Since the elimination of Rachel Feinstein after the show two weeks ago, the final rounds have been all men. The dearth of women comics (and comedy writers) on television has been in the news off and on for the last few years, but here is the chance for Last Comic Standing to make a small gesture of amends! To bring tonight's show up to an hour, they are having a guest comic, and who better to stand in for women than ... overweight redneck comic Ron White? He does a nice set about drinking, being drunk, and understanding drunkenness. Here's to you, ladies!
Jonathan Thymius has finally been eliminated. He had a good run.
Roy Wood, Jr., starts with a word about his uncle the drunk, suggests wristbands to identify non-racist whites, and laments his constantly being enlisted to lie to the wives of married friends. It's the usual funny, smart set.
Tommy Johnagin tells about his redneck uncle—apparently all comics have comedy-worthy uncles—stealing a portable toilet; accidentally going to a gynecologist as a thirteen-year-old; and hitting a deer with his car. I don't think it's up to the level of his previous routines, but the judges like it.
Myq Kaplan likes to start with a quip about what came before him, and tonight he points out that he is not Tommy Johnagin. (Apparently some feel they resemble one another.) I would have given him more points if he had come out and said, "Let me just start off by saying, I don't have any uncles." But he spins a good set, going from gay rights to women's suffrage to an alternate name for manholes. The judges think his is hilarious, hilarious, and so funny. (And really, with the five most talented comics remaining, there's not much for the judges to say.)
Felipe Esparza goes back to the tough childhood well and adds a bit about his gay brother. Andy takes the opportunity to slam Carlos Mencia as a phony (and Felipe as the real deal). Jeez, are people still going after Mencia? It seems a bit dated. Maybe Andy's saving his newer stuff—a whole run on the movie Avatar—till next week. (Kidding.)
Mike DeStefano says Buddhists don't yell, which would have been the perfect time for a heckler to point out Tiger Woods is a Buddhist, just to test DeStefano's improv mettle. That doesn't happen. DeStefano goes on with funny, dark material about a homeless guy and a $20 bill, the proper hammer to brain someone with, and the relative shooting skills of blacks and Italians.
My ranking of tonight's routines, from the top: Wood, DeStefano, Kaplan, Johnagin, and Esparza. But who would I rank as the best comic overall? Probably I'd have Johnagin edging out Wood. These are five talented guys, though. Was Craig Robinson kidding when he said the five of them would be touring together for the next 297 days?
Next week we learn the winner, and we also get to see the judges do some comedy. Yippee.
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