Steve Byrne: The Last Late Night

Steve Byrne is one of the best comedians performing today and this might be some of his best work.

The concept behind this special is, well, special. If you've ever watched classic late night talk shows, (think The Tonight Show during the Carson era), The Last Late Night will leave you wanting more. It's timely, honest, bold, and, oh yeah, pee-your-pants funny!! The concept is well executed and beautifully presented. The band, the Neal "Sugar" Caine Trio, is amazing and the direction by Joe Gatto (his directorial debut, btw) is well done.

I could go on and on. Watch this special. You will not be disappointed.

There are a lot of dad level jokes in this set that just do not land giving the entire performance cheap feeling. A good comedy knows their material and focuses on the good stuff. There is none of that here.

Ignoring all of that there is a lot of political jokes in here that are about very recent events and even though it's only been two years, it's incredibly dated.

There are a few jokes about race but they are all tired old junk. White people don't have black friends. Black people don't have Asian friends. These are the jokes moment left and right.

His audience work is embarrassingly bad. For someone that claims to have over two decades of entertaining experience, I expected more.

It appears he moved to Tennessee because he couldn't handle the competition and was able to make it in the industry.

Steve Byrne is one of the funniest and hardest working comedians in the business and once again he does not dissappoint. A veteran is who not afraid to push the boundaries and is a master of his craft.

This is a great concept that he knocks out of the park. From his monolouge of one-liners, to tradional standup to his inredible crowd work, he keeps the pace moving fast and furious. If you sit within eye sight of Steve at one of his shows you better have a good sense a humour because he is going in!

The band was a great touch too and game for this . Kudos to them.

Strap in and get ready to laugh away.

Honest, very funny show. We need more of Steve and his frank and hilarious humor. Looking forward to his next Late Night special. Could evolve into a true Johnny Carsonish type program. Could give Gutfeld a run for his money! Steve's skills and talents go beyond description. His humor is smart and hits right at the issues. Whether you're black white Hispanic or Asian he calls you out. I don't know if he does all of his rotten writing but his jokes Are spot on! He ranks right up there with Chapelle, Bill Byrne, and Bill Maher. Good luck to Steve and I hope everybody discovers him at some point.

Admittedly, I'm only nine minutes into this but I'm not sure I'm gonna make it through to the end. The premise is interesting. He sets the special up as a late night talk show. He comes out as though he's doing a monologue and I'm not sure if it's his delivery or the material, but I just haven't laughed once. It's like he studied late night monologues and copied the worst jokes from them. At one point he pretended explaining the jokes to a woman in the audience but from the sounds of polite laughter from the rest of the audience and the solo clap he got on a truly stupid joke, I feel like she just didn't find him funny, and she wasn't the only one.

I've seen other Byrne specials, and they were much better than this one. Not really sure what happened here.... When even your band is heckling you, something is very, very wrong.