I like to spotlight the comedy troupes and comedians that everyone knows about and loves from afar. Everyone has heard and appreciates the top acts like Monty Python, The Frantics and The Dead Alewives, for the troupes, and Richard Jeni, George Carlin and Daniel Tosh for the stand-ups. Those folks do what they do best because they do nothing else, they put everything they have into it, and it shows. The product is good, that is what they do for a living. And that is as it should be. What tickles me greatly is finding a nice piece of comedy that comes from someone who isn’t well known, and more importantly, from a source that isn’t considered a comedy act at all. Heywood Banks, Henry Phillips and many others started out as something else entirely. Heywood and Henry began as folk artists, transitioning to full blown comics after realizing that their between song banter was better received than their act was. There are many more out there that have not, or never will, for whatever reason, transition fully.
Behold, The Blue Collar Shuffle…