Comedy Central Greenlights Nick Swardson Sketch Show

[Drew Beringer]

http://warmingglow.uproxx.com/2009/11/nick-swardson-sketch-show

awesome, this has great potential.

[williek311]

Very skeptical. He is better than anyother person they've given a show to since Dave Chappelle but that's not saying much.

[doomcrs04]

More gay robot.

[Smash Adams]

Hopefully more people watch this than Dog Bites Man, so about 7 people besides me would do

[fake empire]

Very skeptical. He is better than anyother person they've given a show to since Dave Chappelle but that's not saying much.
Not true

[yoyostring]

Very skeptical. He is better than anyother person they've given a show to since Dave Chappelle but that's not saying much.

Demetri Martin.


Nick Swardson is hilarious, can't wait for this.

[doomcrs04]

Demetri Martin sucks.

[yoyostring]

Demetri Martin sucks.

you suck.

[fake empire]

Stella is funnier than Dave Chapelle and Nick Swardson

[doomcrs04]

you suck.
Cool but so does Demetri Martin.

[williek311]

Stella is funnier than Dave Chapelle and Nick Swardson

Hahahahaha this post amuses me.

[fake empire]

It's true

[Smash Adams]

Jeff Dunham is the funniest guy ever

[fake empire]

Dog Bites Man was also hilarious

[popdisaster00]

Will watch this

[anthonydarko]

Ehhh.....

[splitsecond]

sweet another c list comedian with a sketch show!

[Battle Hymns]

More gay robot.

Ha yes. I would watch that hands down.

[MyNameIsRoss]

Very skeptical. He is better than anyother person they've given a show to since Dave Chappelle but that's not saying much.

would've said something like this

edit: scratch that, i like michael & michael

[bladerdude360]

Jeff Dunham is the funniest guy ever
Sarcasm?
I hope this turns out well, but a lot of times funny comedians don't have great shows. I never watched a ton of either, but I remember not being too crazy about Demetri Martin or Daniel Tosh's shows.

[NateFoundGlory]

Well it worked with Demetri Martin, Daniel Tosh and the Michaels. Fucking fail on Jeff Dunham's part. This could work...

[love_american_style]

Nick Swardson is the next Dane Cook.

mark my words.

[Smash Adams]

Sarcasm?
I hope this turns out well, but a lot of times funny comedians don't have great shows. I never watched a ton of either, but I remember not being too crazy about Demetri Martin or Daniel Tosh's shows.
Of course!
I agree about important things and tosh 2.0 too

[MIKEY_HORROR]

I will give this a look. I like Nick Swardson, dude is pretty funny

[bladerdude360]

Of course!
I agree about important things and tosh 2.0 too
Haha alright just making sure. I honestly don't understand why on earth Comedy Central would think it's a good idea to give him his own show. He's just not funny.

[Smash Adams]

Haha alright just making sure. I honestly don't understand why on earth Comedy Central would think it's a good idea to give him his own show. He's just not funny.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/01/magazine/01ventriloquist-t.html?_r=3&pagewanted=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
this pretty much explains it

[Full Effect Ed]

Stella is funnier than Dave Chapelle and Nick Swardson
I couldn't agree with you any more (I miss The State)


Jeff Dunham is the funniest guy ever
George Carlin

[Smash Adams]

I couldn't agree with you any more (I miss The State)



George Carlin
Not anymore

too soon? but yeah Carlin's in my top 5

[Full Effect Ed]

Not anymore

too soon? but yeah Carlin's in my top 5

Do you realize that the funniest people ever are mostly dead? Just sayin...

[Smash Adams]

Do you realize that the funniest people ever are mostly dead? Just sayin...
Especially the past five years, lost Dangerfield, Pryor and Carlin
oh and Johnny Carson counts kind of too

[Full Effect Ed]

Especially the past five years, lost Dangerfield, Pryor and Carlin
oh and Johnny Carson counts kind of too

Carson definitely counts

[Sventhegreat]

They're doing so many types of these shows lately.

[deadkidsean]

Love him, but this is a terrible idea. Network hasn't been worth a fuck since Chappelle. My favorite comedy television series is Reno 911! and probably always will be and they canceled that. Stupid fucking idiots working for Comedy Central.

[deadkidsean]

Stella is funnier than Dave Chapelle and Nick Swardson
Stella aired before Chappelle's run ended..................

[greenteaallday]

Love him, but this is a terrible idea. Network hasn't been worth a fuck since Chappelle. My favorite comedy television series is Reno 911! and probably always will be and they canceled that. Stupid fucking idiots working for Comedy Central.

South Park, The Daily Show, and Colbert are too good to say the network isn't worth a fuck. But I'll agree the rest of the shows suck, besides the random roasts and movies.

