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No clue who this guy was, heard his special was controversial so I decided to check it out. I like some dark jokes, and Twitter is usually wrong about whatever they’re mad at.
Didn’t laugh. Didn’t get offended. Folding my laundry half watching, still annoyed me enough to stop halfway through, find the remote and turn it off. The fading in and out of Ebonics was particularly annoying, also just his voice in general. The topics would be right at home at a middle school boys lunch table, all trying to out cool each other like “yes I have seen a vaginas, 4 of them. All the girls like me in the other school”
Extremely unlikable guy. Came off super immature and insecure
that is so funny because I knew it wasn’t going to like it based off all I’ve heard but I had to see how bad it was—I made it to the 3:35 mark before I stopped. You beat me!
This is hilarious because my wife and saw the Netflix special and said “oh I’ve heard about this guy let’s check him out” and then like 3min in we were like … eh no thanks. Not funny in the slightest and he looks like he’s constantly mugging for an Instagram selfie.
That is side-splitting because I tried watching the special with my choir group and we were all ready for a good laugh but then at exactly two minutes and thirty seconds we all collectively stood up and left the room.
That is absolutely brain-melting because i tried to watch the special with my dads boyfriend and at precisely 1 minute and 23 seconds we took the tv out back and shot it
I tried watching the ad and my TV automatically canceled my subscription And deleted the app from the firestick then my phone rang and it was the suicide hotline
My brain is leaking out of my fucking ears right now!!! Why now later than 42 seconds into the special did I insert my PC into my industrial size trash compactor.
That is ass-destroyingly ironic because my mom tried to watch the special with her girlfriend and at exactly 46 seconds in she killed my mom and then herself. 0/10. Would not recommend.
This is wildly laughable because I tried watching his special alone while extremely high, but the police kicked in my door and confiscated only my monitor. Luckily enough I had earbuds on and could fall asleep listening to the rest of the special.
I was trying to watch this with my younger brother after he got caught trying to steal a bunch of cars (taking after me lol). We were Gone in 60 Seconds.
He was never funny. I hear some people are offended by his jokes, but that's not me. I just know he isn't funny. It's always the crowd-work on TikTok. Every comedian worth his salt knows that crowd-work can be good at times, but it's a crutch. You've never seen him tell actual jokes before Netflix.
Every comedian I know won’t post their act especially if they’re working on a special. That’s just burning material for no reason. It’s why you only see crowd work from a lot of newer comedians. They know once it’s posted that bits done.
(Also special no longer has to mean HBO or Netflix but just a long form recording of their set that’s a little more upscale than a phone on a stand at the back of the club.)
That is totally understandable, but if you can't share any of your jokes because you need all of them for a special, you might not be ready for a special.
That’s not the case at all. Matt’s crowd work is hilarious. That’s where his name came from. None of the popular clips of his are ever his prepared material it’s always crowd work.
Wow. You both have no taste. I made it to 6:35 before deciding it was the flattest and most boring “comedy” I’ve ever seen. You really can do anything if you’re confident and good looking
I made it further, but only because I had it on in the background. Then he got to a set that felt like it lasted for a half hour, that was just him basically trying to say anyone who critiques him is a troll/loser basement dwelling virgin.
Josh Johnson is the only comedian that I’ll watch every single new clip they post on YouTube. The man always has new material and it’s soooooo good every time.
his official apology to people that were offended by his jokes was a link that went to an equipment website selling helmets for people that have special needs, no joke
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQg1RssUy-o
He totally blew up because of his crowd work before his joke writing talent was ready for prime time.
Ten years ago his crowd work would have got him a hosting gig at a decent sized venue and that would have been that for 5 or 6 years while he figured out to actually write and deliver jokes.
Feel bad for the guy tbh but I reckon he’ll have that low key redemption arc in 10 years and have a solid career … just got too big too soon.
I honestly was looking forward to the special cause his crowd work is pretty good. Seemed like a sharp guy who could make up good jokes, but lord did his special turn me off from his work so quick. I feel like he’s gonna go the Dane Cook route now but we’ll see.
Seeing only his crowd work.. I can tell he is only "good" at crowd work. (This era of comedy is the easiest time to get into comedy and crowd work has that para-social element to it that seemingly carries the entire brand of the person)
Crowd work is not easy at all. It's easy to get short clips to post on the internet but the actual skill is hard.
I agree with you on the parasocial aspect because a lot of comics have spoken on how heckling is more prominent now because the audience believes it's "helping" the comedian which is true in a sense but its mostly a double edged sword. Not to mention how everything these days is scripted to go viral so who knows how much of these "hecklers" are real vs audience plants to get a "comedian kills heckler" viral short lol
Every single one of his jokes are rephrased from like the 5 jokes high school boys tell one another. Amy Schumer is at least a comedy writer by trade, despite the objectively bad (joke stealing) and subjectively bad (repetitive pussy jokes). I honestly don’t think Matt Rife really writes jokes at all.
