Originally Posted by
miramar
Just one man’s opinion, but I would say that Jimmy V was way funnier than Ray Romano.
Originally Posted by
CameronBlue
Make it two. Romano is a good guy, good comedian. But he's good at one-liners. In no way does he have the panache that Valvano had when "working the room". That's when Jimmy V was at his best. Romano is good at plodding elephant cartoon characters and the biting one-liner, but that's it. He's no actor.
I don't think you give him enough credit as an actor. He was very good in some out-of-the-box roles such as Vinyl on HBO.
Rich
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