[Formatfun]

Don't really like him, but I'll watch.

I want new episodes of Important Things With Demetri Martin to air. He is one of my favorite comedians, maybe favorite.

[jwicklun]

Very skeptical. He is better than anyother person they've given a show to since Dave Chappelle but that's not saying much.
Carolos Mencia!!!!!
jk

[owiseone35]

Carson definitely counts

Mitch Hedberg too

[Yellowcard2006]

Hopefully more people watch this than Dog Bites Man, so about 7 people besides me would do
I love(d) that show. Also this has HUGE potential. Awesome news.

[oldwirehands]

This could be good. I like all of the online skits he's in.

[oldwirehands]

To the people saying Comedy Central has sucked since Chappelle: I thought the same thing until I saw Tosh.O for the first time a few weeks ago. I mean, I've only seen one episode but it really surprised me. And Drawn Together wasn't that horrible.

[fake empire]

Stella aired before Chappelle's run ended..................

yea that's true, but there's been a few other good shows since then

[Holly HoX!]

So many good comedians from Minnesota.

I saw Nick jump on stage and try out some new material on amateur night at Acme Comedy Club in Minneapolis. Fuckin' hilarious.

[mht]

To the people saying Comedy Central has sucked since Chappelle: I thought the same thing until I saw Tosh.O for the first time a few weeks ago. I mean, I've only seen one episode but it really surprised me. And Drawn Together wasn't that horrible.


Tosh.O is one of the worst fucking television shows and saddest attempts at wishing Comedy Central still had Chappelle I have ever seen

[oldwirehands]

Tosh.O is one of the worst fucking television shows and saddest attempts at wishing Comedy Central still had Chappelle I have ever seen

lol Maybe it was just the one episode I saw. There will never be anything that touches Chappelle's Show. And I think Carlos Mencia and David Alan Grier are Comedy Central's worst attempts.

[tkw15]

even though this was on vh1 bring back late world with zach g.

[thursday727]

lol Maybe it was just the one episode I saw. There will never be anything that touches Chappelle's Show. And I think Carlos Mencia and David Alan Grier are Comedy Central's worst attempts.
Jeff Dunham was without a doubt the worst attempt.

[skyphoenix]

Tosh.O is terrible, but Jeff Dunhams show is much worse. Also, while this wasnt on Comedy Central, Frank Caliendos show was pretty bad too. I really hope this show doesnt turn out to be terrible because I like Nick as a stand up comedian and as an actor.

[nerdvglc]

i'll have to wait and see on this one. i feel like he's been funny in a lot of things, but that may be because i've only seen him in small doses. he was great in grandma's boy, but he was basically a sidekick. and his stand-up (recent comedy central thing) was OK, but nothing i felt was too special. i'm not sure how well i would like him on his own deal, but then again, who knows.

[Drew Beringer]

Nick Swardson's Pretend Time premieres in October
http://warmingglow.uproxx.com/2010/07/omg-omg-wheelchair-cat

[summer skin]

Stella is funnier than Dave Chapelle and Nick Swardson
This is the most true statement ever uttered.

[mht]

Wow it's been how many years and Comedy Central is still searching for it's next Chappelles Show? You would think they would have learned by now with all these other awful shit shows like Important Things, Tosh.0, Mind of Mencia, Jeff Dunhams Shitfest Cocksuck Hour, and whatever else they will give any 3rd rate shit comic that Comedy Central thinks/hopes holds a candle to what Dave Chappelle brought to that company/channel.

Chappelle Show is a pioneering show of our generation, one of a kind, and something that will never or rarely come around again. Comedy Central has no one else to blame but themselves and they will keep greenlighting garbage to find the replacement. This is just another show to file in the trash bin, you don't even have to watch it to know it's going to be exactly like all the other Comic-turned-Comedy Central Series junk they have running through their calendar.

[Indoor Living]

Nick Swardson's Pretend Time premieres in October
http://warmingglow.uproxx.com/2010/07/omg-omg-wheelchair-cat
Oh my god. That's fucking hilarious. Seriously, just looking at a cat in a wheelchair is killing me. I don't know how the show as a whole will do though.


EDIT: Wow. Sketch is awful. Would've been funnier if it was just 3 minutes of a cat riding around doing stuff in a wheelchair.

[jwicklun]

I feel like I'm the only person in the world who did not find Grandma's Boy funny.

[ActorInThisPlay]

Wow it's been how many years and Comedy Central is still searching for it's next Chappelles Show? You would think they would have learned by now with all these other awful shit shows like Important Things, Tosh.0, Mind of Mencia, Jeff Dunhams Shitfest Cocksuck Hour, and whatever else they will give any 3rd rate shit comic that Comedy Central thinks/hopes holds a candle to what Dave Chappelle brought to that company/channel.

