The Comedy Special Scam Nobody’s Talking About
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- In 2022 Andrew Schulz released his comedy special "Infamous" directly to his fans through his website. However, he soon released it free on TH-cam after his fans had paid to watch it through his website.
This video explores how comedians are racing to offend people for free publicity and the fake cancellation narratives they try to push.
#standupcomedy #flagrant #jre
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Akaash is the most unbearable person to listen to. He’s like that kid in school that kept poking you and laughing and thought it was hilarious
100% he sucks.
Have you ever heard of ANDREW SCHULTZ?
Yeah his shtick is too just act super confident and funny
and the second you poke back he'll holler for the teacher
As a brown guy, yes. Hard to claim him.
Using FOMO to sell a comedy special and then burning your own audience by releasing it for free a month later is funnier than any joke Schulz has ever made.
But don't they do that with movies?🤔
@@jone.killshot439The difference is that Schulz said his special wasn’t going to be available at all after the limited time, we all know movies are going to be released elsewhere later.
@@jone.killshot439 yes
this is the same bullshit they are complaining about.
10/10
Anybody who's willing to pay either their money or their time to listen to that sausage with a moustache deserve to be scammed
"Punching down" isnt a term created by suits and producers. its literally from a George Carlin quote about why he didnt like Andrew Dice Clay. Carlin said Clay was a coward because if youre doing social commentary comedy, its easy to punch down at people with less agency in society and that a good comedian punches up at the systems. the whole thing is short hand for "Dont go after people, go after ideas and systems" how does Schulz not know this. its like the 4th most memorable thing Carlin ever said.
Cause Shultz is a hack clown with confidence that just does not match his level of talent or material lol
Cause Shultz is the worst. But I think they’re mostly quoting Michelle Obama…
Christ George Carlin was no fun I don't get why he's so praised, his "comedy" felt like angry lectures
@lolwut77777777777 tbh my favorite Carlin is all his old kinda goofy stuff from the 70s. The hippy dippy weather man, he super long bit about time and clocks, how we talk about dead people vs how we talk about the living. All the angry rant stuff people seem to love the most starts in the late 1980s. Even in the mid 80s it was prolonged bits about dogs lol.
@lolwut77777777777 Because that became the route top comedians take.
Either that, stop touring or go into tv and movies
This comedy bubble can't pop fast enough.
It’s not just comedy, it’s pretty much the mainstream entertainment industry as a whole over the last 10-12 years or so. There’s some good stuff here and there, but overall It’s a steaming pile of pure dog shit.
@@timetowakeup6302its always been like that.
@@timetowakeup6302that's why watch the old old movies and TV shows
100% bubble, it's why I like this channel- I don't actually have to watch these terrible specials to join in making fun of them for being bad.
You know the bubble is ready to burst when channels like this one, are getting more views than the comedians they’re criticizing. Pop!!!
Ricky Gervais is worth hundreds of millions, has multiple mainstream shows, hosted the golden globes 5 times and won multiple awards. And people still think he’s some sort of maverick who operates outside the mainstream
He’s unbearable
I don't think there are many people that think that of him besides himself
@@5_Star_Manall the red pilled green frog kids think all of these comedians have been canceled.
@iansenkbeil8553I watched a TH-cam video called Ricky Gervais the most hated man in Hollywood! He’s got like 5 golden globes
Nobody thinks that. If you're hearing that commentary, it's in your head.
The pay-per-view experience he wants to create already exists…. it’s called a live show.
"cancellation" in comedy has been a scam from the start. It's basically just "bad press" and in entertainment all press is good press.
The problem Shulz has is louie actually knew how to do a lot of the production himself from years of learning and shooting small films. Louie has the key ingredient, talent.
Why Schulz doesn’t do a podcast by himself?
He always around someone to laugh at his jokes/takes.
Charlamange to rogan then Flagrant (where it looks like he will leave if any of the cohosts doesn’t fake laugh).
Louie had talent? Where in his pants? LOL! He was the original Andrew Shultz, not funny Jerry Seinfeld want to be
@@mercytoday what a brain dead take. Jesus, didnt they warn you that the lobotomy would have side effects?
@@mercytodayyou comparing Louis to Jerry Seinfeld lets me know how little you have listened to Louis CK. If at all lol..
