Last Comic Standing

Have you been getting your weekly dose of funny? If so, you've probably been watching NBC's Last Comic Standing.

Hosted by famed comedian Bill Bellamy, the sixth season of Last Comic Standing is in the midst of its audition rounds. Having already passed out semi-finals tickets to comedians in New York City, Tempe, Los Angeles, Houston, San Francisco, and Toronto, the show continues on tonight in Nashville and Minneapolis.

In Nashville, the aspiring comedians will have to impress George Wendt and John Ratzenberger. The former Cheers stars serve as the show's talent scouts and will hand out tickets to those they like the best. Then in Minneapolis, the comedians will hope to receive tickets from Kate Flannery and Brian Baumgartner of The Office.

Having watched the first three episodes that have aired so far, some of the schticks the hopefuls used were absolutely horrible. Thankfully though there have been enough that were good to make the show worth watching. I appreciate the comedians the most that can get up on the stage and just be funny by telling stories about their life experiences. It's those kinds of comedians that the audience can identify with the most.

After the auditions wrap up this season, the show will move to Las Vegas where the semi-final round will be held. Judges will then pick the comics they want to see in the final round and that's when the competition really heats up. The television audience begins having their voice heard at that point by casting votes at NBC's website and by phone. The comic with the lowest number of votes each week gets the boot until there's just one comic standing. The winner this season gets $250,000, a new Honda Pilot, a talent deal with NBC, and an appearance at Bally's in Las Vegas.

Last Comic Standing airs on NBC each Thursday evening at 8:30 PM ET. Check it out!