It is obvious the reality craze is out of control. There are only so many ways to mix the formula, but after watching the first few episodes of this one I found it somewhat palatable. To get up to date on what has happened thus far please indulge me with a read more.

The opening episodes consisted of a New York and Los Angeles semifinal wherein celebrity comic judges narrowed down 10 comics from each coast for a throw down in Las Vegas. For those of you not clicking the link, those judges were Caroline Rhea (who replaced Rosie O’Donnell) Joy Behar (The View) Colin Quinn (Remote Control, SNL) Joe Rogan (Fear Factor) Buddy Hackett Mo’Nique (The Parkers).

Once in the city of sin, it was up to John Witherspoon (Friday) Phyliss Diller (she’s a legend dummy) Aisha Tyler (Talk Soup, 5th Wheel) and Victoria Jackson (SNL) to decide which half of fat to trim off, leaving 10 to occupy a home in Hollywood for the cutthroat action. Since it is silly to do a blow by blow of how they performed, I’ll just go one by one with my quick thoughts on each person who went through.

Dat Phan is a burst of energy from Santee, California. I was definitely rooting for him to move on.

Rich Vos is a bit rough around the edges given his Plainfield, New Jersey address you can see why, but I like him so far.

Sean Kent is playing the cowboy from Austin, Texas and the irony is that while he fights cancer in real life the house mates think of him as a cancer. So do I.

Ralphie May needs to go on about 3 Subway diets because he might have eaten half of Houston, Texas. This is one of the few dudes who makes Ruben Studdard look thin. By the way, he’s very, very funny.

Geoff Brown is from Chicago, Illinois and he might be the token black dude because he hasn’t impressed me with his comedy yet. Maybe it’s because he can’t swear.

Dave Mordal hails from Elk River, Minnesota and is the sort of guy everyone can get along with. His subtle humor wins with me.

Tere Joyce comes from Fresno, California and spikes her blonde hair to hide the fact that she isn’t very attractive. She’s also not very funny thus far.

Cory Kahaney is the Jewish gal from Manhattan, New York and when she goes on stage it seems a different person takes over. She delivers the goods.

Rob Cantrell of Washington, DC resembles a street performer to me. He has his own style and edge.

Tess Drake comes from Sandusky, Ohio and thinks she is sexy as a fat black woman. She’s not, and it’s not funny.

I’m done for now, that’s a lot of linking.