• @glimse
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    42 months ago

    I don’t know a ton about Andy Rooney but I remember trying to watch Black’s standup special like 10 years ago and a lot of it was just an old man complaining about not understanding phones. So incredibly out of touch.

    • norbert
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      42 months ago

      It’s less out of touch and more you not getting it.

      Curmudgeon is the whole shtick.

      • @glimse
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        22 months ago

        But there weren’t really jokes. It was basicallh him saying “these damn kids and their phones!” which you can get from any crotchety old guy

        Maybe his humor works better in small doses…but what I watched just felt like grandpa rambling for an hour. I dunno

        • norbert
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          22 months ago

          Yeah I can see how that’d get old after awhile. He’s not my favorite comedian or anything for sure.

          • @glimse
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            12 months ago

            Alternatively, maybe it was just a bad set. I had never seen him before and haven’t watched any other specials so it could have been a fluke