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The Last Cowboy in LA

Jeff Dye

YouTube · 2024 · 61 min

A sober-minded comic targets the excesses of Los Angeles culture.

Jeff Dye steps onto the stage with a confession that immediately sets the tone: he is 100 days sober, and it is entirely court-ordered. Having spent years in Los Angeles as a self-described “fun drunk” whom nobody bothered to stage an intervention for, he uses his debut hour to target the exhausting realities of modern West Coast culture rather than offering a traditional redemption story. Recorded in February 2024 at The Electric Jane in Nashville, Tennessee, and released by 800 Pound Gorilla Media, the set marks a major milestone for Dye, who spent more than a decade in the public eye hosting network reality shows and appearing on late-night TV before releasing this official stand-up hour. He pivots smoothly from the absurdity of dating women who buy thirty-dollar smoothies at Erewhon to the fatigue of dealing with highly opinionated political friends on both extremes, ending with a sharp look at why his outdated grandparents would never survive in modern society.

The set list

4 bits
  1. $30 smoothies

    Railing against the absurdity of modern pricing and wellness practices where smoothies cost thirty dollars

  2. Controversial grandparents

    Comedic routine examining his grandma and grandpa

  3. Trying dating apps

    Anecdotal stories about navigating modern dating applications

  4. Crazy friends on the Left and the Right

    Playfully challenging political dogma by observing friends from across the ideological spectrum

How it plays

Tone
Candid, outspoken, edgy, and observational
On stage
Assertive, renegade comic voicing candid frustrations while balancing positivity and humor with unfiltered truth
About
$30 smoothies and costly wellness practices, Modern lingo and language nuances, Political extremes across the Left and Right, Absurdities of modern societal expectations and everyday life in Los Angeles

Backstory

Reflects Dye's decision to stop being the passive 'go-along guy' amidst Los Angeles living, absurd modern trends, expensive wellness culture, and polarizing political extremes on both the Left and the Right

Details

Released
Taped
The Electric Jane, Nashville
Runtime
61 min
Where
YouTube
Director
Chris Meyer
Topics

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