RIP Ralphie May. On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 10:07 AM, Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote:
> I watched most of the first season. Generally, it wasn't that good, but > there was a truly sublime moment when they were supposedly playing hide and > seek Dat Phan was urgently looking around for a place to hide and Ralphie > May, who was supposed to be looking for him, went out with his regular > routine. > Also, when Ralphie May's girlfriend visited, she was smoking hot. > > > On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 9:57 AM, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > >> It was noted here before that NBC has picked up a new season of Last >> Comic Standing with Wanda Sykes's production company running the show. This >> article talks about how they plan on dealing with the weaknesses of the >> earlier version: >> >> http://www.laughspin.com/2014/01/17/drastic-changes-coming- >> to-last-comic-standing-on-nbc-exclusive/ >> >> I never watched the show, but I have heard many contestants and judges >> talk about their experiences on Marc Maron's podcast. In the first season, >> they wanted to be an equivalent to American Idol, using open call auditions >> to bring new performers to prominence. The problem is that a new comic >> doing open mike nights needs five minutes of material that works, a feature >> comic needs twenty minutes, and a headliner needs an hour. By looking for >> new people, they got many who had,at best, five minutes of material that >> worked, and if they proceeded to the next round, they had nothing new to >> present. They dealt with that by bringing experienced comics in but then >> they had the problem that the judges and contestants knew each other from >> working on the road and that created an awkward tension. >> >> The new season won't have open call auditions, and, as the article puts >> it, it will be more like The Voice than Survivor. >> >> -- >> -- >> TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "TV or Not TV" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
