Patton Oswalt: We All Scream

It's a shame, I used to like Patton Oswalt. I had Netflix send me a reminder when it dropped so I could watch it. Hearing/watching him go on a 6 minute tangent/"joke" about clown pubes (no I'm not kidding) right at the beginning that wasn't even funny.... I ended up turning it off. I was so bored, I tried to keep it on and get past it, but it just wasn't any good. I don't know what happened, but maybe he's just not funny anymore. Or if he has outside people writing his jokes, he needs to fire them. It seemed like the audience was just laughing to be polite, and that's too bad. Get new jokes, buddy.

Disappointed.

I have generally have enjoyed most of Netflix's stand up special's and I can say I am a fan of Patton's , but wow. Let me just start by saying, why is comedy post Covid, the same topic for each stand up and yet, comedy as a whole, just feels softer.

Cut to " We All Scream." Patton describes a 13 minute, yes, 13, which honestly should have been no more than thirty seconds, about... clown pubes in a barn? This was your opening material? The more he said it I kept wincing, and he didn't move on, kept going back to this stupid metaphor, which made zero sense. Yet, Patton mentioned this material took him two years to come up with. This is why we have producers and Creative Executive's, so someone can say " Don't do this."

Another detail that really is frustrating me with these specials in general, I get it, Covid was a big thing yes. It's over, yet Patton is doing material on the lockdown, vaccines and telling us he watched Deadwood. Can we please just get one special not to say the words " Lockdown" " covid" or " vaccinations" anymore, please? I don't know about you, but I get annoyed being September 2022, and a stand up is talking about lock downs. Let's go back to actually creating real comedy without talking about injections or not being able to do anything.

I love stand up. Dave Chappelle, Louis CK, Bill Hicks, Doug Stanhope, Stewart Lee, David Cross, Maria Bamford, the list goes on. But it seems like Netflix will give a stand up special to anyone these days. This particular special was just another low quality netflix show. There is very little humour. Which is kind of a requirement for a comedy special. It was tired and cliched. No originality. No insight. No unique points of view. Just the same old schtick. Patton Oswald is quite well known in the realm of comedy. I dont understand why. Ive seen him in AP Bio, Lady Dynamite, Reno 911, Veep and a few other shows. He's never been funny. That is just my opinion obviously. There are probably people who think he has the ability to be humorous but I dont.

This is by far the worst time i have had since this all started. Patton Oswalt is neither funny or enlightening. He is obviously misinformed. He is mean. Dirty. Folks like myself would be happy to see Patton Oswat's career return to the community theater where it is still above it's rank. Oswalt is not only misinformed, he spews hatred towards those whom he considers dumb but has been proven in recent weeks to be much smarter than he is. Don't waste your time. This is probably the final straw with Netflix. Not only is this simply bad entertainment, it is hateful, full of bad information, given to you by a man that is not funny at all.

I've loved everything Patton has done. His inclusion in anything boosts it. This special was so hyped and I was so looking forward to it so perhaps I set myself up for disappointment. It dragged right up to the final disappointing scatalogicsl bit.

Couldn't believe the 10 minutes of front row 'what do you do for a living' filler crowdwork in a special. It's like this review. It is too short so I'm having to add filler to reach the arbitrary minimum. This review is worse for it. How did that crowd work stay in?

Not terrible but Payton's bar is so high and this was not there. I need to go back and watch any of his previous fat superior work.