Talk:Last Comic Standing

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June 19,2006 -Added POV tag to the end section of article. Who decides who the "truely funny" comics are. The stereotyping argument is valid, but the words used in the last section seem stiled and baised.

This article could use some work, some rewording and fixing up, and I'm just not good at that. -- elykyllek 03:06, Aug 13, 2004 (UTC)

The format where the show follow the daily lives of the comedians living in the same house made the show suck. The show was advertised as a funny program on the promos, but interpersonal drama seeped into the show making it a downer off the stage (see bait and switch). It's because they were trying too hard to be a reality show that ratings sank. People are sick of reality shows!!!! 205.174.22.28 04:03, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for your opinion. dposse 02:39, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Welcome to every reality show, ever! Legend78 05:24, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Contents 1 Controversy and Trivia 2 Jim Norton 3 Keith and the Girl 4 Shot on film...right 5 Changes in format in Season 5?? 6 Crawford the winner by 500,000 votes?

[edit] Controversy and Trivia

Would someone address the nature of the interaction between judges and producers a little better, please? An interesting note is the introduction of new judges, and the seeming democratization of the show's format (2 person and 3 person groups)Nandor1 (talk) 03:25, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Would someone else please try their hand at cleaning up these sections? I hope I did a decent job with the "Premise" section re-write. OscarTheCat 00:20, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Jim Norton

Jim Norton has stated multiple times on Opie and Anthony that the reason he did not make it onto the show was that he was still under contract for a pilot done for Viacom - MTV, I believe.

[edit] Keith and the Girl

When Keith malley auditioned for last comic standing he was never seen, he stood in line for several hours, then they told the people in line they would not be seen. Also, 2 guests on the Keith and the girl show, Victor vernado and Preston something or other, both confirmed that when they got seen by the judges, they never had to wait on line. Should this be added to controversy section? I assume sources other then KATG have had simaller finidngs?

[edit] Shot on film...right

LCS is NOT shot on film. First because I talked to someone who works on the show, and second because that would drive production costs through the roof when there is no reason for it to be shot on such a format. The show uses standard video production cameras. I'm removing it until someone can come up with a source that proves me wrong. I have a feeling some novice filmmaker added that tidbit because he thought the frame cadence looked like film. Just because something is 24p does NOT mean it is shot on film.

Also, IMDB lists the tech specs as being shot on a Panasonic AJ-SDX900P...not a film camera. So much for wikipedia being accurate. I wish people wouldn't post when they have no clue what they're talking about. Funkbomb 02:45, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Changes in format in Season 5??

Details are needed for the televised format of the series as well as "housing arrangements" when the contestants were "in the house," particularly Season 5 where virtually no mention of non-comedic activities/living arrangements was mentioned (clearly they weren't going round and round in LA on a former school bus 24 hours a day!). This needs to be fleshed out. There were also other, more subtle, changes to accommodate the international viewing audience. There should be mention of the reappearance of various comedians that producers liked in the earlier rounds but didn't make into the finals (like Mel Silverback). 147.70.242.40 19:37, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Crawford the winner by 500,000 votes?

As of 9:06 PM EST, someone has edited this page to indicate that Lavell Crawford is the winner of Last Comic Standing by some 500,000 votes-- though the official results have not been announced yet. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.163.237.59 (talk • contribs)

19 September 2007

It was false - Jon Reep was declared the winner. 147.70.242.40 23:52, 5 October 2007 (UTC)