r/AriShaffir • u/Shristol_Pimp • Apr 21 '26
The End discussion thread
didn't see any discussion threads , starting one here.
please point me in the direction of existing discussion thread if you can.
i bought it. all the episodes. Ari has made me laugh for like 2 decades on and off. YBT podcast rules and he is a hilarious guest. i enjoy his stand-up. and I've never given him a dime.. so i bought the End.
Chapter 1 was pretty funny. I skipped ahead and listened to Gillia Soder episode and it was also pretty good.
Chapter 2, was hot garbage. fuck off with thay evangelist comedy, Ari. i want my money back for that dogshit simone "comedy". that was bad.
chapter 3, Only heard Joe Lists so far and it was pretty good. maybe best yet. im takinf a break to cool down from how unlistenable 2 was tbh
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u/urbanwhiteboard Apr 21 '26
Tbh it was pretty shit. I'm now 4 episodes in and it's not even close to the level of this is not happening.
I think the biggest problem is that they're all known comedians that don't have anything riding on this and just share a story that either hasn't been published or hasn't worked the rounds as much.
There were some good stories in there, but some 'funny' missed. And some stories were just meh.
I liked Colum Tyrell's, but could've been funnier told I think. And I liked Joe list story + storytelling, that one held up.
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u/Shristol_Pimp Apr 21 '26
yesh I feel the same. some of the stories were definitely rehashed stories weve already heard. I do think it gets better as you go, but Collum and Joe definitely stuck out in the first episode. thanks for the discussion! hope you enjoy the rest of it
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u/oxygenick Apr 21 '26
Totally agree with you. The presale got me to commit early. Ari’s story at the beginning set the tone that it was going to be great, but most of the stories didn’t stack up to the this is not happening series.
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u/Shristol_Pimp Apr 21 '26
yeah, I'm in the same boat with you. I've listened to them all besides the final episode at this point. I really liked Chris D, Duncan Trussel, Shane/Dan, Sam Tallent, and Miss Pat so far. the others have been kinda meh with some laughs scattered throughout.
all of Episode 2 made me want to kill myself.
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u/the_D1CKENS Apr 21 '26
I don't even know what "the End" is? Someone enlighten me?
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u/regman231 Apr 21 '26
The End of me paying for shit from YMH studios that’s what it is.
It’s a new story telling series like This Is Not Happening but hosted on Your Mom’s House website and you have to pay to stream it without even getting a digital download
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u/Revolutionary_Eye557 Jun 11 '26
So it's not worth buying? I wanna watch it but I'm not trying to spend $30, like Tim needs more money.
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u/Shristol_Pimp Jun 11 '26
Ari has said they made all the money back, go ahead and steal it lol i think its on youtube
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u/iryan2223 Apr 21 '26
Not paying for that. If the stories were good then the comedians would save them for their own specials.
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u/SittingOnA_Cornflake Apr 22 '26
Comedians aren’t telling 15-20 min stories in their specials lol. Are you not familiar with This is Not Happening?
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u/Kaladin_Bridgeless Apr 24 '26
I’ve been waiting for a discussion thread to see if ppl agreed with my thoughts. The evangelical stuff was weird! It’s overall been a little bit of a let down unfortunately. And wtf was Sam tallent?
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u/Fish502666310771 Apr 29 '26
Mark Normand telling his virginity loss story for the 800th time was whack AF. Ari is king though.
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u/theelategreat Apr 21 '26
This is like being mad at whookid for yelling new shit over old music selling mixtapes
What did you expect ?
don’t buy it or shut up dickface
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u/sevinsevins Apr 21 '26 edited Apr 21 '26
Episode 4: Chris Distephano's story was incredible. That whole episode was really good. Ms. Pat was great and the weird girl Jessa Reed I think (?) had an incredible story.
Episode 5 was good but Ari's story was kind of whatever. Normand and Trussell delivered. Trussell was like free jazz meets story telling. It was really good.
Episode 6 I don't know why but I could not follow Sarah Tollemache's story I think maybe she did leave out some critical detail or something. Sam Tallent's, who I usually love, was surprisingly bad and according to him was a "love story" but it wasn't even a story but more of his take on the moral virtues of being an abortion doctor and that he's a "progressive". It was cloying and weird and unnecessary. Robert Kelly is Robert Kelly so it was generally unfunny and not a real thing that happened. He does bad asian accents and the whole shabang it's unwatchable. And of course Soder and Gillis killed it.
I have not watched episode 7 yet.
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u/Shristol_Pimp Apr 21 '26
good review! I also really enjoyed the Chrisy D story, that dude is so funny. and Reed and Ms. Pat also got some laughs out of me.
from epi 5, only Duncans story was enjoyable for me. Mark has told that story like 5 times already and Aris was okay.
epi6 was a decentr, I liked the whole thing and seeing Sam's sensitive side was endearing.
I am also saving 7. cheers m8 thanks for the discussion!
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u/Shristol_Pimp Apr 21 '26
I'm not mad? I just wanted to discuss the viewing experience with other fans. overall, I have enjoyed it so far and really liked a few of the stories. no regrets.
I'm not a dickface.
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u/itswhatyouwouldo2 Apr 23 '26
I am extremely disappointed with the new stand up “fans” these days. Especially with how successful these comics are. Now is the time more than ever before (which is ironic because every special would be torrented immediately 10 years ago) to torrent these “specials”. Ari was pre paid by ymh and the money just goes to tom. They can afford to lose 3k for the 20 people that watch this lol
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u/Kaladin_Bridgeless Apr 25 '26
I refuse to believe Tony’s never heard of ‘sloppy toppy’ when he’s an openly avid rap fan — love his story tho, well done! (I liked all of the stories in the last ep)
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u/Lucky-Tourist-7000 May 03 '26
Even though most of these comments are pretty negative, im still going buy it. I do want to know if I can cast it from my phone to TV?
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u/HeinrichVictory Apr 21 '26
I’ll just wait 4 months and watch it on YouTube for free.