‘Last Comic Standing’ rankings: Are Joe Machi, Lachlan Patterson current favorites?
We’ve finally made it to the final stages of “Last Comic Standing,” and for the most part, it feels like the right people made it here. We would’ve replaced Rocky LaPorte with Monroe Martin, but an 80% success rate is not too bad. (Plus, there’s always one comic that leaves a little earlier than they should.)
We’re going to rank these five comics now on the basis of personal taste, performance quality, edit, and also the intangible factor that is probably the hardest to gauge: Whether or not NBC wants to give them a development deal for a future show.
5. Rocky LaPorte – He seems like a nice guy, and almost one of those guys you’d see chatting with Louis C.K. in the Comedy Cellar on “Louie.” We just haven’t seen enough of his act to really know if he can deliver for this show’s audience. He did just enough to make it this far, but nothing special to establish himself.
4. Rod Man – We love Rod Man, and we’d personally have him probably at #2 in the list of our favorites. However, his trajectory may have slid a little the past two weeks without a ton of air time, and he struggled during the Roast (probably because that’s just not his style of comedy).
3. Nikki Carr – She’s making great use of this run right now as the “last woman standing,” which we have seen work to someone’s favor on the show before. Plus, Nikki’s really funny! She has a good story, and while we haven’t loved every one of her sets, we can see her being the star of a successful sitcom.
2. Lachlan Patterson – We’ll never get over Gilbert Gottfried refusing to call him by the right last name. Away from that, Lachlan’s in a good spot. He fared well in recent challenges, was hilarious in his face-off, and we also feel like he’s probably the most commercial of any of the people on this season. These should help him.
1. Joe Machi – The only problem for Joe is that we’re not sure a development deal for a show is something he needs more than a stand-up tour. But outside of that, there’s no question to us that he’s been the funniest person on the season. He’s even managed to overcome basically doing three sets now in the past two weeks, which has forced him to tap deep into his material.
Who is your favorite right now? Vote in our poll below, and head over here to get some further TV news worth laughing about via our CarterMatt Newsletter!
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dave
July 31, 2014 @ 2:25 am
Machi and Patterson are easily the best writers, but have used up more material than Rod Man and Nikki, who are much better performers than writers. Nikki is milking the woman’s vote–and I bet is inwardly thrilled at outlasting Aida, Zenaiba and the other women who had nothing but looks going for them. Rocky is far less funny than Monroe Martin–or Alingnon and Mike Vecchione, who did not make it nearly as far. I think they selected only Rocky joke for the Top 100, whereas Vecchione had 3 or 4 in the top 50.
If the criteria is who would be best for a sitcom, Rod Man wins, followed by Joe.
Did Alignon find a way to manipulate the voting or are his fans more twitter-oriented than Monroe’s etc? It seems odd that he could beat so many comics who the audience had seen much more of and who had earned so much more praise from the judges.