Steve Byrne: Champion

First time i watch a stand-up comedy with Steve Byrne and overall it was a good experience. He clearly has a funny bone and can bring his jokes like a natural born comedian. I do get though that some people are a bit offended by his material, because let's just be honest, sometimes it is a bit offensive. There is alot of stereotyping so people could be offended by that, but I see it as humor and not as deliberately attacking a certain group of people. I'll admit he flirts with "borderline" jokes but I think you should be able to laugh with everything as long as you're not targeting one specific person and try to hurt him/her deliberately. Steve Byrne's show Champion will probably not be to everyone's taste but for me it worked.

He used to be hilarious. After the first two jokes the show devolved into an offensive cringefest. I guess he hasn't been able to develop new material. He just went from one stereotype to the next in an attempt to be funny. I can see the anti political correct crowd embracing this type of humor, but it just got to a point where everything he said was just blatant marginalizing of certain people for the sake of laughs. To take advantage of the differences between people is nothing less that bigotry and hate and anyone that finds it funny is lacking in character. I ended up turning it off. Since it was free on Tubi I only lost time but now I see why it was on a free platform.

If you miss the 70s then this is the stand up for you. The only thing missing was mother in law jokes. Or maybe they were in it, I couldn't continue watching after a while. Byrne is probably one of those comics that vociferously defends comedy's right to joke about anything, that is the mark of a really poor comic. If all you can do is offensive, gross out humour, you're not funny. This is the Amy Schumer of male comedians.

Steve Byrne has been pretty funny for many years, and could be considered one of the biggest stand-up comedians today. But this time, something seems different. His jokes are now anti-woman, anti-fat woman, anti-environmentalists, jokes about "flaming gay" men and "full-blown" AIDS. Did Byrne have a bad relationship? He seems bitter and has reduced himself to just rattling off ignorant stereotypes.

Now, this is sort of his shtick, especially because he sees even his own family as stereotypical. But does that excuse the jokes about black people loving fried chicken and being slow at fast food restaurants?

His Obama impression also somehow turns into Bill Clinton reciting Boyz II Men lyrics. Um, you might want to work on that a bit.