“Last Comic Standing” ended… and we have a winner
August 10, 2010 Matt Last Comic Standing, Reviews, Television
Last night’s 2 hour season finale of Last Comic Standing attempted to avoid the hurdles of most competition finales when producers double the length of time and fill nearly all of that extra time with filagree and pageantry that isn’t needed. For the most part, the season 7 finale of LCS avoided a lot of these pitfalls (but still got hung up on a Gloria Gaynor trap) by being chock full of some outstanding stand-up performances.
We were, for the most part, treated to 2 hours of consistently good stand-up. In addition to special guests Kathy Griffin, Tom Papa, and last year’s winner Iliza Shlesinger took to the stage for a tight 5. All perfectly capable of handling the room with probably the strongest of the 3 performances going to Papa who delivered the most TV-friendly set (The Marriage Ref made marriage jokes) over Shlesinger and Griffin who is known for an edgier set (which appeared to have a few laughs added in post production, just sayin’).
Esparza and Johnagin each delivered a final set. With Esparza playing a lot off his genuine goofy appearance and ability to get a laugh by just walking into a room, while Johnagin relied more on his ability to tell a great story.
Hey guys! Let’s all do this again next year okay? OK!