*Two* Netflix specials, and the second is solely crowd work. I guess to try to prove that he's funny because his crowd work is what everyone said was great about him?
This. I got through half the special and realized he only get there through viral TikTok videos. My wife and I had tickets to see him that we immediately sold.
I watched his Special he put on YT during the pandemic. I had the exact same reaction watching throughout. Wrote him off as a crowd work guy and not a legit comedian after that.
I donāt really know how the industry works but when referring to an agent getting him āgigsā wouldnāt they be like acting work and appearances and stuff. Iām sure he has a manager or whoever that handles booking his sets.
Ah, got it. You may be right. He may have different agents for comedy vs. acting gigs. But he also may have one agent booking all his gigs.
ETA: I work in the music industry and musicians often have one agent for music and one for acting (if they also act) so I'm leaning more toward your comment about having an agent for each discipline.
Ohh I bet youāre right, booking managers are different than acting managers. Like CAA doesnāt book comedy venues, they do acting.
Something tells me Rife isnāt a great actor in front of anyone that isnāt a TikTok fan.
I was gonna say, I thought I saw him set for one of the larger venues here in Chicago. The kind of venue you dont book if you're struggling to get gigs. Maybe the Riviera?
Matt Rife got an audiance. Ppl pay to see his stand up, cant be him
:Oh my god stop with the down votes šš i dont like him, thought he has an audience thats all.
Could be in reference to acting gigs or promo appearances or something else other than touring and day to day standup. Maybe there were some specific venues that turned him away that he really wanted to perform at.
Brendan Schaub? Heās legit bad at comedy and doesnāt have an audience. Check out his podcastās subreddit (The Fighter and the Kid), everyone HATES him lol
Its great. I only know of him through his reputation of being an unfunny hack but I thoroughly enjoy going to the sub to watch people shit all over him and his associates. Literally everyone who posts there is funnier than Schaub himself.
I think it is him too. The subreddit is a gem but he unfollowed Joe Roganās club on instagram and heās been notorious for cancelling shows last minute due to āreasonsā but the actual reason is low ticket sales.
Could be Rife after the infamous special, but he does have a ton of dates lined up, but no brand deals or acting stuff. Not sure what they define as gigs tho because I think most clubs would give him a weekend.
There's a great MMA YouTuber named "Napoleon BlownApart" and I don't think there's a single video of his where he doesn't get at least one dig in on Brendan Schaub
Came here to say this; I would not be surprised if, after he was booed out of that GOP conference, he started feeling like, "Well, where do I have a home, then? I'm a bootlicking man-baby, I thought republicans loved that stuff?!?"
He's coming to where I live in the fall to do crowd work at the comedy club here and he's here for, I think three nights for 9 shows and are sold out. I guess there's enough magachuds around here to attend but yes, but other than stand up, don't think he is particularly "brandable".
I can't even watch 5 minutes of his stand up I think he is just awful and not funny.
As long as he stays pretty he will sell a club, but the problem is he has very few friends in comedy, so he doesnāt have people out there vouching for him. Heās not good at writing jokes, he is quick enough with crowd work but heās never going to make the big time with no one in his corner and no friends in the industry.
I guess there isn't much to gossip. He cancelled his TV show and had been really low key and for the last weeks just touring. Madelyn Cline and him are apparently still dating, but since there are no new pics only Us weekly seem to be invested, which is good for him to date on the down low.
It was renewed for a second season, but he cancelled it himself and paid out crewmembers who were on the project and lost out now.
He explained it kind of with wanting to move on to other projects, I just think, it's better for his mental health to not do a TV Show that is making fun of his own life when he isn't exactly a 100% stable.
That makes total sense! Iām glad he was able to get out of his contract. Itās probably a good thing it was produced by Lorne Michaels then, because their friendship would offer him grace where I expect others would not.
Pete Davidson is supposed to be great to work with. When he has meltdowns, they're like mental health meltdowns, not screaming-at-people-in-offices tantrum meltdowns.
Both can be true. I was pondering it and lines up better considering his first reaction in that situation was to blame his writers for the poor reception. He might be blaming even more of his people since backlash is leaving a bad stink for his PR
Bill Maher recently fired his agency for not getting invited to a Oscars party.
https://deadline.com/2024/03/bill-maher-fires-caa-bryan-lourd-oscar-party-1235860164/amp/
He constantly yells at his audience for being too sensitive for his ājokesā and heās no longer getting a-list guest on his show. Oddly enough he somehow got an extension on his show even though ratings are down, mostly thanks to his former agency CAA.
