Luis J. Gomez attacked on stage in Portland, Maine
Luis J. Gomez says someone attacked him on stage in Portland, Maine, and his first move was to post the footage and plug the next four shows. Then TMZ called, and the replies started grading his grappling.
The big stuff
Luis J. Gomez says he was attacked on stage in Portland, Maine
Gomez wrote that he was attacked on stage in Portland, Maine, and in the same breath said he has four more shows this weekend. The next day he posted a different angle and called himself a survivor. When a reply called his grappling pathetic, he quoted it back.
I was attacked on stage tonight in Portland Maine. 4 more shows this weekend.
Different angle. Guys, I’m a survivor.
Lol TMZ reached out
Bits and clips
Jeff Dye apologizes in advance for Nancy Mace's inbox
TMZ posted that Rep. Nancy Mace is asking men to stop sending her photos of their genitals. Jeff Dye quoted it with seven words and got out of the way.
I already said I’m sorry to her about this.
Beef and callouts
Yannis Pappas says Chappelle, Maron and Handler are swinging at ghosts
Pappas argues Maher had actually defended comedians who performed in Saudi Arabia, so Chappelle is using him as a stand-in for the whole pile of criticism. He says Marc Maron's Theo Von and Hitler bit ignores that the same candidate had already been on Saturday Night Live and Fallon, and that Chelsea Handler went after Shane Gillis and Tony Hinchcliffe over a trip Gillis publicly declined and Hinchcliffe was not on. He is clear that comedians ripping comedians is tradition, and that the part he objects to is the moral certainty on top of it.
Comedians talking shit about other comedians is tradition. Comedians appointing themselves moral authorities over other comedians, claiming ownership of goodness, and distorting reality to make the prosecution work, is something different.
Another swing at ghosts is when Chelsea Handler looked at Shane and Tony and said they went to Saudi when they both turned it down.
Quick hits
New Legion of Skanks with H. Foley and Kevin Ryan
Harry Foley and Kevin Ryan join Big Jay Oakerson, Luis J. Gomez and Steve Rannazzisi on an all new episode out everywhere now. The show is billing it as a gender reveal.
Whitney Cummings plays Albany, Syracuse and Buffalo this weekend
Cummings is upstate for three New York dates this weekend. She added a question about whether everyone is insane, which she did not answer.
Big Jay Oakerson posts his Viagra bit
Oakerson put out a clip about his experience with Viagra, with the usual see me live tag attached. It is one of the rare stand-up clips in a day mostly made of arguments.