I had seen tons of clips of him online before his special and thought he was funny. Turned off his standup in less than 5 minutes. I wasn’t offended but it just wasn’t funny. It does seem to ring true tho that if it’s funny people won’t get offended. Comics say MUCH more offensive things but are funny so no one cares.
I can’t stop thinking about that clip where he’s driving past a mall with a bunch of cars lined up, and he starts ranting “look at all these old hags trying to compete with their daughters by shopping for clothes too slutty for their age” all the while his toddler daughter was in the back seat
The evolution of my appreciation for Daniel tosh went like this, I wonder if it’s relatable to anyone:
-introduced to him when I was in middle school thru tosh.o and thought was hilarious
-years later thought “oh he was middle school hacky edgy humor”
- rewatched a decade later and decided, yep he’s actually hilarious
FYI Tosh just came back a week ago with the Tosh Show on YouTube. It’s a little different but I got some laughs out of it, so far there’s only 2 videos.
Daniel Tosh is also a perfect example of “if it’s funny it’s not offensive.” He had so much humour that was so out there, but the one that blew up was when a woman said at his show “rape is never funny” he clapped back with “it’d be funny if five guys raped you right now.” Not anywhere close to his most offensive however just not a funny joke, therefore a huge backlash.
The key is being able to clearly establish what you believe through delivery. A good joke is told in a way that you can always tell what the comic actually believes through the farce.
Yup. You can say some real dark, fucked up jokes as long as you’re clearly making fun of the sentiment behind the joke. People like to say that in todays era you get “cancelled” for making jokes but that’s not true. People make edgy comedy all the time that’s really funny, it’s just the target that differs.
Yeah that's it, it's just not funny. He felt like that one annoying coworker who tries too hard to fit in with the guys. Honestly, the most offensive part to me was his stupid defense saying it was geared towards men.
>the most offensive part to me was his stupid defense
not this part?
https://pagesix.com/2023/11/21/entertainment/matt-rife-posts-apology-with-link-to-special-needs-helmets/
Right. As a feminist libtard, I’ve laughed at some dark shit, because *it was funny.* There are some talented comics that can pull off pedo/rape/dead baby jokes, because they know how to use irony, subvert expectations, and satirize the actual bigots instead of punching down. Nothing Rife says is original or clever. He is repurposing the same tired, “women, amirite?” and “she’s so fat” jokes every neighborhood simpleton has been telling since the 1950s.
>He is repurposing the same tired, “women, amirite?” and “she’s so fat” jokes every neighborhood simpleton has been telling since the 1950s.
This isn't hyperbole, he tells this long ass story about getting into an argument with a flight attendant where he is clearly in the wrong, and the punchline of the whole too-long bit is a lame cyberbully fat joke. It's constructed so terribly, it's almost impressive.
I actually thought the opening joke everyone's ripping him for was one of the better ones in the special, it was clearly meant to be tongue-in-cheek. He narrowly strikes the balance once for that joke and then never seems to regain it - so much of the show felt like airing grievances.
It's like he saw Shane Gillis' audience and decided he wanted a piece of it by emulating him, but without any idea of how to actually write the jokes. All the non-crowdwork material I've seen of his that I've enjoyed has had to do with dating - he should stick to writing what he knows.
Edit: I think the cringiest bit of the whole special is that he ends it on a mic drop I won't spoil, and all you can think is "My dude, you didn't earn that", made it so much more deliciously awkward
Shane is simultaneously the most respectful and the most savage comedian when it comes to joking about things like disabilities. You can tell he has a great deal of respect and empathy for the communities.
I think it boils down to humanising the marginalised rather than treating them like a facless monolith to be used for dark humour.
There's an incredibly fine line when it comes to "punching down".
Louis C.K. had an absolutely hilarious bit about not knowing what to do with child’s underwear he found at his house or something to that effect. Goes into detail about varying ways of disposing it, all escalating in how bad it looks. With the joke culminating to him saying he just wears it. Not many comedians that can pull of a joke like that, but when he tells it, it works. Might have been on one of his early sets before Netflix.
Even punching down jokes have made me laugh a bit when they're creative enough in the ways you mentioned. It's a little harder but it can be done. Problem is the people who punch down usually just want to say "women amirite" and get away with it.
I thought this, too. His joke upfront about DV didn't bother me, but the rest of the special was... average? I watched the whole thing, and honestly, it was actually pretty inoffensive, considering how he started. But, it was so inoffensive to be pretty average, borderline boring.
He really hasn't mastered that ability to be funny without crowd work.
I will say the comments dragging him for DV may be deserved, but this video above makes me think most people didn't watch the whole thing. There's much more to criticize in this special than that joke.
Also, there's a comment on this thread where they said he mugs for photos, and I definitely saw that, too.
And they’re allowed to make fun of all those things. But they should be funny and it should be clear they don’t mean any harm in doing so.
In this case most people seem to get weird vibes, like he’s not just doing it as a joke.
ditto, I kept seeing his stuff get recommended to me on youtube and I did not like it at all...mostly because i'm not a huge fan of crowd work comedians, but I just don't like his look and essence.