There's this line of success where comedians flip from "oh damn, I'm bombing, I need to get better material" to "I'm funny, my audience needs to get a better sense of humor." The egotism of blaming the audience for unfunny jokes, especially to their face, exhausts me.
I canāt stand that dude. Saw him at the comedy store years ago and after the show he asked me if my tits were real.
We had no prior conversation.
That was his opener.
No idea. But made me think of Jo Koy. Since the pandemic he is not funny anymore he just seemed offensive and lazy with jokes. He rubbed a lot of people the wrong way at the Golden Globes.
Matt Rife has also become more emboldened to be top fuckboi. But he seems to still get booked.
Matt Rife hosted the AVN (adult) awards late last year where he was incredibly unfunny and super raunchy to all the pornstars and racist. Now unfortunately racist comedians still get booked but I think he really underestimated Americas Puritanism when it comes to porn and how it would affect his career even though he frequently does go for third rail comedy.
Donāt know the state of affairs regarding popularity of stand up comics but Iāve always wondered why Joe Rogan doesnāt have any more specials in Netflix being so popular and all.
Honestly, he probably just makes so much money doing the Joe Rogan Experience podcast that he doesnāt want to. Doing a comedy special is hard, hanging out with your friends and talking into mics is not.
His standup sucks. I saw him in Boston maybe 8 years ago and he was terrible. His 15 minute opener was much better than him. He has that one good old special and that's it. He should stick to his podcast.
I know that Mulaney has had his transgressions but thatās a really weird spin on his most recent special. He wasnāt melting down, he was opening up and made himself the butt of the joke more often than not. It was incredibly clear how much he appreciated the help in the long run, he just couldnāt see it at the time because of his addiction. It was also very funny, but I understand that thatās more subjective.
lol Bobby Lee has notoriously remained with the same agency for decades even when the phone wasnāt ringing. Heās arguably the most popular he has ever been, why would he fire them now?
If itās Matt Rife, maybe time to rework the actual set. heās not bad at crowd work, seeing as thats his main content source, but maybe work on wording and attempting to cater towards your actual audience lol
This could be so many different comedians. People in the comments are saying Matt Rife, but I don't know who that is, and based on the comments, it sounds like I'm lucky that I don't lol.
Ramy Yossuef - have no idea how even got an HBO special. Never heard of him at all or knew he was a "comedian". From what I heard, it was nothing to write home about. His hosting on SNL was lackluster/odd. Only thing I know him from is Poor Things.
I was really excited to go to a Matt Rife show, the power of editing online is strong, short reels don't make up for a good 60 or even 90 minute set, was pretty disappointed. He comes off pretty arrogant the entire time.
I don't think it's him. He has enough money he can finance his own shows (if he wanted to) and just released a new special on Netflix so he's got Netflix money.
He is one of the most successful stand up comedians in the UK lol. He is even touring venues in other European countries and is so expensive Talkmaster can't get him because they could not afford it.
I thought it was Matt Rife, but they said "comedian" so
Right but they put it in quotes so it must be him
That was my thought too!! I hope its him, he could not deserve it more his stand up is embarassing.
My brother in law recently discovered his stand up special and was recommending it to me to watch and was raving about it. Just no š¤¦š»āāļø
lol yikes. And everyoneās heard the rumor that his crowd work is just talking to plants in the audience right?
..... oh no I am so sorry you had to deal with that... smh
Oh no ! š¤¦š¼āāļø
He has two or three more specials coming, unfortunately.
I saw his Netflix special with this face š like where are the jokes?
The fact that he gets a Netflix special when I have random coworkers who are way funnier than he will ever be, now *thatās* a joke.
*Two* Netflix specials, and the second is solely crowd work. I guess to try to prove that he's funny because his crowd work is what everyone said was great about him?
I think he got another one as well.
This. I got through half the special and realized he only get there through viral TikTok videos. My wife and I had tickets to see him that we immediately sold.
I watched his Special he put on YT during the pandemic. I had the exact same reaction watching throughout. Wrote him off as a crowd work guy and not a legit comedian after that.
Matt Rife stormed out of the office and then his chin followed shortly after.
Who is heā¦I had to google then remembered it was that idiot. He did it to himself.
It's absolutely him, right?
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Matt rife made over 2 million dollars for his shows in Connecticut. I doubt heās complaining
Heās on a sold out tour, has two new Netflix specials coming *and* a new TV show. How could it possibly be him lmao.