I wonder if Shulz is one of those 6 comedians katt Williams was talking about 😂
he definitely is lmao
Yep
I was thinkin its the Protect Our Parks crew plus Tom and Bert and maybe Tony. The difference is Mark and Shane are genuinely funny and keep getting better, the rest of Rogan's friends have been on a downward spiral
Yes
Chappelle said so too
Im always at a loss at how Andrew Schulz fancies himself as such a edgy and innovative comedian when he's such a run of the mill, mainstream comedian
lol he makes fun of other races and cultures. i love that he does!
all of his innovations are marketing gimmicks as well. None of it is comedy related.
*when he’s such a hack*
Fixed That For Ya
not to mention how much of a sensitive little bitch he is about his own work, lol.
cause new york. lol I actually like dude & love ny but that's that ny ass shit.
today i learned that andrew shulz is not brendan shaub. didnt know they were two "different" people
The scam isn't exclusive to comedy and alot of us have been talking about it for years, RIP Michael Brooks.
Rest in power
I normally don’t like jews but Michael was cool. RIP, gone too soon
@@NG-cf7zh weird flex but okay.
@@bibsp3556 maybe so, yeah. He wasn’t annoying/overbearing or obsessed with money and Zionism. He was actually a fair guy from what I could tell.
@@NG-cf7zh he seemed to be a top bloke. I know there's a stereotype but I don't really know any like that. So I dunno, maybe don't take it out on Jews in general. Maybe just be against those particular things. As Michael would say, be ruthless with institutions, but be kind to one another.
Him calling Matt Rife a TikTok comedian always makes me laugh
Matt Rife has positioned himself as one of the hottest comedians in the game right now. He's way beyond being a TikTok comedian at this point. No I don't mean "hot" because he's good looking either.
@acidwizard6528
lol
Girls will laugh at anything a hot guy says
Matt Rife is an example of the advertising being better than the product. His special was boring AF. Turned it off halfway through
Yea but lets be real His turning 18 and getting daddys life insurance def helped pay for this cosmetic surgery lol if you think puberty fixed his teeth and jaw line your on the watch list for tardation @@acidwizard6528
I always laugh when comedians say that no one knows what comedy is except for the comedians. I hate to inform you, but comedy is what the market thinks it is at the time; just like any other product.
He’s selling out all over the world 😂 so the market spoke right?
@@SwoleakhulTheBlind look up "nonsequitur"
@@SwoleakhulTheBlinduntil that market grows up or he loses popularity! Look what happened to Dane Cook. Most people going to his shows have no idea they are only laughing because they are in the mood to laugh. Wait until they get a little bit older and see how wack he is
I think he fabricated the streaming story. A board of directors is not watching and choosing specific content. Companies don’t work that way
Couldn’t even secure a Tubi deal
Andrew totally created that story. He puts it out on TH-cam right after he got the money he wanted.
I was thinking similar but different. This is just my brain, but it seems like 2 weeks wasn't enough to get the money he wanted, so he extended to a month. Then after a month he still hadn't sold enough downloads, so he brokered the deal with the gambling sponsor and posted it on TH-cam.
@@TheMarquistadorGambling sponsors was there before he put out his special for free on TH-cam. Logan Paul who is friends with Andrew Schulz taught him techniques to scam his listeners and subscribers.
Whoa. I didn't follow any of this. He really scammed everyone. Sold it directly to the consumer, probably made a few million then put it on TH-cam for free and made a couple mill more.
It was $10 bucks to watch at first, and im pretty sure everyone who paid enjoyed the special. Putting it on youtube 2 weeks later so I can watch it again with friends was even better.
I think its weird how many people are concerned with how much money these comedians make. Comedy is about the jokes, why tf do you care about the business?
Dude I just found your channel and I’m so thankful it’s like a breath of fresh air. All these podcasters have truly lost touch with reality and are so unrelatable and unlikable now and I feel like you gave all of us who share the same sentiment a voice. I didn’t even realize how bad some of these guys are until I watched some of your videos. You and 2lazy2try are doing the lords work. You should have way more than 50k subs keep it up bro (also make fun of these guys more you genuinely make me laugh)
Haha thanks man, glad you like the videos
Hold up, you guys expect people outside your tax bracket to be relatable??? Lol
Funny how these guys are “speaking truth to power” now that it’s safe to do so.
Comedy booms when this happens, the 80s boom the 70s boom the 00s boom and the 60s boom now we are in the 20s boom. There's just over exposure now instead of a yearly special from let's say Carlin or Pryor
Going on and on about cancel culture on their own Netflix special making millions of dollars…. not getting cancelled in real time. “You can’t say anything anymore!” 🙄
You, Redbar, and anyone else calling out these salesmen are the real ones saving comedy. These hacks are only saving themselves from working at retail stores folding t-shirts.
