Tourgasm

This show is an unfunny ripoff of the hilarious Comedians of Comedy. The comedians (aside from Gary Gulman, who is actually pretty funny) are bland, boring and not funny. Comedians of comedy, a tour featuring Patton Oswalt, Brian Poshen, Maria Bramford and Zach Galefanakis was entirely more funny, more interesting and more entertaining. Even the parts of the show where the comedians weren't on stage doing their acts were funny. On Tourgasm off stage as well as on the comedians are NOT funny. The 'on the bus' antics on CoC were hilarious where as the bus antics on Tourgasm, aside from not being funny were just painful to watch. Poor Unfunny Jay Davis, getting picked on by the Mean and Unfunny Robert Kelly. I know comedians, in general, when offstage aren't always "on" but even when these losers are "on" they are off.

Tourgasm takes a voyeuristic approach into the world of stand-up, focusing on four comedians on tour in the Unitied States. The show is like the "love-child" of the reality series Big Brother and Road Rules. As the four comedians live together in a crowded bus, they try to escape their boredom between performances by doing competitive activities or arguing. The show is then punctuated by the occasional stand-up highlights from their shows. I enjoy watching Robert Kelly on the show. His comedy is funny and his personality is funnier. It is a documentary, not a Dane Cook stand-up special, which is why Tourgasm accomplishes its mission: To document the 9-part video diary of Robert Kelly, Dane Cook, Jay Davis, and Gary Gulman.

One would expect that HBO would want to put their best foot forward in the premiere episode in order to hook people. Well, if Episode 1 was as good as they could get, they've got a real problem.

First of all, the four comedians are really only two comedians: Dane Cook and Gary Gulman. Bobby Kelly and Jay Davis are evidently there just to make the other two look good by comparison. Not that you'll get a lot of looking at their stand-up abilities since the show isn't about that. Actual stand-up makes up mere moments in the half hour. Unfortunately. What you get is a reality show of four jerks on a bus together.

There are evidently 9 episodes, so HBO probably won't cancel it. But if Jay Davis isn't tied to the back of the bus and dragged through, say, Colorado in the first few minutes of Episode 2, I can't see much reason to continue watching.

"Tourgasm" is a behind the scenes look of the tour of the same name. Headed by Dane Cook,the crew travels the country from university to university doing shows.Along the way, we see the stress that unfolds when they're off stage.

Don't expect this show to be a comedy show; only about 5 minutes of it is the stand up parts. Its a reality show and as such,follows what its like to be a comedian. A previous comment said that a friend of the writer disliked Dane because he wasn't funny off stage. Well,hes human not a show monkey. While there are some funny moments off stage,this is more centered towards the drama.

If you're looking for comedy,watch their stand up.If you're looking for what its like to be Dane for a month,watch this.

how did they screw this up? in theory the idea was great. a really good comedian invites some up and coming comedians to go across country with a video crew.

it should have been like a real "entourage". instead I found myself watching 4 surprisingly unlikeable people.

you know how in every survival movie where a bunch of people are thrown together and try to survive a tragedy there always is like 1 obnoxious Person in the bunch that ends up getting people on edge and killed? well imagine a whole bus of that person on the road. they just aren't likable or funny to watch. and I wanted to like this. I just couldn't figure out how it could go so wrong seeing as Dane's act is so funny.