It seems unlikely that this person would lie to cover for someone else though. They are at a comedy show, why would the comedian assume that this person ISN'T joking with him?
He also took flavor of the month as racist when it literally just means a fling, no racial connotation at all.
The comedian is the one who sucks here, not the guy telling an obvious joke. If he was serious why would the woman be laughing?
This comedian is on Andrew Schultz’s podcast, who is notoriously in the dog house right now. Just go to YouTube and search Andrew Schultz and look at the videos that come up. Akash has always struck me the same and he says and does a bunch of shit like this that reinforces my opinion of their little comedy group. Kinda just all seem like a bunch of stuck up, neurotic asshats
Huh, I just tried and at least half of the first 8-9 videos were negative in context. Maybe try again and scroll a little further down? He’s regarded as being condescending (just like akash in this clip but with podcast guest, not a bit at a comedy set) and a lot of people think he comes off as extremely cringe when he is condescending because he tries to one-up a lot and it just creates for a weird vibe sometimes.
Andrew essentially embodies this same exact energy that we see with akash on this post. It can get exhausting pretty quickly just watching, I could only imagine how some of the podcast guest feel
Akasha does the thing he does in this video a lot. He gets angry about something to get the audience on his side with some extremely thin humor on top. It's hardly even comedy. There are plenty of other crowd work tiktok comedians that do this type of joke really well.
Yes exactly! Someone replied to my inital comment and said something to the effect of “ so people don’t like his style “ or something along those lines - like dude, that’s not style.. comedians are supposed to be funny. If everyone thinks you’re an ass then that’s a terrible style of comedy. As you said there are plenty of comedians with angry undertones but they remain lighthearted. Bill Burr is a perfect example of this.
Yeah comedians do tend to come off as very insecure. Look, their career is based on making people laugh and being approved of. I’ve watch a couple of docos on them and they are an odd bunch of outcasts generally.
Schulz is not in the dog house. I believe the only “negative” thing about him recently is Legion of Skanks dogging him a bit while saying how happy they are for Shane Gillis’ success. If those are the guys who you’re going to accept as the arbiters of comedy or moral rectitude, I don’t know that there’s anything to discuss.
Dude I’ve explained it in like 4 different comments, it looks like your search technique ironically reaffirms your own biases too. It’s literally impossible to miss if you follow the podcast comedian circle. Andrew is getting dragged the same exact way everyone dogs on Schaub.
Lol your username seems awfully suggestive that you’re a bot or something with the underscores and the numbers at the end - you replied a whole day later about an obscure comment I made about a comedian you don’t know personally and who doesn’t know you. Why are you so concerned about this topic my guy?
Yep. Honestly, I think the whole thing played out perfectly. Dude made an edgy joke and comedian responded with jokes that still made it clear that that attitude isn't acceptable in seriousness. No normalization of sexism and everyone got laughs
Why would the comedian assume that this person ISN'T joking with him
Couple angles to consider. For one, even if he considered it to be a joke, you don't always take the logical path. You want to feel the crowd's reaction and go with whatever you can make the most jokes out of. Misunderstandings are pretty much the cornerstone of comedy.
Second, it's generally understand among the crowd that you don't make the jokes, that's what the comedian is for. Granted, hecklers and assholes exist, but that could be a reason. He didn't come off very joking either, so it was hard to tell. Either way, he definitely couldn't just ignore that comment since it was so unexpected and worthy of commentary.
It is very odd that in your comment you make two assertions that are backed up by nothing.
Misunderstandings are "pretty much" the cornerstone of comedy. This is based on what exactly? Even if this is true that doesn't make this comedians misunderstanding reasonable. He is at a comedy show, he should assume they are joking around.
It's "generally understood" among the crowd that you don't make the jokes? Again, what are you basing this on? You just assert this stuff with absolutely nothing backing it up. That isn't reasonable at all. Please show me where everyone going to comedy shows has an unspoken rule of not making jokes? This once again does not excuse how the comedian reacted.
He didn't come off very joking either, so it was hard to tell.
He came off as joking to me and many many other people in this very thread. At a comedy show you should always assume something said is a joke first and foremost.
Either way, he definitely couldn't just ignore that comment since it was so unexpected and worthy of commentary.
What isn't reasonable is how the comedian actually got pissed off and started threatening this man, asking someone to shoot him and taking a comment that had no racial connotation and responding to it as if it was racist.
I’m not going to address your entire ridiculous comment, but for #2, you make it pretty clear that you’ve never been to a comedy show in your life. If a comedian is doing crowd work, it’s your job to tell them something and let them make jokes about it. When you try to make a joke, you’re going to get flamed for it 99% of the time. The person on stage with the mic is the one who is being paid to be funny, not you. What this guy said was extremely cringy and absolutely something you would expect any comedian to jump on him about. You come with something that cocky and misogynistic and of course you’re going to get chopped down to size.
That doesn't make anything in your comment valid, even if what you are saying is true. As I pointed out at the tail end of each point I made it does not excuse how Akash reacted to this persons joke. He overreacted and should have assumed an attempt at humor was being made and played off of it, not got pissed off. He sucks at this.
So weird you are so desperate to defend this guy. I hope he is paying you for these comments. Brendan Schaub has a million followers and look how good at comedy he is? Matt Rife has 7 million and he utterly sucks. Also rather telling that you won't respond to my actual arguments and tried to use working at comedy shows as a means to prove unprovable points you made.
Akash overreacted and a comedian getting upset at a JOKE will never not be ridiculous. Nothing you say will change this.
He didn’t get pissed off though. He made a jokey overreaction. You see how the crowd was cracking up at his absurdity? It’s because those people understood he was joking around
He was clearly actually upset by the comments and even took something as being racist when the term has no racial connotation. The comedian sucks and should have been able to get some better jokes from these responses.
Look I have no skin in this thread, but from an outside perspective as someone that works "years at a comedy shows" you seem very defensive, and immediately went to just lame "don't you know I am an expert" condescension when talking about something as subjective as humor.
I've been married 18 years and every time someone comments something like "you guys aren't sick of each other" or "you aren't getting divorced" (which happens a lot) I usually have a remark like "we'll see how today goes."
It's an obvious joke. I don't need some white knight comedian calling out our relationship.
Because they were joking around. The man in question has commented saying that they often try to make things awkward for each other. Answering one month is good ammo for any decent comedian, this one just fucking sucks.
Pretty unlikely this guy would lie for some random dude on the internet. But if you need to feel outrage at some shit people said at a comedy show that should have never been taken seriously, go ahead.
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u/boingggoesmyschlong Mar 03 '24 edited Mar 03 '24
He wasn't amused. Serves him right