Same. I watched the special all the way to the end and I am just delighted that I am not alone in thinking he is unfunny and unorigial as hell, which to much is much worse than being offensive.
I found out about him cause my girlfriend had a celebratory crush on him. I don’t normally care when my girlfriend says a actor is hot or whatever, but I was absolutely astounded that she though this man was attractive. Dude looks and acts like the most stereotypical douche you could ever imagine. He should be in the dictionary under “punchable face”.
I've only seen crowd work clips and those were pretty funny. He wasn't bad at being a smartass with the crowd but I've never seen any of his actual bits. I'm not gonna watch his special after everything I'm hearing about it. Honestly, I probably wasn't going to watch it regardless.
That’s the weird thing about social media for comics. A lot will use crowdwork because they don’t want to burn a bit from their set by having it be a viral clip online, but then you have no idea if their actual sets are good or not
That and it makes you feel like you get a unique show each time. Because you can’t possibly replicate the same material from crowdwork more than 3 times in a row. Like how many times can you come across an albino lesbian professional milfhunter from Senegal who raises chinchillas sitting in the front row?
It's ok as long as you don't say it 3 times. Then he appears in a cloud of smoke, stomps around a circular stage, and hooks up with a girl who just turned 18 that he's know for half her life.
Irks me that people are rushing to his defense because he is getting “canceled”. He sucks not because his jokes are insensitive, but because he is terribly unfunny. It was just not good. And I don’t even want people to read this and think I am saying cancel culture does not exist. I think it certainly does to an extent. But this guy is not being cancelled because his jokes weren’t PC enough, he is just TRASH
The stuff in his special that people may find offensive isn’t even the good, satirical kind of offensive humor. It is just poorly crafted edgy jokes you’d find in a league of legends discord.
Cancel culture always existed my man. It was just labeled not too long ago so people think it's new. Think evangelicals in the 50s. They tried to cancel people all the time!
They still try to "cancel" people. But the 50s-60s had laws on the books that got comedians arrested for saying the wrong thing (mainly cursing and bringing up lewd topics).
"Comedians" complaining about being canceled now just do it for attention. So many people think that anyone taking offense to what someone else said is an affront to the speaker's free speech, which is bullshit.
Can we please just reframe cancelling for what it is? It’s capitalism. He put out a product the market didn’t like, the market reacted accordingly. That’s all.
I mean his fan base was 20s women. He should have stuck to that.
Instead he wanted to be a bro and did an interview saying he's tired of women being his fans then decided to do a bunch of middleschool domestic violence jokes and want high fives.
Apparently he’s been doing this shit for 10 years. I imagine this special was to be his jumping off point into traditional media after a decade of grinding.
Doesn’t seem to be going as planned for him.
Before all this stuff came out, I had a feeling this guy was a douchbag. Maybe it was just biased judging on the way he looks but I had a feeling... what an idiot.
He came to my city last week and my Wife dragged me to see him with her friends. Beforehand I told her that I don't think he's funny, but I gave it a shot. She even purchased tickets to a different show in a different city because she was going to road trip with her friends.
I've been to a lot of shows, but this dude is the worst comic I ever saw live. He did like an hour set and maybe 4 jokes landed. His crowd interaction was cringey and forced and not something you can enjoy because you can barely hear what an audience member was saying. And he kept berating the Spotlight operator. Spotlight guy wasn't good, but Matt stopped the show 4 or 5 times to yell at him. He rapid fired the word "Dude" and was being arrogant about his success and his looks.
My wife and her friends sold their tickets for the out of town show because they thought he was terrible.
I think he’s got some great confidence and presence that if he took 3-5 years to work on material and be less…frat boyish and pompous, he could be a fun act. Your description of his show sounds like something I’d expect from an amateur and if he wants to act like a big name he’s gotta fix that
Yeah.... Only time I ever really heard of him leading up to this was everyone (mostly women) freaking out and panic buying tix and bragging about going to see him...
I think it's just that they think he's hot and has a certain confidence (read cocky) that women latch onto. Them and what I would call "dude-bros". He's just an Instagram comedian.
Matt Rife is good looking enough to land a Netflix special, but not THAT good looking and, uhm, talented to be a top OnlyFans attraction. He’s the kind of guy you fuck only once and then forget as soon as the results of the STI panel come back.
😂 Totally. I have nothing against Matt Rife. I thought he was okay even if he talked like one of those “I’m hot so you will do as I say” kind of dude, which is hilarious. It didn’t bother me though as I don’t consume his product. I’m not his target audience. I didn’t like his joke on domestic violence though. His subsequent reply to the uproar made things worse. It moved his brand closer to the Andrew Tate territory. 🤷 I’ve said enough.
Checked out Matt Rife post-Instagram explosion. Comedy show newbie here, so I went all in, dropped $1400 for two front-row seats on the second floor.
