I know it’s not the same thing, but can you imagine how bad movies would be if the writer was the only person allowed play the lead roll?

Improv is way more raw and pure than stand up. Improvised movement performance is even rawer than that as it doesn’t aim for structure or narrative…

i have to say, whenever i learn that comic doesn’t write all his own material, i lose a lot of respect for them. to me, a huge part of the art of stand-up comedy is the writing. if we can all agree that stand-up is the most raw, pure form of live art then i would think we’d want to know the comics we’re watching are doing material that has come direct from them.

Chris Rock is great. Knowing that he doesn’t write all his material, however, I don’t think he’ll ever be at the very top of my list.

Dave – The small part of me that considered paying $110 a ticket retreated into nothingness when I found out that with taxes and booking fees the show would cost more like $130. Add onto to that another $130 for my girlfriend, then getting a couple of drinks and we’re looking at the guts of $300 for a mild night out. I always thought that people lost all their money in Vegas through gambling, now I realise that it’s just from going to comedy shows. No thanks, that $260 would be better spent going 26 times to my local comedy club.

I just paid $120 over the weekend to see a comedy show… except that got me SEVEN tickets. I was hosting a bachelorette party (yes, I’m a guy, no, I’m not gay… it was for my sister) and she wanted to check out a comedy show, so we hit a local club and I picked up the tab. We saw Billy Gardell, he was really funny. (The MC and feature were both great as well, but I’m sad to say I’m terrible with names.) $120 got 7 people an hour and a half of comedy that made them laugh until they cried. I thought it was well worth the money.