Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn

Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn

Infobox Television
show_name = Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn


caption =
format = Comedy/Talk show
camera =
runtime = Approximately 21 minutes
creator = Colin Quinn|executive_producer = Colin Quinn
Liz Stanton
Ken Ober
starring = Colin Quinn
Nick DiPaolo
Greg Giraldo
Jim Norton
Patrice Oneal
Keith Robinson
Rich Vos
country = USA
network = Comedy Central
first_aired = (Test) 2002-12-09
last_aired = 2002-12-19
(Regular) 2003-03-10–2004-11-04
num_episodes = Approximately 250
imdb_id = 0357399
tv_com_id = 15415|

"Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn" was a comedic talk show on Comedy Central which attempted to be a more vulgar or working-class version of a previous Comedy Central production, "Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher". Like "Politically Incorrect", the show featured roundtable discussions, inviting various guests of many views, mixing mostly comics/entertainers expressing themselves with journalists and political figures. Quinn's regular guests consisted mainly of Comedy Central affiliated comedians from the Comedy Cellar in New York City. It aired weeknights at 11:30 p.m. ET, immediately following "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart". The show was similar in content to "The Colin Quinn Show", Quinn's previous TV show.

In 2002, "Tough Crowd" debuted on Comedy Central with an eight-episode test series which ran Mondays through Thursdays from December 9 to December 19. The show was picked up in January 2003, and the regular series began its 21-week run on March 10th, 2003. The show was placed on an "indefinite hiatus" in October 2004, with what was presumably its final episode airing on April 11th, 2004.

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The show featured Colin Quinn and four other comedian guests discussing current events and issues. The emphasis was on politics, current events and social issues. The show opened with a monologue by Quinn; after the opening credits. Near the end there was usually a sketch of some sort, followed by each of the four guests doing a brief monologue on a particular topic that was discussed earlier in the episode.

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The show was presented as an alternative, unpolished and more accessible political "round-table" discussion/shouting-match program in the manner of CNN's "Crossfire", taking cue from Bill Maher's "Politically Incorrect". Part of Quinn's approach made it a point not to edit out jokes that bombed, often leading to uncomfortable pauses which may have appeared awkward to the mainstream television audience.Fact|date=March 2008

Guests

Regular guests

These comedians were regularly rotated into the show's panels and were often paired together:

* Nick DiPaolo
* Greg Giraldo
* Jim Norton
* Patrice Oneal
* Keith Robinson
* Rich Vos

Frequent guests

These comedians made numerous appearances, with some serving as informal regulars:

* Dave Attell
* Stephen Colbert
* Pat Cooper
* Jim David
* Judy Gold
* Kevin Hart
* Dom Irrera
* Robert Kelly
* Laurie Kilmartin
* Lynne Koplitz
* Marc Maron
* Ralphie May
* Paul Mooney
* Greg Proops
* Sarah Silverman
* Sherrod Small

Famous guests

These well-known comedians made only one or few appearances:

* George Carlin
* Will Ferrell
* Denis Leary
* Penn Jillette
* Tim Meadows
* Chris Rock
* Jerry Seinfeld
* Jon Stewart
* Louis C.K.
* Robert Klein

eries finale and epilogue

Jim Norton addressed the program's demise on his blog, where he mentioned that Comedy Central would send down notes to the show discouraging the predominate focus on political topics and discussions about race and ethnic issues. The network claimed this was only because they already had scripted/talk programming that addressed these issues, referring to the "The Daily Show" and "Chappelle's Show", and warned that some of the views expressed on "Tough Crowd" did not appeal to the demographics at which Comedy Central's current business model was aimed. Due to the sometimes outspoken and counter-cultural opinions that were expressed by Quinn and many of his guests (notably Jim Norton, Judy Gold and Nick DiPaolo), the show was seen by some as much more abrasive and less predictable than other Comedy Central programs on the air at the time.Fact|date=May 2007

The last show contained emotional monologues by Quinn, who attacked his detractors (such as "The New York Times") as being hypocritical and elitist for their negative reviews. He also attempted to define "comedic integrity" as the ability to critique the hypocrisy of society, but to be real enough to admit that you are as guilty of it as anyone else. The implication was that many political comedians spend all their time criticizing society and others, but rarely themselves.

After placing "Tough Crowd" on hiatus, Comedy Central attempted to fill the vacant timeslot with various programs, including "Too Late with Adam Carolla", "The Graham Norton Effect", "Wanda Does It", and repeats of "The Daily Show", "Chappelle's Show", and "Stella" – all of which were met with limited success. Currently, the slot is occupied by "The Colbert Report", Stephen Colbert's scripted spin-off of the very popular "Daily Show" and an ironic send-up of "fair and balanced" political talk shows.

References

External links

*imdb title|id=0357399|title=Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn
* [http://www.cringehumor.net/ "Cringe Humor Web Site"] - Standup focused website that covers many of the comedians from "Tough Crowd"
* [http://www.comedycellar.com/ "Comedy Cellar"] - The Famed Comedy Cellar is the club where top New York Comedians perform, many from Tough Crowd.
* [http://www.kilmartin.com/hoaxes/toughcrowd.html Laurie Kilmartin's Blog entry on Tough Crowd]


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