Brian Simpson: Live from the Mothership

I followed Brian Simpson on Instagram after seeing some funny clips and instantly watched this special on sight.

I love his timing and overall delivery, but his writing is exceedingly clever when approaching topics that we've heard before. The driver's license bit, for example, is a brilliant twist on observations that I first heard from George Carlin in 1992.

For its considerable runtime, the set is very well paced and the closing segments had me laughing the hardest. More than anything, I admire the confidence of a road-tested comic who's not afraid to take his time and challenge the audience!

As the title says this just wasn't for me, I didn't laugh once, evidently the audience wasn't exactly blown away by Brian's comedic talent either as they barely laughed too. Don't get me wrong there certainly was plenty of whopping and cheering, laughing, on the other hand, precious little of that, the audience reaction was more appropriate for a rally than a comedy show.

By the end I found myself incredibly frustrated by this show, Brian Simpson is clearly an intelligent person, he's just not very funny. The jokes are also well told, they're just not funny. Brian is definitely good storyteller he just seems to completely lack that funny spark, I can imagine sitting around with him having a few beers, shooting the breeze and having a grand old time, I suspect the laughs would be few and far between though.

Wanted something easy to put on before bed and this hit the spot. A solid comedian. Even the jokes that I don't personally agree are still delivered in an amusing way, which I appreciate. No agenda, just a solid hour of laughs from me.

You could see people in the crowd getting upset over certain material, but I think he did a good job with his crowd work and brought most people back into the fold.

He also does a pretty decent job of bridging the gap between generations with his jokes. Nothing in the set feels forced or preachy.

As long as you aren't hypersensitive (you know who you are) you should be able to put it on and enjoy yourself. I wish more comedians could get back to just telling jokes and funny introspective stuff like this again.