The latest "writers block" is interesting

[kjpepper]

What comedian makes you pee your pants laughing?

I don't know about pee my pants or anything, but there is always something about the double whammy of Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert in the evenings that always gets me. Not so much since the strike.

As for stand-up... Most wring a chuckle out of me, but very early Margaret Cho always gets me, especially the routines about her mother. Early Ellen Degeneres is wonderful wonderful stuff. In addition, I would fling my panties at both Eddie Izzard and Bill Engvall. Eddie Izzard because his routines are fabulous (especially when he lapses into French for no apparent reason) and well, Bill Engvall... Not even just "heeeeeeeeeres your sign," but there's the routine he does about the ill fated parasailing attempt he made under the influence of Vicodin and a cocktail that's pretty much all facial expression that very nearly does have the above effect, no matter how many times I've seen it. You know who else is shockingly good at standup? Robin Williams. There was this HBO special a few years ago he did where I laughed so hard I couldn't breathe, especially when he got into the history of golf.

There are other ones I like a lot... Lewis Black, early Eddie Murphy, Caroline Rhea, the late Sam Kinison... there's a list...

Comments

I'm a dorkfish! He caught me on a corndog.

[austingoddess.livejournal.com]

Our lists match up nigh-perfectly. But one comedian that has time and time again caused a severe loss of breath: Richard Jeni. If you want, for Yule I can send you a copy of his Greatest Bits album. You'll have to pause it just to catch your breath, I promise. And you can listen to it a dozen times and still hear stuff you missed because you were busy laughing.

Re: I'm a dorkfish! He caught me on a corndog.

[kjpepper.livejournal.com]

Ah yes, Richard Jeni... didn't he die recently? :(

Bill the Belching Gourmet

[austingoddess.livejournal.com]

Yeah, several months ago due to suicide brought on by very severe depression. triplemare and I were so thankful we got to see him in person once before he died. He was amazing. We had our own wake for him.

[lomundra.livejournal.com]

I'll knock that ball into a gopher hole!
Oh, you mean, like croquet?
Fuck croquet! You put the hole hundreds of yards away!
Like bowling?
Fuck bowling! I put shit in the way! Like trees and bushes so you can lose your ball! And then at the end, there'll be a flat place with a little flag sticking up to give you fucking hope!
Oh so you do this one time?
Fuck no! You do it 18 fuckin' times!!

oh dear gods I love that man.

[kjpepper.livejournal.com]

really all it takes to send me into hysterics is "Fuck croquet!"

[retsuko.livejournal.com]

Word on Margaret Cho. I find her routine about the failed TV show (which I actually watched a few episodes of, when I was younger) to be the best horrifying thing I have ever laughed at, and laughed at until tears were running down my cheeks and I was gasping for breath. :)

Mommy gonna look at Assmaster now.

[austingoddess.livejournal.com]

I'm the One That I Want is a brilliant piece of work. You want to laugh and cry and beat up midget movie producers with kickstand penes by the end.

Re: Mommy gonna look at Assmaster now.

[kjpepper.livejournal.com]

WHOA! It was just ass right away! Mommy was shocked! I thought there'd be "table of contents", then ass...

Oh gods. Assmaster. *dead*

Mommy was not expecting that!

[austingoddess.livejournal.com]

Brilliant. Have it at home. Besides that it's the most blunt discussion of racism I've ever seen, the part about Gwen waaaaaaaaaarssssshing her vagina always gets me.

Re: Mommy was not expecting that!

[kjpepper.livejournal.com]

BWAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I forgot that one.

Hi my name's Gwen I'm here to.... *dies*

"I tell you gay story about daddy. No! Daddy not gay! No no no no no no! You putting words in Mommy mouth. But don't tell him I tell you."

...cause you know. The gay? They like picnic.

You go girl! You go!....No I mean you *go*, byeeeee.

[austingoddess.livejournal.com]

< message >
....*boop!*

Pick up the phone!
If, uh, you don't pick up the phone....that mean you gay.
Only gaaaaaaaay....screen the call!

Re: You go girl! You go!....No I mean you *go*, byeeeee.

[kjpepper.livejournal.com]

you know, after your previous comment i had to go look up the Gwen bit on youtube. It's kind of a pity Twinky assistant isn't here, honestly. :)

[grinninfoole.livejournal.com]

My favorite bit was about her all-persimmon diet, and how it caught up with her while she was driving.

[athene.livejournal.com]

Rita Rudner. I just love her timing.

Josh Blue actually made my side hurt when I saw him live.

And, my sister, who unfortunately doesn't want to pursue stand-up. Which is sad, because she's hilariously funny.

[grinninfoole.livejournal.com]

No love for George Carlin?

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

*pokes head in from exile*

I made Lewis Black laugh on my graduation night. It was the best day ever. And I am with you on Eddie Izzard: I would bring EXTRA panties to fling at him. New ones. In his size. Or offer him bees.

Also, I would have to add Billy Connolly to the list. Not only is his material funny, but he's a big hairy guy who speaks with a thick Scottish accent, which makes everything he says funny. And he points out that he's the only person he knows of to die "in a fucken MUPPET movie." I often wonder if Robin Williams' Scotsman impression ("Fuck yer croquet!") is actually a Billy Connolly impression, since they used to be drinking buddies.

I'm rather fond of Wanda Sykes, too.

*wanders back to exile for a month, having gotten a badly needed blogging fix*