I just read an interview of Dat Phan and heres an inside to why he beat Dave that night.
Which comic in the house made you laugh the most ? on or off stage?
Honestly, it was Dave Mordal. He made me laugh a lot. People don?t know this because of the way the show?s edited, but I respect Dave Mordal quite a bit. I like his comedy, I think he?s very funny. I?ll admit it right now ? off stage Dave Mordal is much, much, much more funny than me ? off stage. On stage it?s just what happens, as Ralphie was putting it, Dave?s a much better writer, and I?m a better performer. And I happened to have a better performance that night. Also, I was a bit disappointed in the way the show was edited that night because they only show three minutes of a ten minute set. They showed you guys the worst three minutes of my set. I?m not putting myself on a pedestal at all ? I?m just a regular guy ? but they took out my Brady Bunch bit, they took out my racist stuff, they took out the beauty salon ? my family, my mom, my dad, they took all that stuff out and showed three minutes of like towards the end. If you count the laughs, Dave Mordal got more laughs than me, but that?s because of the way it was edited. Dave had a great set on stage, he?s a very funny guy ? it was an honor for me to work with him. I can?t compete with him off stage. Off stage he?s one of the fastest, wittiest comics I?ve ever worked with. That?s why I picked him so early ? because I had to get to him before America gets to him. They filmed the ending first of both comics winning and then flushed the audience out so they wouldn?t give away who the winner was over the internet. I figured if the audience saw how funny Dave was in the house, I would have had a lesser chance of winning, so I needed to take Dave out early in the game, when people had not noticed the stuff he?d done in the house yet. That was my strategy. And also I wanted to save Rich Vos for later on for America to vote, because it?ll leave me with a bunch of people that might be perceived as evil, and it?ll give me a fighting chance against these veterans.