![]() For some reason, the stage design made me think of a hospital waiting room designed with input from the engineers at Apple. The show was presented in a 1.78:1 aspect ratio with anamorphic enhancement. Tosh's smirking satire isn't for everyone but if you can set aside all that is good and kind about yourself for just an hour, you will find enough belly laughs here to make up for the all-consuming shame that will surely follow. None of these aspects of his act really bothered me but I could see it driving others up the wall. ![]() With that said, he isn't afraid of following certain jokes past their natural punchlines to the point where their appeal becomes increasingly esoteric. He would rather overwhelm you with a mountain of quick hits than take time to cultivate stories with longer setups. While I didn't notice any major dead spots in Tosh's act, it is worth noting that folks who like comedians with overarching themes will have a tough time here. For every incredibly sexist or racist joke that indirectly highlights the plight of women and minorities, he's got a few zingers about flat-ironing his ball hair and screwing imaginary celebrity babies. ![]() If I've made him sound too cerebral or meta, I've done him a disservice. If illumination through deep, dark satire is Tosh's goal then he hits the mark more often than not. Over the course of an hour, he machine-guns punchlines at the crowd while hiding behind a sly smile that says he knows better but chooses to indulge his baser instincts. If Tosh's willingness to antagonize his audience makes him daring, his delivery makes him sneaky and smart. Later in the set, Tosh crosses another unseen line of common decency and goads laughter out of his audience by reminding them that they've already demonstrated they have no real standards. Even the ones who found that funny are simply being set up. Some will laugh at that (I admit, I did) and some will groan. Sure, she got raped but boy, he got her good. If you don't believe me, just listen to him talk about the time that he pranked his sister by replacing her pepper spray with silly string. Everything and everyone is a target meant to be taken down with extreme prejudice and a boatload of snark. His comedic persona is fully formed, so why fix it if it ain't broke? Tosh practices a brand of humor that could deeply embarrass (even enrage) somebody who isn't prepared for it. It should come as no surprise but the Daniel Tosh you see in Happy Thoughts is very much the same guy you've seen on Tosh.0. With a mixture of faux vanity and blithe dismissal, he proves to be the ultimate conduit for guilt-free laughter at the expense of others. His running commentary on the clips is often mean-spirited and always hilarious. What keeps it lively and unpredictable is Tosh himself. If that were all there was to it, the show would soon turn into background noise. In it, Tosh showcases numerous video clips that have gone viral online. For those who have never seen it, Tosh.0 is essentially America's Funniest Home Videos for the internet age. (sorry Daniel's mom.last time I promise).Īlthough he has been actively working as a stand-up comic for more than a decade, Tosh's public profile received a major boost after he started hosting Tosh.0 on Comedy Central in 2009. Of course, this is intended as high praise since I also consider him one very funny S.O.B. He is sexist, racist and just about every other kind of -ist you can think of.
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