Tom Segura: Sledgehammer

I'm not gonna like, there are some uncomfortable moments in this one so choose wisely who you watch it with. There were a few times I was ready to turn this one off, but I'm glad I powered through because Tom came through like he always does and the laughs came like I always knew they would. You know what you're getting when you turn on a Tom Segura special and he delivers again with this one. I just could have done without the jokes that make the namesake of the special, but I guess I'm not really the target audience for those. This rating feels right, but I'm about to watch the rest of his specials I can get my hands on and I expect those ratings to be higher.

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...

Glad the crowd enjoyed it!

I like Tom a lot, I really like Mostly Stories and Disgraceful, and I liked ball hog too. But I think I laughed maybe 3 times in this special. Maybe he got too healthy and too successful to laugh at himself or find real humour in situations like he used to, but this is felt a little bit flat..

Why is comedy so bad now? Are they so scared to get cancelled they won't say anything remotely funny any more? Seems like Dave Chappelle and a few others like Sam Morrill are the only funny people left willing to take a risk. I don't need it to be "edgy", god forbid, right?! But comedy used to be a LITTLE bit edgy.

Pryor, hicks, carlin Chappelle.... Little bit of bite. And I'm not taking about being transphobic or offensive I'm taking about saying funny things that actually make you think, or maybe things that are actually true that you haven't articulated yourself.

This just isn't funny enough.

The bigger these comedians get, the less funny they become. Segura, theo, bert and even rogan. Not funny at all. Just some weird witty chit chat that bored people are forced to laugh at. Not only are these guys have become unfunny in their "every day life" storytelling but even when they obviously make up stuff that didnt happen, still not funny. Why are these comedians so popular? I dont get it. Segura WAS funny before he became super popular. Rogan WAS funny before he became a super star. These guys always talk about "refining their art and making it better" but there is nothing "better" about their comedy.

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.