In yo face, Larry the Cable Guy.

Patton Oswalt sucks. Patrice O'Neal is the future of comedy.

Perhaps you missed where I wrote FACT. That makes it irrefutable.

You didn't use a period, thus making your irrefutable ''fact'' nothing more than a random assortment of letters. FACT.

John Pinette.

You say Patrice O'Neal.............But I say nay nay.

I did want to mention, David Cross, like a few other comedians I like such as Billy Connolly and Eddie Izzard, doesn't write any of his material out. It's stream of consciousness, which leads to lots of rambling, ums, and some gratuitous swearing. I feel, though, that the more spontaneous quality of the humor makes up for it. I mean, I don't like have a measuring stick or anything, but it makes me laugh and is more engaging to me than someone doing a set routine. Usually. Stella fucking cracked me up with a set routine, but that's a whole other thing.

Also, you mentioned not liking higher thinking comedians, and that's sort of what I respond to. I'm thoroughly bored with most topics for comedy. Sex and the differences between the sexes and my wife and farts and poops and airplanes.... I've gotten tired of it, and most of the times you know the punchline before they say it anyway. Politics strikes me as good fodder, just because it's always changing. History strikes me as good fodder, just because no one ever talks about it. And hey, telling a good funny story never hurt anyone.

I know, different strokes and all that, I just wanted a flipside perspective in here.

I never said I didn't like higher thinking comedians. I actually said quite the opposite:

You're right, by the way, about Eddie Izzard being funny as hell. He pulls off the stream of concsiousness routine extremely well. I suppose we'll just agree to disagree on David Cross.

[Edited on Dec 15, 2005 by TonyOrlando]