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John Pinette: Still Hungry

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I type this review mentioning up front I'm a huge John Pinette fan and go out of my way to see him any time he comes to South Florida. I think both I SAY NAY NAY and I'M STARVIN are two of my favorite stand up releases on DVD. Was looking forward to his special on Comedy Central and while it was good, the DVD release of STILL HUNGRY blows it away. I would say almost slightly twice as long as the Comedy Central "One Hour Special" (which is no where close to one hour of jokes) and a ton of stuff that never made the TV version. It was like watching a Lord of the Rings Extended Edition the first time I watched it with all the new material. My girlfriend happens to be vegan and I loved that on the DVD Pinette does a bit on vegetarians and vegans, something which is cut out of the Comedy Central version.

Huge buy if you are a fan of good stand up. Pinette's act is solid and is something you can watch with anyone from aged 13-80 in the room. There's a lot of comedians I enjoy watching, but find myself uncomfortable if I'm watching with my niece and nephews or my parents. Pinette can be enjoyed by everyone and there's something to say for that.

Hilarious! The only issue is some of his jokes are old. I only say this because how I got onto JP was his joke about the toaster and gluten, and I was shown this about 3 years ago, somewhere, maybe youtube, or something. But then I saw his "I'm Starvin'" DVD and still no gluten jokes, so for about 2 1/2 years I thought I was hallucinating these jokes, till tonight, which is the first time this program aired on TV, and I saw them. But he does have alot of new jokes, so this is very highly recommended for JP fans! Enjoy as I did.

I first saw John while perusing my Netflix account, and I ran across his "I'm Starvin" special- I was in tears laughing the first time I viewed it, and I have watched it 5 times since, still laughing until I cry even though I know each time the material is a repeat venture. Obviously, when I saw his NEW DVD was out, I considered it a MUST-BUY!

"Nay Nay" was my reaction. Speaking of which, he doesn't use "nay nay" at all in Still Hungry. I understand he wants to keep things fresh and not hack his previous material, but this time around, the laughs were more forced than natural.

My father hardly laughs at stand-up comedy. "I'm Starvin" gave my dad belly-laughs, 2 and 3 times around. He still requests to watch it with friends and family. When I told him I bought Pinette's new DVD, he was anxious to see it. He chuckled twice, the rest was silence, and there was a disgusted groan when John used the F-bomb. Just once.

I commend John for his clean comedy. It's hard to do nowadays in the society that we live in. Heck, even Jeff Dunham lets things rip when on stage with ventriloquist dummies (although I must say that a dummy using language makes his act unique, and it's half the reason why his act is funny). It's okay to let things slip, but the context John used wasn't appropriate, and it was not part of a joke. I am not new to stand-up and I laugh at Richard Pryor, Robin Williams, Dave Chappelle, and countless other "raw" comedy acts, but John: I love you, man, but you could have done away with that on the DVD.

Will I give John another chance? Absolutely. No question.

I just hope he doesn't spoil his appetite next time.

Absolutely halirious. I had to watch it 4 or 5 times to see what I missed from laughing the previous times. This is NOT the comedy central show (that one was TV ready) as this is the following show which allowed him the use of occasional profanity (total of 3 times). I always give John's performances as gifts and this one his right on target!

Love listening and watching John Pinette. He is hilarious and hits the nail on the head. Purchased three DVDs for my son for Christmas. We sat and watched them and laughed our heads off. What fun. Also appreciate how fast Amazon got the DVDs to me. Great job, folks. Keep up the good work. Prices better than in stores, too.

we found some of johns videos on you-tube- i purchased this dvd for my son for christmas- we cant stop laughing! John has a very unique insight on his life- and I can assure you ,i will be telling people to "get out of the line"

I just love John Pinette, I stand in lines now and whisper "get outta the line!!!!" He's still got it I can't wait till he gets back into town.

Many of the lines on this DVD are the same as he used in the I'm Starvin DVD - it was not as funny as watching his prior routine.
I wish whomever is John's manager would get NEW materials together and offer a DVD that is fresh and alive with John's humor.
I'd say it was not worth it to make this purchase, though we still LOVE John !

What a funny man!!! And he doesn't have to get vulgar doing it!!! This is the second DVD we have of his, thought alot might be repeated but not.

He is as funny as ever. He states how we all feel about standing in a line behind people who take forever to make up their mind about what to order.