Worst stand-up show that I have ever seen
by MeFranklySpeaking on 9/16/16Moore Theatre - SeattleOpening stand-up comedian Nick Vatterott was excellent! Smart and engaging, very very good. Kate Miller: Her singing act felt like a third-grade talent show. She has a very good voice actually, but you'd heard someone perform at that level at Karaoke any night of the week. Stand-up shows should be about stand-up. TJ Miller: This is why this review is getting one star. TJ Miller's portion of of the show (over 90 minutes) was atrocious. Absolutely horrendous. Uncreative and seemingly non-ending, it felt like torture. While it did have some good moments, the frequently prolonged jokes built up to weak and mediocre punchlines. I couldn't stand how narcissistic TJ Miller is--- over 15 minutes of him having the spotlight techs create various spotlights on him. Very annoying and not funny in the least bit. TJ Miller had a tough time telling his rehearsed material and loved taunting hecklers, and he actually encouraged hecklers. His contrived come-backs feel overly critical when he is practically demanding interruption from the audience members. He did a bunch of burp jokes that were just down right stupid. If I wanted to hear someone burp words I'd hand out with children, thanks. TJ Miller is a prop comic. He used his battle axe to tell a story that I couldn't care less about and couldn't wait to be over. Not only was it painful, it was uncreative. TJ Miller wants you to think he's intelligent. He spends most of his time talking about pot but what he really wants is for you to perceive him as an intellectual. His claim that no one can describe time and math efficiently was not only not funny, but erroneous. I don't think he's qualified to discuss such matters and his eagerness to be seen as smart feels forced and puerile. The show concludes with him inviting a member of the audience onstage, only to call him dad and leave a voicemail that says, "This is TJ Miller and I'm telling you to go fuck yourself". Really quite lame. Reminded me of stupid prank calls children would do. TJ Miller's act could benefit greatly from removing the majority of his rambling and pointless material. The show is far too long and filled with too far too few laughs. The bottom line is that TJ Miller is only funny when Mike Judge is writing his lines.