I dunno. Every time I see his mug and hear that nasal whine on the promos that air on TDS (and let me say that I find that show's been in something of a decline the last year or so), I cringe and am again baffled by the people who look back on the SNL era of Sandler, Spade, and Farley as a Golden Age of Comedy.
--Dave Sikula On Thursday, November 14, 2019 at 3:30:09 PM UTC-8, Steve Timko wrote: > > I think Spade is finally hitting his stride. His monologues have been > sharper the last few qwwka. He's gotten rid of the opening comedy bit where > he holds a cell phone vertically on something and makes jokes. The guests > are working together better. > Last night's show was notable for two reasons. One is that Chris Hardwick > was one of the panelists. Hardwick seems to have disappeared after his > ex-girlfriend made the allegations against him. He was as funny as I > remember him and I was happy to see him again. It was in his former time > slot, which Spade oddly did not acknowledge on the show. > The second was for a great 5-minute standup bit by Rachel Mac. How well > known of a comedian is she? She has almost 1,800 followers on Instagram. A > tight five doesn't make a comedy star, but I love being introduced to great > comedy talent this way. Check it out if you have a minute. > > On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 3:27 PM PGage <pga...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> I may be a little more willing to spin the wheel, but I also was going to >> say the hit rate on this show is so low it is hardly worth it. The last >> episode I watched was just 2 white guys (plus an awkward Spade) being >> morally outraged about SNL firing the racist comic because, dammit, white >> guys have a God given right to be racist >> >> On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 10:56 AM Jon Delfin <jond...@gmail.com >> <javascript:>> wrote: >> >>> Life is too short to bother with shows that are only sometimes >>> worthwhile. >>> >>> On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 12:49 PM Steve Timko <steve...@gmail.com >>> <javascript:>> wrote: >>> >>>> This latest episode might be the best yet. The guests are Maria >>>> Bamford, Joel McHale and Erik Griffen. >>>> >>>> >>>> http://www.cc.com/shows/lights-out-with-david-spade >>>> >>>> He takes people with no stand-up comedy experience and puts them on the >>>> stage at Comedy Store and he and another comedian feed them jokes. Last >>>> night's was the SEAL team member who killed bin Laden. It was funny. >>>> >>>> On Wed, Aug 14, 2019, 9:02 PM PGage <pga...@gmail.com <javascript:>> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I feel honor bound, after my snarky comment about Spade (and, I guess, >>>>> Steve) to confess that I have now watched 3 or 4 of these shows and did >>>>> not >>>>> hate all of them. As Steve said, a lot depends on the comics on the show, >>>>> and what you think of Spade. With 3 comics per night I’m not sure they >>>>> can >>>>> keep doing as well as they have (maybe they will do repeats), but I have >>>>> been pretty impressed so far (even penalizing him heavily for the pity >>>>> booking of his old friend Dennis Miller last night). >>>>> >>>>> My problem with the show is my fundamental problem with Spade; his >>>>> snarky persona can only really be funny if, underneath all of it, he is >>>>> knowingly making fun of himself. But he isn’t. Yes, he sometimes does put >>>>> himself down, but only by employing the same superficial yardstick to >>>>> judge >>>>> himself and admitting he falls short. But he doesn’t bring the bit around >>>>> to the point of exploding the superficial metric itself, and the culture >>>>> based on it. It’s like watching the Old Colbert character and >>>>> periodically >>>>> realizing the actor really does endorse nativistic, anti-intellectual >>>>> values. The jokes, even when funny, would start to make you sick. But in >>>>> the current age a show that does not engage in political humor is >>>>> something >>>>> of a relief. >>>>> >>>>> On Sat, Aug 3, 2019 at 12:21 PM PGage <pga...@gmail.com <javascript:>> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I think we knew you were in the minority when you confessed to being >>>>>> a Spade fan... >>>>>> >>>>>> On Fri, Aug 2, 2019 at 8:06 PM Steve Timko <steve...@gmail.com >>>>>> <javascript:>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> David Spade’s “Lights Out” talk show finished its first week. It >>>>>>> follows “The Daily Show” on Comedy Central. I’m a Spade fan so I >>>>>>> enjoyed >>>>>>> the show. I liked it better than Jordan Klepper’s show in that spot, >>>>>>> although not as much as Larry Wilmore’s show. The conceit of the show >>>>>>> is >>>>>>> that it stays away from political humor. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Turns out I’m in the minority. The how has averaged 270,000 same-day >>>>>>> viewers its first week and is losing more than half of the “The Daily >>>>>>> Show” >>>>>>> audience. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/lights-david-spade-premiere-week-ratings-1228374 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I think the best description of the show was by Thursday night guest >>>>>>> Al Madrigal, who said it was like Chelsea Handler’s talk show but with >>>>>>> less >>>>>>> testosterone. The show seemed to rise or fall on the quality of >>>>>>> guests, >>>>>>> mostly comedians, Spade has on the show. The first night included Neal >>>>>>> Brennan and Whitney Cummings and both did a great job, especially >>>>>>> breaking >>>>>>> Spade’s balls. The second night the comedians were Theo Von (every time >>>>>>> I >>>>>>> hear that name I think of an Elmore Leonard villain), Jen Kirkman and >>>>>>> Candice Thompson. Von’s jabs were less successful. Kirkman did a call >>>>>>> back >>>>>>> on the same joke until she ran it into the ground. The audience was >>>>>>> silent. >>>>>>> The third night was Jim Jefferies, Kaley Cuoco and Steve Byrne. It >>>>>>> picked >>>>>>> up again. Cuoco was game. They did a long segment where Spade pretended >>>>>>> to >>>>>>> give directions to “Bachelorette” contestants that had laughs and also >>>>>>> fell >>>>>>> flat. The last episode of the week included Madrigal, Sarah Tiana and >>>>>>> Dana >>>>>>> Carvey. Carvey was trying hard to get his humor untracked and the jokes >>>>>>> fell flat. Madrigal and Tiana were dismissed for the final segment as >>>>>>> Spade >>>>>>> and Carvey talked one-on-one, but it was not insightful and not funny. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Spade seems to be working out the kinks. 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