Zach Galifianakis - Live at the Purple Onion
by Michael Blieden
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Actor: Brian Unger, Joe Wagner, Zach GalifianakisDirector: Michael Blieden
Brand: Uni
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); Yiddish (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Running Time: 90 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-03-06
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Shout! Factory
DVD Reviews of Zach Galifianakis - Live at the Purple Onion
DVD Review: If you liked the Comedy Central show, skip this one
Summary: 1 Stars
I first saw Zach Galifianakis on Comedy Central Presents. That was one of the best CC shows I've ever seen. His jokes were funny, and the way he blended the piano into it was beautiful. I bought this hoping to see more of that. If you liked the Comedy Central show, skip this one and save your money. You won't like it.
To say that this DVD does not match up to the CC performance is the understatement of the year. There are a number of things which cause me to give it a "Hate it" rating (I would have given it zero stars if possible):
1. It's not continuous stand-up. There are bits of a stand-up routine with "bonus" materials mixed in.
2. The stand-up routine just isn't funny. I could count the number of times I laughed on two hands. At 35 minutes into it, with 25 minutes remaining, I found myself hoping it would end quickly; that's how bad it was.
3. The "bonus" materials aren't funny at all. In fact, they're annoying. Interviews with "Seth" and videos of them driving down the road; yeah, that's why I bought the "Live at the Purple Onion" DVD...
4. A good part of the stand-up routine is simply him making fun of the audience. And not in a good way (like when he said there was a hyena in the audience in the CC show), but in a "move on, already, because this isn't funny" kind of way.
All-in-all, this DVD just wasn't funny. Maybe this is the normal Zach, and if so, I'll have to look elsewhere. It certainly isn't the Zach that I saw on Comedy Central Presents. In fact, I don't see how the two could be further apart.
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