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def Matt Rife
As much as he sucks, I doubt it. He has 86 shows listed for sale on Ticketmaster right now. Dude is swimming in FB momsā cash.
I donāt really know how the industry works but when referring to an agent getting him āgigsā wouldnāt they be like acting work and appearances and stuff. Iām sure he has a manager or whoever that handles booking his sets.
Nope - agents book all the gigs. Managers just manage.
I just mean to say that I donāt think the person who books your stand-up sets is the same person who gets you acting roles
Ah, got it. You may be right. He may have different agents for comedy vs. acting gigs. But he also may have one agent booking all his gigs. ETA: I work in the music industry and musicians often have one agent for music and one for acting (if they also act) so I'm leaning more toward your comment about having an agent for each discipline.
Why not?
Ohh I bet youāre right, booking managers are different than acting managers. Like CAA doesnāt book comedy venues, they do acting. Something tells me Rife isnāt a great actor in front of anyone that isnāt a TikTok fan.
CAA has a whole music and comedy division. They absolutely book venues.
He wants the Dads tho. His show is for THE BOYSSSSSS
I was gonna say, I thought I saw him set for one of the larger venues here in Chicago. The kind of venue you dont book if you're struggling to get gigs. Maybe the Riviera?
Matt Rife got an audiance. Ppl pay to see his stand up, cant be him :Oh my god stop with the down votes šš i dont like him, thought he has an audience thats all.
In the beginning based on his TikTok fame. Irl itās opposite
And all of that was crowd work, and I've seen a few other comedians suggesting that it might have been faked/astroturfed
Oh shit really?
Link?
It was a while ago on TikTok, but essentially it was a comedian breaking it apart and showing easy it is to do those viral crowd work videos
Oh, itās definitely Matt Rife.
Donāt care for Rife, but no way he is having trouble getting gigs.
Rife just signed with a new agency I believe Edit: yeah it was announced he signed with uta 2 days ago
So it's definitely him, yeah?
I mean the timing lines up, so I suppose so. The uta signing was announced on deadline but thatās the extent that i know anything about it.
Yeah but he's getting gigs.
Could be in reference to acting gigs or promo appearances or something else other than touring and day to day standup. Maybe there were some specific venues that turned him away that he really wanted to perform at.
Brendan Schaub? Heās legit bad at comedy and doesnāt have an audience. Check out his podcastās subreddit (The Fighter and the Kid), everyone HATES him lol
He āretiredā from comedy
You mean he āretiredā from ācomedyā?
Tawlmbout modern day philosuggers, B?
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God I did not expect to see Schaubs name in this post bc I didnāt think people here would even know who he was šššš
iām so glad i stumbled upon that sub
Itās like they all speak a different dialect there. Itās incredible.
i literally feel like iām decoding comments half the time
it's like that here too, in a way
Its great. I only know of him through his reputation of being an unfunny hack but I thoroughly enjoy going to the sub to watch people shit all over him and his associates. Literally everyone who posts there is funnier than Schaub himself.
As bad as Brendan isā¦ I donāt see him having the confidence to pull something like this
I think it is him too. The subreddit is a gem but he unfollowed Joe Roganās club on instagram and heās been notorious for cancelling shows last minute due to āreasonsā but the actual reason is low ticket sales. Could be Rife after the infamous special, but he does have a ton of dates lined up, but no brand deals or acting stuff. Not sure what they define as gigs tho because I think most clubs would give him a weekend.
There's a great MMA YouTuber named "Napoleon BlownApart" and I don't think there's a single video of his where he doesn't get at least one dig in on Brendan Schaub
Along this vein I thought it would have been Chris Delia
He bet on himself B No agency
 Mr. Handsome Squidward
Rifeās team was reaching out to so many companies pitching him for brand deals a couple weeks agoā¦aka he aināt gettinā shitš
How you know this?
It's Rob Schneider, there was just an article about him
Came here to say this; I would not be surprised if, after he was booed out of that GOP conference, he started feeling like, "Well, where do I have a home, then? I'm a bootlicking man-baby, I thought republicans loved that stuff?!?"
My first thought was Rife but I think Schneider makes more sense
He can perform at the RNC this summer with Kid Rock.
Itās Matt Rife. Heās got comedy spots but no brand deals or extra work. No one wants to work with him, heās known for being a jackassā¦
He's coming to where I live in the fall to do crowd work at the comedy club here and he's here for, I think three nights for 9 shows and are sold out. I guess there's enough magachuds around here to attend but yes, but other than stand up, don't think he is particularly "brandable". I can't even watch 5 minutes of his stand up I think he is just awful and not funny.
