This chap is amazing, he’s like Stephen Wright on speed or Demitri Martin on uppers or Mitch hedberg on drugs… oh.
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Yacht Rock – Every Episode, 1-12
Want to see how Christopher Cross, Toto, Hall and Oates, Kenny Loggins and Michael McDonald and the entire smooth music family got along just to get along? Then look no further than this brilliant parody.
NB – The descriptions come from Wikipedia and contain plot spoilers
Episode 1 – What a Fool Believes
In the pilot episode, Kenny Loggins, under the guidance of Koko Goldstein, reaches out to a struggling Michael McDonald, who’s having trouble writing a smooth hit for his band the Doobie Brothers.
Posted in Drama, Humour, Movies, Music, online video, TV, Viral
Tagged 70s, comedy, online video, viral video
The 100 Greatest Movie Insults Of All Time
It does what it says on the tin, this is a collection of the foulest, rudest, snappiest, wittiest, stop-you-in-your-tracks put downs you’ve ever seen and heard.
Don’t say I didn’t warn you, the language in this is really foul.
And if you like that, you’ll like The 25 Best Put Downs Ever… and Malcolm Tucker – a collection of the best, most foul-mouthed put downs ever
It’s That Day Again – Five Great Scenes From Groundhog Day
Modest Phil
Grumpy Phil’s Speech
Happy Phil’s Speech
Ned!
Phil: It’s the same thing your whole life: “Clean up your room. Stand up straight. Pick up your feet. Take it like a man. Be nice to your sister. Don’t mix beer and wine, ever.” Oh yeah: “Don’t drive on the railroad track.”
Gus: Well, Phil, that’s one I happen to agree with.
Posted in Humour
Louis CK Pep Talk
Everybody takes everything for granted. And they need to put things in perspective a little. Louis CK is right and hilarious here on Conan OBrien.
Sample Quote: “Everybody on every plane should be going ‘Oh my God! WOW!’ You’re sitting on a chair! In The SKY!’”
Posted in gags, Humour, Jokes, online video, Stand Up, Swearing, TV
Tagged comedy, jokes, online video, viral video
Chic Murray – The Long Nose Story
I have to admit I don’t know a great deal about Chic Murray other than in terms of stand up and shaggy dog stories, he has no match. His delivery is brilliant. the long nose story is one of his standards.
Bear in mind that famous comedians keep cutting in stealing chic’s thunder.
It’s no surprise that in 2005 he was voted the comedians comedian. The bride was in tears…. so was the cake.
Posted in Humour
The Three (and a bit) Best Scenes From The Three Amigos
The Three Amigos is one of the funniest, daftest and most-loved comedies from the 8os and here are three (and a bit) reasons why.
1 What is a plethora?
2 Excuse me, are you the singing bush?
3 Whipperwill! HEY YOU GUYS!
Closing speech
In a way, each of us has an El Guapo to face. For some, shyness might be their El Guapo. For others, a lack of education might be their El Guapo. For us, El Guapo is a big, dangerous guy who wants to kill us. But as sure as my name is Lucky Day, the people of Santa Poco can conquer their own personal El Guapo, who also happens to be the actual El Guapo.
Posted in Humour
The Top Five Posts of 2010
Bye bye 2010 and hello 2011. These were the most popular Comedy Club posts of the year.
3 The Greatest Knock, Knock Joke In the World
4 The 60 Funniest Jokes Ever (and some of the worst)
ENJOY! And A Happy New Year!
Posted in Books, Found humour, gags, Humour, Jokes, Movies, online video, Profanity, Stand Up, Swearing, TV, Written word
Tagged 70s, comedy, comedy graphs, crap gags, film, found material, gags, jokes, online video, pie charts, put downs, unintentional, viral video
Stewart Lee’s 41st Best Stand Up – Tom O’Connor
In the amazing book Stewart Lee How I Escaped My Certain Fate The Life and Deaths of a Stand-Up Comedian. Stewart Lee transcribes (and dissects) a routine of his, which features (among other things) his mother recounting a Tom O’Connor joke. This shows that sometims you don’t need jokes to be funny, just repetition, persistence and absurdity. Nice. The mention of quilts is because Stewart’s mum makes The Quillow, a quilt that turns into a pillow.
If you get the chance to borrow SLHIEMCFTLADOAS-UC from someone, do because his observations on the shows he transcribes and then lazily calls a book are brilliant. In fact, if you in the slightest nit interested in stand up, this is the best book on the subject that has ever been written. If you’re interested.
It seems perverse not to share the entire set of the Stewart Lee show 41st Best Stand Up here… so I have. Watching all of these, in sequence, which I have already messed up a bit, will enrich your life.
A full version of the show that’s transcribed in the book follows after the break.
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Tagged comedy, crap gags, gags, jokes, online video, spoken word, Stewart Lee
Mike Wilmot – As Recommended by Stewart Lee
In Stewart Lee’s book: Stewart Lee How I Escape My certain Fate The Life and Death of a Stand-Up Comedian, he recommends Gary Wilmot thus:
Just when you think you can’t stand to hear another middle-aged male comic moaning about marriage and how he can’t please his wife anymore, along comes this Falstaffian Canadian who can invest an hour on these tired old subjects with unexpected levels of humanity, surprise and inventiveness entirely absent from the work of more self consciously original comics.
That’s good enough for me and after watching these videos I agree. He’s harsh, he’s rude but Gary Wilmot is funny. I wouldn’t watch the last video on your iPhone during a walking tour of a convent though.
