“Last Comic Standing” Falls Flat In Season Premiere

Last Comic Standing is a funny reality show…no pun intended. You don’t get too attached to the host (Bill Bellamy is great but I think he peaked during Cousin Skeeter) and because of an American Idol style set-up, you don’t know who to root for for a few weeks. Instead, you get 3 to 4 lead-off episodes riddled with crappy comics and 30 to 90 seconds worth of quality humor.

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One thing of note was the female presence wasn’t as strong as in year’s past. There are still a several audition cities to go, but as of right now only one of the six semi-finalists is a woman…and frankly she wasn’t very funny. Funny ladies were in full effect last year and Amy Schumer even made it to the top 3. Let’s hope the women can bring it back next week.

Anyway, the fellas came out swinging.

Louis Ramey was the king of night one. As an African-American, especially one from Wisconsin, I can appreciate his jokes about getting double takes on the ski slopes. He was creative, shocking and had impeccable timing. He appears to have the most experience but he kind of lacks star power.

There’s also a fake Christian Folk duo called God’s Pottery in the competition this year. Musical comedians like Flight of the Conchords and Demetri Martin are taking over the comedy landscape and it’s about time Last Comic Standing got in on the act. The boys in God’s Pottery do a spot on impression of your typical Christian music group. They smile excessively, they wear shirts that say “Virginity Rocks” and they play a mean acoustic guitar. My only worry is that they won’t be able nor want to stay in character the whole time.

Did any of you watch tonight? I think I would’ve found more laughs in an Office re-run but hey, the season is young. What did you think of the new crop of talent?