Jimmy Dore
Last night I saw him at a comedy club in Burbank called Flappers. The last time I had set foot in a comedy club was 2008 when I entered a comedy contest in Pasadena. I did not bring enough people with me to win, but I had a nice set and the manager invited me to come back for the next contest night. Having been a wannabe comic from 1992 through 1998, I am paradoxically kinda bored with standup comedy and I did not expect Dore's show to be more than chuckles. As part of my long term recovery from my 2022 stroke, I forced myself to make the rush hour drive from Weho to Burbank.
I am so glad I did. Not only is Dore a far better standup comic than I expected, his political spin was right on the money. The Trump side is very easy to make fun of and he wrapped really funny mockery around a specific message of real human beings uniting against the billionaires without cutting the Blue Whores any slack.
If his show comes to a town near you, I give a huge Thumb's Up.
More significantly the room was full of fans who know him, as we do here, from his podcasts. So it is not at all remarkable that the audience would be simpatico. It was like going into Mr. Peabody's Wayback Machine and landing in 1967. Us Baby Boomers lived through a cultural revolution that the monied rulers are now finally trying to 86 -- ie murder.
Toward the end of Dore's set, he asked the crowd of about 200 people, "Who here did not get vaxed?"
I raised my hand along with at least 90% of the house. My kind of people.
He pushed the line that the GOP is a nightmare and the Dems are weasels. Just like in the 60s.
Counter culture!
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Just curious. How much would it cost to attend Jimmy's
show?
Very pertinent question
A general admission ticket was 25 bucks. I have no idea of whether that was a special event price. The food and beverage prices were outrageous -- 9 bucks for a bottle of water and meals were 30 dollars and up.
I figure that is what night life in LA costs. This was my second night out on the town I have spent since before Covid.
I cried when I wrote this song. Sue me if I play too long.
Dore had a gig
in Austin a few years ago. I did a search for a hotel located near the club. The cheapest one I could find was $700 per night.
I can't remember what the tickets cost. I passed on it.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Austin ain't what it was when I lived there
from 92 through 98. It was actually cheap compared to Dallas or Houston.
I hear that the population of Austin has passed the million mark. Four times the population when I was a student in the 70s.
I cried when I wrote this song. Sue me if I play too long.
6th Street is so dangerous. The streets
full of druggies flying around. People sleeping on the sidewalks. Panhandlers. The days of going club to club to hear concerts is over.
I know it is bigger and traffic is a nightmare, haven't checked the population growth. I just avoid it, as I do Houston and Dallas.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
I really liked Jimmy up until
he had Alex Jones on his show. That man is despicable to the core. It was offensive to see him treated like a reputable person. It is a matter of the company you keep. I have mixed feelings about him hosting Tucker Carlson, I think his ultimate agenda is terrible for the country. And while I am it, anyone who takes Joe Rogan seriously is suspect. I don't care for the hawking of gold either.
I may not like
Jones, but I am very interested in what he has to say. Know your enemy, as it were. Carlson has slid to the middle. The Christian emphasis is stronger than ever, but he would be the first to say his interview with Putin was eye opening, and mind expending.
I seldom pay attention to Rogan, but if I want a right wing view point to contrast with a left wing view point, he is worth a glance.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
I checked on tickets
for his upcoming Tacoma show. It was at the same comedy club E2 took her Mom to last year for a different act.
They require you to purchase a dinner and drink.
Both of them got sick on the food and suffered all the way home (100 miles).
And then some.
I could see a two drink minimum, maybe.
Pass.
Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.
I use to like Jimmy pre covid
Since then, not so much. I'm no fan of TYT, but his constant denigration of Cenk on his podcast got old fast. He alienated podcast and panel show regulars Lee Camp, Graham Elwood, and Ron Placone. Invited Cornell West onto his podcast when Cornell was running for president and literally screamed and yelled at him when he didn't agree with Cornell's positions. It's one thing to not agree, but to yell and scream at someone you invited on your podcast, not cool. For me the last straw was when he removed comments from the chat he didn't like than gave a gobbledygook reason why he wasn't censoring comments.
MAGA
Morons
Are
Governing
America
Agreed
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He irks me too. Used to be better pre-covid IMO.
Zionism is a social disease
I make no argument about podcasts
So I have no interest in defending his internet show which I only see from links here or on the MSN landing page. This thread is more about the audience Thursday night that was ready to laugh at Trump and the shitlibs too.
We need to reprise the 60s when attitudes actually changed.
I cried when I wrote this song. Sue me if I play too long.