The Real Buffalo Joe Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 (edited) http://houston.culturemap.com/news/entertainment/10-08-19-dave-chapelle-houston-house-of-blues-october-8-tickets-showtimes-sticks-and-stones/ Show sold out in three minutes. My co-worker got some, I didn't. But his wife bailed so he sold me the other ticket. Sat second row, in a bar of less than 300 people. Made his Netflix special look like Sesame Street. People were offering $500 a ticket to people in line, face value $100. Turns out he's doing another show tonight, and rumor has it tomorrow. Said he did it with such little notice because of all the controversy he's been causing and didn't want to give time for people to organize a full protest. Edited October 9, 2019 by The Real Buffalo Joe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Likely testing or new material for another Netflix special. Any good jokes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Hammersticks Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Best comedian going right now, IMO. His new special, Sticks and Stones, is epically hilarious. Got front row seats to see him in Rochester in the early 2000’s. He just seems to be getting better and better with age. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boca BIlls Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 I watched his standup and it was great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSaint Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 If he’s doing multiple nights keep an eye out for a juke joint concert at some point. Bar none, hands down, by a wide margin the coolest event I’ve been to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeGOATski Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Cool, must have been so fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Buffalo Joe Posted October 10, 2019 Author Share Posted October 10, 2019 (edited) 14 hours ago, PromoTheRobot said: Likely testing or new material for another Netflix special. Any good jokes? It was hilarious. Touched on a lot of topics he did in his Sticks and Stones special, but all completely different jokes, just as funny. 11 hours ago, NoSaint said: If he’s doing multiple nights keep an eye out for a juke joint concert at some point. Bar none, hands down, by a wide margin the coolest event I’ve been to. Yeah. The night before he showed up to a bar that has a comedy open mic on Monday nights and did a set. But due to the small size of the crowd, it felt like it was one of those. Edited October 10, 2019 by The Real Buffalo Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 22 minutes ago, The Real Buffalo Joe said: It was hilarious. Touched on a lot of topics he did in his Sticks and Stones special, but all completely different jokes, just as funny. Yeah. The night before he showed up to a bar that has a comedy open mic on Monday nights and did a set. But due to the small size of the crowd, it felt like it was one of those. whoa, a comedian who comes up with something new? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Hammersticks Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 4 hours ago, row_33 said: whoa, a comedian who comes up with something new? One of my worst experiences at a comedy show was with one of my all time favorites, George Carlin. I paid a fortune to take a girlfriend to a sold out show in Rochester. While it was cool to see him, and we still laughed our asses off, every single joke he did was recycled. Then again, this was back in 2001 or 2002, so I don’t know if he was even writing any new material. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 14 minutes ago, Johnny Hammersticks said: One of my worst experiences at a comedy show was with one of my all time favorites, George Carlin. I paid a fortune to take a girlfriend to a sold out show in Rochester. While it was cool to see him, and we still laughed our asses off, every single joke he did was recycled. Then again, this was back in 2001 or 2002, so I don’t know if he was even writing any new material. i'm not even a 5% fan, but sorta respect if others on here think he's the wisest man who ever lived he seemed to recycle the same stuff to me from.... 1975 to his death... your mileage may vary 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Hammersticks Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 3 minutes ago, row_33 said: i'm not even a 5% fan, but sorta respect if others on here think he's the wisest man who ever lived he seemed to recycle the same stuff to me from.... 1975 to his death... your mileage may vary I don’t know man, as I was born in ‘79. He did have a couple good HBO specials in the early-mid 2000’s though. Well, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 (edited) 14 minutes ago, Johnny Hammersticks said: I don’t know man, as I was born in ‘79. He did have a couple good HBO specials in the early-mid 2000’s though. Well, IMO. I go back to him telling the most patently obvious drug jokes on network TV, and people thinking this was genius stuff... it's hard to keep it going in comedy, run out of original stuff well before a pop group runs out of licks and lyrics Edited October 10, 2019 by row_33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
