Shane Gillis has noticed that when he tells people his father watches Fox News they sometimes do something rude: they boo. Gillis is a standup comic, which means that he spends a lot of time at clubs in big cities, where he can seem a bit out of place. He is six-three and beefy, with a round head and small eyes that, he says, combine to make him look like Mimsy, a minor character from “South Park” who is too dull-witted to effectively throw his weight around.
The talk began on September 12th, when “Saturday Night Live” announced that it was hiring three new cast members, including Gillis, who was then a little-known standup and the host of an obscure podcast. In the hours after the announcement, an independent journalist named Seth Simons, who writes about the politics of comedy, unearthed a clip from the previous year, in which Gillis and his co-host, Matt McCusker, rambled about Philadelphia’s Chinatown.
Like countless comedians before him, Gillis relishes the sense of surprise generated by saying something socially inappropriate. But Gillis’s brush with fame brought new followers, not all of whom seemed to understand what he was doing. One afternoon, in his apartment in Astoria, Queens, he recalled that after his firing he sometimes had to contend with audience members who prized offensive speech for its own sake: “Dudes would come up and be, like, ‘Chi-i-i-ink!’ I’d be, like, ‘No.
Gillis’s career began in earnest less than a decade ago, when he was living in Philadelphia and performing at Helium, a subterranean theatre that is the nucleus of that city’s standup scene. This summer, he returned there for a weekend of sold-out shows. It was a triumphant homecoming: friends from the local scene served as his warmup acts, and the bar was selling a Fuck S.N.L. cocktail—not Gillis’s idea, he hastened to explain. These were Gillis’s people.
Gillis remembers the shock of performing on November 8, 2016, as it became clear that Trump had been elected President. “People were, like, crying onstage,” he says. “So I went on and I was, like, ‘We’re back, dudes! White dudes are back—let’s go!’ Like,an insane thing. But people were mad. Which, I guess, is why it’s funny.” Gillis professes to be incredulous that anyone would worry about a comedian’s political convictions.
Best thing that ever happened to him. He is killing it.
stand up comedians are a disease
True dogs know what's up
I don't remember him. I guess that says it all🤷🏼♂️
wait why am I reading this
Goodbye. It was fun.
Meanwhile SNL is about to get cancelled cause no one watches (it’s objectively not funny)
That wild shit wasn’t funny and the rest of his act is just shit too. I hope he figures it out, he deserves to try some quality noodles.
It’s not “wild.” It’s the oldest, most trite stuff that exists.
Was podcast host Joe Rogan like, 'no way?'
Never heard of this guy.
Never heard of this guy.
But, your wild shit won’t be on SNL, or anyplace I hang out
Never heard of him. Okay with that.
Best bit: Carmichael drove from LA to Irvine to see his show. HA! Glowing praise 🤗
Buh bye
I love how Jenny Nicholson, a far better comic, is quoted here for effect.
Wow, a latter day Socrates I'm sure
Cool story but why you make Shanemgillis look so asian in this pic?
Dude brah beer knob
Imagine if he had talked to a journalist or biographer or someone competent.
Disappointed in the number of words spent on this topic.
Joe Rogan 🤮
Giving him a platform when there are countless POC comedians who deserve it more is another example of why newyorker is white supremacist garbage.
“SNL is peak comedy” says the guy that looks like he watches Big Bang Theory and CSPAN
In this very passionately sympathetic story, the author jumped to defend Shane Gillis. But out of the four jokes used as examples, two are offensive to Chinese, one to Jewish and one to gay. So is it the right ratio when 50% of his wild shit is targeting a specific group?
This isn’t journalism, this is tone deaf social commentary and the reason no one pays for the New Yorker anymore. Hire somebody under 65 with a sense of humor.
also, nbcsnl sucks.
This guy is funnier then anyone on SNL and it ain’t close…
He’s a funny dude. SNL isn’t funny.
Shane is funny as hell and that is what matters. If you’re hung up on his old podcasts and those jokes, You can only be a self important, clout-chasing, douche bag. He’s down to earth and funny, the complainers are ruining the party for everyone else.
SNL is missing where the comedy is. Lorne is finally too old and out of touch.
Love to see the New Yorker elevate hateful bastards. You could cover anyone, could promote anyone, and you chose him. Heroic
'unearthed', lol
He’s a bad boy with a bad mouth. How dare he. He should be bathed
And that's why we love him and he's one of the best pound for pounds doing stand ups right now
SNL done fucked up. His yt clips and podcasts get more views then they do
Just looked Gillis up. A million+ hits to his YouTube videos and wild laughter at his stand-up. He can afford to '*keep* saying wild shit.”
what is this? The third, fourth time posting? He's a poor excuse for a comic and this article is tripe. One more and that unsubscribe button gets a hit.
They doin our boy dirty. Again
Getting fired from SNL was probably better for his career than being on the show. It brought him tons of new listeners and fans.
Looks like the artist made an impression of Matt instead of Shane.
As usual, the New Yorker taking a strong stand against freedom of expression.
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I'm genuinely stunned at how fair and honest this article was. Isn't that sad?
So he’s not funny?
Shane is one of the funniest guys out there. And as far as podcasts he has the funniest along with Cumtown/ The Adam Friedland Show
Shanemgillis
Shanemgillis
Funniest dude in comedy rn
Shanemgillis but next time yall gotta get tom myers on quote bc hes a comedy legend that knows gillis well 😂😂😂😂
Shanemgillis and really excellent writing, the writer captured the profile well in my shitty opinion.
Shanemgillis Went to his show in downtown timonium (lol) and havent cried laughed that hard in years, the guy is so sharp and clean. Unbelievable humor.
Shanemgillis Shane dodged a bullet in 2019.
Shanemgillis Funnier than anyone of the cast
Shanemgillis Damn dude, that rules
Today, we celebrate our young king
he and mccusker are the only comedians that can consistently make me laugh out loud
Shanemgillis
Shane rules end of story
Shanemgillis Shane goated when you remember you don’t go to a comedy show for a TED talk
Shane Gillis makes me laugh funny good guy imo
He's the best comic in the world right now but this was a boring article. Also, I have watched Shane's special many times, never heard booing during the Fox News bit. Shane's throwaway lines are made out to be punchlines. And corporate media ignoring him - who cares. He's on JRE
Hilarious comedian.
This piece does what a profile should do. Kudos to Kelefa Sanneh for an elegant piece of writing that didn't waste a word.
This article could've just said 'shanegillis is worth his weight in gold to the comedy community. And that's a lot. Because he's fat.'
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