The Standups

While granted, some of the comedians are way funnier than others, how can you go wrong with LAUGHTER???

I for one love to laugh, and appreciate the fact that shows like this exist. Again, especially in the first season (2017), some of the highlighted comedians were hilarious, while a couple weren't that great (with one in particular being downright bad). The jokes, however, are original, and unless you have no funny bone whatsoever, you will, at the very least, walk away having smiled - a lot. Season 2 seems to have started out on the right foot, so I'll stayed tuned. It's better than an apple a day.

My personal evaluation: Nate Bargaze - Good Fortune Feimster - Good Deon Cole - Very Good Nikki Glaser - Ok Beth Sterling - Not Good Dan Soder - Not Good Gina Yashere - Good Kyle Kinane - Good Rachel Finestein - Not Good Brent Moran - Not Good Aparnan Nancheria - Very Good

Some of the episodes are great, but they are almost the same number as the meh / bad episodes. Better off watching a long stand up by a notable performer.

I laughed thinking up the punchlines to their set ups but they were generally awful. The audience was almost as bored as I was. A really lifeless show.

With perhaps the exception of Nikki Glasser, the 6 comics in this series are somewhat unknown. They certainly don't have any big shows coming to Australia any time soon. Thankfully, Netflix is able to provide a platform for them to be globally broadcast with ease. While some of the material fell a bit flat at times, with each comic having some lows to their set, there were also some great high points.

One of the best aspects of this series was that it gave just a taste of each comic - there was no major commitment to a comic that the viewer didn't know. Usually, I would stick to the safe sets of comics I know well and I know I will enjoy, particularly if I am about to lock in for an hour long special. Cutting them each down closer to the 30-minute mark made each episode a safe bet. If it wasn't that funny, at least it was only short, and the next is guaranteed to be a whole new experience.

For me, Deon Cole was the best of the comics on the show, with his set in episode 3 being a stand-out-stand-up performance. The way he structured his set (you'll see) was, while not incredibly inventive, a fun way to separate himself from the pack.While they all needed a little polishing, it is definitely worthwhile to watch what will definitely be the early days of some long careers for these comics.