US Egg Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Richard Pryor: Live In Concert (1979) Best comedian stand-up movie imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 I finally watched Sticks and Stones last night....pretty good, not quite as earth shaking as some made it out to be. Nothing more risque than what Chris Rock and everyone else was doing 15 years ago. The world just has infinitely more pussies now. I did really like the epilogue, especially his story about The Punchline in SF as his favorite club. A guy who works for me moonlights as a comedian and I've seen him at that club. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacka Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 I saw Rodney Dangerfield a few years before he died (probably 2000). The jokes were probably older than me. Still was rolling on the floor. He went at least 40 minutes without even a break for a drink of water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoBills808 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 It's funny to me how 'controversial' Chappelle is now. Back when he was doing his show his stuff was way more on the edge, just packaged for television so it was presentable. Still one of my top 5 standup guys tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Buffalo Joe Posted October 14, 2019 Author Share Posted October 14, 2019 1 hour ago, GoBills808 said: It's funny to me how 'controversial' Chappelle is now. Back when he was doing his show his stuff was way more on the edge, just packaged for television so it was presentable. Still one of my top 5 standup guys tho. He's been going after topics that we're not supposed to make fun of anymore. In the show I saw he: Compared Gretta Thurnburg to a Kangaroo in a BLM t-shirt. Cute, makes some good points, but shouldn't be the basis of reasoning for changing legislation. Said the gay rights movement isn't comparable to the black civil rights movement because "you never saw MLK on a parade float in booty shorts." Compared transgender-ism to blackface Said the Me Too movenment, while a good idea, needs to pick their battles and not pick every little thing a celebrity does to try and bring them to the ground and save it for real cases of rape and sexual assault Pointed out that if all of these mass shootings were performed by people of Middle-Eastern decent, they'd be locked up in camps, but because they're white, it's just considered a mental health crisis. Ended by saying free speech is the most important right we have, and that's why it's the first amendment. But the second amendment is there in case they try to take the first one away. He's not a puppet for either side of the political spectrum which makes him attack-able from both sides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoBills808 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 2 minutes ago, The Real Buffalo Joe said: He's been going after topics that we're not supposed to make fun of anymore. In the show I saw he: Compared Gretta Thurnburg to a Kangaroo in a BLM t-shirt. Cute, makes some good points, but shouldn't be the basis of reasoning for changing legislation. Said the gay rights movement isn't comparable to the black civil rights movement because "you never saw MLK on a parade float in booty shorts." Compared transgender-ism to blackface Said the Me Too movenment, while a good idea, needs to pick their battles and not pick every little thing a celebrity does to try and bring them to the ground and save it for real cases of rape and sexual assault Pointed out that if all of these mass shootings were performed by people of Middle-Eastern decent, they'd be locked up in camps, but because they're white, it's just considered a mental health crisis. Ended by saying free speech is the most important right we have, and that's why it's the first amendment. But the second amendment is there in case they try to take the first one away. He's not a puppet for either side of the political spectrum which makes him attack-able from both sides. ? yeah he’s glad to hear he still has his unique point of view. As far as the ‘political’ aspect of his comedy...I dunno, I don’t go to entertainers for my policy takes. If they’re funny I’ll listen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Buffalo Joe Posted October 14, 2019 Author Share Posted October 14, 2019 (edited) 36 minutes ago, GoBills808 said: ? yeah he’s glad to hear he still has his unique point of view. As far as the ‘political’ aspect of his comedy...I dunno, I don’t go to entertainers for my policy takes. If they’re funny I’ll listen. Bill Maher and Dennis Miller for example, both are very funny. But there are times where it seems getting their viewpoint across is more important to them than actually making a funny joke. That's what I like about Dave. I don't agree with everything he says, but he's funny about it either way. He realizes he has the talent to use his humor to make politial/social points, but doesn't forget that 1) He's still a comedian, 2) If the joke isn't funny, it's just ineffective. Edited October 14, 2019 by The Real Buffalo Joe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska Darin Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 On 10/10/2019 at 2:15 PM, Johnny Hammersticks said: One of my worst experiences at a comedy show was with one of my all time favorites, George Carlin. I paid a fortune to take a girlfriend to a sold out show in Rochester. While it was cool to see him, and we still laughed our asses off, every single joke he did was recycled. Then again, this was back in 2001 or 2002, so I don’t know if he was even writing any new material. I saw him on his last tour. Everything he did was new. He was the definition of legend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Hammersticks Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 3 minutes ago, Alaska Darin said: I saw him on his last tour. Everything he did was new. He was the definition of legend. Awesome! I