Eli is a comeback artist. Alex's OCD joke was great, but little did he know that a long joke is like tossing gasoline onto a fire when it comes to Eli.
If you want to win a roast battle, you gotta get the crowd to open up to you. Rocky Dennis' older brother was spiteful and bitter from the moment he stepped on stage, and immediately lost.
You can tell the OCD fire joke was getting to Eli until it went over the top haha. He looked legit bothered by the light and paper towels scenario for like 10 seconds. Then all of that for the succinct PE coach counter.
I think New York's roast battle scene crushes LA, but shout outs to all of these comics you made the trek and had the balls to go at it in a (potentially) hostile environment
Eli won, it was a home game though. Alex got a little too angry at the end with his OCD rant. Let's see him defend on the west coast. Oh.... right, he did!
It was a total beat down with the same joke over and over and over it just kept working and the more it bothered the guy the funnier it got , strategy is key 🔑 he never took the joke away from Eli
I'm a big of enough nerd that I know Erik Bergstrom did a similar OCD run-on joke a few months ago, but his was better. Alex obviously didn't know that, and his was pretty solid. I agree that Eli won, bias aside, but Alex is pretty damn good. And, as Saunders mentioned, I like him a lot more when he's himself and not in character.
I think one reason Erik's joke worked better is because his was based around Eli's mom dying; Eli doesn't seem like he would care that his neighbors were on fire.
I thought Alex had a great second round. Better than the crowd reaction. But him getting upset made him look like such a turd. I had it: round 1 to Eli, round 2 to Alex, round 3 to Eli. Eli pretty clearly won overall though. He's a beast. Dina Hashem could have beat him in their battle but fell flat in round 2.
Eli definitely got the win, but, he should've ended with that locking the door joke at the end. He turned Alex's joke around and killed him with it. He didn't need to say any more. The crowd was screaming and chanting his name, couldn't get any better than that.
I remember Patrice talked bombing hard at the Apollo because he came up all nice an arrogant and they never let him get away it it. Now I know what he meant
Alex is brilliant. Too bad Eli wasn't called out for the Keith Carey rip off cuz he shoulda been. Despite having said that and Alex not getting the actual credit other than Yamaneika's recognition and Duncan's praise at the end, Eli is fucking witty and his clap backs are so damn clever. I can't help but get won over by him no matter how damn good his competition is. His mind is a steel trap. What won the judges over is Alex acting like he was above the NY crowd, so condescending, "You don't have my back?!?! *gasp*" and punching down on Christy, a crowd favorite when he came out was a bad risk and went right over people's heads too. Like the judges said you gotta connect to get laughs and great reactions. He had a piss poor attitude and even if he was too erudite for the NY "rough and uneducated crowd." Am a huge Alex fan both but Eli is unstoppable. He rightfully won,
Alex was absolutely rattled after the first joke and never got back on the horse. Not only being douchey and out of his home club, but he was just so butt hurt the whole match. And that 3rd round rant joke wasn't funny like, at all. Lol. But also, Eli is a master and absolutely dismantled him. Ooof all around
That would be Jeff Ross (actually Greg Giraldo if he hadn't dies) but he definitely deserves to be on the panel. I'd like to see Vos in more roasts too. Not because he's funnier than the people I just mentioned (he's not), I just like the guy.
Alex trashing Christie, one of the most beloved NY comics, who wasn't even his opponent, was foolish and bad form. Soured the judges and everyone else from the start. Self-sabogage!
Someone will hit Eli with a jab and he'll respond with a combo. He knows the format and the rules so well, he leverages the format to his advantage and has great jokes. "Last joke" and Eli proceeds to do three. This is why he had to be retired. Alex just comes off as thinking the NY crowd is going to hate him, and it's a self-fulfilling prophecy. I know it's tough but just act like it's a random room in Iowa, or show some damn respect in NYC, and it's not a problem. Or, have 5-star jokes. In a roast like this, on the road, the last thing you want to do is remind the crowd you're an outsider invading their room. Notice when Eli went to LA, he didn't make any of these mistakes. But I'm curious to see Alex in the LA rounds, I've only been watching the NYC matches because Lois Gomez makes me feel better about myself.