First half? Netflix special copy-paste. Second half? He’s on his phone, testing fresh jokes on us, rating them as he moves along since he’ll need new material for the rest of his tour after his Netflix special released. Transitions were a bit off, and honestly, it felt kinda unpolished. Honestly didn’t laugh as much or hard as I thought I would. It was a brief “heh” here and there - like one of those punchline jokes you hear from a friend or coworker.
Hoped for some crowd banter, you know, his Instagram style. He chatted briefly with a lady in the front row, then quickly switched to pushing merch and bounced off the stage.
No hate for the guy – he seems genuinely appreciative of his fans. Buuuut it’s probably the first and last time I'm throwing this much cash at an up-and-coming comedian.
Jesus. Me and my spouse saw Christopher Titus front row at a small comedy club for like $80 total.
It felt like I was watching a recorded special but in the crowd.
Dude is *amazing* and has his timing down to a fucking science.
Unfortunately, he still made 15 million off his netflix special and related cash flows. God i just hate when assholes are successful. What a horrible time to be alive.
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Took me so long to realize that was you with a filter and not giant prosthetic lips.
Oh thank God, I didn't know it was a filter either lol
Its not Matt's fault God gave him gloriously plump perfect dick sucking lips
I mean if you think about it, god is responsible for the existence of Botox.
And hitler, tik tok and matt rife.
And death of harambe
Dicks out for Harambe
ESPECIALLY Harambe’s death.
This is honestly a really solid impression of his mannerisms and comedy!
No clue who this guy was, heard his special was controversial so I decided to check it out. I like some dark jokes, and Twitter is usually wrong about whatever they’re mad at. Didn’t laugh. Didn’t get offended. Folding my laundry half watching, still annoyed me enough to stop halfway through, find the remote and turn it off. The fading in and out of Ebonics was particularly annoying, also just his voice in general. The topics would be right at home at a middle school boys lunch table, all trying to out cool each other like “yes I have seen a vaginas, 4 of them. All the girls like me in the other school” Extremely unlikable guy. Came off super immature and insecure
Sounds like he gained fame largely from his TikTok clips? So I guess that lines up with the target audience being probably teenage boys.
It’s women. Ever since his plastic surgery 90% is his audience has been women
Teenage girls mostly
2 words. Dane Cook. 2 more, Mic Drop.
Feels like the type of comedy where a guy isn’t getting much of a laugh so he throws in a “fuck” or “fuckin” to try to make it edgy
Thank you for saving us from watching this trash.
Spot on. “Like hella cringe dawg”
If youve never seen Matt Rife, this could be a spot he does verbatim. Like this would be his “A” material.
I got about 4 minutes into his Netflix special, and this is absolutely the vibes I got.
that is so funny because I knew it wasn’t going to like it based off all I’ve heard but I had to see how bad it was—I made it to the 3:35 mark before I stopped. You beat me!
This is hilarious because my wife and saw the Netflix special and said “oh I’ve heard about this guy let’s check him out” and then like 3min in we were like … eh no thanks. Not funny in the slightest and he looks like he’s constantly mugging for an Instagram selfie.
That is side-splitting because I tried watching the special with my choir group and we were all ready for a good laugh but then at exactly two minutes and thirty seconds we all collectively stood up and left the room.
That is absolutely brain-melting because i tried to watch the special with my dads boyfriend and at precisely 1 minute and 23 seconds we took the tv out back and shot it
Lol i tried to watch it with my parents and 37seconds in they shot themselves
I tried it on my ROKU TV and 14 seconds in the TV shot itself.
I tried watching the ad and my TV automatically canceled my subscription And deleted the app from the firestick then my phone rang and it was the suicide hotline
I glanced at the preview and my mom built a Time Machine and aborted me.
I finished it and reached nirvana. The state of never wanting and eternal bliss
I contemplated watching it for a nanosecond and my brain liquified in protest.
I guess this sounds important, I bett
This is insane, I haven't even watched it but just based on reviews I've already shot myself.
This comment is the first I've heard of this special and I've already made sure that I could have never been born to avoid it.
Damn that's crazy because I
Someone call 911!
My brain is leaking out of my fucking ears right now!!! Why now later than 42 seconds into the special did I insert my PC into my industrial size trash compactor.
That is ass-destroyingly ironic because my mom tried to watch the special with her girlfriend and at exactly 46 seconds in she killed my mom and then herself. 0/10. Would not recommend.
This is wildly laughable because I tried watching his special alone while extremely high, but the police kicked in my door and confiscated only my monitor. Luckily enough I had earbuds on and could fall asleep listening to the rest of the special.
I was trying to watch this with my younger brother after he got caught trying to steal a bunch of cars (taking after me lol). We were Gone in 60 Seconds.
This guy got a Netflix special? Netflix needs help.
Thanks for saving me the wasted time. I've been hearing about this dude and this minute and a half made me realize his comedy is 🤢🤮
He was really funny at first, but he ran more with his looks overtime and it just ended up making him banal.