must have caught him at a bad time. Carlin is one of my all time favorites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HopsGuy Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 On 10/10/2019 at 3:15 PM, Johnny Hammersticks said: One of my worst experiences at a comedy show was with one of my all time favorites, George Carlin. I paid a fortune to take a girlfriend to a sold out show in Rochester. While it was cool to see him, and we still laughed our asses off, every single joke he did was recycled. Then again, this was back in 2001 or 2002, so I don’t know if he was even writing any new material. Saw GC at Harrah’s in Atlantic City in ‘93. We were seniors in college & one guy was from AC. “Everybody give me 5 bucks.” They put us at a table right up front like in “Goodfellas”. George came out, walked right up to our table, “How you fellas doing tonight? Thanks for coming out.” Most of his material was new. He did the baseball vs. football bit & closed with 50 ways to say, ahem, self-love. My favorite was “shaking hands with the unemployed”. We used to go to comedy clubs in Philly quite a bit, especially before we turned 21. No one checked IDs & the 2 drink minimum was no problem. Lots of guys you’ve never heard of we’re grinding it out. Being Philly, some idiot would try to heckle and get destroyed. That was fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Buffalo Joe Posted October 14, 2019 Author Share Posted October 14, 2019 Not sure if anybody has heard of John Caparulo, but he's my brother's absolute favorite comedian. My brother still lives back in Buffalo. He happened to be in Houston on his birthday a few years back. I went to the show to get my brother an autograph, and got one better. He called my brother and wished him a happy birthday and it was the best gift my brother ever got. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska Darin Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 43 minutes ago, The Real Buffalo Joe said: Not sure if anybody has heard of John Caparulo, but he's my brother's absolute favorite comedian. My brother still lives back in Buffalo. He happened to be in Houston on his birthday a few years back. I went to the show to get my brother an autograph, and got one better. He called my brother and wished him a happy birthday and it was the best gift my brother ever got. I like JC. He's different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gugny Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 12 hours ago, Johnny Hammersticks said: Awesome! I must have caught him at a bad time. Carlin is one of my all time favorites. I, too, saw George Carlin and was not impressed. This was the early 90s. Got a free ticket, so I went with my buddies. It was good ... then there was a "heckler," on whom Carlin spent WAY too much time. It was painfully obvious that the entire thing was staged. That's when I got up, went to the bar and waited for the show to end. I know he was a legend and I absolutely think he was a fantastic comedian. I just didn't enjoy seeing him live that night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apuszczalowski Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 It's funny, if a comedian comes out and doesnt do anything new it's considered bad, if a band comes out and plays mostly new stuff it's usually bad and the audience want them to play the old stuff.... I guess there are some comedians who have to do "the Hits or what they are known for" when they perform bit even then, people still want that same bit performed with newer material. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Buffalo Joe Posted October 15, 2019 Author Share Posted October 15, 2019 21 minutes ago, apuszczalowski said: It's funny, if a comedian comes out and doesnt do anything new it's considered bad, if a band comes out and plays mostly new stuff it's usually bad and the audience want them to play the old stuff.... I guess there are some comedians who have to do "the Hits or what they are known for" when they perform bit even then, people still want that same bit performed with newer material. Because they're two different experiences. When people go to see a band that they know, they want to be able to sing along. Of course this varies by genre. A jazz, blues, etc concert, you go in usually not knowing what to expect. But a rock/pop/country concert, that's generally the case. Comedy depends on the element of surprise. It's why it's very rare for a comedy sequel movie to do well. It's not that it stops being funny, but you don't laugh at the joke as much, if at all, when you've already heard it. Although I've heard Ron White can almost never leave without telling the Tater Salad story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska Darin Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 25 minutes ago, The Real Buffalo Joe said: Because they're two different experiences. When people go to see a band that they know, they want to be able to sing along. Of course this varies by genre. A jazz, blues, etc concert, you go in usually not knowing what to expect. But a rock/pop/country concert, that's generally the case. Comedy depends on the element of surprise. It's why it's very rare for a comedy sequel movie to do well. It's not that it stops being funny, but you don't laugh at the joke as much, if at all, when you've already heard it. Although I've heard Ron White can almost never leave without telling the Tater Salad story. I've seen him twice since he got big. Didn't tell it either time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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