Comedian Jamie Foxx hosts Laffapalooza, an hour long show featuring four up and coming black comedians.  Foxx introduces each act on stage, and then off stage talks about how talented each comedian is.  Each comedian has about a seven minute spot.  They are:

Speedy:  His comedy jumped around a lot.  He would tell one or two jokes on one topic and then skip to something else.  His jokes didn't build off of one another, they just came across as scatterbrained.  He talked about the difference between whites and blacks and problems men have with women among other things.  He really had the audience and received a standing ovation, but I didn't do more than crack a smile.  I can only assume that his act was heavily edited.

Alex Thomas:  He was much better than Speedy.  Alex came out and stated how much he loved rap before really ripping into the genre.  He complained about how foul the lyrics have become, and wondered what it would of been like if Billie Ocean and Lionel Ritchie filled their song with cussing.

Rodney Perry:  He was pretty good overall, but his routine was a little tired.  He talks about playing disco music to see if a guy is gay, similar to the scene from In and Out.  The strength of his act was his comic antics jumping around the stage.  The impersonation of his wife stalking him when he's out with his wife was funny.

Lavell Crawford:  Lavell is a very large man, and he makes fun of his weight.  He talks fast and his accent made it a little hard to understand all of what he was saying.  One of the better acts, his rapid fire jokes left the crowd in stitches.  I liked his schtick about Chinese eating dogs.  "So what? ...I'll eat the shit out of Lassie."

There was a lot of padding in this show.  The DVD was 53 minutes long, but there was less than half an hour worth of stand up.  It took seven minutes before the first comic came on, which was really too long.  The comics themselves were pretty good, but not outstanding.  Though I did snicker a few times, none of the acts really made me laugh, which is the worst thing about this disc.

Audio:

The stereo soundtrack was adequate for this stand up comedy DVD.  There was a little distortion in a couple of places, though that could have been the fault of the club's microphone rather than the DVD mastering.  There were no subtitles.

Video:

The full frame video was also adequate but not outstanding.  There was a good amount of aliasing, and the image was a little muted, but this wasn't a big deal.

Extras:

There were no extras.

Final Thoughts:

The big test for a stand up comedy disc is whether or not the comics can make you laugh.  There were a few little snickers, but no really laugh-out-loud jokes.  When you take into account how much padding there was, about half of the show was something other than standup, this DVD doesn't really hack it.  Skip it.