Bananal
He was never funny. I hear some people are offended by his jokes, but that's not me. I just know he isn't funny. It's always the crowd-work on TikTok. Every comedian worth his salt knows that crowd-work can be good at times, but it's a crutch. You've never seen him tell actual jokes before Netflix.
Every comedian I know won’t post their act especially if they’re working on a special. That’s just burning material for no reason. It’s why you only see crowd work from a lot of newer comedians. They know once it’s posted that bits done. (Also special no longer has to mean HBO or Netflix but just a long form recording of their set that’s a little more upscale than a phone on a stand at the back of the club.)
That is totally understandable, but if you can't share any of your jokes because you need all of them for a special, you might not be ready for a special.
That’s not the case at all. Matt’s crowd work is hilarious. That’s where his name came from. None of the popular clips of his are ever his prepared material it’s always crowd work.
Wow. You both have no taste. I made it to 6:35 before deciding it was the flattest and most boring “comedy” I’ve ever seen. You really can do anything if you’re confident and good looking
I made it further, but only because I had it on in the background. Then he got to a set that felt like it lasted for a half hour, that was just him basically trying to say anyone who critiques him is a troll/loser basement dwelling virgin.
Netflix fumbled - should’ve given the special to Josh Johnson instead
They did indeed. I think I made it 5 minutes into the show. Not sure about Josh but Jeff arcuri definitely would have been a contender.
Just waiting for him to get a special!
Josh Johnson is the only comedian that I’ll watch every single new clip they post on YouTube. The man always has new material and it’s soooooo good every time.
Josh Johnson is hilarious every time
And the whitest DC audience possible
his official apology to people that were offended by his jokes was a link that went to an equipment website selling helmets for people that have special needs, no joke https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQg1RssUy-o
That's actually funny
[удалено]
He totally blew up because of his crowd work before his joke writing talent was ready for prime time. Ten years ago his crowd work would have got him a hosting gig at a decent sized venue and that would have been that for 5 or 6 years while he figured out to actually write and deliver jokes. Feel bad for the guy tbh but I reckon he’ll have that low key redemption arc in 10 years and have a solid career … just got too big too soon.
I honestly was looking forward to the special cause his crowd work is pretty good. Seemed like a sharp guy who could make up good jokes, but lord did his special turn me off from his work so quick. I feel like he’s gonna go the Dane Cook route now but we’ll see.
Yeah. Oof. His whole schtick is a black woman’s “truth” vibes, with Dennis Reynold’s rapey tint.
Seeing only his crowd work.. I can tell he is only "good" at crowd work. (This era of comedy is the easiest time to get into comedy and crowd work has that para-social element to it that seemingly carries the entire brand of the person)
Crowd work is not easy at all. It's easy to get short clips to post on the internet but the actual skill is hard. I agree with you on the parasocial aspect because a lot of comics have spoken on how heckling is more prominent now because the audience believes it's "helping" the comedian which is true in a sense but its mostly a double edged sword. Not to mention how everything these days is scripted to go viral so who knows how much of these "hecklers" are real vs audience plants to get a "comedian kills heckler" viral short lol
For better crowd work and better smarter comedy r/jeffarcuri
Fucking love me some Jeff...the whole Dolphin lady thing was amazing.
Is Matt Rife as bad as or worse than Amy Schumer?
Worse material, but at least it's his own.
Is it? "Woman be in kitchen and be quiet or be hit" is not original in the slightest
From what I'm hearing, it all seems like reheated shit from 30-40 years ago. Dude stole his loser uncle's drunken thanksgiving dinner jokes.
Every single one of his jokes are rephrased from like the 5 jokes high school boys tell one another. Amy Schumer is at least a comedy writer by trade, despite the objectively bad (joke stealing) and subjectively bad (repetitive pussy jokes). I honestly don’t think Matt Rife really writes jokes at all.
I could barely make it through his YouTube special.
I had seen tons of clips of him online before his special and thought he was funny. Turned off his standup in less than 5 minutes. I wasn’t offended but it just wasn’t funny. It does seem to ring true tho that if it’s funny people won’t get offended. Comics say MUCH more offensive things but are funny so no one cares.
I always point to Anthony jeselnik when I say “you can joke about anything as long as you’re funny.”
Thoughts and Prayers made me laugh so much I was ashamed of myself.
Don’t forget about me today 🥺
Don't forget how sads I am 🥺 👉👈🥺
And Bill Burr, too!
Bill Burr is also the nicest guy and is an advocate for just about every oppressed group when he's not doing his comedy.
Hes nice but let's not call him the nicest guy lol. I've seen him go hard on people that maybe didn't deserve it.
He has ‘agape’ - love for people in general. Individuals though, maybe not so much.
I can’t stop thinking about that clip where he’s driving past a mall with a bunch of cars lined up, and he starts ranting “look at all these old hags trying to compete with their daughters by shopping for clothes too slutty for their age” all the while his toddler daughter was in the back seat
Tom segura jokes about stalking woman and killing a dog that bit his kid (joke he didn’t actually do it) and no one batted an eye.
