Yeah, that makes sense, except that Pete Davidson is a millionaire who owns a house on Staten Island. He lives in a loft in Brooklyn that costs 30k/month

There's no way I'd go to Saudi Arabia for $5k.

Who?

You don't get it, she's a good billionaire because she's a girl and owns her music. Who cares that she takes a private jet flight for what could be an hour long drive - she could never fly economy due her popularity!

Should we start calling him Bonesaw Bill or Bonesaw Burr.

That freckled fuck is dead to me. He has gone against all he has said om his podcast and then doubled down. What a fucking tool.

Yeah, I never really cared for his vibe as a comedian until that part happened and then he decided to do this like a month or two later so I'll go back to not caring about his shit again. I do hope people keep giving him shit for it until he stops showing his face though.

Just shows he was only speaking out because he thought he would make money from it, not because of any ethical principles.

Wait, what's the bonesaw money?

I've seen her live. She's great, and worth it. She's funny with both her rehearsed material and her crowdwork.

I really like both. Gianmarco has exploded into my recommendations recently and I love every second.

She is pure brilliant.

don't forget caleb hearon

Sadly, my prediction is that he'll use his classic "I'm dumb, I don't read the news" line as an excuse, and then go back to trashing billionaires as early as next week.

I don't give a shit if he grows or not, I'm done with him. I saw what he did.

Choke on your blood money, bill burka.

In my fantasy world, these comedians are currently in conference calls working on material to fry the Saudis together.

Obviously they'd execute the first one that did it, but I like to dream

This I did not know.

Excuse me say what? This news had me thinking yesterday about how many solid comedians there are now vs. back in the day. In the 80s, we could name most popular comedians. "Ever heard of this Eddie Murphy guy?"

Now? The list is enormous, and filled with hard hitters. I can spend all night on YouTube only watching the most popular, barely scratching the surface.

I appreciate this take. It's interesting to think about - I have often felt alienated because I often don't enjoy standup - neither from the classics nor the modern comedians.

Honestly think a big part of it was cable tv and premium channels becoming big and needing unique content, which led to comedy specials and shows.

The lack of comedy venues in most places except big cities around the US.

The ability to play uncensored shows and filmed comedy performances made for great late night TV for HBO and Showtime.

I think by the late 90’s- 2000’s the internet had stolen some of the spotlight and there were more comedy coming from improv groups and standup that landed TV deals. So that’s how we ended up with Reno 911, and shows like Chepelle, and Key and Peele. This was during the time that Mind Of Mencia was on. Comedy Central did a lot by just giving standup their own sketch type 30-60 min shows on prime time.

I think a lot of the people in comedy these days have piloted from touring to doing things like live podcasts and whatnot. The straight standup routine isn’t seen nearly as much anymore. Plus a lot of content is just directed directly to YouTube and patreon channels because it’s easier and more profitable.

chapelles reason was pretty obvious, hes a transphobe, that was mad when he cant say transphobic jokes, and SA allows him to be transphobic as much as he wants.

My thought about the whole thing was that if someone went there and, in spite of the agreement they signed, teed off on the Saudis and whatever else they were forbidden from discussing, I'd have had respect. Was honestly hoping that's what Burr was intending to do. I'd have donated to the GoFundMe for them to fight the inevitable lawsuit from the Saudis.

Obviously didn't happen. We live in a difficult world, and when presented with the choice between fighting (hard) and rolling over (easy), people take the obvious choice. I don't know if I'm doing it differently.

Are these sets even recorded and able to be viewed somewhere, or were they essentially private? If they're private, I dunno, I get it.

Comedians understanding that they're less significant of a form of free speech to society than a free and independent press is basically impossible for some reason.

There are definitely exceptions. All of the comics mentioned here are people who peaked a decade or more ago, and most of them are extremely out of touch. There are a lot of more contemporary comics who are doing a great job. I don't see Josh Johnson or Ashley Gavin or Gianmarco Soresi or like the people on Dropout showing up to something like this. There's a whole generation of great comics, a lot of them coming out of UCB, who are funnier, wittier, and wiser than any of these clowns.

They were funded by these large groups and that isn't talked about enough. It wasn't just SA blood money they chased. They took it from hertiage foudation and other conservative groups. Most probably didn't even realize they were doing it. They'd just get booked through agents. It just happened that these agents were working with groups who probably paid for personality profiles of the lamest comedians who could benefit their cause if they were actually popular.

I'd like to hear if Carr has any additional reasoning than just money.

I think they have. They're the highest paid and most well known. That's what defines an era unfortunately. It's what defines status quo