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Tuesday, July 29, 2003

The Finals on Last Comic Standing

On Last Comic Standing, the finals were held from the Paris Hotel/Casino in Las Vegas. Jay Mohr does an intro, then explains the rules for voting for each comic. Voting by phone would be for one hour after the show ended, and voting limited to 3 calls per phone number. Each comic would have their own toll free number shown when they did their set. Voting would also be done via the internet at www.voteNBC.com. Internet voting would be open until midnight EDT on Wednesday, and would also be limited to three votes per email address. Safeguards will be in place to prevent what NBC's website calls "power voting".

Jay then introduced the first finalist:

Ralphie May: as usual, Ralphie had a strong and hilarious set, touching on such subjects as Operation Iraqi Freedom, high gas prices ("I want cheap gas, dammit!"), and rich folks who protest because they "feel guilty"; they protested cutting down trees for paper 2 years ago, and now are protesting "war for oil", holding (you guessed it!) paper signs. At the end of his set, the crowd chanted Ralphie's name.

Dat Phan: Dat did his typical set about his family, particularly his mother ("Run, Dat Phan, run!"). He touched on dating, stating that he didn't care what race the woman was. He once dated a white girl whose father was a Vietnam vet. When asked his name, Dat nervously replied, "Uh, Charlie, um, Dat Phan, geez!" He grew up in San Diego, where there are still some racist people. Two guys walk by him one day, making imitation Asian verbalizations. Dat says that he doesn't walk by white guys saying, "Cars, bikes, girls, food..."

Tess: Was Tess really a "big girl" stripper? She talked about doing lap dances and working for quarters. She did the stripping, she says, because she lost her "real" job as a plus size model. Why was she fired? Blame the big girl thong undies that didn't come with instructions. The skinny part goes in the back, girlfriend! Tess is taking applications for a husband after the show, but certain men need not apply.

Rich Vos: Getting to Vegas was a big hassle for Rich. He was asked about the toenail clippers he had in his bag. "What were you planning to do with these?" he was asked. "Take over the world," Rich replies. He goes on about the nickel slots in Vegas. What's this about nickel slot jackpots..."Jackpot! Two dollars! Who da man?!" On dating a 23 year old: "When she falls asleep, I steal her clothes for my daughters." He talks about his angelic-looking, but bratty ten year old daughter. She says to a rather large muscle bound man, "something wrong with your eyes?" The man looks over to Rich, who says, pointing to his girl, "she said it, not me!"

Cory Kahaney: Cory's big mouth gets her into tons of trouble. She overheard these two guys talking about whether women have better orgasms being on top or the bottom. Not being able to stand it anymore, Cory turns around and tells them, "actually, it's better when we're alone!" She has issues with low cut pants, and that she feels that she is the only woman left in America who wears panties. She's recently remarried, so now she has a husband and a teenage daughter, "and I have to buy two kinds of cereal." Her daughter likes hip hop and rap, and Cory rather likes the Eminem song "Cleaning Out My Closet", and tells her daughter that "if Slim Shady can clean his room, so can you!"


Next week, the 2 hour finale. Then we'll finally know who is the Last Comic Standing

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