Kevin James: Irregardless

As a fan of Kevin's for many years I was shocked at how funny this special was. Starting off with a horrible premise about prediabetes and how we're free everything really was not that funny. We all understand the pre-diabetes means borderline and then he kept going on with the premise and then he went on to tell this story about hitting a deer in the same Cadence and story as Kevin Hart did with the raccoon. Felt uninspired, flat, unoriginal, and just not funny. Whole point of Comedy is to make people laugh and he failed in this one. He must be surrounded by tes men, as if he would have appeared review this with any of his other comedian friends they would have told him it was complete garbage. I feel bad for him.

The mic he used is terrible , for what reason ? Nostalgia ? Low budget ? Someone couldn't be bothered to give him a modern mic ? Should have had a lavalier mic clipped on and thhis old style mic used as a prop.

So for me the constant breathing noises popping and messy audio completely ruins the humour potential.

The volume is all over the place, seems the audience were a bunch of seals for laughing at litterally nothing.

Jokes wise ? Humour is subjective and often unique like a finger print, ageing bald guy talks life, death and history.

I found when he's quieter and more calm he was funnier than his wild physical attempts at humour.

It's quickfire either from bad editing or they gave kevin a adrenaline shot before he walks on.

Not his best not his worst.

I stopped watching, I needed something in the background while playing a simple game. So overall he can talk good, he tries to get the story alive. But after a while it is getting boring.

So someone is saying or asking something 'stupid', so the first time it is a funny answer back. The second time it is a long dragging story. Can it be funny? Yes, but not like this.

He is not using sex or anything, so that is nice. Maybe later on... I don't know. So that's why I don't give it a 3. It is also not totally bad, it can be fun, but it is just the same talking over and over again. Explaining situations the same way.

I will preface this by saying I'm not a huge fan of stand up. I like some of them but others I feel are trying way too hard. Like this one. I liked KOQ and when I saw Kevin had a special I decided to give it a whirl. When he was coming out and started rolling around on the floor I had a feeling this wasn't going to end well. It's just not very funny. I also think it's way too athletic with all the jumping around and frantically gesturing while making annoying sound effects. I'm sure plenty of people enjoy that kind of humor, but I guess I'm not one of them. He really lost me when he started talking about ripping the faces off of wild animals and eating it. I personally would much rather hear f-bombs than stuff like that. Yesterday I watched Gary Gulman's new special on Max and thought it was really funny so I'm not completely dead inside and do have a sense of humor. Just not for this.

I never watched King of Queens when it was a hit show. I know he grew up in my neck of the woods, but not much more than that. I am not normally a big fan of Kevin James' standup, but this one is very good. He does a good job of talking in a relaxed and natural manner about parenting and about growing up in the 1970's. He manages to be very funny without being vulgar, or sexual. His storytelling ability is very good. I enjoyed how self-effacing he was. He does a good job of managing the stage and the audience. He has matured into a very good storyteller and a very good stand up comedian. I enjoyed it.