His persona is refreshing amongst the barrage of deadpan, cynical, or outright nihilistic comedians these days. Although some of the jokes were glorified analyses of childish thought processes (voices in head, farting, etc), they were entertaining nonetheless. The mark of a good comedian is not only good content, but someone who can entertain with material ranging from trash to brilliant. Being able to engage an audience with utter trash (toilet humor) is one skill, and being able to harness good content and present it with poignancy and maturity is another. Holmes heavily demonstrates the former skill, but it is a nice break from most comedians these days. While comedians like Louis CK and Tom Segura are more like the complex, impactful dark rides at Disneyland, Holmes is like the 80 mph roller coaster with ten loops and sudden drops. It might not stick with you longer, but it will be way more thrilling while you're on it.
Pete Holmes: Dirty Clean
2018
Action / Comedy
Pete Holmes: Dirty Clean
2018
Action / Comedy
Plot summary
This stand-up special finds Holmes confronting personal truths about the mechanisms of consciousness, the afterlife and Elon Musk, as well as sharing a few thoughts on being a new dad.
Uploaded by: FREEMAN
August 22, 2023 at 05:19 PM
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Toilet humor isn't necessarily bad humor
It's hard not to love that guy unless you're dead inside
Granted, he's not exactly telling extreme knee-slappers but he gets me to smile just because of how he behaves - it's childish, but wholesome, and when he nails a joke it's twice as funny as if a mumbling negative comedian did it.
So yeah, as a personality he's great. I loved his Badman stuff on YouTube before. I think he needs to be dirtier and edgier, which doesn't mean more politics. Just more edgy stuff.
But if he wants to stay reasonably clean, that's respectable too. I'll definitely watch whatever he does next either way.
Same ole'
What I liked about Pete-his ability to be funny without resorting to toilet humor and tons of F-bombs- is gone.