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3 Questions

April 18th, 2011 - Uncategorized - 39 Comments »

1. Do you have kids? How many?

2. Who is the last stand-up comedian you listened to that you would recommend?

3. What is the best documentary you’ve seen lately (or, if not a documentary, a documentary-esque TV show)?

I’ll go first in the comments.

  • Tyler Stanton

    1. Two (and one on the way)
    2. Mike Birbiglia (his My Secret Public Journal is only $5 on Amazon right now)
    3. Tie between Exit Through the Gift Shop and Waiting for Superman

  • http://twitter.com/evdaddy @evdaddy

    2 kids
    Dimitri Martin (via Netflix streaming)
    Exit through the gift shop window (also on Netflix streaming)

  • http://twitter.com/Popcropolis @Popcropolis

    1. Yes. Two boys.
    2. Jim Gaffigan / Demetri Martin / Mitch Hedberg
    3. Freakonomics / Exit Through the Gift Shop / Lord, Save Us From Your Followers

  • http://joshlafayette.com/blogs Josh LaFayette

    No, zero
    Bill Hicks
    The Parking Lot Movie and

  • http://joshlafayette.com/blogs Josh LaFayette
  • http://www.jonathancliff.com jonathan

    4 Kids (3 of my own, and 1 foster kid)
    The Hot Pocket Guy
    Freakonomics and the History of Wrestlemania

  • http://www.idiosyncratictransmissions.com Matt Brier

    1. No

    2. Mike Birbiglia

    3. I haven't seen the whole series, but what I saw last week has compelled me to seek it out at at some point: Ken Burns' Civil War

  • http://twitter.com/rodneyeason @rodneyeason

    1) Four. Congratulations, Tyler! We thought we were going to have three and got a surprise at the end.
    2) I don't know if he can be called a stand-up comedian but I think Bernie Sanders if funny.
    3) Food, Inc. and Exit Through the Gift Shop

  • http://andrewtwhite.com Andrew

    None yet. I need to finish Seminary first.
    Nate Bargatze – stinking hilarious Italian from Tennessee living in NYC
    The Office. Just kidding, I don't really watch documentaries.

  • …adam

    1) None

    2) Birbigalbutt, Pete Holmes

    3) ESPN's 30 for 30 – The Two Escobars. Incredible. Poignant.

  • Lacey C.

    1. 2 kids
    2. Brian Regan, on youtube
    3. Watched an episode of "how its made" on youtube last month, this was very random for me. It was about how balloons are made.

  • http://www.knoxmccoy.com Knox McCoy

    1. One with one due in Sept.
    2. Louis C.K. or Aziz
    3. The Brady 6 OR The Best That Never Was

  • aimee

    3 kids (12, 9, 6)

    Brian Regan

    Waiting for Superman (and now we will be homeschooling starting next school year)

  • Marc

    1 son, 1 month old.
    Demetri Martin
    everything on fntv.com. brilliant stuff

  • http://www.designerdads.com Joe

    1. Two kids (daughter, son)
    2. That I would recommend? I can't think back that far)
    3. Art & Copy (fan-freaking-tastic)

    Note, "fan-freaking-tastic" is not part of the title of that documentary, but it should be. Because it is. For realz.

  • lettner

    1. 1.3 kids
    2. Tim Hawkins, but can't say I know many comics.
    3. Food, Inc.

  • http://stevensock.blogspot.com Steven

    1. 3 Kids. (2 of which I share the exact same guts. 1, by the grace of God.)
    2. Ralphie May (was the last I watched)
    3. Cocaine Cowboys (on Netflix)

  • http://www.mattsoderstrum.com Matt Soderstrum

    1. Five kids – oh my…
    2. Tim Hawkins in West Des Moines – pretty good
    3. ESPN 30 for 30

  • LaceyKeigley

    1. Six. Yes, six.
    2. Mitch Hedburg
    3. Food Inc., King of Kong, King Corn

  • James

    1. 1 son
    2. Daniel Tosh's last Comedy Central Special
    3. Exit Through the Gift Shop

  • http://twitter.com/davidclark @davidclark

    1. No.
    2. Brian Regan – always hilarious.
    3. Diary of Facebook on MTV – incredibly fascinating & inspiring. Highly recommend it.

