If There is a Camera, They Will Come

If There is a Camera, They Will Come by Roxanne McDonald

Not all the “Last Comic Standing” final choices are the ones on my list, but the rejects, I agree, just had to go.

No, they just had to go.

I love virtually everything about “Last Comic Standing”—the use of former LCS contestants (and a winner) as judges for auditions; the sparse bit of comments by the judges; and, especially, the really funny deliveries thus far. I only chaff when one of my favorites (as I see him or her) is not sent

through to the semi-finals.
Okay, so it goes. At the Improv in California, the judges saw really weak comics like Chad Lehrman, who did a bit on how he was “edgy”, but almost insulted the panel with his sophomoric format. [Alonzo even chastised him, saying he couldn’t say he was edgy, he had to be edgy.

And a couple of the others were a bit weak, but made it through on the 2 against 1 rule, of course.

Then there were those whom even we at home get zero pleasure from watching—those that spur Ant to interview that it seems these yokels are just walkin by the line, ask what the line is for, and, hearing there are cameras, jump on line, too.

The ones I love are those who have a great bit, and then, stay “in charcter” when offstage: John Reep, for instance, was hilarious onstage (doing some physical and other comedy schtick), then off (but on camera) called to announce he made it through and when he gets home to the receiver of the call he will “be looking forward to some awesome make-out sex.” Then he disconnects, looks at the camera, and says, “My brother.” Yeehawhaw.

Those who made it through to the nighttime public audition are as follows:

Stephen Somebody (sorry, missed the last name)
Dwayne Perkins
Lizzy Cooperman
Thea Vidale
John Reep (yay)
Alycia Cooper
Dante
Sean Rouse
Sarah Colonna

At the end of the night, Thea, Dante, Sean, and Sarah were moving forward, with Dante winning that coveted Cap One award/hassle-free pass.

In Sydney Australia (at a club I couldn’t catch the name of…cept for the word “comedy” on the marquee, big help that that is), Alonzo prefaces the clips by saying he loves the comedy/comics from other countries…and that someone outside the U.S. could win because they will bring a brand new perspective…and an accent. I was almost ready to go awww, hoping he would discuss—even briefly—the subtle differences in region-by-region humor, but he added the

jokey joke at the end, so, okay. (It is really okay that the three—Alonzo, Ant, and Kathleen—are not “on” all the time. No, really.)
Anyway, the comics making it to the nighttime stage are as follows:

Adam Vincent
Michael Akobi
Gena Yashire
Claire Hooper
Davo (like Jay with the thinking jokes, but a notch simpler)
Fiona O’Laughlin (great, understated Mom humor)
Lawrence Mooney (hysterical championing homophobia sympathies stuff, plus Arabic airliner material)

And those through to the next round:

Adam Vincent
Gena Yashire
Fiona O’Laughlin
Lawrence Mooney

There were two I was bummed didn’t go forward this week—a Jewish comic who plays on being Jewish in a mixed relationship (Convert. Bitch. Convert….) and a comic who used the easel as prop for a former art student who interprets the world on paper.

My loss. Maybe I can see these two on tour, outside of the unknown perimeters (criteria) of “Last Comic Standing.” Maybe I don’t deserve to, if this unfunny recap is any indication….

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