Tomorrow (Thursday) at noon, the voting closes for Comedy Central's Stand-Up Showdown. I've been tempted to write about this all month, but something kept telling me it wasn't important. "Why isn't it," you ask?
Well how about the fact that Jeff Dunham finished 1st in 2008 and 2nd in 2009?
But it's not a useless campaign. The top twenty placers are a pretty good mix of styles. And it's not only the current sweethearts and trending comics that get all the attention. There are a lot of consistent performers on there. But ultimately, yeah, it's popularity contest. As most of these contests are.
But it's a good way to get a look at influential and rising comedians. A bunch of them stacked together and put up on a single page for you to watch.
In related news: January has been stand-up comedy month on Comedy Central. Which means they've been showing almost enough stand-up comedy.
Maybe just last year, I was following/watching the entire top 20 countdown, only to be sorely disappointed in the person in the number one slot (I refuse to call them the winner). I missed the first two new Comedy Central Presents. Do you know where I can watch them or get them?
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