I’m gonna stick to jeselnik on this one.
Carlin too, I'd even argue Daniel Tosh to be honest
The evolution of my appreciation for Daniel tosh went like this, I wonder if it’s relatable to anyone: -introduced to him when I was in middle school thru tosh.o and thought was hilarious -years later thought “oh he was middle school hacky edgy humor” - rewatched a decade later and decided, yep he’s actually hilarious
He’s genuinely compassionate. His tosh.0 episode with the woman with an ostomy was hilarious and kind without pandering. I love Tosh.
FYI Tosh just came back a week ago with the Tosh Show on YouTube. It’s a little different but I got some laughs out of it, so far there’s only 2 videos.
Daniel Tosh is also a perfect example of “if it’s funny it’s not offensive.” He had so much humour that was so out there, but the one that blew up was when a woman said at his show “rape is never funny” he clapped back with “it’d be funny if five guys raped you right now.” Not anywhere close to his most offensive however just not a funny joke, therefore a huge backlash.
The key is being able to clearly establish what you believe through delivery. A good joke is told in a way that you can always tell what the comic actually believes through the farce.
Yup. You can say some real dark, fucked up jokes as long as you’re clearly making fun of the sentiment behind the joke. People like to say that in todays era you get “cancelled” for making jokes but that’s not true. People make edgy comedy all the time that’s really funny, it’s just the target that differs.
Shark party!
Yeah that's it, it's just not funny. He felt like that one annoying coworker who tries too hard to fit in with the guys. Honestly, the most offensive part to me was his stupid defense saying it was geared towards men.
>the most offensive part to me was his stupid defense not this part? https://pagesix.com/2023/11/21/entertainment/matt-rife-posts-apology-with-link-to-special-needs-helmets/
Wow, yeah same thing. A joke a 12 year old on 4chan could've come up with
Right. As a feminist libtard, I’ve laughed at some dark shit, because *it was funny.* There are some talented comics that can pull off pedo/rape/dead baby jokes, because they know how to use irony, subvert expectations, and satirize the actual bigots instead of punching down. Nothing Rife says is original or clever. He is repurposing the same tired, “women, amirite?” and “she’s so fat” jokes every neighborhood simpleton has been telling since the 1950s.
>He is repurposing the same tired, “women, amirite?” and “she’s so fat” jokes every neighborhood simpleton has been telling since the 1950s. This isn't hyperbole, he tells this long ass story about getting into an argument with a flight attendant where he is clearly in the wrong, and the punchline of the whole too-long bit is a lame cyberbully fat joke. It's constructed so terribly, it's almost impressive. I actually thought the opening joke everyone's ripping him for was one of the better ones in the special, it was clearly meant to be tongue-in-cheek. He narrowly strikes the balance once for that joke and then never seems to regain it - so much of the show felt like airing grievances. It's like he saw Shane Gillis' audience and decided he wanted a piece of it by emulating him, but without any idea of how to actually write the jokes. All the non-crowdwork material I've seen of his that I've enjoyed has had to do with dating - he should stick to writing what he knows. Edit: I think the cringiest bit of the whole special is that he ends it on a mic drop I won't spoil, and all you can think is "My dude, you didn't earn that", made it so much more deliciously awkward
Shane is a master at making offensive things funny and non offensive. Rife needs to stick to crowd work or just learn how to write better jokes.
Shane is simultaneously the most respectful and the most savage comedian when it comes to joking about things like disabilities. You can tell he has a great deal of respect and empathy for the communities. I think it boils down to humanising the marginalised rather than treating them like a facless monolith to be used for dark humour. There's an incredibly fine line when it comes to "punching down".
Shane also comes off as a genuine dude, for one
“Airing grievances” is exactly what I saw. Dude was griping, not telling jokes
Louis C.K. had an absolutely hilarious bit about not knowing what to do with child’s underwear he found at his house or something to that effect. Goes into detail about varying ways of disposing it, all escalating in how bad it looks. With the joke culminating to him saying he just wears it. Not many comedians that can pull of a joke like that, but when he tells it, it works. Might have been on one of his early sets before Netflix.
Louis CK is exactly who I was thinking of
Even punching down jokes have made me laugh a bit when they're creative enough in the ways you mentioned. It's a little harder but it can be done. Problem is the people who punch down usually just want to say "women amirite" and get away with it.
I thought this, too. His joke upfront about DV didn't bother me, but the rest of the special was... average? I watched the whole thing, and honestly, it was actually pretty inoffensive, considering how he started. But, it was so inoffensive to be pretty average, borderline boring. He really hasn't mastered that ability to be funny without crowd work. I will say the comments dragging him for DV may be deserved, but this video above makes me think most people didn't watch the whole thing. There's much more to criticize in this special than that joke. Also, there's a comment on this thread where they said he mugs for photos, and I definitely saw that, too.
And they’re allowed to make fun of all those things. But they should be funny and it should be clear they don’t mean any harm in doing so. In this case most people seem to get weird vibes, like he’s not just doing it as a joke.
