Luis J. Gomez shuts down a Segura and Kreischer career obit
One poster called it a decade overdue. One comic asked what ending is supposed to mean.
A poster called time on two of the biggest careers in stand-up, and a working comic asked him to show his math.
Paul, who posts as @womandefiner, wrote that watching Tom Segura and Bert Kreischer's careers come to an end has been good, and added that it was 10 years overdue. It is the kind of post that usually sails off into the timeline without a reply from anyone whose name you know.
Watching Tom Segura and Bert Kreischer's careers come to an end has been good.
This one got one. Luis J. Gomez answered directly, asking how he defines coming to an end, then adding that he wishes his own career would come to that type of end.
The swat
That is the whole exchange. No thread, no follow up, no pile on from the rest of the podcast world in the sources. One take, one reply, and the reply does the job in two sentences.
What makes it land is that Gomez does not defend either guy. He does not argue that Segura is fine or that Kreischer is fine. He just points at the word ending and asks what it is supposed to mean, which is the part the original post never says. There is no number in it, no show, no cancelled anything. It is a vibe dressed up as a verdict.
The real story
Nothing in the sources says anything is actually ending for Tom Segura or Bert Kreischer. No dates, no announcements, no drop offs. This is a post about how somebody feels watching two comics who have been very famous for a long time, and the 10 years overdue line gives that away. The complaint is not that they stopped, it is that they did not.
Gomez's reply works because it flips the whole frame in one move. If this is what a career ending looks like, most comics would sign for it today and never ask another question. That is the joke, and it is also the argument.
Worth noting the tone. Gomez is not furious. He is not writing an essay about respect for the craft. He asks a question, makes a wish, and leaves. The best response to a career obituary is usually to ask who signed the death certificate.
How do you define coming to an end? I wish my career would come to that type of end.