Kyle Cease

[Siggers]

Oh, I don't know if I mentioned this here but about a month ago I got into a huge argument with Kevin Cease on Facebook where he basically threatened to blacklist me from LA's comedy scene. Kyle got involved near the very end. The argument was over a Kyle Cease quote that a friend of mine had posted that I completely disagreed with. The friend was someone who started doing stand-up at my university but kept himself distant from the on-campus comedy club for some reason, then moved out to LA and apparently became all buddy-buddy with Kyle.

The offending quote in question was:
"People who aren't successful love to talk bad about people who are. That way they can justify why they chose to fail." - Kyle Cease

So, naturally, I responded with a comment about how I wanted to punch him in the face. Kevin Cease got involved immediately and things quickly escalated to insane levels.

I totally pussed out in the end because I'm sure Kyle's a nice guy in his own right and there was no need to keep attacking him in a war I clearly wasn't going to win.

For your entertainment, here's the entire argument, complete with his supporters jumping in to knock me down. I regret not fighting 'till the very end - instead, I kind of give in to them.
http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/605...easeargume.png

Why did you post such a large paragraph after he said like three words to you homie?

[drbristol]

Oh, and you will talk to allot of people and become motivated to make allot of money.

But just so we're clear - we're on our own for spelling and grammar?

[Mack Luster]

Why did you post such a large paragraph after he said like three words to you homie?

Should he have responded character-for-character?

[aenemaTron]

Clearly, that is what he was implying.

[Alex Mac]

Should he have responded character-for-character?

Hard to do when responding to someone with no character.

[Shane]

This thread is aggravating, hilarious and confusing. LIKE A VAGINA. (high fives guy in front row)

[Siggers]

Should he have responded character-for-character?

No, I was just wondering why he posted such a large paragraph to combat a minimal response.

[ASR]

I was gonna' respond to Siggers with a huge paragraph but I didn't have the energy.

[Siggers]

Reading that Face-book fight That dude "Travon free" Who let that Nigga Free?

[Umlaut]

Dude in the foreground needs a fez.

(I know he's not involved in the fight, but come on! It's a silverback gorilla)

[KevinCease]

aka The War That Rocked™

Im a little sad my pic isn't in this. and who are the two people on each side of kyle?

[Hated Milk Machine]

Im a little sad my pic isn't in this. and who are the two people on each side of kyle?

Two pillars of modern comedy. Man, didn't your brother teach you anything at bootcamp?

[KevinLee]

This is all well and good, but whatever happened to Two2Coins2?

[smartbunny]

Once again Siggers blows into a thread and clears all dat shit up in one sentence. YEAH.

[andrearunge]

I am at a point in my career where I feel that if we work together we can make a new boom in comedy with comics supporting other comics.

Please don't do this.

[James Smann]

Oh internet, you're so awesome for your feudery!

[TimBuktu]

Guys.... I just wanted to say that my original post in this thread wasn't what I meant...

SYKE....

You guys remember syke, right? It's from the 80's... HIGH FIVES

[scamboogah]

also, TimBuktu wrote "I love the assumption that a deeply personal craft (when done well) is something that can be workshopped to death by "headliners" ... Stand up takes time to develop your own voice. You learn how to do it by going on stage. You advance in the business by getting better."

I hear this said countless times at the events. This is obviously something that is the truth.

You don't have to read anything other than this. It's basically an admission that the Boot Camp is a complete waste of time.

[TimBuktu]

Exactly. You can come to this boot camp, or walk up to any working comedian and ask him for advice... Either way, you're going to hear the same thing. Get onstage as much as you can.

You all owe me $400.

[Harry Bongers]

This boot camp thing is like those Become a Real Man and Learn to Meet Women Seminars. Sorry but comedy is like sleeping with hot ladies. There's usually a 2 drink minimum and occasionally heckling.