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Allthough Marc Maron is in this business since decades it was the first stand-up comedy from him for me. I thought it started a little slow but towards the end it became much better. I get it that not everybody finds this show funny, and that's just because some people just don't understand sarcasm, it's just not given to everyone, that's not an attack or so, it's just a fact. And Marc Maron's sarcasm is very well hidden, he doesn't make it obvious he's been sarcastic, so not everybody will get that even if you explained them what sarcasm is. To me he's a good storyteller, he's not very energetic on scene, no mimicing or playing characters, that's just not his style and that's fine. I was entertained, I laughed and grinned, so to me it was sufficient to have a good time watching and listening to End Times Fun.

Sure, it's funny...but it's also oddly less incisive than I've come to expect from Maron. With a bunch of observational humor, this is more like a hard-edged Seinfeld; and even the more incisive stuff is pretty juvenile (Pence is gay...groundbreaking). However, I do love how Maron is starting to physically match his grumpy old man mentality.

Huge fan of Maron aside from his political rantings. political humor is tacky imho so without the trump&Republican jokes I'd give it a 9/10

Had a couple of funny moments, but too few and far between.

I'm not sure if this release date was planned a while in advance, and yeah, it would be more interesting to speculate that Netflix are trying to capitalise on the panic regarding a brand new pandemic. Which hey, I'm hoping that panic will look at least a little overblown in a matter of months or years. Not to downplay the damage it'll cause, but I'm hopeful it won't lead to an actual end of times. And if my hope is misplaced, I suppose this review will vanish along with the Internet, so in that case, who cares? I'll be more concerned with scrounging for bottle caps (the inevitable new currency in a fallen apart world) and hunting squirrels or other small critters for nutrition by that point anyway.

Of course, the special itself was not filmed recently enough to capitalise on our most current anxieties and panics. Yet it's certainly thematically relevant, filmed I'm assuming around the mid-point of 2019. There was still a great deal to worry about back then, and so it's not too surprising that Maron looks outward, criticising and analysing external forces and institutions more than his own thoughts and actions. Thinky Pain at least was much more inward, and while this new special is to some degree, it's not as intensely psychological.

That definitely leads to an overall grimmer tone, and Maron gives enough reasons to justify his despair, even if I'm genuinely hoping that a lot of it is exaggerated for the sake of comedy. I might not be as pessimistic (although again: I can't entirely blame him if he really is as fearful as he comes across), but I still found a good deal to be entertained by here. There are a few excellent jokes here and there, while the rest range from decent to pretty good. Nothing here flops too badly; perhaps the final joke was a little weak (the audience didn't seem to get it either), and there isn't always a consistent flow that can elevate a good stand-up comedy special to a great one.

But if you've laughed at and enjoyed any of his past specials, you'll almost definitely find something to like in this one. It's bitter, dark, often a real bummer, but often quite funny at the same time. Not for everyone, and not exactly the kind of thing that fully picked me up in what is currently an overwhelming and quite uncertain time (again: I still have hope a new virus isn't going to totally end the world, although yeah it's probably gonna cause short to mid-term damage), but I guess we'll see.

It's funny. It made me laugh a few times despite my and the world's current downbeat mood. Come to think of it, perhaps that's even more impressive than what I'm giving Maron's latest credit for. Should I not be dead if (or hopefully when) things return to a sort of normalcy, I'll return to End Times Fun and see if raised spirits help me to find it funnier.

Will update, if there's still an Internet to update to at the end of all this...

This is that raw dark humor with social commentary that I love. Unapologetic and honest to every funny bone, if you didn't know who Maron was before this, well now you know. He's gonna get a lotta hate and a lotta love. I'm with it. Just watch.

Overall, I found Marc funny and a pretty good time to watch.

His comments toward the End about who writes all the superhero stuff, and all the SuperHero Marvel Universe movies that are poured on us this last few years, and about Jesus 2nd coming, would have not made sense to me 10 years ago, but NOW, uhhh... hell, could be possible. :o Ha hahahha It's gettin that scary in the USA.

