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Thoughts on Louis CK’s Beacon Theatre Special

admin — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 04:17:38 +0000

I fucking loved it. I thought it was his best show yet – because it showed him being more comfortable with concepts instead of bits.

What it reminded me of is Bill Cosby’s “Himself”. Makes me think he recently went back and re-watched that special. And thought “yeah.. I like that vibe. I wanna try that vibe for awhile”. Maybe not literally – but he at least had a similar mindset, that his audience was attentive enough to handle it and he was comfortable enough to explore it. It seems to be no accident that he’s mentioned “Himself” a few times in recent interviews.

When you’re a younger comic, you have to think in 10 minute increments (or less). At the level Louis is at, he does 30+ minutes as a drop-in set at the Improv, and performs 60+ minutes at huge theatres several times a month.

If you took any one of those chunks out of this special and threw it into a standard 8-10 minute act, it would fall flat without context of the person performing it and the material that surrounded it.

I’ve read some early reviews in various forums where people downplayed it in comparison to some of his earlier work, and I can’t help but feel like their criticism is related to “quotables”. That’s my theory for how Dane Cook got so fucking enormous so quick. You could quote every line he spoke. This recent Louis special is about an experience and it’s hard to pick out a line to throw around to your friends. It’s all or nothing — you take it all in as a whole piece, or you miss out entirely.

It’s… (fuck I don’t want to write this) … mature.

I love it when comedians evolve. If they stay along the same course, with the same voice, I feel like they become parodies of themselves and they’re basically hack comics riding the wave of their formerly-respected selves.

We’re watching an artist in their prime right now, riding the wave of success after traveling a very tough and dirty road. It’s pretty awesome.

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Tough Guys Are Pussies

admin — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 11:01:01 +0000

This is basically a follow-up joke to one of my newer bits “the etymology of sucking dick” (here’s a clip of that, from a night at the Jon Lovitz Comedy Club), wherein I take another common phrase we don’t think much about, and wonder if a more apt term is available.

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Mitcz : The Expert

admin — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:31:54 +0000

This is my ongoing series on YouTube, where I profess to be an expert on a given topic (usually sent in by a viewer). Sometimes, I’m genuinely giving an expert view, sometimes I’m just fucking around. I think the difference is obvious, but who knows.

A playlist is embedded below so you can view them all in one place, or you can the playlist on YouTube for extra fun (like a fullscreen option)

Mitcz : The Expert #4 – It's personal. I know, it’s been… like, year. But I’ve done a...
Mitcz : The Expert #5 – Psychic Shitheads Took some time out of my Holiday weekend (ha! as...
Mitcz : The Expert #2 – Rapidfire Mailbag Now for the 2nd installment of “Mitcz : The Expert”...

Rev. Mitcz @ Spotlight (Aug 7th)

admin — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 08:56:08 +0000

Some new shit mixed with some recent shit, and a great fuckin’ crowd. Great fellow comics, too. It was one of those rare nights where the energy stayed high from beginning to end and every comic killed it. I wish they could all be like that.

This particular gig wasn’t captured on video, but i did tape the audio via the voice recorder I keep in my front jacket pocket. Because of that, I went ahead and subtitled it for you just to make it a little easier to understand. Enjoy.

Rev. Mitcz @ Spotlight (June 6th) One of my best sets ever, and the audience was...
Rev. Mitcz @ Shooters (Oct. 16th) Rev. Mitcz calls the KKK a bunch of pussies while...
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Rev. Mitcz @ Spotlight (June 6th)

admin — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 06:08:00 +0000

One of my best sets ever, and the audience was amazing. Most of the material is brand-new. Topics include : necrophilia, jerry seinfeld, being single, staying single, hand/blow jobs, and why women are the devil.

There’s a more lengthy post about this gig posted over on my blog.

Rev. Mitcz @ Spotlight (Aug 7th) Some new shit mixed with some recent shit, and a...
Rev. Mitcz does the Aristocrats This is actually a clip from my internet TV show,...
Rev. Mitcz @ Safari Sam’s (July 7th) Here I am performing about 7 mins of material for...

