Why wasnt "Tough Crowd" bigger/more popular?

[BonnieMcFarlaneMe2]

I wouldn't really frame it in terms of "competition", but rather the issues the shows addressed. Daily Show and Maher were indeed closer in format to Tough Crowd, but they were a lot more politically correct in tone and subject matter. Many of their favorite targets were safe ones: Republicans, white trash, Christian fundamentalists, etc. You wouldn't see them openly poke fun at blacks or gays or anything other that's controversial, which is the kind of stuff South Park, Chapelle Show and Tough Crowd would do, which is why I'd place them firmly in the "edgy" category.

And while South Park and Chapelle Show had the defence that they were sketch shows, Tough Crowd featured real people ostensibly telling their real opinions in heated arguments with eachother. It doesn't surprise me that it made the suits a bit nervous, especially if the ratings weren't spectacular enough for the bean counter logic that determines what politically incorrect content was worth the effort to air. Two seasons and they ended it.

 

[Billy Hollywood]

Because it was a bunch of stuck up "comics" that took themselves way too seriously, giving their precious opinions on shit they knew nothing about.

 

[Mick_Mickerson]

Because it was a bunch of stuck up "comics" that took themselves way too seriously, giving their precious opinions on shit they knew nothing about.

You don't find comics to be modern-day philosophers ?

 

[THE D]

It should have been competing with Bill Maher's "Politically Incorrect"...and on NBC or CBS

It was originally aired live on NBC in March 2002, using the Saturday Night Live stage. It honestly wasn't very good on NBC. It only got picked up by Comedy Central because Lorne Michaels produced it.

The opening monologues were usually fantastic. The talking segments were hit or miss, usually the highlights were weird moments where people got into arguments. The skits and sketches were pretty decent. It was like O&A TV without O&A.

The DMAN used to watch it all the time. It fit in with shows like Crank Yankers but not at all with The Daily Show... Comedy Central probably liked the gay little niche of left leaning audiences they were carving out and didn't want to "confuse" the viewers.

At the end of the day Tough Crowd got Jerry Seinfeld on Comedy Central. The DMAN never saw Jon Stewart getting Seinfeld on their network.

 

[Naked_Militiaman]

Because it was a bunch of stuck up "comics" that took themselves way too seriously, giving their precious opinions on shit they knew nothing about.

Are you talking about Tough Crowd or the last 20 years of podcasting, Twitter, and JRE?

 

[whyarewedoingthisagain_mybb]

Didn't Chappelle end his show because he caught his (((white))) producer laughing too hard at his jokes or something?

Unofficially it was Bill Burr.

 

[whyarewedoingthisagain_mybb]

Tough crowd failed because it was boring. A bunch of mooks sitting around talking, the daily show had funny clips to react to and see john Stewart staring back with his deer light expression, or south park putting an animated twist on the current topic to keep you entertained. Now that is funny.

 

[Smeckler's Powder]

It was originally aired live on NBC in March 2002, using the Saturday Night Live stage. It honestly wasn't very good on NBC. It only got picked up by Comedy Central because Lorne Michaels produced it.

The opening monologues were usually fantastic. The talking segments were hit or miss, usually the highlights were weird moments where people got into arguments. The skits and sketches were pretty decent. It was like O&A TV without O&A.

The DMAN used to watch it all the time. It fit in with shows like Crank Yankers but not at all with The Daily Show... Comedy Central probably liked the gay little niche of left leaning audiences they were carving out and didn't want to "confuse" the viewers.

At the end of the day Tough Crowd got Jerry Seinfeld on Comedy Central. The DMAN never saw Jon Stewart getting Seinfeld on their network.

have always been curious about the NBC version

 

[Turk February]

Tough Crowd never really knew what it wanted to be, It was never edgy enough to be cutting edge and it was never mainstream like Daily Show. It was just stuff.

edit : I do like it, its just weird

 

[guest]

Colin also fired some Comedy Central producer that was connected so that shot the show in the foot. He wanted his way (HIS SHOW!) and that sabotaged him in the end.

 

[WigwardFromSouthHampton]

Tough crowd failed because it was boring. A bunch of mooks sitting around talking, the daily show had funny clips to react to and see john Stewart staring back with his deer light expression, or south park putting an animated twist on the current topic to keep you entertained. Now that is funny.

Screw you. Legitimately. Just screw you.

 

[BonnieMcFarlaneMe2]

have always been curious about the NBC version

I think it was only like 6 episodes. Edit: 3 episodes and maybe it failed because the majority of his writers were watching porn and napping all day.

 

[chocolatehellhole]

Nitpicky sass...

Geopolitics larper LOL

 

[guest]

Geopolitics larper LOL

Stick to making photoshops babyboy...arent you supposed to go to your wagey shit job? Nice browsing forums before clocking in, stupid. Post your house...

 

[Zombie247]

Because Colin Quinn has legs like a deer.

 

[chocolatehellhole]

Stick to making photoshops babyboy...arent you supposed to go to your wagey shit job? Nice browsing forums before clocking in, stupid. Post your house...

Nice underwater kitchen, stupid.

 

[HeyItsVos]

have always been curious about the NBC version

Here is O&A talking about it when it was new. I think the episodes themselves were taken down from YouTube. I watched them when they came out, but don’t remember much. I preferred Tough Crowd.

 

[ISO__JOE]

Fawkkkkk this was puka shell era Opie* so he had the blond surfer Adonis look that was popular at the time, too. Forget being a model, should've been a fawkin' tv host

* I just tried to find a picture with the Opester rocking the necklace and couldn't find it. Is this one of those random things in everyone's consciousness but didn't actually happen?

I could just see him ripping pages out of Judy Gold’s book while she was talking and bombing.

“Whatever, good luck to ya there Judy Gold.”

 

[Mick_Mickerson]

Here is O&A talking about it when it was new. I think the episodes themselves were taken down from YouTube. I watched them when they came out, but don’t remember much. I preferred Tough Crowd.

haha wtf that "sprite" is supposed to be Colin Quinn? I thought it was E-Rock

 

[THE D]

haha wtf that "sprite" is supposed to be Colin Quinn? I thought it was E-Rock