As long as he stays pretty he will sell a club, but the problem is he has very few friends in comedy, so he doesnāt have people out there vouching for him. Heās not good at writing jokes, he is quick enough with crowd work but heās never going to make the big time with no one in his corner and no friends in the industry.
when i saw comedian and complete meltdown my mind went to pete davidson
he is touring right now.
Is he? Good for him, I was wondering how he was doing. I havenāt seen him talked about much online lately.
I guess there isn't much to gossip. He cancelled his TV show and had been really low key and for the last weeks just touring. Madelyn Cline and him are apparently still dating, but since there are no new pics only Us weekly seem to be invested, which is good for him to date on the down low.
Bupkis got cancelled? Thatās a shame, it was pretty funny.
It was renewed for a second season, but he cancelled it himself and paid out crewmembers who were on the project and lost out now. He explained it kind of with wanting to move on to other projects, I just think, it's better for his mental health to not do a TV Show that is making fun of his own life when he isn't exactly a 100% stable.
That makes total sense! Iām glad he was able to get out of his contract. Itās probably a good thing it was produced by Lorne Michaels then, because their friendship would offer him grace where I expect others would not.
I really enjoyed it as well!
His standup is some of the worst I've seen. Possibly the worst.
I mean Pete Davidson is coming to Montana of all places so his bar is low.
Pete Davidson is supposed to be great to work with. When he has meltdowns, they're like mental health meltdowns, not screaming-at-people-in-offices tantrum meltdowns.
Gah. That Netflix show was rough to watch.
Rude! Lol
Jo Koy after that whole speech/ writer jokes fiasco?
nah he's got gigs š¤Ŗ
Heās selling out arenas and touring overseas. I think heās good.
Both can be true. I was pondering it and lines up better considering his first reaction in that situation was to blame his writers for the poor reception. He might be blaming even more of his people since backlash is leaving a bad stink for his PR
Bill Maher recently fired his agency for not getting invited to a Oscars party. https://deadline.com/2024/03/bill-maher-fires-caa-bryan-lourd-oscar-party-1235860164/amp/ He constantly yells at his audience for being too sensitive for his ājokesā and heās no longer getting a-list guest on his show. Oddly enough he somehow got an extension on his show even though ratings are down, mostly thanks to his former agency CAA.
Came here to say that. Bill Maher is an obnoxious a-hole. The level of entitlement is just off the roof.
There's this line of success where comedians flip from "oh damn, I'm bombing, I need to get better material" to "I'm funny, my audience needs to get a better sense of humor." The egotism of blaming the audience for unfunny jokes, especially to their face, exhausts me.
Ari Shaffir? Isn't there a guy named Ari in Entourage?
I canāt stand that dude. Saw him at the comedy store years ago and after the show he asked me if my tits were real. We had no prior conversation. That was his opener.
Having no context, I can only assume one of them is real
Sounds like something Ari would do
The guy is a jerk, but I thought his last special "Jew" was quite good.
I agree, I enjoyed it a lot. He has/had one on Netflix that was pretty good as well
Ari Gold - portraying the real life Ari Emmanuel
Chris D'Elia to his dad 
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No idea. But made me think of Jo Koy. Since the pandemic he is not funny anymore he just seemed offensive and lazy with jokes. He rubbed a lot of people the wrong way at the Golden Globes. Matt Rife has also become more emboldened to be top fuckboi. But he seems to still get booked.
Not the terminally unfunny Michael Rapaport?
Was not happy to see him in Fallout. Would have killed for a Matt Damon cameo instead.
Absolutely! Anyone but him. Why is he srill getting work?
Matt Rife hosted the AVN (adult) awards late last year where he was incredibly unfunny and super raunchy to all the pornstars and racist. Now unfortunately racist comedians still get booked but I think he really underestimated Americas Puritanism when it comes to porn and how it would affect his career even though he frequently does go for third rail comedy.
Pretty sure this is Jeremy piven
100%
Men arenāt funny
Top-tier comment.
Didnāt Rob Schneider just embarrass himself at a standup show?
Jeremy Piven
I agree. He played here and there were tickets lefts the night of.
I had no idea he did standup!
100%
Donāt know the state of affairs regarding popularity of stand up comics but Iāve always wondered why Joe Rogan doesnāt have any more specials in Netflix being so popular and all.