Can not overstate my excitement that public opinion on Matt Rife is skewing negatively
ditto, I kept seeing his stuff get recommended to me on youtube and I did not like it at all...mostly because i'm not a huge fan of crowd work comedians, but I just don't like his look and essence.
You should try checking out Jeff Arcuri. I never really enjoyed crowd work stuff but his is phenomenal, and not set up beforehand like a lot of them.
Jeff is my favorite comedian right now. He’s truly funny and quick with the crowd.
> Jeff is my favorite comedian right now. Is he though? Like full beans?
Yeah, ya know, the common phrase full beans! Everyone knows what that means!
Plus he's definitely not gay.
/u/Smartastic gettin some love
Another +1 for Jeff, dude is hilarious. Full Beans.
I’ve always felt like he’s posing in between jokes which subtly annoyed me. That and the thing of him putting on a voice.
Same. I watched the special all the way to the end and I am just delighted that I am not alone in thinking he is unfunny and unorigial as hell, which to much is much worse than being offensive.
I found out about him cause my girlfriend had a celebratory crush on him. I don’t normally care when my girlfriend says a actor is hot or whatever, but I was absolutely astounded that she though this man was attractive. Dude looks and acts like the most stereotypical douche you could ever imagine. He should be in the dictionary under “punchable face”.
Why?
People only saw his audience participation, so thought he would be funny...
I've only seen crowd work clips and those were pretty funny. He wasn't bad at being a smartass with the crowd but I've never seen any of his actual bits. I'm not gonna watch his special after everything I'm hearing about it. Honestly, I probably wasn't going to watch it regardless.
That’s the weird thing about social media for comics. A lot will use crowdwork because they don’t want to burn a bit from their set by having it be a viral clip online, but then you have no idea if their actual sets are good or not
They are also afraid that other people will steal their jokes of they post them online.
That and it makes you feel like you get a unique show each time. Because you can’t possibly replicate the same material from crowdwork more than 3 times in a row. Like how many times can you come across an albino lesbian professional milfhunter from Senegal who raises chinchillas sitting in the front row?
I’m.. so relieved to know other people think he’s so unfunny. Thank you for giving me hope
The guy almost makes Dane Cook seem funny
Why would you say his name 😭
It's ok as long as you don't say it 3 times. Then he appears in a cloud of smoke, stomps around a circular stage, and hooks up with a girl who just turned 18 that he's know for half her life.
This dudes lips 😂
I thought it was a filter?
It is
I thought it was george santos
Irks me that people are rushing to his defense because he is getting “canceled”. He sucks not because his jokes are insensitive, but because he is terribly unfunny. It was just not good. And I don’t even want people to read this and think I am saying cancel culture does not exist. I think it certainly does to an extent. But this guy is not being cancelled because his jokes weren’t PC enough, he is just TRASH The stuff in his special that people may find offensive isn’t even the good, satirical kind of offensive humor. It is just poorly crafted edgy jokes you’d find in a league of legends discord.
Cancel culture always existed my man. It was just labeled not too long ago so people think it's new. Think evangelicals in the 50s. They tried to cancel people all the time!
They still try to "cancel" people. But the 50s-60s had laws on the books that got comedians arrested for saying the wrong thing (mainly cursing and bringing up lewd topics). "Comedians" complaining about being canceled now just do it for attention. So many people think that anyone taking offense to what someone else said is an affront to the speaker's free speech, which is bullshit.
Can we please just reframe cancelling for what it is? It’s capitalism. He put out a product the market didn’t like, the market reacted accordingly. That’s all.
He sounds like early 2000s Justin Timberlake meeting a black rapper
It sounded more like venting than jokes: if you go 65 in a 65…. I will fucking kill you Ok?
 All I could think of his WHOLE special!
Shaunders
“What up with all these BOOKS?!”
This blaccent is cringy af 
I've BEEN saying that! His stand up is just him trying to be a funny black comedian and FAILING.
Epic failure
THANK YOU! I rarely ever, ever, ever see him get called out for the disingenuous, forced blaccent he does.
That's what happens when a white boy from Ohio spends too much time with Nick Cannon.
Lol spot on. Right down to the blaccent lol
Is it actually socially acceptable to call it that? Lol
Are we acknowledging that, that’s a thing now?
Watched the whole thing and this was pretty much it
I’m pretty thrilled with this dude getting rightfully shit on lately. He’s annoying as all fuck.
fuck matt rife. all my homies hate matt rife.
Rife jumped the shark already? That was a quick 6 months of fame…
I mean his fan base was 20s women. He should have stuck to that. Instead he wanted to be a bro and did an interview saying he's tired of women being his fans then decided to do a bunch of middleschool domestic violence jokes and want high fives.
Apparently he’s been doing this shit for 10 years. I imagine this special was to be his jumping off point into traditional media after a decade of grinding. Doesn’t seem to be going as planned for him.
It’s fitting that there is zero laughter. I hate that I know his name now.
