Bert Kreischer: Razzle Dazzle

I hate to give this such a poor review because I'm genuinely a fan of Bert's. To me it this special was lots of recycled stories that were maybe a bit better polished. Only two jokes I hadn't heard before.

The first 1/3rd of the special Bert talked so fast and was out of breath, seemed nervous, he eventually settles in to a rhythm.

I've been following Bert since before his Travel Channel days, I have to say his comedy has suffered in recent years in the sense that I think his creativity is spread too thin, between podcasting and film projects.

Also when a person is in the public eye as much as Bert it's not as much of a "treat" to hear stories from the podcasts or his stand up 2 years ago. Too much exposure is a real thing.

I hate to use this example but look at Dave Chappelle, you don't see him but maybe once every month or two and it's exciting because he's having experiences and people want to hear about what he's been up to.

People know what Bert had for lunch last Saturday and how many drinks he had, he needs less exposure to be better at stand up.

This is so bad. It's not so much that this one prop pony(you take off your shirt, again, well done) is using rehashed jokes that were not funny in the first place, it's that instead of being edgy and hilarious like a Chappelle, Kreischer is just crude. It feels like he's trying to play to a frat house audience. None of the bits are even polished. Did he try this material out in clubs first? Were these just the jokes he used on his own tour? He should have done open mics instead to get proper feedback and he could see where the bits flatlined rather than going to the well of existing fans. I could not get over the feeling that this is the old guy at the wedding, who is drunk, and doesn't realize how loud he is, while prodding and pushing other guests who don't want to know him.

I've always been more of a Tom Segura fan and have always felt Bert to be mildly funny, but this special is off the charts hilarious. Truly really great standup, I have not laughed this hard in a long long time. Bert deserves recognition for being a master of the art form at this point because this is his best work yet.

His delivery, transitions and almost all new material give the special room for him to spread his wings and get away from the (very funny) machine story. This special proves unequivocally that he is actually a legit standup act and not a one hit wonder. Also I love that he puts out fewer specials than saturating the market with one a year like a lot of other comedians. Well done Brent Chrysler.

I watched with my girlfriend (who found it funny ) but I think this humour is probably suited for young adults. Nothing memorable in this special. Not bashing Bert; I am a fan of him. I hope we see some more sharper angles from him in the future ? One of the problems is a lot of people tune into his podcast with Tom, which is amazing . People eventually expect your comedy level to be more crisp and smoother as your podcast. It's kind of like watching your favourite baseball player hitting .300 and cranking 40 homers , and then the next season only hitting 20 (which is fine) but not to the level we expect.

I was expecting an overworked special since everyone has had to wait 3 years to put out new stuff.

Yes there are his "clichés", or is "Bertisms" but it's well constructed and funny.

I know he is 50 and a comedian for a long time but what angers me about Bert is that deep down he has what it takes to became a worldwide famous comedian, an household name, and even though he is extremelly famoun in the US, he falls short in the rest of the world due to playing too much into his "frat boy" personna.

That's his identity, sure. But he should grow with it and the humour is still "I drink, my wife's a redneck, my kids are dumb"

Overall it's still a pretty funny special that very much exceeded my expectations, well done Bart!