It’s over. The votes have been tallied up and there is a new last comic. I got caught up in the show when a friend of mine, Duane Day, mentioned that he’d been watching the first season and thought that it was really funny. So when I saw the previews for this new season I interested. I’m a big fan of standup in general and it was good to see a bunch of people compete to get the title.
The whole reality TV thing is such a guilty plesure. Putting people in artifical environments and situations and then analyze how they react through the beauty of confessional booths, inhouse mafiosa and the occasional crazy pyscho flip out. Well this reality show didn’t disappoint. There were all the bad things we love to watch but in the end of the show that’s not what made a winner. It was more like a hybrid of Survivor with the plotting and schemeing and other underhanded stuff crossed with American Idol with the performers coming together to compete purely based on talent and their ability to overcome apathy in the American People. Sure they had the gimicky voting off stuff, but when it came down to 6 it was all about who was funnier.
Now all they need to do is to get George Bush and John Kerry to square off in a battle of comedic proportions. And I’m not just talking about a singing contest, I mean a full on battle of the wits to see who can be “THE LAST POLITICIAN STANDING!!”.
In the end I still believe that American’s can collectively choose what’s best for the country. I believe that we will continue to be great as long as we continue to cherish that which is good. And last night, we cherished the goodness of John Heffron’s comedy. And you know what? It’s pretty great.