Rev. Mitcz @ Shooters (Oct. 16th)

admin — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 04:00:53 +0000

So, I set a new personal record for longest comedy performance on Thursday night at Shooters. 30 fuckin’ minutes. I’d only written about 5 mins of new material, and TK said “you can do like 15 minutes. If you’re killing, I’ll let you keep going”. At around 21 minutes, I’d run out of the material that was immediately on the top of my head, and TK yelled from off-stage “you’re good, man. keep goin’!”. So, I launched into a newer bit that probably was a little rustier than it should’ve been. In hindsight, maybe I should’ve used the piercings/tattoos material. Ah well.

I’d like to record a comedy EP sometime in December, and while I was worried I wouldn’t be able to fill the time, I know now that I could. Of course, I’ll need to polish up a lot if I’m gonna be selling off copies of the set.

At any rate, here’s the video (available at Vimeo) :

Rev. Mitcz @ Shooters (Oct 16th) from Mitcz Marzoni on Vimeo.

Rev. Mitcz @ Spotlight (June 6th) One of my best sets ever, and the audience was...
Rev. Mitcz @ Crane’s (Mar 11th) Probably one of my most offensive and vulgar sets yet,...
Rev. Mitcz @ Safari Sam’s (July 7th) Here I am performing about 7 mins of material for...

Rev. Mitcz @ Safari Sam’s (July 7th)

admin — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 05:00:21 +0000

Here I am performing about 7 mins of material for the new “Black Bird Cabaret” show at Safari Sam’s in Hollywood. Topics include asshole Prius drivers, Hummer drivers, The origins of milk, ejaculation, and other random shit.

Rev. Mitcz @ Spotlight (June 6th) One of my best sets ever, and the audience was...
Rev. Mitcz @ Safari Sam’s (May 13th) A 15-minute stand-up comedy performance at Safari Sam's in Hollywood,...
Rev. Mitcz @ Crane’s (Mar 11th) Probably one of my most offensive and vulgar sets yet,...

Rev. Mitcz does the Aristocrats

admin — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 05:00:13 +0000

This is actually a clip from my internet TV show, but it’s a comedy performance so it’s included here : My 25-minute, depraved, personalized version of the classic joke “The Aristocrats”. Not for children, the weak at heart or the easily-offended.

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Rev. Mitcz @ Crane’s (Mar 11th) Probably one of my most offensive and vulgar sets yet,...
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Rev. Mitcz @ Safari Sam’s (May 13th)

admin — Mon, 14 May 2007 05:00:57 +0000

A 15-minute stand-up comedy performance at Safari Sam’s in Hollywood, CA on Mother’s Day 2007. I was the “warm-up act” opening for Freakshow Deluxe at their “Carnival of Blood” show. Since I’m a mama’s boy, I even called my mom so the audience could wish her a happy mom day.

click here to see more videos like this

Rev. Mitcz @ Spotlight (June 6th) One of my best sets ever, and the audience was...
Rev. Mitcz @ Safari Sam’s (July 7th) Here I am performing about 7 mins of material for...
Rev. Mitcz @ Shooters (Oct. 16th) Rev. Mitcz calls the KKK a bunch of pussies while...

Rev. Mitcz @ Crane’s (Mar 11th)

admin — Sun, 12 Mar 2006 05:00:16 +0000

Probably one of my most offensive and vulgar sets yet, this was performed at the PointlessBanter.net launch party. It’s not so easy to get the attention of drunken weirdos at a random party, but that’s part of the fun challenge and probably why the material is so insane.

Rev. Mitcz @ Safari Sam’s (July 7th) Here I am performing about 7 mins of material for...
Rev. Mitcz @ Shooters (Oct. 16th) Rev. Mitcz calls the KKK a bunch of pussies while...
Appearance on Bad Girls Club I was on a “speed dating” episode of The Bad...