Alex was heated he was getting trounced. His "thank you, you" jokes were weak. "Dilapidated string bean? Walking pit stain?" They lacked relevance and it's like he wrote em to say to anyone and they didnt pertain to him
Eli just has damn good energy man, always laughing and clapping and smiling. It makes him more appealing, not to mention he’s damn clever.
Alex was so triggered the whole time lmfao
Alex was pretty good, but the whole interrupting and getting butt-hurt over pedophilia jokes was annoying. Come on dude!
First round 3:33 - Second round 9:09 - Third round 13:57
Maxitz thanks dude
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my man
I’ve watched two many of these...like 3 but anytime you watch Eli, he’s so comfortable and seems to genuinely appreciate his opponent. Good champ!
Eli is a monster but Alex looks like a monster.
Eli likes little kids..he is one sick man..
@@jamesmassingale8512 is this real ?
Ehh
Someone's trying out for roast battle
Alex is butt hurt.. Give Eli Credit. He took you to school.
That's convenient for him. Normally Alex has to drive himself to the local schools.
Eli is a comeback artist. Alex's OCD joke was great, but little did he know that a long joke is like tossing gasoline onto a fire when it comes to Eli.
"Caveman who invented the third wheel" line was great. C. 6:25
Eli didn't screw Alex
Alex screwed Alex
well Eli certainly didn’t help
"how do you look like youve been in a bath for so long but never had a bath" 😂😂😂
the Brooklyn Buyer's club joke was under appreciated
I don't get it, can you explain it ( I'm not from the US)?
Dallas Buyers Club is a movie about an emaciated AIDS patient
Thank you!
joey4track it's about fighting the stigma of HIV/AIDS and homosexuality during the late 1980s and 1990s
Carrot Top with Downs came off angry. Atleast Eli would laugh if Mask had a good joke.
Mr Tibbs I was gonna say carrot top with no props ...
OMG I forgot what that movie was called all I know his face reminded me of that movie.
Mr Tibbs nice
LOL !!!😂😂 I was thinking the same, except Mask meets Teen Wolf.
If you want to win a roast battle, you gotta get the crowd to open up to you. Rocky Dennis' older brother was spiteful and bitter from the moment he stepped on stage, and immediately lost.
Eli's a fucking beast - phenomenal joke writer.
You can tell the OCD fire joke was getting to Eli until it went over the top haha. He looked legit bothered by the light and paper towels scenario for like 10 seconds.
Then all of that for the succinct PE coach counter.
The red haired dude clearly took offense to it all at the end 😂
Eli slayed this fool
Beverly Hills have Eyes!!! hahahha
I think New York's roast battle scene crushes LA, but shout outs to all of these comics you made the trek and had the balls to go at it in a (potentially) hostile environment
this is the dude who went on America’s got talent, roasted the judges and got booed off lmao
But really it was just a preview of his real talent! 😂😂
Worth noting, Alex lost BEFORE Eli was even on stage...LOL.
One of the greatest examples of self own. Great stuff.
If Alex didnt' act so douchey and defensive, and actually laughed at some jokes that he knew were funny, i would give him the battle
@Sam Hunter agree. No way could anyone give him the victory. He woulda been more likeable, but eli won
Lmao what
Eli won, it was a home game though. Alex got a little too angry at the end with his OCD rant. Let's see him defend on the west coast. Oh.... right, he did!
It was a total beat down with the same joke over and over and over it just kept working and the more it bothered the guy the funnier it got , strategy is key 🔑 he never took the joke away from Eli
Alex Hooper looked like Lord Farquaad from Shrek
The mutual friend of a sexy facebook bot joke was so underrated
Did Alex play the daughter that got decapitated in Hereditary?
