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I absolutely LOVE Sam Morrill and Tim Dillon, as well as Mark Normand but my god, their material sounds like it was from the staff writers of At Midnight. But for as lame as most of their stuff was, it never comes close to how pedestrian Jeff Ross consistently is. I used to love his stand up but anyone who loves comedy can guess his punchlines before he delivers them. Worst of all is his new gimmick of pretending that he has a joke so offensive that he shouldn't even do it. Then he does the joke (a Menendez Brothers joke) and it was truly awful. Not offensive or edgy. It was just dull and silly. Spare yourself the time waster on this and watch Hinchcliffe and Nikki Glaser on the Brady Roast.

While it's nice that there is still the occasional movie released that ISN'T a Marvel retread/sequel/remake.redux/re-imagining/reboot or another in the never-ending glut of Star Wars movies, it's disappointing that American films continue to take what was a decent story and then waste the talents of great actors, only to resort to the same, tired, drawn out third acts that never seem to end. Go back to the 90s and watch Fatal Attraction and then think about how the last 20 minutes of that movie has been done to death. The first two thirds of this movie were very effective but it became obvious that it was going to be something we've all seen done to death and it gets dull watching it play out, waiting for the ending to come while having that little sliver of hope that maybe something unexpected happens. But it doesn't. Go watch the original. It's not GREAT - but it's not jam-packed with horror movie cliches like this one is.

Yes, Colin Quinn, a true comedian, couldn't have said it better, even though he wasn't talking about this special. It certainly applies. I was curious to see what the special would be like but I had a feeling it would be a lot pf pandering to the seals. And it was. But even worse, it was the attempt to present herself as victim of the system or something. I guess when you get to a certain level of fame, you have so many sycophants around you that you don't have to accept the fact that you're not a good person, and even more: Not a good comedian. She had a good run doing Bob Newhart's shtick but it just ran dry and this special shows that she just doesn't have it. Sure, she'll sell out theatres but the material isn't there and the delivery is more contrived than ever.