedy is comedy.
     
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    The balls it took for Johnny to steal the Aunt Blabby character from Winters despite him being a regular guest on the show...
     
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    I'm 4 episodes in, but I think that the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is pretty damn funny. Then again, I really liked Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (yup, I was the one).
     
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    Mrs. Maisel is a great show. Rachel Brosnahan is fantastic.
     
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    In other standup news, we saw TJ Miller from Silicon Valley recently. Meh.
     
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    Just saw Nick Offerman live, kinda theatrical (one man show style) but really smart and funny.

    First thing he did was ask anyone who brought their kids (maybe 4 or 5 people) to cover their kids ears and said (paraphrasing) “what the fuck are you thinking? I am not Ron Swanson, and this isnt the parks and rec live show. Im going to talk about sex and drugs. A lot.”
     
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    When I did a Jeff Foxworthy show, his sound guy sound checked with a vocal only version of “enjoy the silence” by depeche mode. Said he scored it from some dude behind a 7/11.
     
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    My man - Greg Proops is coming to town in about two months - he's doing a live podcast on the 8th of march, and then 3 days of shows. I'm thinking about goin to this for sure:

    http://portland.heliumcomedy.com/events/21600

    AND, if your wallet can handle it. Demetri Martin is in town two weeks later:

    http://portland.heliumcomedy.com/events/21604
     
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    I saw him at a Whose Line is it Anyway show a while back and he was easily the funniest.
     
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    Wish I'd have known about these a couple weeks ago--I would most assuredly have received tickets for Christmas. Been so long since I've actually gone to a comedy club (my wife isn't really into stand-up), I never actually check their schedules.

    Given the choice between the two, I'm probably more interested in Demetri. Thanks for the heads up on these.
     
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    You are not the only one. I liked both of these shows as well.
     
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    Twas a woman who drove me to drink.....never did remember to thank her!
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    Proops did a stand up set when I saw him 15 years ago opening for WLIIA... raunchy as hell. LOL. But it was smart.
     
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