Standup Comedy - Andy Dick - Do Your Shows Always Suck

Andy Dick - Do Your Shows Always Suck - 2007



Review by David Jeffries



This isn't the album to buy if you're curious or "sort of" into Andy Dick. You have to be a major fan to sit through all of Do Your Shows Always Suck?, and while it is hilarious in parts, it is woefully sloppy. Being a scatterbrained, raging bisexual who always has one foot in rehab is Dick's shtick, so it would be silly to expect something tidy, but there are and have been plenty of other reckless comedians who packaged their chaos with the audience in mind. They feel spontaneous; this feels unrehearsed as it rambles off in every direction with long stretches between punch lines. The shocking songs with acoustic guitars are the highlights and they appear with greater frequency on the album's superior second half. Sight jokes aren't edited out and Dick isn't that good of an improviser, either, with any interruption from the audience throwing him off, forcing him to use sick-o potty humor to worm his way out of it. Being there is probably a totally different story since Dick's mannerisms and "look" are important to the whole package. Do Your Shows Always Suck? seems completely unaware of this and even the biggest Andy Dick fan would have to admit he could be packaged much better than this.



Andy Dick - 01 - Therapy

Andy Dick - 02 - Squirrels

Andy Dick - 03 - One Friends

Andy Dick - 04 - I'm Adopted

Andy Dick - 05 - Ellen DeGeneres

Andy Dick - 06 - Poke A Hontas

Andy Dick - 07 - Beautiful Urinal

Andy Dick - 08 - Homecoming King

Andy Dick - 09 - Niggers!

Andy Dick - 10 - Water On The Brain

Andy Dick - 11 - Cock & Balls

Andy Dick - 12 - My Mother

Andy Dick - 13 - Cancerous Testical

Andy Dick - 14 - Look At Me

Andy Dick - 15 - Ballad Of Andy

Andy Dick - 16 - Punkin' Lovin'

Andy Dick - 17 - Before AYDS Came Out

Andy Dick - 18 - Good Luck With That

Andy Dick - 19 - Chocolate Martini

Andy Dick - 20 - Little Brown Ring

Andy Dick - 21 - Damn Good Pussy

Andy Dick - 22 - Do Your Shows Always Suck

Andy Dick - 23 - Dirty Sanchez-v-Hot Karl

Andy Dick - 24 - Jerkin' Off A Wombat

Andy Dick - 25 - Trash-Elle

Andy Dick - 26 - Would You Rather

Andy Dick - 27 - Another Great Day For Drugs

Andy Dick - 28 - Mom, You Fucking Whore

Andy Dick - 29 - Where Did I Go Wrong

Andy Dick - 30 - Dip Your Cock In Vodka

Andy Dick - 31 - My Friend Drank So Much Liquor

Andy Dick - 32 - Leonard's Ass Is Bleeding

Andy Dick - 33 - Bartender Friendly

Andy Dick - 34 - Angry Pirate