I’m just noticing the reply of “thank you” and then random insult name joke. Happens almost every other turn
Shaun White really let himself go.
Eli killed it!
Great stuff. Only one who has beaten Eli, joke for joke, was Dina.. not counting her round 2, which wasn't really the format.
This was really great and who doesn't love eli.
I liked that original OCD angle... when Eric Bergstrom did it the year before.
Eli absolutely KILLED this guy
I'm a big of enough nerd that I know Erik Bergstrom did a similar OCD run-on joke a few months ago, but his was better. Alex obviously didn't know that, and his was pretty solid.
I agree that Eli won, bias aside, but Alex is pretty damn good. And, as Saunders mentioned, I like him a lot more when he's himself and not in character.
I think one reason Erik's joke worked better is because his was based around Eli's mom dying; Eli doesn't seem like he would care that his neighbors were on fire.
Thank you I've been looking for that battle for like an hour
The amount of substances they are on is magnificent haha Eli took a 17 hour energy for a ten minute battle
I thought Alex had a great second round. Better than the crowd reaction. But him getting upset made him look like such a turd. I had it: round 1 to Eli, round 2 to Alex, round 3 to Eli. Eli pretty clearly won overall though. He's a beast. Dina Hashem could have beat him in their battle but fell flat in round 2.
Dina took a risk with her round 2 and I give her credit for that but she was prob the closet at getting that belt off Eli
"the children, they will burn the fastest" lmfaoooo xD
Damn Eli wrote his ass off, and delivered every time- without shuffling through notes a la Christi Ciello.
I think that Alex had a better first round than the judges did. Eli won but it was closer than they made it sound.
Alex was being a sore loser.
Eli definitely got the win, but, he should've ended with that locking the door joke at the end. He turned Alex's joke around and killed him with it. He didn't need to say any more. The crowd was screaming and chanting his name, couldn't get any better than that.
That recessive gene swipe was great
Alex legit took the second round. The judges acted like they gave it to him out of sympathy.
Just make it a 3 round format either way since the judges are always gonna lie in their votes to push to 3 rounds
this is probably the best roast battle on youtube, holly shit.
The best part of these shows were
the judges ….especially when the out town comics were there
Even 5 years later I don't want to listen to yamaneika;
Best comment section 😂😂😂😂
Hooper lost the crowd immediately
Eli is Gabe from the Office if Gabe was on the registry
Damn I ended up feeling bad for Hooper when the judges were saying how bad he did 😂
This is just an example that the best stand up comedians are not famous. (
Alex looks like the guy that tries to fight Jeremiah on kill tony
H Heink 💯💯💯precent
Good battle, but they need to get someone working the camera that knows how to keep it in focus.
I remember Patrice talked bombing hard at the Apollo because he came up all nice an arrogant and they never let him get away it it. Now I know what he meant
Alex is brilliant. Too bad Eli wasn't called out for the Keith Carey rip off cuz he shoulda been. Despite having said that and Alex not getting the actual credit other than Yamaneika's recognition and Duncan's praise at the end, Eli is fucking witty and his clap backs are so damn clever. I can't help but get won over by him no matter how damn good his competition is. His mind is a steel trap. What won the judges over is Alex acting like he was above the NY crowd, so condescending, "You don't have my back?!?! *gasp*" and punching down on Christy, a crowd favorite when he came out was a bad risk and went right over people's heads too. Like the judges said you gotta connect to get laughs and great reactions. He had a piss poor attitude and even if he was too erudite for the NY "rough and uneducated crowd." Am a huge Alex fan both but Eli is unstoppable. He rightfully won,
Alex looks like an Oompa Loompa! 😆
Eli won but I feel like Alex didn't get enough credit for some of his jokes.... You like like a man who understands why his wife beats him lol
Great show as always! Eli killed it!!
out of all roast battles at The Stand, I still laugh every time I revisit 6:04
The moment you realize watching these that the New York crowd is biased Eli can say the toilet is white and people laugh
Lol What does that have to do with where she currently resides Smh
Mofos love talking just to be talking
Eli DESTROYED
It's nice they managed to get Michael J Fox to operate the camera focus.
