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"I'm Your Mother" is a well-written, heart-breaking special that is dulled by the lack of exaggerated character/POV on stage.

Tim Dillon is a satirist. He uses cynicism, absurd heightening, and extreme character to get his point across.

I watch "the best of Tim Dillon podcast" once a month ish. His stupid rants bring me joy. Largely because Tim is so... grotesque. A caricature. Not a real person. In his bizarre sun-glasses and stylish (hehe) outfit it's "Tim Dillon" is a lot like "Ali G".

In this special Tim is dressed in a hoody and jeans - Tim LOOKS and DELIVERS so down to earth, so earnest, you no longer have a feeling you're watching a character. To me, in "I'm your mother" this over-the-top heightening of his lands part boring, part sad, part mean.

It feels more drama, less comedy. Tragedy of the modern world rather than satire. Give it a watch!

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.

This is the first time I saw Bert Kreischer's stand-up.

I think Bert is very likable but is not a stand-up. He's a natural fool/idiot(in the best sense of the word). Bert is THE unusual other ppl/the audience are laughing AT rather than laughing WITH. I'd love to see Bert doing a silent movie/physical comedy 'cause Kreischer def has the chops. I think it's a high praise because most comedians need words to make ppl laugh. Bert is so naturally funny - he doesn't.

As for the special... "Hey Big Boy" is not my cup of tea. It describes many funny situations but overall those situations would be much funnier in a shape of a sketch of a sitcom.