"Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn" (2002) TV series 2002-2004

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Director:

Scott Preston

Writers:

Bruce Cherry (writer)
Nick DiPaolo (writer)

Seasons:

1 | unknown

Release Date:

9 December 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Talk-Show

Tagline:

Comedians with issues.

Plot:

A nightly series in which Quinn and 4 featured comedians tackle social, political, and pop culture issues.

Plot Keywords:

Comedian | Race Relations | Racial Slur | Politics | Irish American

Cast

Amir Darvish	...	Rasheed / ... (2 episodes, 2003-2004)
Jim Florentine	...	Himself (2 episodes, 2003-2004)
Dean Alai	...	Best Case Scenario Guy (2 episodes, 2003)
Antonio D. Charity	...	Nigerian Man / ... (2 episodes, 2003)
Andres du Bouchet	...	Intellectual Actor / ... (2 episodes, 2004)

Runtime:

USA:30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Trivia:

The show had a unique, two week, eight episode test run from 9- 19 December 2002 on Comedy Central. It was then picked up by the network in January 2003, and began its full 21 week run on 10 March 2003.

Quotes:

Host: [the show's final words] This is the end, you know? It's like the Friends finale where they're all together in that apartment. No more Joey and his dumb remarks. I never really watched Friends until the finale, I don't know why...

Movie Connections:

Featured in Uncensored Comedy: That's Not Funny! (2003) (TV)

Excellent and true show

This is a great Show. Colin Quinn to me was okay as an anchor of Weekend Update, but this showcases his talent in a great way.

Some people have already compared it to "Politically Incorrect" which by first looks it is sort of. A group of 4 that talk about the issues right? But keep looking and you will find that there are no Experts, No Politicians and authors telling America How it should be run. Just Comedians that talk about how issues effect them. Then they add in for some flavor and insult each other, but all in good fun, cause the group members are all friends to each other (And Quinn).

They normally Do 2 topics of debate, then Colin does what he calls the "3rd Act" which he does a bit of his act or something fun with the Headlining guest. The 4th act is a group activity in which they make up their own comments to a topic earlier in the show.

It Follows "The Daily Show" on Comedy Central Every Mon-Thurs night. Great for everyone (that is if you don't like being Politically Correct.)