Buffalo Rising Online

Why would someone want to see a runner up from a show that chose Dat Fan as the winning comic. George Carlin, Sam Kinnison and Mitch Headberg arn't laughing with this show, they are laughing at it.

"DiGiovanni was one of the top ten finalists that season and now is taking her talent on the road."

If she is just now hitting the road, I'll save my 15 bucks for Lisa Lampinelli or Sarah Silverman.

This city needs a real comedy club with true comedic acts. I have a great respect for the comedic art form, Last Comic Standing sucks the life out of it.

The only respectable comic scouts are Belzer and Fred Willard. The rest are NBC actors! The show caries no merit.

I would have to agree that Dat Phan was an insult to the industry as a whole, and more than likely his own mother. In fact, LCS this year is worse than ever before, showcasing props and costumes in lieu of the social commentary and political insight that shaped the genre in the last 50 years (lets not forget that the artform was born out of vaudeville, which was nothing but one liners and ventriloquists) Nonetheless, many a talented comic attempts to get on the show(usually against their own better judgement, and usually they end up promising they won't do it again the next year, but they do)in an effort to further a career, in an art form that is often forgotten. Sitcom television has turned a multitude of comics into cookie cutter carbon copies of each other. Having said that, I know Debra is a GREAT comic, and her LIVE performances are really where she shines. She is not a flash in the pan comic who decided on a whim to try and do comedy. She's a seasoned pro, who was kind enough to volunteer her services to Theater of Youth! In regards to comedy in Buffalo, you have to be a fan, your dream of Lisa Lampinelli almost came true two years ago , but unfortunately Witz End ( Buffalo's only attempt at a downtown comedy club in the past few years) had such low ticket sales they ended up shutting down the week before her arrival. Bills fans don't only watch the Bills when they play the Doplhins, do they? Sabres fans don't skip the games that don't matter, do they? You're right, Carlin and Kinnison would be laughing at the show, of course they would. But don't think for a second that it wouldn't be a knowing laugh, one of " do what you need to get by kid" It's a TV show more than it is a competition, but there are truly some talented people that come out of it, we just get to pick who they are, by checkin them out live. Thats why Dat Phan doesn't tour anymore.

and dont forget Matt Wayne! he's great too!