"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:

[Slogans for the war in Iraq to be printed on t-shirts]
Jim Norton: I think on the front of the t-shirt their should be a picture of two hot chicks performing oral sex on me. And on the back, two different chicks performing oral sex on me. This won't solve anything, but the photoshoot would make me forget the war.

Movie Connections:

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

A little shaky but still a good show...

Colin Quinn is held as either one of the best or one of the worst hosts in SNLs Weekend Update history. I liked him in it and like him on this show too. Colin heads up a group of four other comedians who debate or agree with each other on current events. Most of the time it's a funny show despite hitting the occasional speed bump. The comedians rip on each other as much as they talk about the topic at hand which end up pretty funny.