Steve Goodie with a humorous tune about one of the most boring racing events out there. He makes it sound pretty mundane, which, of course it certainly is. Seriously, how can you call it racing when you never make a right hand turn?! Mess with the drivers a little, make them go Clockwise around the track, I’ll bet the passenger side perspective messes them right up! I wonder if UPS drivers watch NASCAR in awe. I wonder how many people will get that joke…
One of the finest scenes in all of the Monty Python flicks. As smart as anything they’ve ever done, and that is saying something. Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Graham Chapman, and Terry Gilliam loving the filth and chewing the scenery. Help, help I’m being repressed has been a standard oration for yours truly since this movie came out. True comedic genius…
This was right smack in the middle of my Just for Laughs run in Montreal. I hit that festival every years from the early 90’s until they closed the border, a sad day indeed for many reasons. The Galas are always superb, the line-up is vast and varied, this one had Mitch Hedberg in it. Not one of the late, great comedian’s best shows but it isn’t bad at all. He was not a story teller, his strength was the odd one liners he threw out. His observations were interesting, to say the least. An eccentric with a grand sense of humor. We’re all a bit blurry at times…
The last show before Labor Day! Brings a tear to my eye, boy did it fly this year! I threw out a few blocks that made sense. A tribute of sorts to the late, great Kip Adotta. He recently shuffled off this mortal coil at the tender age of 75. He was an interesting man, I interviewed him a few years back (okay, many years ago) and he was quite the character. I played a rather obscure piece from him that explains the origin of the capital of Thailand. It’s corny as hell but quite funny, especially if you are sick and twisted, like yours truly. A topical piece by G. Xavier Robillard. A magnificent piece by Paul Frees. A lot of new material this week. Keep yer chin up, plenty of Summer yet to enjoy…
Boris the Spider- The Pleasure Thieves Pitfalls of Choice- Whole World Dogs, Dogs and More Dogs- Tommy Ryman Slaw Lane- Kip Addotta Six of the Best- Peter Cook and Dudley Moore College- Gallagher (s-up) Bright College Days- Tom Lehrer Mental Health Hotline- Spanky We Saw a Bear- Jim Gaffigan (s-up) In Heaven There is No Beer- The Juggernaut Jug Band Shi Tsu- Jeremy Taylor Swimming- Demetri Martin (s-up) My Own Damned Couch- Kip Addotta Viaduct- Groucho and Chico Marx My Parents- Greg Warren (s-up) Code Monkey- Jonathan Coulton Summer Vacation at Burning Man- G. Xavier Robillard Marriage is Easy- John Wing (s-up) The Uptown Poker Club- Jerry Reed Dachsunds- The Mrs. Ackroyd Band The Milkman – Gary Gulman (s-up) Beer Run- Todd Snider Another Nugget of Joy from Zorak- Space Ghost Someone Ate the Baby- Shel Silverstein I Need More Money- Nick Griffin (s-up) Money- Big Jim Buchanan (Paul Frees) Roman Numerals- The Frantics Marriage- Adam Ferrara (s-up) The Vicar and the Frog- Fred Wedlock Pop’s Place- Jim Terr Porn and Victoria’s Secret- Jake Johannsen (s-up) Let Me Make You Smile in Bed- The Four Postmen Spaz Attack- 2NU Clean Out Your Room- Michael Loftus (s-up) The Pussycat Song- The Laundromats A Bedtime Story- Kip Addotta
An oldie but a goodie from Benny Bell! It’s actually Paul Wynn singing, lyrics and music by Benny bell. It may be corny but it ain’t sh…aving cream be nice and clean…
The is one of the first comedy sketches from The Frantics that I perused, way back when. From the perspective of prepubescent kids, with all the stereotypical fixin’s! These folks are the cream of the top, certainly on the same shelf as Monty Python. Canada has produced some great comedy over the years. This is no exception…