David Cross's open letter to Larry the Cable Guy

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Originally Posted by Frogacuda

It's not about who's the funniest, it's about marketing.

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Welcome to the world. Replace "funniest" with "best band" or "greatest director" ect ect.

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Originally Posted by Josh

Welcome to the world. Replace "funniest" with "best band" or "greatest director" ect ect.

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Yeah, I know it. I didn't even say it was unfair, I just think it's naive not to appreciate that fact. Just as there's a lot of great bands that don't get played on MTV, there's a lot of great comics that don't get exposure on TV as well.

And there will always be "scensters" and "comedy aficionados" :(

Yeah, but you don't pay to go see the fans, so who gives a shit? (and why as the term afficionado been so heavily used in this thread?)

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Originally Posted by Frogacuda

Yeah, but you don't pay to go see the fans, so who gives a shit? (and why as the term afficionado been so heavily used in this thread?)

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Like many thing in life, you can blame that one on Andrew.

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Originally Posted by johnk_

He's not southern because he's from Nebraska? That's just nitpicking.

Nebraska is still part of Jesusland.

P.S.- No, i'm not defending him or anything.. I couldn't give two shits about this exchange between them.

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Yeah, you're right.

Region aside, as I was saying before, the fact that Cross calls him out as just being a made up character "defending his fans" is funny because it is so true.

It'd be like Eddie Murphy dressing, acting and calling himself Buckwheat for many years then getting into a disagreement with a fellow SNL'er writing "Otay: the Autobiography of Buckwheat" and writing in one chapter: "My name is Buckwheat and I am here to defend my fans from what Chevy Chase said in Rollingstone." ha

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Originally Posted by Calliander

Patton Oswalt is funnier than all the comedians listed so far.

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I never used to give him much attention, but my friend was playing one of his CDs in the car a while back, and it was hilarious. He's pretty damn funny, but you'd never know that from the parts he plays on TV.

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Originally Posted by g0zen

Anyone whose heard Cross's stand-up know he's not a hardcore leftist, if anything he's more a "don't give a fuck, fuck it all" anarchist like Carlin. Who IS the best fucking comedy alive today.

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PLEASE. Carlin was funny, long ago. Anymore, he's pathetic, and is nothing more than a bitter old man who goes on rants that only he thinks are funny. It's sad to watch him anymore, because yes, he did use to be good.

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Originally Posted by johnk_

He's not southern because he's from Nebraska? That's just nitpicking.

Nebraska is still part of Jesusland.

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As somebody FROM Nebraska, hold on a second.

Nebraska is NOT part of the south, in any way, shape, or form. Second, while we are indeed bart of the "Bible belt," we are nowhere near as religious as other states that are part of it. For example, go around Omaha, then go around a place like Kansas City, and compare the number of churches. HUGE difference.

For those that have mentioned Jim Gaffigan, he's going to be on XM next week. It's an interview on channel 150 at 10pm on sunday the 18th.

I like John Valby.

http://www.toadsplace.com/%20Web%20P...0JohnValby.jpg

http://www.threemoviebuffs.com/miscr...queensmen2.jpg

Always found him pretty funny.