The Shel Silverstein classic as performed by Great Big Sea. A Canadian folk rock band with talent to spare they sang traditional ballads with a modern twist to it. Great Big Sea were quite popular from the mid 90’s until their breakup in 2013, I remember hearing them on the radio when camping on the Canadian border back in the day. They showed a sense of humor when performing, as noted by the background comments peppered throughout the song, especially towards the end. As with all of Shel’s tunes this has great imagery…
At first glance I though this was the episode where Ernie goes on a bender and shows up at a taping stewed to the gills, unable to remember his lines he loses it and beats Bert savagely with a fishing pole. I’ll post that one next week. This is the one where Ernie teaches us all how to fish. We’ve been doing it wrong for years apparently…
Tommy Ryman with a humorous look at smooching and spitting into a long, thin metal tube. Not necessarily in that order. Tommy’s a very funny stand-up comic, one of my go-to comedians on the show. Always good for a chuckle. Unless you’re a long, thin metal tube. If so, you probably think he’s gross…
It was a lumpy show this week. Not Lumpy bad, more like lumpy incongruous. It flowed okay in some ways, in others it was a cholesterol stuffed artery. That’s okay though, it worked out fine, you don’t want the whole show to be a block. Some Summertime stuff to keep it fun. Timeless humor from two of the Marx Brothers. A pretty funny piece by Mr. Gaffigan. He’s not a runner apparently…had me fooled. A Divorce block, not sure why, probably something I ate. “As ‘Nita O’lay misses a two inch putt…” Kills me every time I hear it! Red, Tyler, John, Pete, Richard, and Daniel with world class stand-up material. Monty Python is as good as it gets. Onward and Upwards…
Istanbul (Not Constantinople)- The Heebee-Jeebees Megaphone Newsreel- National Lampoon Aging- Red Green (s-up) Little Tunnel- Eugene Chadbourne Viaduct- Groucho and Chico Marx Car Crash vs. Plane Crash- Kathleen Madigan (s-up) Chainsaw Juggler- The Four Postmen Art for the Masses- Duck Logic Observations- Kellen Erskine (s-up) He Said, She Heard- Sean Morey Captain Greg- Corky & the Juice Pigs Marathons- Jim Gaffigan (s-up) Help, I’m White and I Can’t Get Down- The Geezinslaws Dammitall- The Congress of Wonders Having a Wife- John Wing (s-up) D.I.V.O.R.C.E.- Billy Connolly Divorce Service- Rowan Atkinson Smartness- Gallagher (s-up) My Pool- HYULP Your Horoscope for Today- Weird Al Yamkovic Bus Driver- The Whitest Kids U’ Know Keep Portland Weird- Tyler Boeh (s-up) Ramblin’ and Wanderin’- Space Ghost Mental Health Hotline- Spanky Just an Uncle- Pete Correale (s-up) Things Could Be Worse, I Could Be You- Ogden Edsel and Bill Frenzer Four Yorkshire Men- Monty Python Bungie Jump- Jebb Fink (s-up) Lawn Dart- Ed’s Redeeming Qualities PMS Airlines- The Royal Canadian Air Farce Single or Married- Richard Jeni (s-up) Brenda- The Reverend Billy C Wirtz Anna Freud- Dan Aykroyd and Laraine Newman Commencement Speech- Daniel Tosh (s-up)
The Reverend Billy C Wirtz with a humorous look at not being unlucky. He plays a mean piano, his talents are varied. His goldfish had ’em, that says it all…
