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A familiar and comfortable hour of nerdly fun

ninjasuperstar | Iowa | 05/03/2010

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Brian Posehn's Fart and Wiener Jokes has content and joke structure that is similar to his previous album, Nerd Rage. Thus, the routine doesn't come off as particularly fresh. Yet where Rage ultimately loses steam, this album is tighter and a bit more polished. The album title might suggest that the routine is wall-to-wall juvenilia, and much of it is. But Posehn has an affable stage presence that allows him to get away with dirty jokes that other comics may not even try. One joke consists of trying to conceive of a way that can negate a homosexual act and then ultimately failing at convincing anyone in the room (including Posehn himself) that he's actually made a good argument. I don't think a lot of comics could do that joke as well as Posehn. Sure, Posehn may laugh a bit too much at his own humor, but he's not trying to reinvent comedy, at least not with this album. He's trying to give people another good nerd comedy routine to listen to. The homage-to-metal songs at the end of the album are not my thing, but doing a metal version of Kenny Roger's "The Gambler" has to be rather unique."

Well... the cover's cool at least.

itmustsucktobeyou | duluth, mn | 07/02/2010

(2 out of 5 stars)

"after two full length stand up albums, several comedy specials and appearances in several excellent comedy documentaries, i've come to the conclusion that i'm more of a fan of the idea of brian posehn than i actually am a fan of brian posehn... his stand up, anyways...



being a somewhat nerdy, horror-loving, comic-book reading, alternative comedy fan myself, you'd think a guy like posehn would be right up my alley. unfortunately, i found myself stumped, bored and in some cases just shaking my head as i worked my way though 'fart and wiener jokes.'



there are three things that really stand out to me in regards to posehn's comedy: 1.) he tries to interject humor in to stories that aren't all that funny to begin with (his bit on itunes comes to mind). 2.) some of his bits tend to run a little long when compared to the eventual payoff. after a two or three minute build up, i would hope the punchline can at least get a bigger reaction than a smirk from me ('bachelor party' for example). 3.) the last thing that bothers me, and i'll admit that this is probably a pretty trivial complaint, is his ridiculous use of slang. a dude in his 40s using words like 'dong' and 'va-jay'? ugh. i know it's probably meant to soften some of his material but it just sounds moronic.



i actually feel bad writing this review... because i'm probably being harder on him than i should. there is some funny material on here ('where do i know this guy from?', 'increase your loads') but the big laughs come few and far between. it might just be my skewed opinion, but to me it feels the audience on the disc feels the same way. it just sounds like there's a lot of forced laughter.



as for the two songs, i find them completely unnecessary. while 'more metal than you' contains some funny lines, posehn's impersonation of a metal singer is just awful. i only listened to about a minute of 'the gambler' before taking the disc out of my player.



i'm sure posehn's an awesome guy to hang out with and a lot of his t.v. and film work is excellent, but his stand up is very, very average."