Completely Normal
Netflix · 2014 · 74 min
A deadpan defense of terrible hotel etiquette and digestive issues.
Tom Segura uses his first hour-long broadcast to establish a slow, deliberate rhythm that makes mild sociopathy sound reasonable. He applies the same calm detachment to the physical toll of his morning bathroom routine as he does to the bizarre logic of witnesses on the true crime show The First 48. When he admits to intentionally disrespecting hotel rooms or testing out multiple bakeries to gauge croissant quality, the humor comes from his deadpan conviction that these are entirely standard behaviors.
Filmed at the Goodale Theater in Minneapolis, the 2014 set served as his introduction to a larger audience after a pair of audio releases. Segura was already gaining traction through the podcast he co-hosted with his wife, Christina Pazsitzky, but this Netflix debut solidified his stage persona as a levelheaded guy with deeply questionable habits. Audiences look back on this set as a period where his focus was on tight joke structure and patient delivery rather than the broader arena spectacles of his later career.
The set list
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Browsing online for luxury items way outside his price range like yachts and private jets
Discusses talking himself out of a 155-foot yacht because it is not big enough, then bookmarking a 53-million-dollar G550 jet.
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Visiting a doctor who assumed he was gay
Recounts an examination where the physician seemed convinced Segura was too undesirable not to be gay.
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Bodily functions and shoveling food into his mouth
Delivers uninhibited self-deprecating jokes about explosive diarrhea and eating habits.
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Logistics of hotel room sex and marriage dynamics
Discusses deviant internet search history and how people hide their true selves until marriage.
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Audience member who fantasized about killing her husband
Shares an anecdote about a woman in his crowd who openly discussed wanting to murder her spouse while the husband sat beside her agreeing.
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Impersonating an aggressive voice and screaming at Big Daddy Kane
Addresses racial themes and calls out the white audience for their nervous, uncomfortable reaction.
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Making jokes about disabled people and horrific illnesses
Directly tells the audience he jokes about them because they make him uncomfortable and he does not want to be like them, confronting the crowd with their own hidden discomforts.
How it plays
- Tone
- Deadpan, self-deprecating, candid, and startlingly honest.
- On stage
- Cool and thoughtful demeanor with deadpan delivery, everyday affability, and self-deprecating humor.
- Pace
- Seemingly effortless, laid-back delivery capable of pivoting quickly between silliness, blue material, and longer narratives.
- About
- hotels and hobbies, online shopping, bodily functions, marriage and dating, race, audience hypocrisies
What the critics said
Praised as an exceptional, laugh-out-loud special and a must-watch for comedy fans, highlighting Segura's honed joke-writing, master storytelling, and ability to address uncomfortable topics without crossing into offense.
In the room: Fidgety and nervous at times when confronted with dark reflections, but intensely amused throughout.
Backstory
Co-host of the podcast Your Mom's House with wife Christina Pazsitzky and regular guest on The Joe Rogan Experience loosely affiliated with the Deathsquad comedy group.
Details
- Released
- Taped
- Goodale Theater, Minneapolis
- Runtime
- 74 min
- Where
- Netflix
- Director
- Jay Chapman
- Topics
- Before
- Comedy Central Presents (2011)
- After
- Mostly Stories (2016)
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