World's Greatest Stand Up - Vol. 1 Reviews

I don't reccomend it.

Well, it's okay... Some people are obviously funny, but lots are not and you never have more than about ten minutes to get into each one.

Lee Evans is as per usual, very physical, sweats a lot. Dara O'Brien has a whole joke that he also uses in his DVD that I saw yesterday and even more than usual about being Irish, so that dampened his act for me. David Hyde Pierce just starts 'singing' a song about being a therapist for his act, which I didn't love. Dave Chapelle, Dennis Leary, Drew Carey, Omid Djalili, Patrice Oneal and Wanda Sykes are quite good. Dylan Moran is pretty damn funny, but I suspect he is also reusing some jokes from a DVD of his, I just saw it a few years ago and so had forgotten details. Mike Wilmot is really funny and I've never even heard of him. Tim Allen is not all that funny, but on even less than the others, so it's all right. Jeremy Hotz was very funny, but his delivery is more than a little annoying.

The extras involve a few short interviews and a promotional Montreal festival bit.

Overall I can't give it less than three stars because I did laugh gently a few times, but wouldn't reccomend this. I'd rather watch one comedian really get into the swing of things, and I never gave a real belly laugh.

mixed bag

david hyde pierce (worth renting for this act alone) , lee evans and the Iranian guy are very funny. tim allan very disappointing ,the rest average

Worth Watching

Rent it well worth renting few good acts and few bad acts.

Avoid

Dylan Moran is the highlight of an otherwise dreary show. Dave Chapelle shows good comic stylings but plays the black card until the punchlines can be seen from space. David Hyde Pierce struggles to hide his narcisstic streak, Dennis Leary is as witty as fudge and the rest all become a blur of banality. Avoid.

funny

The trouble with these kind of DVD's is that you don't get enough of the acts that are funny and too much of the ones that arn't.

lee evans routine is tired david hyde pierce & the iranian comic are funny as hell.

dave chappelle seemed to phone it in a bit tim allen was good as always but not at his best.

overall worth a look but don't get too excited with the line up

Awesome

All the comics on this DVD are awesome. Jeremy Hotz in particular had me crying with laughter. I cant wait for him to bring out his own DVD.

Get this out, you won't regret it.

Brilliant!

This was so funny. Its lots of diiferent acts so something for everyone. Some acts didn't even get a laugh but some I thought were brilliant! I even watched it again.... well worth it if you like short bits of comedy :)

Quality

An awesome stand up dvd. Acts that everyone can enjoy, people you know and people you dont. Can't complain - Throughly ejoyable!

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Rubbish

I watched this and it was very poor. A few good comedians on it but the last 20/30 minutes I didn't even smile never mind laugh, Lee Evans, Dara O' whatshisname, Dylan Moran and the 'Iraqi' guy were the best, then there were one or two following behind that had their moments the rest pathetic. Wouldn't recommend it, it shouldn't be called World's GReatest Stand up either!

this is an awful dvd

i got it out as i thought it would be funny knowing that lee evans was on it. dont get me wrong there are some very good acts on here but there are some damn awful acts as well and unfortunately the awful acts outweigh the good acts. if you want to laugh at a dvd dont get this dvd. in general it sucks