Make sure you come up for air every now and then
Redbar has been calling these guys out for years. He got it right from the very beginning
@@Sm-rq9llRedbar got death threats from Joey Diaz and that other guy who would go on JRE. Redbar is undefeated
Come on SAVING COMEDY, you high???
Right? There’s a large handful of comedians that are waaayy bigger than their talent deserves (maybe cause of Covid and the podcast explosion), and it’s just watering down the comedy landscape with lukewarm comedians. Now guys like Schultz legit think they’re on the same level as the greats…. and he’s just not. He’s just a subpar comedian, always has been
The craziest thing is that with the exception of Matt Rife. Most of these guys put FAR MORE attention into podcasting, which is their main source of revenue. It’s not like Andrew Schultz, or Tom Segura had a legion of fans for the first 15+ years they’ve been doing comedy. They have tens of thousands of daily podcast listeners of YMH and “Flagrant” who go see their live shows. Segura has fallen out of love with comedy in the last few years.
@BizznessBox the only reason these guys even perform live is because their contracts with their management requires them to do a certain number of dates every year. Tom Segura often doesn’t even know where he’ll be two weekends from now because it’s just a job he HAS to do and he expects Rogan’s audience to be there
The most wild part about the whole “canceled” thing is no one has ever been truly cancelled. A lot of celebrities, athletes and politicians do genuinely heinous shit and are still rich. These comedians say unfunny edgelord shit and expect people to all meat ride them.
Academics have been
Yeah so I never bought the scam of "being cancelled", and I'm proud to be consistent there, but millions of other people did so it doesn't really matter what I thought. And between that and the boredom of the pandemic, plus these bad, lazy social media algorithms, I think that really explains all these guys' success much better than things like talent or merit for sure.
@johnludwig8291True but that’s different from “cancellation” that’s blackballing
The only mainstream entertainer that's ever been cancelled is R. Kelly and that's only because he went to prison.
@@BIGHOMIEBUBBA But I still hear his music on the radio from time to time...
Wait, he seriously put an ad in the middle of his set? lol -- Where are the real artists? I can't imagine a musician pausing to spew some dumb ass ad in the middle of a song... really wish we could get rid of these "celebrities" and get back to people who genuinely love the craft.
The whole "if you say I'm punching down that means you're bigoted coz you're imagining yourself higher than everyone else" is such disingenuous bullshit. We can all identify groups that are marginalised, powerless, and outright bullied by societies, laws, and bigots. Recognising that makes you informed, not bigoted.
Andrew is the best African American comedian in the game right now
Why does he talk like a black person
Andrew Santino? I agree
You kno', a'yone jut wan'a rawk wit ju....
The way he goes back and forth between a goofy new york accent and a generic blaccent is peak cringe.
10:10 Andrew tries talking black.. 😅
He couldn't get a streaming deal, so this fabricated story provides him an excuse as to why he is not succeeding in the way that his peers are.
and he acted like he invited sliced bread with selling his own special - meanwhile CK did that already for half a decade. His whole crew is such a bunch of brain dead uneducated idi*ts, it's unbearable, every discussion they have hurts. And the gambling ad is prove what a greedy prick that guy is.
In 2014 Greg Proops made his comedy special “Live at Musso and Franks” available for purchase exclusively through his website. I bought it soon after it became available. It’s hilarious. At the time, Greg had already been doing his Smartest Man in the World podcast for quite a few years. As has been mentioned many times by others in these comments, Louis CK had been making specials available via his website as well. I’m sure there are others I’m missing who had been doing it also. Schultz is a pioneer in his own mind.
He wants to prove he can be like Shane, get cancelled and come back stronger so he keeps trying to be “controversial.”
Yeah his version of being canceled is studio executives and producers giving notes for cuts.
Something as old as Hollywood
his cancellation was more like exile. I don't think any streamer would pick him up knowing how disrespectful his comedy is.
You got the wrong cancelled youtuber try Logan Paul. Shane will never go back to where he was at his peak
@@theoutsiderjess1869 Gillis. Not Dawson.
Schulz pry turned down a Netflix offer because he felt he was worth more. Went elsewhere, got asked to make changes, didn't like it, went back to Netflix and they said no so he had to put it out himself.
