Kevin James: Irregardless

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 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 prefer to see Kevin in TV and films. However, watching him in standup comedy format is fantastic as well. The comedic stories were entertaining and sounded more like family TV episodes in comedy club format. I guess the other episodes will be in the same format. We'll see. Loved the intro walk-on music. He comes on stage like a boss in smoke but has trouble breathing for the first 10 minutes. I have been a fan of Kevin James for 15 years, enjoying his unique style in shows like King Of Queens, Kevin Can Wait, and his family-oriented Hollywood films. The ending with all the fans and producers is wonderful stuff! His last two movies have similar type endings. Fun, festive and lets all party like regular human beings in life type of vibe.

I'm a huge Kevin James fan. I could watch King of Queens every day for the rest of my life. He made me laugh so hard on that show, constant entertainment. So I was really excited that he had a new stand up special and I had high hopes. Unfortunately, I think I only laughed once. I probably smiled a couple of times but that was it. It just wasn't funny. It wasn't that I was offended, as some other reviewers suggest. I just did not find it funny. It was mostly jokes about parenting that have already been done a million times and just wasn't anything fresh or interesting. He wasn't even funny with the physical bits like he was on KoQ. He seemed to be trying way too hard and I missed that effortless way he used to make me laugh. It's a disappointing no from me.

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.