Chappelle Show is a pioneering show of our generation, one of a kind, and something that will never or rarely come around again. Comedy Central has no one else to blame but themselves and they will keep greenlighting garbage to find the replacement. This is just another show to file in the trash bin, you don't even have to watch it to know it's going to be exactly like all the other Comic-turned-Comedy Central Series junk they have running through their calendar.
not saying it's replacing Chappelle Show because that is damn near impossible, but Tosh.0 is getting some pretty damn good ratings, better than Daily Show and Colbert Report actually.

[ActorInThisPlay]

also I wish Dave Chappelle would do something because I honestly think he is the best comedian alive right now.

[showmethefever]

This is the most true statement ever uttered.
These guys are pretty cool.

Really wish they didn't cancel Michael & Michael Have Issues. And I don't understand all of the hate for Tosh.0.

[Stavie Steelo]

Tosh.0 is hilarous. This show looks awful. His weed sketch was hilarous but I can tell this will get cancelled real quick. Nothing can be worse than that crappy Demetri Martin show. Bring back Kenny vs Spenny.

[popdisaster00]

Based on his standup, I like him a lot. And he's done some really funny small roles in movies - but this show could go either way. I will indeed check it out, but wouldn't be surprised if it doesn't take off

[WakingTheMisery]

Wow that was horrible.

[DrStrong]

Demetri Martin sucks.

This.

Demetri Martin is a hipster trying to hard to be different. Reminds me of Jason Schwartzman.

[Gaugzilla]

This.

Demetri Martin is a hipster trying to hard to be different. Reminds me of Jason Schwartzman.
I don't see how he's "trying to be different," it's the same type of thing he's been doing for like 10+years that combines saying one-liners and music. It's just his style and clearly one that's worked for him.

[Gaugzilla]

Wow it's been how many years and Comedy Central is still searching for it's next Chappelles Show? You would think they would have learned by now with all these other awful shit shows like Important Things, Tosh.0, Mind of Mencia, Jeff Dunhams Shitfest Cocksuck Hour, and whatever else they will give any 3rd rate shit comic that Comedy Central thinks/hopes holds a candle to what Dave Chappelle brought to that company/channel.

Chappelle Show is a pioneering show of our generation, one of a kind, and something that will never or rarely come around again. Comedy Central has no one else to blame but themselves and they will keep greenlighting garbage to find the replacement. This is just another show to file in the trash bin, you don't even have to watch it to know it's going to be exactly like all the other Comic-turned-Comedy Central Series junk they have running through their calendar.
Yes and no gangster movie has reached the heights of "The Godfather," yet they still keep making them and some have been pretty great. Why does every comedy show have to aspire to be "Chappelle's Show"? Any comedian in their right mind would know that expecting to be received as well as that would just be a setup for failure.

[sweetforever]

Needs more Gay Robot

[Star Slight]

Tonight yall

[sweetforever]

Will be watching this tonight. I love the "Brother of Lady Gaga" sketch

[RiCCioLi]

show was so bad. not one laugh out loud part. not even a chuckle to be honest. if it was 5 years ago maybe, but i feel like Nick is past his prime.

[FondestMemory]

I thought it was fucking great.

[about3fitty]

i give it 4 episodes

[Star Slight]

Meh

[Rawrr]

Show was so bad, I think it will last less time than Michael & Michael...

[ImTheSheriff]

it was decent. the gary gaga was the funniest part.

[muttley]

Didn't think it was that funny, but I'm going to give it the benefit of the doubt until I see some more.

[sweetforever]

Saw most of the sketches online or from previews of the show. Surprised to see some Gay Robot though, and Gary Gaga was the best sketch. I'm not going to judge it off of one episode.

[vivatoto56]

He's one of my favorite stand up comedians and I was really excited for it. But I really didn't think it was that funny.

Wheelchair cat was funny but I saw that like a month ago.

I'm assuming it's going to get better though.

[vivatoto56]

Show was so bad, I think it will last less time than Michael & Michael...

Haha was I the only one who liked Michael and Michael?

[Rawrr]

Prob, I dig mostly everything those guys do pretty much, The State, Stella, Wet Hot American Summer, etc etc, but that show was just not funny..

[FigureItOut]

Haha was I the only one who liked Michael and Michael?

I actually really liked it for the most part. The thing I remember most is bunny stomping, haha. It didn't last long at all though.

[elementary]

It was the worst. I want Season 1 Important Things with Demitri Martin back.

[vivatoto56]

I actually really liked it for the most part. The thing I remember most is bunny stomping, haha. It didn't last long at all though.

I liked the episode where they were buying weed for Beiderman's birthday and Michael Ian Black kept getting arrested because he went to the obvious undercover cops. The scene at the end where the other Michael kept telling different stories for the reasons he was gone I almost died laughing.