Got an idea for a video. You should dive into Matt Rifes recent "controversy". I think he made it all up. Nobody of any seriousness complained about the one joke but je talked about it nonstop and even went on Jordan Peterson talking about it. It was clearly a made up controversy so he could slide into the "adult comedy" crowd instead of tik tok. If you read the comments of the JP interview thousands of people were commenting they don't like his comedy but will forever support him to fight "cancel culture".
I thought this about Rifes situation as well. Even the few tweets of people tweeting at him upset that you can find, were accounts with little activity that had been freshly created. Even searching YT and Tik Tok I couldn’t find any videos of commentary from people that were upset, only videos of people covering the “controversy”. Weird.
It's the quintessential rightwing grift. Becomeva proxy to the Culture wars.
He definitely created the whole situation. I think he wanted to be on JRE 😂
100% manufactured controversy. He and JP kept saying he was cancelled, which I guess means criticized by some nobodies.
Seriously. It’s so cringe. Rife should literally be cancelled for attempting to fake a canceling.
People who constantly talk about how they're going to get canceled have made it out into the real world too.
Shulz: "so yeah as a white guy, I'm making fun of every group, mexicans, women, somalians" remember back just a few weeks ago and dating all the way back through 2016 when we called that identity politics and would slam people for doing it? I do.
@@p.chuckmoralesesquire3965you can joke and comment on race without it being “identity politics”.
“Identity Politics” is a specific academic term with a particular perspective regarding “racial injustice”….
Really getting canceled is when they freeze your bank accounts and deplatform you across all platforms like what happened to the Canadian truckers who were protesting the vax mandates. Comedians pretend lefty twitter accounts saying negative things about them is them getting canceled.
Muslims though?
Yea I guess not
omg an AD read during a stand up special is insanity
Schulz with the comedy rug-pull. Comedy’s first and last NFT
These guys won’t last, it’s a money grab and the 15 minutes is about over.
KEEP IT COMIN BRO❤
The scam context is really good. I can't stop thinking about a comment saying you should pursue this angle within the podcast realm. I agree with it, you have the capacity to do deep dives and investigative videos in the podcast realm. And this is a valuable differentiator.
Good idea. Could start with his own material and take it from there.
That British guy who made Akaash angry cos he wasn't interested in him will always be my favorite moment in comedy.
It’s wild how often comedians make some money and lose touch with their audience. At one point I found flagrant interesting to listen to, but it’s just a bunch a people clapping for themselves now
Thank you for this video, this explains why Matt Riffe is trying to cancel himself every week, he thinks that that’s what is necessary for all great comedians
They say offensive things trying to be funny instead of saying funny things and not caring if they are offensive.
Andrew Schulz is mid
Cringe I think ya mean
You’re putting out quantity and quality. Good on ya.
Heyyy I love your channel dude! Thanks for dropping by 🙏🏻
“Own” my exclusive content for only $15 and then place an absolute sucker bet that will have strings attached even if it hits. Great one Schulzy, a true man of the people.
It’s amazing to see these guys transform from hilarious, relatable and admirable to egomaniacal and insufferable is truly baffling to me in so many ways. It feels like it just came out of nowhere.
really wild compared to 6 8 years ago lol
Most of these comedians are the bottom of the barrel in terms of actual productive worth to society. When you give someone of such low value the potential to become a multi-millionaire, they will pull out every grift and scam technique available.
Chill out, this dude was never funny
“Relatable” what the fuck does that matter
What exactly is admirable about any these guys beyond their own personal success? What’s relatable beyond the fact they’re all just hanging out with their friends getting fucked up? And y’know it is a natural place to “do comedy” and release “content” but it does not make good stand-up comedians and definitely doesn’t make good stand-up specials.
I actually think Christina P has suffered the most from this professionally even if it’s been objectively good for her career and probably even mental health… there’s something actually very specifically and profoundly un-relatable about building a very niche fanbase podcasting… Kyle Kinane brought it up in his post-Covid special how he needs “the checks and balances of a human interaction” to consistently produce good material rather than “little weird manifestos”
Why has gambling ads become so rampant with podcasts?! we need a video on this
Because they’ll sponsor anything and they pay well
@@PodcastCringe I dont even mean the ones you cover here on this channel, but Tigerbelly too
His Maniscalco impression is so good because he don't realize he's doing it. What a psychopath
“Punching Down” is not a corporate term at all dude.
This channel is gold 😂 So glad I discovered this
you're my new favorite channel to watch/listen to, thank you for these videos!
Wow, thank you dude 🙏🏻
That entire board scenario didn’t happen. He most likely took a negotiation/conversation with someone in an office from Nextflix completely out of proportion and made it seem like he had to buy something back. But nobody bought it in the first place.
