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"its rigged its rigged its rigged" Explain. Nobody seems to talk about that in the comments.

Let's call the next season of LCS "Find Ant a Job". Somewhere in the world, the Gap needs a sweater-folding supervisor.

Stopped watching when being funny was no longer criteria for competing and advancing in the competition.

I was shocked when Jon Reep won. Being from the south myself I don't care for how any comic portrays us. We're not all the same. As for Jon I didn't find him funny, entertaining.

Chalk another comic in for making fun of people who do live in the south and are proud of it.

hey every comic out there knows ,its not "last comic standing" ,its "best agent working"

To to the person who thinks Jon Reep is funny...Are you kidding me?

Now that Reep has won, I guess the nonsense you've laid out is just as significant as your other comments.

I agree that Lavell Crawford was not funny, but Jon Reep is one incredibly unfunny standup.

My guess: Reep will have a shot as yet another comic actor playing a hick on a sitcom. As a standup, no way!

Jon Reep has no shot to beat out that obese, wheezing, unfunny and inarticulate piece of crap he's up against. It's a shame, but that's the way of the P.C. world we live in.

I like LCS a little bit but I agree with a lot of posters in that they shouldn't let veteran performers try out for the show. I mean how many times have we seen Mariah Carrey trying out for American Idol? I heard Jerry Lewis turned down an invitation to try out because he allready had something going on on Labor Day weekend.

I want to marry Mel Silverback!

Good point previous poster....remember a few seasons ago when they had special guests Drew Carey & Brett Butler on. They voted for completely different people that were chosen and make a huge stink about it. The producers come out and say that they have final decisions. It even says it at the end of the show in the credits. So I don't see this show as a competition at all. Doesn't matter because someone is already chosen in the minds of the producers behind the curtains.

In response to the last post, it's real simple - When you only get to see 10 second clips out of a 10 minute standup act, the producers can easily manipulate the show.

After all, YOU get to decide who the winner is, right?

Based on that, if it were the final NBC only showed you 1 minute of Stand Up Comic A bombing (as part of a 10 minute set that the audience actually loved) VS 1 minute of Stand Up Comic B working the crowd with great jokes with a standing ovation (where the rest of the 10 minute set bombed), who do you think the TV audience is going to vote for?

The problem with this show is simple: it isn't funny. It isn't an opinion that it isn't funny, it's a fact. You are extremely easily amused if you can call someone funny after at 10 second clip of their standup.

The problem, for me, is that you see everyone laughing at almost everything they say, but it is edited horribly and it is obvious the unfunny lines they are saying aren't what they are laughing at.

In short, don't make a show about standup comedians if we only get to hear 3 jokes that the judges or producers liked.

Q: When did this show lose its credibility?

A: When the TV prize for winning it all on the show was getting your own special on BRAVO, instead of Comedy Central like the first season. Yeah, like every stand up comic dreams about being featured on Bravo.

I agree with a lot of the people on here. Thea Vidale? Not only did she have her own show, appear in WWE and on Ugly Betty, she was just on the one hour show of Drake and Josh as the mom to the manager of the movie theater. I loved her in "Thea" but why does she have to take up a spot that an Unknow Talent could have had? In my opinion, if you've been on TV for anything, be it bit parts or your own show, you should not be allowed to compete in Last Comic Standing. Just like you can't compete or participate in any giveaways if you work for the network that is sponsoring the giveaway. It's only fair. Just like the LCS with John Heffron. The short gal, Rachel something, she was in King of Queens a few times as a coworker of Kevin James. She played football with them in two episodes. She played the crush that the guy who plays Ernie, from George Lopez, had. She also played a waitress in King of Queens on one episode. I just don't understand the fairness in this if someone who's been on TV or in comedy for many years can just come in like they are just starting their career. I do like Ralph Hayes though!

It's amazing that there aren't more truly funny people on this show. I guess most (or all) of them are working and don't need this forum. God, even most of the ones who advanced are terrible- and considering that we're supposedly seeing highlights, that's a sad commentary on the shape of comedy today. The morbidly obese guy may not make it past next week; I just can't laugh at someone so obviously unhealthy and psychologically damaged. His female counterpart is pathetic; dredging up the old "woe is me, I can't date because I'm so grossly overweight." schtick. The experienced Ralph Harris wouldn't know comedy if it bit him in the butt- he advanced with some trite bit about his grandfather that was sure to win over the unimaginative judges. Dante's impressions were lame, but compared to the others he looked masterful- I would say he's the favorite
in a field of broken-down claimers. Do I like LCS? Well, hell yeah, if only in a train-wreck sort of way. PS to Bill Bellamy: There are many ways to introduce someone other than saying "let's give it up for..." whomever. Damn, where's Chuck Barris when we really need him?