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Last Comic Standing on  NBC

 

Parading a slew of comedians, each with an arsenal of foul language and graphic sexual references, the June 26th episode of Last Comic Standing on NBC (8:00 p.m. ET), has definitely earned the title of Worst TV Show of The Week

 

Unlike previous seasons, in which the comedians appearing on Last Comic at least attempted to perform family-friendly acts in this two-hour prime-time block, the floodgates have now opened to allow coarser language and more adult subject matter.

 

Perhaps influenced by their Las Vegas surroundings, this round of semi-finalists at the Paris hotel theater performed sets packed with references to alcohol, drugs, STDs, prostitution and sex. “I quit drugs. I used to smoke pot and take Ritalin,” said comedian Alan Hunter. “Then I could focus really hard on nothing.” Words like “jackass,” “crap,” “hell” and “damn” were peppered in throughout the acts.

 

Comedian Jeff Dye said: “If I’m going to do an illegal drug at the gym, it’s not going to be steroids, it’s going to be Ecstasy.” In the pretend throes of a Ecstasy-fueled high, Jeff mimes licking weights and feeling himself as he rubs against Nautilus equipment.

 

“Christian singing duo” God’s Pottery, two fresh-faced comedians in bowl haircuts and “Virginity Rocks!” t-shirts, performed an ode opposing pre-marital intercourse called The Pants Come Off When the Ring Goes On. Unlike the other comedians, the Brooklyn-based act was clearly a parody rather than antidote to the otherwise uninterrupted stream of blue acts.

 

 For graphic descriptions of sex and drug use, Last Comic Standing deserves its designation as Worst TV Show of The Week.

 


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