I was sad it got cancelled.

I really disliked this show, but Gaga's brother was hilarious. "You broke my fucking swan!"

[love_american_style]

hopefully it gets better. I liked the cat sketch.

[DrStrong]

I liked the episode where they were buying weed for Beiderman's birthday and Michael Ian Black kept getting arrested because he went to the obvious undercover cops. The scene at the end where the other Michael kept telling different stories for the reasons he was gone I almost died laughing.

I was sad it got cancelled.

I really disliked this show, but Gaga's brother was hilarious. "You broke my fucking swan!"

There will never be a sketch-comedy show that can hold a candle to the Chappelle Show. I like Nick Swardson, but he just wasnt very funny in this.

Now I always thought Michael Ian Black was hilarious, i never cought Michael & Michael though, or Stella.

[vivatoto56]

There will never be a sketch-comedy show that can hold a candle to the Chappelle Show. I like Nick Swardson, but he just wasnt very funny in this.

Now I always thought Michael Ian Black was hilarious, i never cought Michael & Michael though, or Stella.

Agree with this statement fully.

[DrStrong]

Agree with this statement fully.

Many have tried, all have failed. All being on Comedy Central.

[popdisaster00]

Anyone know where I can stream the first ep?

[I'm DC]

Sorry Swardson, shit's weak!

[deadkidsean]

Even though it was really just beyond fucking stupid, I laughed my ass off. Can't believe they were allowed to have that donkey cumming over and over and over.

[Chemical Love]

This is pretty bad, and I love Swardson.

[yayitsjoe]

Show was so bad, I think it will last less time than Michael & Michael...


hahaha, totally forgot about michael & michael, that didn't last long at all.

this show looks terrible.

[loveandzombies]

Yeah not enough Swardson being Swardson though.

[deadkidsean]

Loving it, man. Again, really stupid, but I love seeing all the random comedians in sketches and shit, i.e. Graham Elwood in the cold open of ep. 2. And love how dirty it is lol

[deadkidsean]

Katrina Bowden. So hot.

[Star Slight]

Katrina Bowden. So hot.

:nod:


First episode was pretty funny. I missed the other two.

[FondestMemory]

The freddy kruger sketch was fucking amazing.

[thesafeword]

The presentation of the show is just awful. Some of the sketches are alright.

[dancelukedance]

Does anyone know a good site where i can stream the episodes? I've just seen the wheelchair cat teaser and it was fucking hilarious.

[Chemical Love]

I've seen probably 5 mins of this season and thought it was the worst thing I've ever seen. Maybe I should give it another chance, though.

[dancelukedance]

The presentation of the show is just awful. Some of the sketches are alright.

I thought the presentation was where it mostly shined? The transitions between skecthes are really cool. But yeah it's hit or miss with the sketches, some a hilarious whereas others are just "WHAT THE FUCK". Have you seen Masturbating Sniper?

[thesafeword]

I only caught two episodes of this I think. Stella is on Netflix instant streaming right now, so I got to watch all of the episodes in a row for the first time and I'm so pissed that they cancelled it. Stella is probably the funniest thing I've ever seen, between their sketches and the TV show. Wain, Black and Showalter are absolutely hilarious, it's too bad that the people at Comedy Central are motherfuckers.

[Under The Knife]

Nick Swardson is the next Dane Cook.

So he'll steal other comedian's jokes, star in a few B movies, and then fade into obscurity?

[love_american_style]

So he'll steal other comedian's jokes, star in a few B movies, and then fade into obscurity?

something like that.

[Gaugzilla]

I only caught two episodes of this I think. Stella is on Netflix instant streaming right now, so I got to watch all of the episodes in a row for the first time and I'm so pissed that they cancelled it. Stella is probably the funniest thing I've ever seen, between their sketches and the TV show. Wain, Black and Showalter are absolutely hilarious, it's too bad that the people at Comedy Central are motherfuckers.
Ehhh...I love "Stella" and while I think the show is in the wheelhouse of CC classics like "Chappelle's Show" and "Daily Show," it was never going to get a wide audience. They gave Showalter and Ian Black a second shot and it just wasn't good.

The old online sketches though - pure gold.

[thesafeword]

Ehhh...I love "Stella" and while I think the show is in the wheelhouse of CC classics like "Chappelle's Show" and "Daily Show," it was never going to get a wide audience. They gave Showalter and Ian Black a second shot and it just wasn't good.

The old online sketches though - pure gold.
I disagree about MMHI, I actually really liked it, but I can see why it got cancelled. After rewatching Stella, I definitely feel like it should have got a shot at a second season. And yeah, those online slits are fucking hilarious.