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That's It?!

Last year, my partner and I posted our first blog about the first semi-final of season 4 and were deluged with hate mail and death threats about our choices. This year? 12 posts – many of them complimentary. So we’re off to a better start, or perhaps a more realistic conclusion is that no one, other than the comics on the show, is bothering to read the blog. I hope business picks up.

Apparently one bone of contention – from about three posters – is Debra DiGiovanni or “the cat lady” as she has been dubbed.

Janelle writes:
the cat lady??? are you serious?? come on. over the lesbian? they both basically made fun of themselves but the lesbian was so much funnier in her delivery. ridiculous.

Answer:
I happen to be a huge fan of both the cat lady and the lesbian. But only five comics can make it and I think Debra is hilarious and a real find who really deserved her place in the final 10.

Others felt that Tommy Jonagin was robbed:

Big Doggy writes:
Tonights cut list was awful. I liked the young white kid with glasses. Much of his material was funny and was featured on show bumpers and pro-mo's. He deserved to advance waaaaaay more than the fat chick from Canada, she was awful. What are the producers thinking. I may just throw in the towel on the show. A big disappointment.

Answer:
Please don’t throw in the towel Big Doggy. (Now there’s a sentence I never thought I’d type). I agree that much of his material was funny, but is that really a good reason to stop watching our show? May I remind you that your alternatives are “American Inventor” and “So You Think You Can Dance?” (Although you might enjoy repeats of “Top Chef” on Bravo and “America’s Next Producer” on TV Guide Network)

A couple of posters are mad at the format of the show:

Ufc baby writes:
okay is'nt last comic standing usually a house with all of the comedians??? Why is that not happening anymore, That was the best part of the show..you HAVE turned it into amwerican idol. I will miss truly getting to know the comics and seeing the really funny stud that takes place behing the scenes, or the fun taskes the comics did..like one perfoming another being the heckeler, or watching them vote eachother out, now it is like every other show out there right no .two thumbs down for the not housing the comics..i have yet to see an explanation.

Explanation:
This has always been the admittedly rather confusing format of LCS: Open calls, followed by stand up performance qualifiers, top ten move into a house together, top 5 perform for America’s vote. This year, the comics will not move into a house together. Instead they will move into a hotel. We’ll still have the same hilarious and borderline humiliating challenges and dramatic head to head showdowns you love – just no footage of the comics preparing breakfast or playing soccer. Now you have your explanation, Ufc baby, so I hope we can put this unpleasantness behind us.

Billy writes:
This show is totally ruined without the group living together. This edited 3 min spot on stage where we hear repeated jokes from past stand ups is horrible. Some comics have decent material, but there is absolutely no substance to this show at all - NBC continues to screw things up - way to go NBC

Answer:
Haven’t you heard? No substance is where it’s at Billy. Fox is winning the night with dancing teenagers. By the way what repeated jokes? There may have been a couple of repeated set ups, but everything else was new. Unless NBC went and deliberately screwed it up behind our backs. Also, Billy, I’d appreciate it if you and everyone else here in the LCS community could work harder at coming up with ridiculous names to post under. Big Doggy is the only one making an effort.

James Haughten writes:
Dan thanks for your clever and witty insight. I love the judges...Ant and Kathleen crack me up. And I loved that you kept alicia's comments on Ant's hair in the Los Angeles episode...shows he and the show have a sense of humor. My tivo says the semi's are 2 parts. Is this true? LONG LIVCE LCS!

Answer:
I’m prepared to overlook your rather straightforward posting name to respond to these helpful comments. May I also compliment you on your perfect grammar, spelling and use of punctuation? You don’t see much of that in this crazy world we call the “blogosphere”. I am so cutting edge my word processor thinks that’s a typo – catch up Microsoft!

I’m happy to say that your tivo is not lying. Next weeks semi-final has some fabulous comedy and I think you’ll enjoy the show (notwithstanding its substance-free format). See you next week for more disgust, disbelief and threats of towel throwing.

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