Honestly, he probably just makes so much money doing the Joe Rogan Experience podcast that he doesnāt want to. Doing a comedy special is hard, hanging out with your friends and talking into mics is not.
His standup sucks. I saw him in Boston maybe 8 years ago and he was terrible. His 15 minute opener was much better than him. He has that one good old special and that's it. He should stick to his podcast.
Matt Rife just signed with a new agency and he's prone to having public tantrums...
This is hysterical - there are so many names dropped here! So many unfunny dude ācomediansā I guess.
The handsome squidward guy
Bert kreischer? Or any of those rogan podcast goons
My mind goes to John Mulaney but that's my own biases.
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I know that Mulaney has had his transgressions but thatās a really weird spin on his most recent special. He wasnāt melting down, he was opening up and made himself the butt of the joke more often than not. It was incredibly clear how much he appreciated the help in the long run, he just couldnāt see it at the time because of his addiction. It was also very funny, but I understand that thatās more subjective.
Rob Schneider? He seems to have had some material problems lately.
Have you met comedians? Could be any one of them
Bobby Lee. Insufferable hack, clinging to one character children found funny over a decade ago.
lol Bobby Lee has notoriously remained with the same agency for decades even when the phone wasnāt ringing. Heās arguably the most popular he has ever been, why would he fire them now?
I like Bad Friends, but Bobby Lee is literally \*always\* upset so I don't think this would be news, rumor, or otherwise.
Chin up, there, Matt!
Maybe Jeff Garlin? Can't think of anything he's done besides Curb Your Enthusiasm after getting ousted from The Goldbergs
Rob Schneider, this screams his recent behavior.
Jimmie Lee the Jersey Outlaw
If itās Matt Rife, maybe time to rework the actual set. heās not bad at crowd work, seeing as thats his main content source, but maybe work on wording and attempting to cater towards your actual audience lol
Matt rife? He seems like a big ol baby that would do this
Dane Cook?
This could be so many different comedians. People in the comments are saying Matt Rife, but I don't know who that is, and based on the comments, it sounds like I'm lucky that I don't lol.
Someone within the Joe Rogan cookie cutter friend squad?
Ramy Yossuef - have no idea how even got an HBO special. Never heard of him at all or knew he was a "comedian". From what I heard, it was nothing to write home about. His hosting on SNL was lackluster/odd. Only thing I know him from is Poor Things.
The reference to Entourage and screaming in the office makes me think Jeremy Piven.
Everyone says MR but I wonder if itās Bert Kreischer given his astounding fall from grace and utter lack of decent comedic talent
I was really excited to go to a Matt Rife show, the power of editing online is strong, short reels don't make up for a good 60 or even 90 minute set, was pretty disappointed. He comes off pretty arrogant the entire time.
lol dude acting likes heās better than CAA, aka the best agency in town.
Def NOT Matt Rife who just got signed by CAA and has an upcoming gig at Hollywood Bowl. Heās doing just fine.
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Does he even do stand up? My money would be on Rob Schneider
God I hope its Chappelle
It wouldnāt be lol. He seems to not care much anymore anyways and lives full time in a small town.Ā
Oh I see
Idk why my first thought was Shane Gillis but heās currently doing shows so I guess not him.Ā
He definitely in the top of comedy
Louis CK?
Jimmy š?
I don't think it's him. He has enough money he can finance his own shows (if he wanted to) and just released a new special on Netflix so he's got Netflix money.
Ahh okay
He is one of the most successful stand up comedians in the UK lol. He is even touring venues in other European countries and is so expensive Talkmaster can't get him because they could not afford it.
Jimmy Lee the jersey outlaw?
Jimmy Carr
Family!
Jimmyās a solid host idk if heās hurting for gigs
He cares more about stand up, but he is swimming in gigs and money. Always touring and big venues.
Yeah heās definitely doing fine. Iāve seen him in all the british comedy panel shows I watch.
He did a couple of sold out shows in San Francisco at Christmas and it was part of a huge US tour.
What public tantrum is everybody talking about with Matt rife? If youāre talking about the helmet joke on instagram you are actually a child š
Daniel Tosh, after the blatant Kylie Pregnancy debacle
Heās hosting a new show on Amazon. I doubt heās stressing about not being on the road, but he also has a couple of shows lined up.
I donāt know what people hVe against Matt Rife here, I find him pretty funnyā¦ Edit: Shiiii, is Rife cancelled or something?
found the magachad
Love him