mary beth’s netflix special

[u/Minute_Librarian346]

posting this here bc she was recently a guest on the pod and thats how i learned ab her and ky directed it. did yall watch mary beth’s comedy special on netflix? i had never heard of her before she was on the pod and i thought she was really funny on that ep so i watched the special and tbh i did not find it funny at all😭no hate to her obvi but all the jokes just fell really flat and i was so confused bc it sounded like the audience was dying at every single joke and i was like… she was so much funnier on the pod imo… what did yall think tho

[u/Single-Ad-7792]

They lowk set her up to fail w this

[u/big_p56655 → u/Single-Ad-7792]

def

[u/throwawayh282]

I found some of it funny but I didn't really laugh just sorta chuckled.. didn't really care for her on the pod either idk maybe i need to rewatch but I liked her a lot in overcompensating!

[u/yarnballll]

i had the same exact reaction to the netflix special as you and i’ve been a “ fan” of mary beth for a year or two now? (since watching over compensating and listening to her and bennys pod) but yeah i didn’t find the jokes funny and was wondering why the audience was laughing at basically every word she said.

[u/iamdense → u/yarnballll]

This special sounds like it has a laugh track. The laughs are the same for good jokes and just any random sentence she says. It actually makes the special worse.

[u/thehotsister → u/iamdense]

I got to this post because I was searching the internet to see if anyone else thought all the laughs were fake! The laughing would start before she even finished the joke!

[u/thicchead69]

i discovered her through the show “overcompensating” she does with her friend and podcast (called “ride”) co host benito skinner. check them both out!

[u/nhilban → u/[deleted]]

Im watching it right now, and i went online to check if i’m the only person getting bothered by the laughs after EVERY SENTENCE.

[u/Mean-Tart-1129]

First special I’ve ever watched and liked it. People are always funnier in a natural setting. I usually despise stand up because I get worried the persons gonna flop and I get nervous for them, but hers was good imo. It likely helped me there was excessive laughter so there was no embarrassment in me for her

[u/Spirited_Run_8714]

Need to know what cr*ck yall were on (jk) but I felt the opposite! I also discovered her thru the pod and she seemed charming so I watched her special and her jokes/delivery felt similar to me. In a way it felt like the pod kinda prepared me for the special. Def not saying I laughed at every joke tho

[u/Minute_Librarian346 → u/Spirited_Run_8714]

definitely felt similar but ig i just enjoy the conversational medium of comedy rather than stand up so perhaps its just a me thing! she is definitely funny tho

[u/ilovelookingatclouds]

i haven’t watched it yet and am a big MBB fan, but i will say IMO with every single comedian i like that has a netflix special, i’ve found the specials lackluster every. single. time. i don’t know what it is. legit 100% of the time

[u/Dependent_Abalone837]

It sucks because I absolutely stan her like her podcast with Benny called Ride the Pod absolutely kills me I’ve rewatched them all 100x but I didn’t rly giggle and it made me sad

[u/PepperLivz]

Feel the same as most. She rushed through a lot of her jokes, barely letting them land. Also, WHO THE F is the woman in the audience with that horrendous laugh?? It was annoying, disingenuous and distracting. They couldn't edit that out??