This show, for those of you who have not had the pleasure (sarcastic) of watching it (at least recently), can be summed up pretty easily. It's a panel talk show. They have 4 guests on every night to discuss current events with the host, Colin Quinn. In theory, I guess it's a decent idea. I mean Bill Mahr does it really well oh HBO, so why can't Colin Quinn do it on Comedy Central? Well, that's because on Tough Crowd, there is basically this formula:

Guests on the show are as follows:

1. Fat racist black guy, dressed in trendy "urban" clothes, such as the prerequesite sports jersey and hat with the bill not bent at all.

2. Bitter bald white guy. I think this one explains itself.

3. Really racist and bitter Italian guy.

4. Insert tonights random guest here, who undoubtably is either jewish, or severely racist.

Now, here's how the show works, and why it fails. Colin Quinn plays a video clip, and the panel is supposed to discuss it. What happens, though, is the various panel members are so opposed to everything the others say, they end up interrupting each other until everyone is just standing there screaming, and Colin Quinn reads some lame line off of the teleprompter and goes to commercial.

Here's a good example of this:

1. Colin Quinn shows clip of black guy x being treated badly by white guy y. Black guy x reacts how he should and sets white guy y straight.

2. Fat black guy in urban trendy clothing claps.

3. Bitter white guy ridicules him for clapping.

4. Italian guy makes comment about why he thinks all blacks are worthless.

5. Jewish guy talks.

6. Black guy calls jewish guy a jew.

7. Various screaming ensues.


I'm sure you can see how this would be top cut entertainment.

Back when the show first came on tv, it was good. They picked 4 different celebrities and comedians to be on there. We saw everyone from George Carlin to Robert Schimmel. This was good stuff. But it's gotten to the point, that because of Colin Quinn's idiot friends that he must have on the show, that no celebrities want to come on the show. Instead we get stuck with these overexaggerated stereotype guys.

Note to Colin Quinn. Follow these instructions carefully.

1. Watch Real Time with Bill Mahr when it comes back on the air here in a few weeks.

2. Take notes. He knows how to do a panel talk show.

3. Shoot your friends.

4. Stay off of television. You suck.


I hate comedy central. First they think everything "underground" is hilarious. Not to mention anything that has ever been filmed in Great Britan. Not all Brits are funny. Deal with it. Mad TV is NOT better than SNL. Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn sucks. Cancel that show. Start showing SNL again. Kill the makers of Mad TV. The Daily show is great, but only because it doesn't cram the "humor" down your throat. Not to mention the only things the Daily Show have going for it are John Stewart and Steven Corbet. The rest of them suck now. South Park is decent still, but it just seems like they're trying too hard to piss people off, and not hard enough to make people laugh.

God I hate Comedy Central. It's really sad when the channel that is supposed to be dedicated to humor, is first of all, censored, and second of all, not funny. Ever.



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I figure that one day I'll either be famous, or in prison. But I guess if I'm going to prison, I should probably try to do something that would make me famous anyway.

I've seen that show a few times. It comes on directly after Conan on Australian cable tv. It serves as a strong reminder to me to keep the remote handy at all times.

It's like anti-funny and if I don't change the channel quick enough after Conan part of my brain begins to die.

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They don't show SNL anymore!?!?!

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I love this show. its hilarious to see people get totally out of line. the other night they had two anrgy black guys and a jewish lesbian. wonderful match! i think its hilarious.

i friggin love comedy central. its got reno911(possibly the funniest show on television. almost every part of it has me laughing), chappelle, UCB sometimes during thre week, the daily show, crossballs(looked dumb, but its hilarious), and they play old cancelled catroon shows like undergrads, dilbert, tv funhouse, and duckman after like 1AM, all shows which are funny and i didnt want to see them go.

and bill, i dont like it when you (and way too many other people) throw around the word racist so much. they're not racist. hell, the majority of the crap they say you can agree with becaue today's world is so twisted and yet no one accepts it and calls people racist. that, and they're kidding. they're all comedians, thats what they do. they say whatever they can to get a laugh and you know why i hasnt been cancelled? it's racey and controvercial.

