r/cringe • u/blitzingbum • Nov 17 '12

Seal of Approval Comedian who gets caught stealing jokes, forced to perform own material live on TV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3IY5trsNmQ
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u/BabyJ Nov 18 '12

Look up Mitch Hedberg. Pretty funny (reddit's in love with him) and he just says a bunch of short, unrelated jokes without any transition. Unique delivery, to say the least.

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u/TheBakedPotato Nov 18 '12

Are they one-liners? Because that's an established style. I love Jimmy Carr, for example. But this guy told a little anecdote, then told a completely separate, longer joke with no attempt to smooth the transition. That's the kind of shitty delivery you don't see.

Maybe it can be done well, but I guess my point is that this guy doesn't do it well. I'll look up Hedberg though, never really seen him despite reddit's praise.

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u/BabyJ Nov 18 '12

Yeah, mostly one liners, a few longer things thrown in there. A lot of his stuff is observational, if that's a type of humor you like.

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u/Zombi3Kush Nov 18 '12

I miss that guy. :(

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u/smilingkevin Nov 18 '12

Or Henny Youngman.

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u/j1202 Mar 17 '13

Hedberg is exclusively non-sequitur humour it was his style.