  • http://www.alifeaboutme.com Andrea

    1. One daughter – almost 1!
    2. Dan Cummins. SO funny. And fairly clean.
    3. Tony (Invisible Children), Freakonomics, Restrepo, The Devil came on Horseback

  • Dana

    1. Zero
    2. Brian Regan FTW
    3. The Pixar Story

  • Darooda

    yes, one
    Kumail Nanjiani
    [Hangs Head]

  • Nick

    Zero
    Norm MacDonalds latest stand up special
    Exit Though the Gift Shop, still have I.O.U.S.A to watch though.

  • Jessica

    1. No, but I nanny for 2 boys. Im going to say that counts for at least 8 hours a day.
    2. Kevin Hart – I'm a Grown Little Man
    3. Guiliani's 9/11

  • http://guidetowomen.wordpress.com/ Sharideth Smith

    1. 2 kids
    2. nobody recently that hasn't already been mentioned. Mitch Hedberg will probably always be my favorite though. God rest his broken soul.
    3. King of Kong: A Fist Full of Quarters

  • http://mleetaft.tumblr.com M. Lee Taft

    1. Two kids
    2. Jim Gaffigan
    3. Food, Inc.

  • http://www.badlydrawnbible.com Jared

    1. One and another on the way.
    2. Jeff Ross
    3. “Sing: The Hotel Cafe Tour”

  • http://www.twitter.com/Auntymelly007 Melanie E

    1. None
    2. Can't think of any right now….
    3. E for Everyone: The Mouse and the Elephant http://raisetheirvoice.com/products-page/film/e-f… and Resparando http://www.reparandomovie.com/screenings/

  • sweetannieskitchens

    1. No kids.
    2. Brian Regan/Demetri Martin
    3. Wild China or China's Lost Girls

  • http://www.joerob.com Joseph

    1) No kids. We like to sleep.
    2) He's not new, but I only recently discovered Mitch Hedberg. And I like Demetri Martin, too.
    3) For documentaries, you can't beat the Ken Burns stuff. I watched his 'The Civil War' a month or so ago, and I'm watching his film 'Baseball' right now. They're long (usually 1-2 hours per episode, 6-10 episodes per film), but they're amazing. Apple named the 'Ken Burns effect' in iMovie after his technique.

  • http://www.pjstilnoon.com Jennifer

    1. 3 Boy, girl, boy
    2. Demitri Martin
    3. PBS show on Forgiveness, last night.

  • http://beckeye.blogspot.com Becki

    1. nope
    2. last weekend "Bill Cosby, Himself" was on tv. So classic.
    3. I watched a special this weekend on the 8 British Royal Weddings of the last century. I find them all fascinating.

  • M!ke McGinnis

    1. Zero
    2. Demetri Martin
    3. Exit Through The Gift Shop (and to think I was gonna be one of the only people with this one on here. What a rookie thought)

  • Tyler Stanton

    I may have found the mother load of documentaries: http://documentarystorm.com

  • http://themindofmalloy.com Gerald

    Yes, 3
    Sinbad-Afros and Bellbottoms (Classic)
    The earthquake and tsunami in Japan on NatGeo last night. It was documentary-esque…

  • http://sarah.lidbom.com sarah

    1. two.
    2. brian regan. hilarious.
    3. waiting for superman.

  • http://www.twitter.com/rotarykat Kathie

    1. Two, although one turns 18 next month. Is that still a kid?
    2. Gabriel Inglesias (kids got me hooked)
    3. Does Parking Wars count? Otherwise it was years ago, The Farm: Angola, USA.