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[This message has been edited by Cazor (edited July 28, 2004).]

at least its not as white-trashy as Jerry springer, where every other guest is usually a redneck...

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[This message has been edited by Pagewizard_YKS (edited July 29, 2004).]

If you're talking about the 200th episode, which was on tonight, you must not have been in a good mood. It was hilarious. I'll admit, Colin Quinn sucks, but the panelists were great. I was laughing, out loud (very rare) for nearly the entire show. Granted, tonight was one of the better episodes, but it is pretty good. You're looking too deeply into the show. It's supposed to make you laugh, regardless of what you're laughing at. Getting off topic and insulting everyone on the camera is what makes the show funny.

Also, that senator from Deleware on the Daily Show was really cool. He had me laughing. Rob Corrdry sucks, most of the time. Stephen Colbert is great. They need to bring Steve Carrell back.

What Hellequin said, plus:

Tough Crowd is hit or miss..usually miss. It is occasionally funny, though, like the 200th.

I absolutely love Comedy Central, much more so now that they've stopped playing Mad TV (which does suck *** ) nonstop. Chappelle, Reno, South Park and Crossballs are great. I like Jon Stewart a lot, but because he's as much a commentator as a comedian, he sometimes pisses me off with his penchant for mocking Bush the entire 30 minutes.. (I suppose this is the highest praise I can give him.)

Sounds like you're pissed off...

(Woowoo! got in there first!)

www.whopissedyouoff.com

*sillydances*

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I was just saying that the show was *pretty* good at first, when they didn't have the same panel on there every time. They used to have people that could point out little things here and there that would make you laugh, things the guys on there now can't think of. You know, because they're not clever like the old panelists. I just get sick of the same 4 guys on there almost EVERY show. And they are most definately all spouting racist remarks. It would be funny if they weren't the same remarks every night. Cause it's the same guys every night. See the point here. It's like, one guy hates white people, one guy hates black people, and one guy hates everyone. Then the other guy just sits there while they rip on him for being a jew.

I have nothing against racial humor, I think it's damned funny. But I just don't like having the same damned jokes forced down my throat every night. I stopped watching this show a few months ago, and I watched it last night, only to see that the show had gotten worse than it was when I quit watching it.

I just so much prefer something like Bill Mahr's show, where the panelists are intelligent AND funny. But they don't have to shove their humor down your throat, because most of it is innuendo and subtle. And every show he has one guy that is a complete dumbass, and the other panelists get to cut on him. It's great like that. Plus, there's always that factor that Bill Mahr is one of the funniest men alive, and Colin Quinn is a hack.

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I figure that one day I'll either be famous, or in prison. But I guess if I'm going to prison, I should probably try to do something that would make me famous anyway.

I really, really hate Bill Mahr. He and Fred Durst are at the top of the "Pray for their demise" list.

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I wasn't sure about Crossballs when I saw the promos for it, but than I saw the show with the "gay" guy and minister and found I enjoy its satire.

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Thankfully the only political quiz show I watch is "Have I Got News For You", which is utterly fantastic. Pure British Political Satire.

Did he ever have Jon Stewart as a celebrity guest on Tough Crowd? I could have sworn it showed a brief clip of him on there. I love that guy...

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That's another problem with the show. They advertise and show all of the celebrity guests that they have on once a month, and it makes people think they have celebrities all the time.

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I figure that one day I'll either be famous, or in prison. But I guess if I'm going to prison, I should probably try to do something that would make me famous anyway.

He makes fun of everyone, Kerry, Edwards, anything going on in the news, he is anything but bias against Bush.



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No, he has openly stated (to some guests) that he is as democratic as they come. I havent watched the show in months (cus I havent had CC in months) but he is anything but un-biased towards Bush.

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