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Comedy Central Presents

Rod Man

Comedy Central · 2006 · 25 min

A half-hour of laid-back southern storytelling and deliberate punchlines.

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Rod Man steps on stage with a uniquely unhurried cadence, leaning into his Georgia roots to spin deliberate, punchy stories. The standout bit is his admission that he would make a terrible civil rights leader, not because of the politics, but because the summer humidity would absolutely keep him out of a protest march.

Filmed for the tenth season of Comedy Central Presents in 2006, the half-hour set served as an early national introduction to his signature laid-back delivery. Years before his breakout television run on Last Comic Standing, he was already finding humor in the mundane details of everyday life. The set rounds out with his thoughts on getting short-changed at church, trying to keep a marriage spicy, and surviving a stint working at Cracker Barrel.

The set list

3 bits

  1. Getting short-changed at church

  2. Why the heat would keep him from participating in a Civil Rights march

    Explains why the extreme heat would prevent him from marching and make him a terrible civil rights leader

  3. Working at Cracker Barrel

    Describes his experience and stint working at the restaurant

How it plays

Tone
Down-to-earth, witty, and lighthearted
On stage
Laid-back persona marked by Southern charm, offbeat observational perspectives, and an everyman exasperation
Pace
Distinctive Georgia-rooted cadence characterized by continuous storytelling with minimal pauses between punchlines
About
religion and church, Civil Rights movement, employment

Backstory

Season 10 episode of Comedy Central's half-hour standup showcase series Comedy Central Presents

Details

Released
Runtime
25 min
Where
Comedy Central
Director
Paul Miller
Topics

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