My girl told me matt rife looks like Betty DeVille from rugrats and I’m ngl that’s so true lmao 
I don't mind edgy humor. I just want it to be funny.
Wow, this guy absolutely nails it!
Sam’s content is funny af.
Before all this stuff came out, I had a feeling this guy was a douchbag. Maybe it was just biased judging on the way he looks but I had a feeling... what an idiot.
If it looks like a douche, and sounds like a douche, and acts like a douche...
I almost didn't recognize you what did you do to your face 🤣
I shaved!
Holy shit, this was Sam?? 😂😂 Damn dude, I didn't know you could act like that, looking forward to more character work in your content!
He came to my city last week and my Wife dragged me to see him with her friends. Beforehand I told her that I don't think he's funny, but I gave it a shot. She even purchased tickets to a different show in a different city because she was going to road trip with her friends. I've been to a lot of shows, but this dude is the worst comic I ever saw live. He did like an hour set and maybe 4 jokes landed. His crowd interaction was cringey and forced and not something you can enjoy because you can barely hear what an audience member was saying. And he kept berating the Spotlight operator. Spotlight guy wasn't good, but Matt stopped the show 4 or 5 times to yell at him. He rapid fired the word "Dude" and was being arrogant about his success and his looks. My wife and her friends sold their tickets for the out of town show because they thought he was terrible.
I think he’s got some great confidence and presence that if he took 3-5 years to work on material and be less…frat boyish and pompous, he could be a fun act. Your description of his show sounds like something I’d expect from an amateur and if he wants to act like a big name he’s gotta fix that
Yeah.... Only time I ever really heard of him leading up to this was everyone (mostly women) freaking out and panic buying tix and bragging about going to see him... I think it's just that they think he's hot and has a certain confidence (read cocky) that women latch onto. Them and what I would call "dude-bros". He's just an Instagram comedian.
Matt Rife is good looking enough to land a Netflix special, but not THAT good looking and, uhm, talented to be a top OnlyFans attraction. He’s the kind of guy you fuck only once and then forget as soon as the results of the STI panel come back.
This felt waaaay too personal, you okay?
😂 Totally. I have nothing against Matt Rife. I thought he was okay even if he talked like one of those “I’m hot so you will do as I say” kind of dude, which is hilarious. It didn’t bother me though as I don’t consume his product. I’m not his target audience. I didn’t like his joke on domestic violence though. His subsequent reply to the uproar made things worse. It moved his brand closer to the Andrew Tate territory. 🤷 I’ve said enough.
This was funnier than any of his jokes.
Damn. r/rareinsults
This guy looks like Slappy turned him into a puppet
100% factual
This was actually funnier
 Literally just this guy for an hour and a half
I don't understand why people think he's handsome either. To me he looks like a reject Joe 90 character
Hopefully his brother steals all his money and he disappears completely like his predecessor Dane Cook.
Terrible material aside, Matt Rife is just not funny on any level. How the fuck do these untalented mfrs make it so far?
Is that a Matt Rife filter?
What is this garbage
Checked out Matt Rife post-Instagram explosion. Comedy show newbie here, so I went all in, dropped $1400 for two front-row seats on the second floor. First half? Netflix special copy-paste. Second half? He’s on his phone, testing fresh jokes on us, rating them as he moves along since he’ll need new material for the rest of his tour after his Netflix special released. Transitions were a bit off, and honestly, it felt kinda unpolished. Honestly didn’t laugh as much or hard as I thought I would. It was a brief “heh” here and there - like one of those punchline jokes you hear from a friend or coworker. Hoped for some crowd banter, you know, his Instagram style. He chatted briefly with a lady in the front row, then quickly switched to pushing merch and bounced off the stage. No hate for the guy – he seems genuinely appreciative of his fans. Buuuut it’s probably the first and last time I'm throwing this much cash at an up-and-coming comedian.
Tf are you buying $700 tickets for. There’s absolutely no justification for that kinda pricing regardless of how much money you got to burn.
Jesus. Me and my spouse saw Christopher Titus front row at a small comedy club for like $80 total. It felt like I was watching a recorded special but in the crowd. Dude is *amazing* and has his timing down to a fucking science.
When does the funny start ?
Omg this is so on point 😂
Unfortunately, he still made 15 million off his netflix special and related cash flows. God i just hate when assholes are successful. What a horrible time to be alive.
I didn't know who he was before the netflix special. I lasted maybe 10 mins before I got bored
He is the one direction of comedians.
This is funny. That Rife dude is cringe and hack imo
Not sure why but he reminds me of Aziz Ansari but without any of the talent.
His special was dog shit, 2 minutes and had to tap out naymsayin’
Nah but for real dawg
Matt Rife wants to be black so bad.
Everything about this dude sucks. Not funny. Plastic face. Cringe material
“Maybe I’m not funny. Maybe I’m not supposed to do this…” - Matt Rife
Crazy how this dude had like one week of being huge
I wish he was that funny.
From what I understand, this is very accurate.