Tom Segura: Sledgehammer

This was my fourth stand-up comedy from Tom Segura, a comedian that I enjoy watching or better listen to. Sledgehammer wasn't my favourite though, that was Disgraceful from 2018, but it was still good enough for my wife and I to have a pleasant evening. There were enough good kinky jokes to bring some smiles on our faces. Those are just the best jokes. I think the venue where this was recorded didn't add to the quality of the show. It's a round podium so sometimes he talks to you with his back, certainly not something I would pay for, but on television he's of course always facing you. The show wasn't very fluent either but other than that it was okay, good enough if you're a fan of him.

This "show" is so bad i had to force myself to finish it. It took me three tries because i kept falling asleep. It is mind numbingly boring, weak and bland. There are zero jokes in it. I kept wondering how this guy ended up on the stage with this weak performance. Lame attempts of telling jokes mixed with inappropriate stories. ( Side note: do not shower with your kid!) The laughs felt fake. The stories were sleep inducing and pointless.

If this is the best he can do then i don't get his fame. There are better amateurs out there than him. Maybe the other reviewers are right and he was funnier in the past...

If you were to watch this special never having heard of Tom Segura you'd conclude Tom Segura is not a very funny man. You'd prob turn it off after the first 10 minutes. It's borderline hacky, unnecessary edgy, and leaves you with an impression that Tom is not a very good person(and doesn't know it).

But the special does get better after 18 minutes, there are some funny good-old-Tom stories, he's great at using call-backs.

I think the target audience for this was Tom Segura's super-fans, and if you're one, you'll prob enjoy it: "Sledgehammer" feel like an inside joke - there are multiple references to the universe of Tom's life that only followers would know which I think creates this intimacy/cult following.

Overall, I would not recommend "Sledgehammer" I think watching his "best of" on youtube or listening to podcast is better - which is not WEIRD.

By now Tom has honed in his voice and point of view - so he finds the funny effortlessly. Why those funnies are not in this special I do not know.

I just discovered this brillant foul-mouthed stand up comedian.

This show convinced me to add the test of his shows on my must watch list.

He is al but afraid to avoid controversy.

His topics are, amongst others, sexuality (straight, gay, whatever), educating children, drugs use and abuse.

Sometimes he walks on a thin line of extreme funny and what for some people may occur offensive.

But for me humour can go further on topics than any other medium. If it's funny or not is a question of taste and opinion. But censorship should never be applied on this kind of shows.

As a European I sometimes don't understand the jokes because he yalks about famous Americans, unknown by me.

But mostly his humour is international and he made me cry several times with his witty observations.

I fully recommend to let him take you on a hilarious trip!!!

And I was nervous for this special to air because my husband and I...feel asleep at the show. I feel like about half way thru I started nodding off and my husband around the same and we only had one drink. I was embarrassed and nervous you would see us sleeping esp because Im a Tom fan; seen all his specials and love his podcast with Cristina...but looking at the other reviews, guess it wasn't so far fetched after all that we thought it wasn't as great as his others and couldnt stay awake. And it was worse live in my opinion sadly :/ I think if he would've engaged more with the audience it would've helped.