Worth a watch! :D.

I love his mind. I love his deep and dry, cheeky wit. This one absolutely kills. It may not be a laugh a minute, like Thnky Pain or Too Real, but the last 10 minutes had me in tears.

It's supposed to be a stand up show so I'll judge it only as that - it simply was not funny. Through the whole hour he managed to crack a smile from me only once.

I personally have nothing against Marc, he seems like a smart man and I did like some of the things he said but I was simply not amused. Sorry.

Marc Maron at his best. Well done. The only thing that is completely irrelevant is that I wish he'd cut his hair so he doesn't look 70 years old. He's not an old guy, but any time I try to show people him...it's Hard to get people to watch an old guy let alone like an old guy.

At one point he said "I think this is sort of the TED Talk portion of my show", but the entire show is like a TED Talk. Literally didn't laugh or chuckle, not even once.

I don't care what the haters say. He's extremely honest and crude in a way that's hilarious, insightful, and humbling. I've never seen his work before, but now I definitely need to see more now !

I don't get the hate, I might honestly rate it a 9, but in no way should it be anywhere near 6 stars. Maybe too political for some. Between this and too real, sure if watch too real. I hope to see more some time soon. Maron is certainly political, and would certainly offend some. End Times Fun is certainly geared to a left leaning non-religious anti-religous crowd. There is tons of sarcasm. Oh and of course I imagine some marvel fans might get butthurt. I in some sense love the marvel universe, and completely agree with the road Mr. Maron heads down in this special. So I writing not call this the things spoilers, but correct me if I'm wrong.

You always hear other comics talking about Marc Maron, but like he mentioned in the opening of this special, I couldn't name one single thing he's done until he mentioned them. And I watched the whole first season of Glow.

I normally love comedy specials, and usually go see live shows whenever I can. I liked Bert Kreischer, Tom Segura, Norm Macdonald (saw him live), Christina P (saw her live), but this was painfully unfunny.

I couldn't finish.

The world is not ending despite what Maron says. We get it your a liberal, nothing wrong with that per se, but it's just so exhausting listening to someone with enough money and clout to afford to stay in California complain incessantly. Just write some jokes, please! The audience reflects that, and he almost seems shocked when they don't laugh at the end of his drawn out bits. All young comics should watch this as an example of how to not be funny, everyone else don't waste your hour.

We could pretty much see his personality in Glow. We like his self-deprecating type of character because it goes well with the premise and all. But to know that, and still try to watch his new standup, we knew what we were in for. But seriously? Get over it. Trump was elected and for you to get a small venue full of people applaud you for saying he's the worst person of anything, ever, only to placate your own views and get said roomful of liberals to laugh and applaud is just sad. We shut it off after a few minutes because we're so. sick. of. it.

End Times Fun is the definition of contemporary hack.

After watching it for 30 minutes or so, and not even cracking a smile, I decided to stop watching this boring TED talk about Trump and nerds... it's basically: Old man yelling at clouds.

I'm not even from the US so I don't care about Trump either way, but it's such a cheap trick to just bash on Trump and think that's comedy somehow.

Meh....

Another lefty thinking I hate 90% of this country is funny. Jeez, ya wonder why network TV and especially cable news are tanking. We want to be entertained, not indoctrinated by Hoolywierd.

Three laughs and one 'ah ha' moment. So glad this wasn't the first time I saw Marc Maron - otherwise it would probably would be the last. Yet yes, I still gave him 5 stars - for the three laughs and the ah ha moment.

Am not sure what happened. It's like he waited until the night before to write his set. Maybe he should have left it at an hour instead of 90 very long minutes.

I don't why people ding him on the political jokes - he's a comedian for Pete's sake. They bash anyone who's in the White House - get over it!!

I am glad I didn't pay to go see him in person. It would have been a disappointment.