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Originally posted by vsp
He's a mild example of the dreaded Sagetization Effect, which is the process where a network takes a funny comic and straps him onto a tame and less-to-completely-unfunny comedy premise.
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I agree 100%. I hear a fair amount of standup these days thanks to the comedy channel on my XM satellite radio. When you hear somebody like Ellen Degeneres or Ray Romano, or even Roseanne Barr, you realize why somebody thought they ought to be on TV. Which you usually wouldn't figure out based on their TV show itself.