He tried to make up hype.
Louis took the chance to release it by himself and said that he had no idea if it would work or not. He said that he would find out if it worked or not the day it released and that he knew he might be burning bridges. Huge risk for him that paid of because he had the vision and courage to try it. Now these guys are talking like they invented it.
I think nobody bought his special which is why he extended it and when still nobody bought his special he decided to release it free on TH-cam with the ad in the middle so he could get some kind of money back from it.
Thank you for calling these unfunny clowns out.
Louis CK has been on this DIY comedy special movement.
I just found your channel a couple days ago. I'm hooked, my dude! I love the way you break things down with a fresh and honest perspective; all with a great sense of humor! This is my newest Sub! 🥂
Awesome! Thanks dude, glad to have you 🙏🏻
One of the most obnoxious characteristics all of these “hype” comedians share is that the scam is never-ending. They’re successful businessmen, but they are NOT funny or innovative. They’re not pushing any boundaries, they’re not exploring any new material or shining light on anything particularly dark or taboo. They all shill the same generic pablum and they really think they’re pioneers of the new counter-culture. I don’t watch any of these schmucks on their own shows, but I’m very aware of who they are. These hacks never met a sponsor they didn’t like, and “edginess” isn’t funny in a vacuum. Material will ALWAYS be king.
For any young(er) people wanting a comparison between modern day 'comedians' and genuine comedians, just watch a Bill Hicks stand up
He is speaking truth to power, that is what is shocking and 'controversial' and that is what takes bravery because he probably gave his life to his craft.
These people are gatherers of low hanging dollars.
Really, an unfunny hack like bill hicks speaks truth to power.😢
Let me break this down for you:
Anyone who has a public platform, whether famous or infamous, if you have ever heard of him, or seen him discussed on TV or print, has never spoken truth to power.
Bill Hicks was garbage
This is a great vid. Thank you for exposing Andrew Schultz. Not enough people call him out effectively
What did he expose? He even said at the end that he has no evidence and it's all speculation
He exposed how insufferable him and his boyfriends are.
@@S3AN_ I'd be surprised if this video turned anyone against those guys if they already liked them. I find most of the comedians that this channel rags on to be entertaining. I'm not a diehard fan, but this channel is just for the haters
@@benm3266 That would be an easy out, but the fact that so many people watch these videos is because we all notice how cringe these guys have become. Easy to call it hating B, but there always have to be checks n balances. I mean these guys rah on other people on their podcasts but when they get it in return, everyone becomes a "hater". Rogan rags on Newsome and Biden all the time, is he a hater?
@S3AN_ Rogan is definitely a hater of those two. But the big difference is that the core of his show is about the conversations with his guests, not who are we going to criticize today. The foundation of this channel is hating on comedians. I'm not even saying they're above criticism, but that's all this channel does 90% of the time. So yeah, haters lol.
10:07 Apu on the left is someone I cannot stand more than anyone and I picked this all up in 10 seconds.
U ever wonder why the same word for a delicious fruit drink is also the word for balling a fist and throwing it at somebody's face😂
This is such my favorite new channel I’ve found in a while. Keep up the killer work, man!!
The silicon valley of comedy, innovative changing the world 😂
It's so hot right now to shit over people without having any talent yourself. This channel is a perfect example. 👌
I remember this and I literally remember him saying he will end up putting it on TH-cam and I was like then why tf would I buy it ?
The Rogan sphere is all about branding, content and marketing. Comedy is probably 7th in their priority list after podcasting and TH-cam.
So glad you're doing more podcast investigations, there's so many lies in that space.
P.S. will send you a banger tip in a few weeks
I'm so glad you mentioned Dane Cook
These Rogansphere comics were all 1 trick ponies who's biggest problem was they weren't funny outside of 1 joke
Crazy, it wasn't till I started watching your videos that it finally clicked, these guys are pathetic... Thanks M8!
When artist are commissioned to make a work of art, they are asked to make changes and they will make those changes if they want payment, even the Mona lisa
7:20 People paid to be able to watch it as soon as they possibly could. It came out later for free after the release. I don't understand what's wrong with that.
This channel rocks dude. Get a Patreon
You nailed it! Outstanding breakdown....catch you on the next one 😁👍
Everyone in media/entertainment who is "independent" is backed by some level of corporate lol...the whole thing is a grift.
