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" Comedian" : Neil Hamburger
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2004 10:55 am
by Dylan_Archive
A lot of confused faces last night...
" Comedian" : Neil Hamburger
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2004 2:27 pm
by djanes1_Archive
Why did Michael Jackson get a vasectomy?
Because he was worried the 12 year olds might get pregnant.
Maybe the humor is in the delivery, but that to me is not funny.
" Comedian" : Neil Hamburger
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 8:28 am
by spoot_Archive
Maybe one joke in three is genuinely funny (why did Madonna feed her child alpo? She couldn't help it! that's just what came out of her breast) - though maybe not everyone's idea of funny; one in three is mildly funny, and one in three is not funny at all, just perplexing. But then, when people are looking perplexed, he says "please, people! I have cancer!" And to deal with a heckler, he finds someone else in the audience who has a drink, and someone with a lighter, and has them pour the drink on the heckler and light him/her on fire. Plus, he's continually clearing his throat through the microphone. Plus, there are long periods of awkward silence.
I guess it's in the delivery. But still, not crap!
" Comedian" : Neil Hamburger
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 1:00 pm
by Angus Jung
C'mon, no one's heard of Andy Kaufman? I mean, there was that Jim Carey movie and everything!
NOT CRAP, for still being able to confuse people, and get on Jimmy Kimmel twice.
" Comedian" : Neil Hamburger
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 1:05 pm
by calok_Archive
I loved his "timeless political jokes"
NOT CRAP
" Comedian" : Neil Hamburger
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 1:25 pm
by John W_Archive
Not crap. I love his work and have a ton of his CDs. Not many buy the whole: "It's funny because he's not funny -- how avant garde!" shtick. As a friend of mine said, "I'm not laughing because it's funny, I'm laughing at the idea that these are supposed to be jokes." I think you might need to have a love of terrible jokes in order to appreciate the whole deal, maybe?
" Comedian" : Neil Hamburger
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 1:27 pm
by Germ War_Archive
"I went to see an aromatherapist, and she had bad breath!"
Not crap, though definitely a lot funnier when he performs with bands than when he tours on his own and everyone knows the deal. The Trans Am/Fucking Champs/Laddio Bolocko/Neil Hamburger show in Minneapolis a few years ago will forever be one of my favorite shows ever.
Lots of really subtle, funny shit on his records, and I like how he mixes it up (the "DiPresa's Pizza House" record last year has maybe 5 regular "jokes", the rest of it is a doc(mock?)umentary and is really funny, IMO).
I hope my band gets to share a bill with him someday.
" Comedian" : Neil Hamburger
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 1:40 pm
by same_Archive
I like Neil Hamburger's comedy. What does he call it? Gee-gah? Not Crap.
" Comedian" : Neil Hamburger
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 6:24 pm
by simmo_Archive
-Why did Catherine Zeta Jones rub shit in to her pussy?
-Because she was horny!
NOT CRAP.
" Comedian" : Neil Hamburger
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 7:45 pm
by glynnisjohns_Archive
Neil Hamburger at the Casbah?
Confusing...but far from crap.