Last Comic Standing’s goal of finding the funniest comic on the planet seems to be complete. With no plans for a 7th season of the show, the live tour that performed at Western Michigan University’s Miller Auditorium on Saturday will likely be the very last live show ever. Featuring the top five finishers of Season 6, the Last Comic Standing Live Tour was a great way to spend a Saturday evening.
Since the first season, Last Comic Standing has put countless comedians on the fast track to fame with their country-wide search for the funniest comedian on the planet. Comedians from more than 20 different countries have tried out for the show, legitimizing the “on the planet” part of their mission statement. LCS has been the springboard for many popular comedians since their first season in 2003, examples include Dat Phan and Ralphie May (season 1), Alonzo Bodden (season 3), Josh Blue and Gabriel Iglesias (season 4), John Reep, Lavell Crawford and Amy Schumer (season 5), and this season’s winner, the only female to win the title of Last Comic Standing, Iliza Shlesinger.
The best act of the night seemed to be the third-place finisher, Jeff Dye. The young heart-throb from Hollywood, CA warmed the crowd with a hilarious mix of gym humor and some bits about his mother. Dye’s most popular joke of the evening began with a brief story about his mother and her cats. Much like many parents, his mom suffers from the empty-nest syndrome since Jeff and his siblings all went off to “bigger and better things.” As a way of coping, his mom holds conversations with the cats and acts as though her cats are her children, even pretending that they have voices. Jeff then goes on to describe how, during his last visit home, his mom kept telling him what the cats were thinking, things like, “Who is this stranger? We haven’t seen this guy in forever!” Simply to spite his mother, a hardcore democrat, Jeff adopts his mother’s “cat voice” and tells her that the cats are saying, “VOTE MCCAIN! VOTE MCCAIN!” It is at this point that his mother informs him he’s crazy and that cats can’t talk. It was these easy-to-relate-to jokes that made Jeff Dye the crowd favorite at Miller.
Along with Dye, Iliza Shlesinger, Louis Ramey, and Marcus all put on hilarious performances and succeeded in their goal of making the audience laugh. The only disappointment of the night came in the tall, bald form of Englishman Jim Tavare. Tavare had his moments during his 20-minute performance, commenting on how big everything is in America compared to England, “cars, meals, houses, this American violin,” (he was holding a bass). These comedic pearls proved few and far between during the time Tavare had the stage and his dry humor and monotonous delivery left the crowd unsatisfied.
The final Last Comic Standing Live Tour was definitely well worth the $30.00 students had to pay for the tickets. The auditorium was packed and everyone in attendance seemed to have had a great time and enjoyed the company of four great comedians.
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Good review. I remember watching the first season of that show and it must have been cool to see them tour live.
ReplyDeleteI wish I would have known about this! You set up a lot of distinct images with the details you included.
ReplyDeleteIt's weird how British humor is different than American, I was watching a British guy do stand up once and he just had a string of one-liners that weren't very funny, until he said "If we're all God's children, what's so special about Jesus?"
The bass joke sounds pretty funny.
This combines all the elements together really well without feeling heavy. I think this version is a huge improvement over the last one and you did a nice job revising it.
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