Tom Segura: Sledgehammer

And I was nervous for this special to air because my husband and I...feel asleep at the show. I feel like about half way thru I started nodding off and my husband around the same and we only had one drink. I was embarrassed and nervous you would see us sleeping esp because Im a Tom fan; seen all his specials and love his podcast with Cristina...but looking at the other reviews, guess it wasn't so far fetched after all that we thought it wasn't as great as his others and couldnt stay awake. And it was worse live in my opinion sadly :/ I think if he would've engaged more with the audience it would've helped.

I'm not gonna like, there are some uncomfortable moments in this one so choose wisely who you watch it with. There were a few times I was ready to turn this one off, but I'm glad I powered through because Tom came through like he always does and the laughs came like I always knew they would. You know what you're getting when you turn on a Tom Segura special and he delivers again with this one. I just could have done without the jokes that make the namesake of the special, but I guess I'm not really the target audience for those. This rating feels right, but I'm about to watch the rest of his specials I can get my hands on and I expect those ratings to be higher.

The bigger these comedians get, the less funny they become. Segura, theo, bert and even rogan. Not funny at all. Just some weird witty chit chat that bored people are forced to laugh at. Not only are these guys have become unfunny in their "every day life" storytelling but even when they obviously make up stuff that didnt happen, still not funny. Why are these comedians so popular? I dont get it. Segura WAS funny before he became super popular. Rogan WAS funny before he became a super star. These guys always talk about "refining their art and making it better" but there is nothing "better" about their comedy.

I just discovered this brillant foul-mouthed stand up comedian.

This show convinced me to add the test of his shows on my must watch list.

He is al but afraid to avoid controversy.

His topics are, amongst others, sexuality (straight, gay, whatever), educating children, drugs use and abuse.

Sometimes he walks on a thin line of extreme funny and what for some people may occur offensive.

But for me humour can go further on topics than any other medium. If it's funny or not is a question of taste and opinion. But censorship should never be applied on this kind of shows.

As a European I sometimes don't understand the jokes because he yalks about famous Americans, unknown by me.

But mostly his humour is international and he made me cry several times with his witty observations.

I fully recommend to let him take you on a hilarious trip!!!

If you were to watch this special never having heard of Tom Segura you'd conclude Tom Segura is not a very funny man. You'd prob turn it off after the first 10 minutes. It's borderline hacky, unnecessary edgy, and leaves you with an impression that Tom is not a very good person(and doesn't know it).

But the special does get better after 18 minutes, there are some funny good-old-Tom stories, he's great at using call-backs.

I think the target audience for this was Tom Segura's super-fans, and if you're one, you'll prob enjoy it: "Sledgehammer" feel like an inside joke - there are multiple references to the universe of Tom's life that only followers would know which I think creates this intimacy/cult following.

Overall, I would not recommend "Sledgehammer" I think watching his "best of" on youtube or listening to podcast is better - which is not WEIRD.

By now Tom has honed in his voice and point of view - so he finds the funny effortlessly. Why those funnies are not in this special I do not know.