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Sholmesy · 2019-08-21 13:04:20

Sorry that your jokes aren't landing.

But seriously, repeating a 3 letter tag line to fit in is not "comedy".

I also don't think Joe is very funny, though a lot of his guests/friend circle is (Tom Segura, Christina P, Ari S etc). His strength is in free flowing conversational interviewing, hence why his podcast is leagues more popular than his stand up (relative to the pack).

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stillbourne | karma 161 | avg karma 0.38 · | 2020-09-23 18:27:22

The JRE show has very little in the realm of comedy, and is more driven by Joe's philosophical views and opinion than any semblance of comicality. If his show was generally a stand up routine I would not have the same critique or hold it to the same level of skepticism.

frosted-flakes | karma 3661 | avg karma 1.65 · | 2021-08-25 16:09:10

JRE is not a comedy show though.

manigandham | karma 24990 | avg karma 2.69 · | 2020-05-26 00:08:40

Sure, but plenty of other people find him entertaining. He's no different in that regard than any number of vulgar comedic acts. The 2nd episode with Joe, Alex and Eddie was some of the best content from JRE.

glonq | karma 1289 | avg karma 2.11 · | 2021-08-25 17:56:22

Yeah, that's about exactly when I stopped listening to him. Listening to him talk shop with other comedians was always entertaining. But "serious" Joe is a whackjob, yes-man, and meat-head.

pohl | karma 9288 | avg karma 3.55 · | 2021-08-25 16:09:00

Joe is "regular people"? He's a sitcom actor. He makes a couple hundred million a year on podcast ad revenue alone. He only presents himself as a "regular" person because that's the demographic he's targeting.

bbatha | karma 1205 | avg karma 2.96 · | 2023-10-20 10:21:14

Given Jon's constant fallback to "I'm just a comedian" when encountering any criticism. Ya it should be funny.

bryal | karma 131 | avg karma 2.11 · | 2023-07-11 15:59:03

There's such a thing as unfunny comedians.

dabbernaught420 | karma 95 | avg karma 2.71 · | 2019-12-11 06:40:41+00:00

dislike this guy's comedy it's like he thought very hard about how to be a popular comedian and not so much about how to be funny

workhere-io | karma 1163 | avg karma 3.39 · | 2014-01-20 09:59:57

Sensationalist title. The article is about stand-up comedians, not funny guys in general.

lucb1e | karma 17323 | avg karma 2.26 · | 2016-09-19 10:45:29

Oh he's a comedian, that explains why the talk was like this. Can't say I found it very amusing though.

seanlevan | karma 446 | avg karma 6.46 · | 2015-04-17 03:33:57+00:00

What is wrong with his jokes? I have tried asking him a few and his responses are quite funny.

andrewflnr | karma 11547 | avg karma 2.11 · | 2023-10-10 12:18:01

If all comedians are funny, is anything funny? Please. The problem is clearly that they're all only trying to be funny and most of them are not very good at it.

sharemywin | karma 5432 | avg karma 0.74 · | 2021-05-10 17:16:12

I completely disagree with that. The reason why his jokes fail is because he doesn't work on his material enough.

workhorse | karma 163 | avg karma 2.12 · | 2012-02-23 21:01:08+00:00

The biggest issue with this is that they don't understand Jim Gaffigan's comedy.

The way to be humorous with something like this is to use a skit from one of his early comedy skits with a witty twist.

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bobbyi | karma 1156 | avg karma 3.12 · | 2022-12-10 17:34:47

He didn't specify that it should be a good standup comedian

scott_s | karma 34069 | avg karma 3.96 · | 2010-06-20 00:41:40+00:00

One phrasing is entertaining, the other isn't. Do you have the same reaction to standup comics?

giarc | karma 7441 | avg karma 2.78 · | 2020-09-16 14:23:30+00:00

I agree... when you listen to a great comedian, it's not 1 joke/sentence. This article was too much. I still read it all since the overall topic was entertaining but the attempt at humour was overkill.

guelo | karma 25003 | avg karma 4.71 · | 2022-08-04 14:03:55

Delivery is the crux of a lot of comedians. If they have good delivery they can get away with saying a lot of unfunny, even mean repulsive things, and have the audience laugh along with them

rbanffy | karma 158565 | avg karma 2.97 · | 2019-10-27 21:23:52+00:00

> except maybe if it’s with Craig Federighi.

He must be a decent stand-up comedian.

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