Iliza Shlesinger: A Different Animal

If your drawn in by the constant pointing towards her genitals and can understand her ridiculous attempt to be the female equivalent of Bill Burr then try to sit through this 1 hour of complete nonsense. The audience laughter is simulated I believe because after an hour of waiting I heard nothing funny leave her lips. Dave Chappelle invites you to take a journey, Bill Burr makes you laugh with his delivery. This woman tries to blend both with disastrous effect and resorts to Madonna esque voging and pointing at her ridiculous clothing while telling stories of how hard it is to be female. Her roast participations are a world away from this new special that I would describe as a failure to be funny, a failure to craft a reasonable joke... a knock knock joke packs more punch than an hour of this drivel, her career will shrivel if this is what pc culture has defined as comedy...

I actually enjoyed Iliza's stand up for years. She had great specials full of relatable topics and laughable physical humor. Her specialty was actually roasting men and women which I loved. Easy for a female comic to poke at men but she made fun of both men and women. Comedians often make jokes about the differences between men and women and she was great at it. Also notably never political which was smart. Fast forward to Roe V Wade overturned then politics jumped into and ruined her last special. Now her comedy is full on feminist and even man hating at times. I thought her specials would get funnier since having a kid but quite the opposite. Also I have no idea why she's dressed like Madonna. She's always had interesting style but the half nakedness was ridiculous and distracting. Nicki Glasser did the same thing wearing a club looking mini dress in one of her specials. It's like pop stars. The older they get the less clothes they wear to distract from the fact their music sucks. Same thing here. So RIP Iliza. You comedy is dead to me.

I love Iliza, seen several routines, but this nonsense was boring and only mildly amusing. Turned off half way through. Too much Girl power and not enough content for all. Slow and ponderous and says she doesn't bring her kids in spotlight then goes on about how much she loves and dotes on her daughter. If you didn't know better you'd think she hated all men and denigrates them whenever she gets the opportunity for a quick girlie laugh. The gen Z, gen X & millennial spiel is dated now too. Needs more up to date content, more even tone for all and stop believing your own hype about how good you WERE!

Worst Hour of my life in 2025 💯 I've watched plenty of comedy shows, but this one was an absolute disappointment. I was expecting to laugh and have a great time, but instead, I found myself checking the time, counting down the minutes until it was over.

The biggest issue with this comedian's performance was that it was incredibly predictable and uninspired. From the moment they walked on stage, you could tell the material was going to be stale, like her pants. Every joke felt like it had been recycled from the same tired playbook. The opening bit about being pregnant , followed by some tired observations about millennials, was something I've heard a hundred times before. It felt like the comedian had just plugged in generic punchlines, expecting them to work just because they were familiar. Sadly, they didn't.

This ties Dane Cook's most recent stand-up special (the one he shot in his backyard, in which he just talks for an hour) as the worst I've ever seen. I'm angry with myself for watching it all the way through, but I stuck with it because an hour can cover enough topics that it's usually not fair to dismiss the entire performance if the first few minutes are bad. In this case, it is. First, the "jokes" stem from the same old premises you've heard dozens of times and are often contradictory:

-Observations about pregnancy (relaying these to a theater full of women who have most likely given birth themselves).

-Men vs. Women (claims women strive to keep up their looks as they age to impress men, but also says most men don't care about appearances and will pounce on anything that moves).

-Generational gaps (screams about the differences between millennials and gen Z because there's no real punchline).

You get the idea.

Now, let's talk about that thirst trap of an outfit. Iliza chooses to wear some kind of medieval/rock & roll crossover pants, but complains right out of the gate how tight they are. She pairs these with a sheer shirt that exposes her midriff because she wants us all to notice how toned her stomach is after having two kids and being over 40.

The material comes off as preachy, not humorous, and is delivered with such an aggressive tone it feels like the audience is being reprimanded (another tactic to prevent viewers from realizing there are very few actual punchlines). This is more of a feminist propaganda TED talk than it is a comedy routine. The tight shots of Iliza's face often reveal her "gotcha" expression, like she's convinced she's making some earth-shattering revelations with the things she's saying. I'm tempted to contact Amazon support to ask if they can subtract my view from the number of times this was streamed.