Patton Oswalt: We All Scream

I love stand up. Dave Chappelle, Louis CK, Bill Hicks, Doug Stanhope, Stewart Lee, David Cross, Maria Bamford, the list goes on. But it seems like Netflix will give a stand up special to anyone these days. This particular special was just another low quality netflix show. There is very little humour. Which is kind of a requirement for a comedy special. It was tired and cliched. No originality. No insight. No unique points of view. Just the same old schtick. Patton Oswald is quite well known in the realm of comedy. I dont understand why. Ive seen him in AP Bio, Lady Dynamite, Reno 911, Veep and a few other shows. He's never been funny. That is just my opinion obviously. There are probably people who think he has the ability to be humorous but I dont.

I've loved everything Patton has done. His inclusion in anything boosts it. This special was so hyped and I was so looking forward to it so perhaps I set myself up for disappointment. It dragged right up to the final disappointing scatalogicsl bit.

Couldn't believe the 10 minutes of front row 'what do you do for a living' filler crowdwork in a special. It's like this review. It is too short so I'm having to add filler to reach the arbitrary minimum. This review is worse for it. How did that crowd work stay in?

Not terrible but Payton's bar is so high and this was not there. I need to go back and watch any of his previous fat superior work.

I love stand up when done right. This isn't done right. I would watch Dane Cook regurgitate other comedians jokes over watching this past 40 mins. He isn't funny, my wife had this playing in the background, i came in and sat down to relax and well was too lazy to look for the remote. After 40 minutes of trying to give it a chance i got up and went outside again so thanks Patton for giving me the energy to be nowhere near you. He just isn't funny, his jokes don't land and all I can see is the two faced back stabbing creeper he is. There have been comedians with scandals I've still found funny but the thing is they were actually talented and funny, no idea how Patton keeps getting roles and gigs. Avoid It isn't funny and its not even worth being background noise.

The special was recorded recently, in 2022, can we stop the ridiculous covid vaccine jokes already?? Or are those necessary to please a certain demographic or the Netflix overlords? After being a big fan in the past, this made me lose all respect for him... My wife and I really enjoyed his previous specials and we loved watching him in other TV shows like King of Queens, but were really disappointed by this special. I wasn't expecting that we wouldn't even end up watching it all the way to the end, but here we are...

Too bad, we likely won't bother with whatever Patton Oswalt ends up producing next.

I've watched Pattons stand up specials in the past and enjoyed them, I've been a fan of his for a while.

This special however was one of the worst stand up comedy routines I've ever seen. It's hard to believe a professional comedian wrote this material and thought it was worthy of a special. Probably the most glaring issue with this is that there are no actual jokes, just unfunny stories.

Might be worth the watch though because I did get some enjoyment out of the immense second-hand embarrassment each time one of his "jokes" didn't land and the audience was dead silent, which was nearly every joke.

Overall a major disappointment and hopefully Patton can redeem himself in the future.