Alex was absolutely rattled after the first joke and never got back on the horse. Not only being douchey and out of his home club, but he was just so butt hurt the whole match. And that 3rd round rant joke wasn't funny like, at all. Lol. But also, Eli is a master and absolutely dismantled him. Ooof all around
Toward the end Hooper knew he was going to lose and threw a temper tantrum
Louis looks like the Love child of tom morello and obama😂
That wasn't love homie
Alex should’ve gotten four yeses on AGT 🤦🏻♂️
You look like a caveman who invented the third wheel, got me 😆, then he hits the jumanji joke 🤣
How Brave.
Eli coming out to skynard makes me howl every single time. So fucking funny
C'mon West Coasters step your game up! Eli CRUSHED!
Good shit mah boi Eli
Did they piss on the belts?
Eli......CRUSHED HIM!!!!!!
alex looks like side show bob and talks like the comic store guy
ELI WILL BE KING AND NAMED THE NEW ROAST MASTER GENERAL YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST
That would be Jeff Ross (actually Greg Giraldo if he hadn't dies) but he definitely deserves to be on the panel. I'd like to see Vos in more roasts too. Not because he's funnier than the people I just mentioned (he's not), I just like the guy.
Always pull Manual focus on the camera...I thought I was blind for a second. Ouch!
Alex trashing Christie, one of the most beloved NY comics, who wasn't even his opponent, was foolish and bad form. Soured the judges and everyone else from the start. Self-sabogage!
@Mikez Good observation!
Hey what happened to the the other camera the switcher go offline?
Wow. This was a body.
Eli is roasting monster !!!
Someone will hit Eli with a jab and he'll respond with a combo. He knows the format and the rules so well, he leverages the format to his advantage and has great jokes. "Last joke" and Eli proceeds to do three. This is why he had to be retired.
Alex just comes off as thinking the NY crowd is going to hate him, and it's a self-fulfilling prophecy. I know it's tough but just act like it's a random room in Iowa, or show some damn respect in NYC, and it's not a problem. Or, have 5-star jokes. In a roast like this, on the road, the last thing you want to do is remind the crowd you're an outsider invading their room.
Notice when Eli went to LA, he didn't make any of these mistakes. But I'm curious to see Alex in the LA rounds, I've only been watching the NYC matches because Lois Gomez makes me feel better about myself.
came here after watching AGT.
we should be putting alex hooper against markiplier
THAT'D BE FUNNY
Fucking Eli,please Eli don’t hurt em!💥🤴✌️
Alex was heated he was getting trounced. His "thank you, you" jokes were weak. "Dilapidated string bean? Walking pit stain?" They lacked relevance and it's like he wrote em to say to anyone and they didnt pertain to him
Holy shit Duncan Trusell
what song they play when eli comes out?
Simple Man by Lynyrd Skynyrd
he said a decaying poltergeist lol
there is video where eli take a pot shot at patrice oneal . im searching for that video
Did you find it? And if they ever had hard feelings back then I'm pretty sure Eli and patrice are both over it by now.......one way or the other.
What’s Eli’s opening song
California roaster was mad trash
NYC!!!
Yo the guy on the right is the dude who tried to attack Jeremiah Watkins on KillTony..
What is Eli's entrance music? Sounds like a great song.
Sounds shit
Still-born Mufasa
anyone know if there is a UA-cam channel for the LA material?
That guy from the Beastie Boys definitely took it lol
The OCD rant was a brilliant idea, but didn't work because Eli just chilled while leaning against the wall the entire time.