Patton Oswalt: We All Scream

I love stand up when done right. This isn't done right. I would watch Dane Cook regurgitate other comedians jokes over watching this past 40 mins. He isn't funny, my wife had this playing in the background, i came in and sat down to relax and well was too lazy to look for the remote. After 40 minutes of trying to give it a chance i got up and went outside again so thanks Patton for giving me the energy to be nowhere near you. He just isn't funny, his jokes don't land and all I can see is the two faced back stabbing creeper he is. There have been comedians with scandals I've still found funny but the thing is they were actually talented and funny, no idea how Patton keeps getting roles and gigs. Avoid It isn't funny and its not even worth being background noise.

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.

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.

To be very honest I wasn't expecting much when I put this on but found myself laughing out several times. I don't understand all the low ratings. When foing his routine, he connects with real life experiences and how.most of us coped while going through the pandemic. I could certainly relate yovthe partd of the show when he talks about getting older. We're the same age. I don't watch stand up very often but I'm very hlad I did with this one. I was so impressed I'm going to check out more of his routines when I get a chance. Definitely better than a lot of othervtripe you see on Netflix, Prime, etc.

I've enjoyed Patton Oswalt in exactly one thing, his minor role in Justified. In it he plays a sheriff of a very small town if I recall correct. He didn't write his own material and the role, while it has some comedic elements, isn't strictly comedic. I don't know if he possibly got his start in stand up but I don't possibly see how, he's just not funny at all. That's quite an accomplishment cause the only people I know of that are this terrible at comedy are Amy Shumer and maybe Melissa McCarthey. Its kind of amazing how terrible some content is, and all just to appease the streaming gods. Our options quadrupled but its like there's less quality television than ever.