Arj Barker - Watches and shoes

American comedian at the Melb. Comedy Gala festival 2005

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• Arj
• Barker
• Melbourne
• Comedy
• Gala
• Festival
• 2005
• stand-up
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[donkey099]

anyone know what year this gala is??

[chocchipfox]

It's 2005

[JazSmithPresentation]

does anyone from the conchords not have a successful carreeer genius

[Cavs75]

thants for upload not enough arj on youtube

[gimmemoremusic]

Sorry to be so shallow, but the guy is hottt!

[CheezemanCheddar]

I hear you.

But, I'm surprised you are a Cook fan. He's the epitome of what you described earlier. His new stuff anyway.

His older sets were so much better. But, that sad thing is.. he stole most of that material.

But yea, good chatting with you.

[HalfkastHybrid]

If you've ever seen Dimitri Martin, he's a joke teller. He's hilarious and he's material revolves around telling one liners one after the other. Comics don't have to have a continuous flow to be funny, especially in short standup gigs. But I completely see where your coming from. Arj is a bit more of a joke teller than a story teller.

[HalfkastHybrid]

I love chappelle. And i do love American comedy, i just like arj's style in particular. Katt Williams, Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock, Dane Cook, Russel Peters (Canadian), I do love American comedy, but i like Arj's style in particular. Thats just a personal opinion.

[CheezemanCheddar]

I'm not saying anything bad about Arj though. He's definitely one of the best out. He finds such terrific premises.

But, he tells a lot of jokes. There are better comedians out there who actually have a "voice" in their act. A point of view.(Trust me, that's MUCH more difficult because it has to be YOU that is funny, not your material.) And that's why you get the extra "delivery" with American comics. Most of the act is their point of view. American comedy has far surpassed joke telling.

[CheezemanCheddar]

Arj usually appeals to the overseas crowd really well. (By overseas, I mean not USA) He's huge in Australia. But, it's not because of his sense of humor. There are hundreds of comedians with unbelievable writing ability. If anything, I find Arj a little "obvious" as compared to other comics.

But really, you shouldn't make such a judgment. My guess is you haven't seen much American comics. There is such a variety here. Check out Louis CK, Doug Stanhope, Carlin, Bill Burr, Chappelle

[topsyturvee]

Ok that I can agree with. What you said originally was completely different.

'STFU and take an opinion on board you egocentric fuckhead'

Woah there, why so serious?