Saw Andrew’s special. It was subpar. Shane Gillis tho,,,,, amazing
I was bummed out about the new Chappelle special. His body of work is of such a high level, this new thing The Dreamer felt unrefined, the Titanic joke was a low point, I don’t want to pick it apart I’m just disappointed.
Jim Jefferies used internet clips to get famous in the US nearly 15 years ago. He wasn't the first and many have done it since
Saying that Schulz does do an amazing live show, one of the best I've ever seen
That special had 18 million views. I wonder how much scrolling he had to do to fish out the negative comments he wanted to feature for this video. LOL
Brother you opened my eyes to this bs ,since I've started watching your videos I have this whole new perspective on all these comics,can't believe I just went along and never thought anything more about it.. 😅
You bought a comedy special. Not the bragging rights to be the only one to see it ever for the rest of time.
When people are this soft, it's not hard to stir up controversy. People are addicted to rage, and comedians are definitely leaning into it.
No one’s soft. These comedians specifically looking for controversy no one cares about them anymore.
Right? These comedians bawling that they're being canceled are so soft. They gotta adapt or find another career. They can't force people to pay for content that you can find on 4chan or reddit for free.
Bro said even non sports. The WNBA 🤣🤣💀
Comedians talking about comedy is the most boring thing in the world
Creative people as a whole need to accept the fact that creativity is a cute trick in a meaningless universe, being creative doesnt make you important.
Mfer said "punching down" is a corporate term like it's not the most basic comedy term that encapsulates how good comedy works for most people
I like Shultz but the whole pay per view, having Bruce Buffer announce his intro and the insane narcissism over a special that from what I vaguely remember wasn't controversial, cancelable, thought provoking or groundbreaking it's honestly just cringe.
I don't mind him doing it as a means to market it but he legit believes his thoughts are unique and earth shattering etc.
Calm down dude, you tell some jokes and say shit most people can't say in the office but can in the pub.
Take a fucking seat.
I can deal with this from musicians but comedians need to chill the fuck out and be humble and blessed they get even 5% the clout and money they do get.
These “comedians” are unbelievably delusional and must be stopped.
Imagine being told that someone making fun of you is punching down. That you're less of a human than they are. How disrespectful and truly racist.
I literally haven't laughed at any of these comedy specials. It's probably been over 20 years since a comedian has actually been funny.
It's so easy for comics to make their own special now. A lot of them have really gotten extremely lazy and hackneyed.
the worst Thing a.comedian can have is ego.
Yeah i called it. When Schulz started to pretend his show is censored by Netflix and then came the biggest lie of it all - hackers are taking his special down on hi site LOL.
I would pay $10-$15 to never hear or see Schultz again.
Andrew using fomo marketing for his shitty stand-up is WILD
LOL two words: DON RICKLES. Attacking men, women, racial groups, religions in rapid fire.... I hate when people think they have invented something without looking over their shoulders.
Punching down is weak and cowardly and most male “comics” do it.
The one person who did do this where it makes sense is Steve-o. He talks about how he really wanted it on Netflix but because The Bucket List special is so graphic (close up shots of vasectomies, ejaculating out of an aeroplane etc) they didn't want it so he went through Moment House. I gotta say that special was worth the money cause it was fucking nuts!
I just noticed that Katt Williams got a boxing announcer to open one of his specials. Several years ago
Shulz is right though. Saying “punching down” is basically saying that certain races or ethnicities or sexual orientations are inherently superior to others by making certain topics are off limits to certain groups. They’re basically admitting to something like melinated people are less than non-melanated people or straight people are superior to gay people etc.
The problem here is Chappell didnt knock down Shultz for doing clips. He didn't think doing crowd work and putting those as clips is the same thing as what he does. That is, Chappell does not think crowd work is comedy, he doesn't have an issue with using shorts.
That is the difference, Shultz's special was in the same format as an other comedian at the end of the day, but his rise to fame was his crowd work. Then Akaash started to do crowd work and he did it in a way that was to his flavor and it has worked.
Yeah, I went to the special he put on youtube and I have seen some people say sarcastically that Andrew put the special out for free after a month and is promoting gambling in the middle of it. But for the most part people are saying it is fine.
I think there is something off about doing that. It seems like a scam, but to knock on Andrews viewing numbers because of this is debatable. I think there are more issues than what he did with the special.
Wouldn't call this a scam. I kind of agree with Schulz on this. It's no different than people going to the movie theater to see a movie before it's streaming. It's the first adopter premium.
Maybe but he pretty much will never get away with it again.