An absolute classic by Peter Cook and Dudley Moore. At one time they were THE comedy duo to watch. BBC Television hosted their show Not Only…But Also in the mid sixties to rave reviews. They were quite a pair, Dudley Moore being a musician with a comedic bent, and Cook being a comedian with a really warped view of the world, together creating some of the best sketch comedy this side of Monty Python. With typical British understatement this skit is a great example of cerebral humor…
David Crowe is a very funny man. I absolutely love most of what I’ve seen from him. He’s got it all…timing, stage presence, material, and stuff that makes you go sleepy-sleep! The last flight I was on included a crying baby. I wish the Crowe family had been on that plane…
I went crazy this week. I mean it, a whole show of cerebral abnormalities that would make Sigmund Freud proud. Damn near every brain dysfunction you can think of! When I was compiling the playlist it occurred to me that a great deal of comedy is indeed based on what I’m spotlighting here, craziness abounds. It’s not just confined to the comedy world, but that’s a topic for another time, don’t get me started. Some fine off kilter jocularity here…
I Live in a Split Level Head- Napoleon XIV My Husband- National Lampoon Weird- Jim Gaffigan (s-up) Ain’t We Crazy- Sam Hinton Satan Voice- Mike Armstrong (s-up) How Sweet to Be an Idiot- Neil Innes Spud- The Not Ready for Prime Time Players Keep Portland Weird- Tyler Boeh (s-up) Lunatic Song- Paul Green and Bob Morledge Crazy Sammy’s Discount Store- The Vestibules M&Ms and Bugles- Robert Hawkins (s-up) If I Had a Bulldozer- Heywood Banks Paranoids Anonymous- Conception Corporation Crazy People and the Guy in the Garbage Can- Dov Davidoff (s-up) It’s a Real World After All- Duck Logic Pop’s Place- Jim Terr Nephew- Emo Philips (s-up) Little Tunnel- Eugene Chadbourne I’m in Love with My Little Red Tricycle- Napoleon XIV Football Referee- Richard Jeni (s-up) I Go Insane- Darryl Rhoades French Folksong- Marty Feldman Family- Anthony Griffith (s-up) Shallow End of the Gene Pool- The Austin Lounge Lizards The Big Sniff- Cheech and Chong Bears and Bikers- Cy Amundson (s-up) Psycho Mom and Dad- Don White I Threw Some Meat Into the Pond- Chandler Travis My Doctor- Rodney Dangerfield (s-up) Type A- John Forster The Psychiatrist- Peter Cook and Dudley Moore Mom & My Brother Bosco- Judy Tenuta (s-up) Crazy- Tracy and the Hindenburg Ground Crew Folks Call him Jim- The Reverend Billy C Wirtz Take Our Jobs- Shane Mauss (s-up) Nobody Home- The Toyes Someone Ate the Baby- Shel Silverstein Postal Workers- Jebb Fink (s-up) I Get Weird- John W. Christensen Bedtime Story- Kurt Weitzmann Voices- Kyle Kinane (s-up)
Tom Lehrer with a seriously tongue twisting ditty of epic proportions! His talent was so far ahead of the pack this song still kicks butt over fifty years after he wrote it. Mr. Lehrer is certainly one of a kind. Take notes, there’s a test later…
Another superb scene from National Lampoon’s 1978 flick, Animal House! Dean Wormer is itching to get rid of Delta House and he thinks he has finally worked out a way to do just that. He has most of the Delta gang in his office setting up the removal via low grade point expulsion. Things are not always as easy as they first appear. The movie really heats up after this, setting all sorts of wonderfully funny things in motion. Classic in every way possible, if you haven’t seen this please do yourself a favor and watch it, preferably under the influence of…something. John Vernon as Dean Wormer is stupendous!
Michael Jr. with a hilarious bit on his young son’s visit to the doctor’s office. I really like this guy, he has wonderful timing, his material is superb, and he is a good kind of laid back…no need to push your punchlines when you are the total package! I highly recommend him, top notch stand-up…