Uganda Be Kidding Me Live (2014 TV Special) User Reviews

A hit and a miss

[thejdrage · 5/10 · 2 February 2022]

I really like Chelsea Handler - usually. But this special a hit and a miss.

Except when it comes to her dogs - and then she's always a hit!!

And then a miss on cats!! HA!

She is NOT at all PC and that's great too. She's a comedian. So I suppose a hit and a miss is a good thing.

Worst stand-up performance I have ever seen... If you can even call this "stand-up"

[lancerwheeler · 2/10 · 13 April 2015]

First off, this isn't a stand-up performance. Chelsea Handler uses this "special" to promote her book by telling egotistical, conceited stories about her daily life. These stories will only be funny if you enjoy these three recurring punchlines:

1. Going out of your way to be rude to other people.

2. Spending obnoxious sums of money to demonstrate how rich you are.

3. Poo-poo and pee-pee.

I have seen and rated more than 100 stand-up specials. This is by far the worst special that I have ever seen. It was not funny, and I could not relate to a single thing she said throughout the entire show.

I'll simply use the title of this special to demonstrate Chelsea Handler's style of humor. The title of the show is "Uganda Be Kidding Me." As mentioned before, flaunting large sums of money is a recurring theme throughout the show. Uganda is one of the poorest countries in the world in which the average work day is 12 to 18 hours/day, and 38% of these workers live on less than $1.25/day... Not something I think is particularly funny.

This has got to be the most fake stand-up special I've ever seen . . .

[Mr-Fusion · 2/10 · 24 February 2015]

. . . and by fake, I mean choreographed. Handler's up there (in full botox rigidity) delivering a lifeless performance and the audience is right there, every step of the way, with laughter. The kind of laughter you'd swear was canned, were it not for their being in a theater. She hits every pause, every emphasis with and the laughs come like clockwork. I don't think I've ever seen a comic doing this so half-assed, yet so on-point, and an audience just eating it up. This isn't a dig at the crowd (no trained monkeys joke here), it just feels like everyone in that theater is in on the joke. What that joke is, I'm still not even sure.

I've never seen this before. Most of the time, the like or dislike of a comedian/enne can be easily pinpointed. They turn you off, you turn the channel. Simple as that. But I just sat there, feeling like I should, but having no idea when to laugh. There was the "live laugh track" to help me, sure, but it still felt like some weird art experiment.

But Handler doesn't dabble in the avant-garde; she's too busy beating the alky-without-boundaries dead horse.

2/10

She is hilarious

[enya-63601 · 10/10 · 7 February 2019]

I love Chelsea Handler and I find her absolutely hilarious! Laughed the whole way through.

Uganda Wish You Never Saw This Crap Show

[redproton88 · 1/10 · 26 January 2016]

I actually feel irritated that I am bothering to even take the time to write a review for such a horrible piece of crap. I was pretty neutral on Chelsea Handler before watching this, leaning towards thinking she was raunchy but pretty funny.

Now, all I can think is what a ridiculous and pompous jackass. Enough already with flaunting your money. When I watch comedy, I like to laugh - not be insulted. I couldn't believe it when I was searching for more info about her and saw her net worth was $35 Million. That's the REAL joke - and a sick one at that.

I almost wouldn't have minded her constantly throwing her wealthy lifestyle around IF she had actually said something that was funny enough for me to laugh. I never even cracked a smile.

Amazing!!!

[adubz · 10/10 · 29 January 2022]

She is absolutely hilarious! Not sure what the other reviewers were watching. I guess if you don't get it you need to lighten up or they just have some sort of personal feelings towards Chelsea. I thought it was great!

She is not a comedian

[plargreg · 1/10 · 3 July 2018]

Dont waste yer time on this unentertaining garbage

I don't get her or her comedy

[azmurph · 1/10 · 12 March 2015]

I watched this and didn't laugh once. I did feel like there is a laugh track. Her jokes are stale and basically she just complains the entire time about how everyone is stupid. Gets old fast. I don't understand how/why people find this woman funny. I watched her e show every so often and never found it funny. I also don't understand why she walked away from her show, wants to take a full year off, then return to Netflix for a interview show. Not many people know who she is so fading away for a year won't help. I hope she gets better and tries a real stand up tour-not a fake one with a laugh track. We will see what happens in about 8 months.

Lights are on but. . .

[clivejamesrd · 1/10 · 26 December 2019]

Being all attitude is no substitute for not having a brain. I wanted to know what/who Chelsea was all about to I watched several episodes of her talk show and now I seen her stand up. In sum, this show confirms for me that Chelsea Handler is the liberal air-head version of Meghan McCain.

You kidding me?!?

[Roma73 · 1/10 · 20 May 2022]

My god, this is terrible. Most of the people I know are funnier than her. Most in fact are way funnier. Why would I waste my time watching a woman perform who isn't in the least funny? She's making me cringe - for her. There's no brains behind this, that's the main issue. She's like the not-so-intelligent, obnoxious tipsy acquaintance I try to dodge at parties. The kind I feel embarrassed and a little sorry for. I admit I gave up pretty soon.