With credit to the VTT for the idea, here are my all-time categories, taking on all comers!
Round One
Pope or e.e.?
Tom Lehrer Songbook
Hold 'em Dictionary
80's Standup Comedians
Airport Food
Advertising Logic 101
Round Two
Famous Trebek Impersonations
Olympic 800m Runners
70's Playground Games
Jewish Sports Legends
San Francisco Burrito Stands
Nerdspeak
Final Jeopardy
"Well..."
Round One
Pope or e.e.?
Tom Lehrer Songbook
Hold 'em Dictionary
80's Standup Comedians
Airport Food
Advertising Logic 101
Round Two
Famous Trebek Impersonations
Olympic 800m Runners
70's Playground Games
Jewish Sports Legends
San Francisco Burrito Stands
Nerdspeak
Final Jeopardy
"Well..."
Comments
What is Poisoning pigeons in the park?
When in Rome do like a Roman."
My word verification is: fuqzebvy!
Hee.
gkl See my amended topic. I was going to go with 'Legendary Boulder Cops' but couldn't come up with five answers to use.
Balls in your court my man...
He wasn't scared, no siree!"
To question the first: What is 'The Vatican Rag'?
And the second, oy: What is 'So long, Mom'?"
And for you: "Let our love be a flame, not an ember. Say it's me that you want to dismember."
What is Dance to the Masochism tango!
You arethe man Michael!
But as someone who watched every single episode of "Evening at the Improv" at least 4 times, I bet I could give you a good run for your money on the 80s comedians.
For $100: "My name is A. Whitney Brown. Someday I hope to be ______."
For $200: "The doctor comes at me with this long metal rod. I say, 'What's that for?' He says, 'We're going to look for blood in your stool.' I say, 'Look, I have no medical training, but if you put that thing up my ass, I'll make my diagnosis right now.'"
For $300: "I'm a stand up comic, well that's my line, and I'd like to know Zodiac, z-z-z-Zodiac, z-z-z-Zodiac sign."
For $400: "After all the freeway shootings, the McDonalds' in LA came out with Happy to Be Alive Meals."
For $500: "Cars aren't just getting faster, they're achieving new levels of awareness. Why just the other day my car said to me: 'The door is a jar.'...And it took me a while to get it, but whoa."
The Diceman
1. The Whitney Brown
2. Sounds like Rodney, which doesn't fit category...
3. I can't think of his name, but he looks like a Beastie Boy, and he also did that joke that included every ethnic joke punchline one after another, like "Fine, the Chinese are excellent drivers, fine." He also did that whole bit about people in LA flaking all the time: "Dude, I flaked!"
4. Al Clethen
5. Steven Wright
Here's one for you from one of my favorites:
"I grew up in Iowa. I left there when I was 18 when I found out I was, in fact, free to go."
VTT: Not bad! The ass one is Robert Shimmel, who spent a lot of time in his set on ass stuff. Gets old after a bit. You got Barry Sobel in all but name. $500 sure sounds like Steven Wright but it was Jim Samuels, whose entire act was misinterpreting common phrases. Funny guy.
But it's knowing Al Clethen that makes me want to see you naked.
Jake Johanssen! I can't believe I didn't in fact pose that one to you.
- I figured Steven Wright was too obvious, but I honestly do not remember Jim Samuels, so you got me there.
- I think Clethan's whole career hung on the hook of that McDonald's joke, am I right?
How about this one: "Every New Year's Eve, my family used to gather together to watch our hopes drop."
I only vaguely recall Shim's airline bit. More un-memorable than it is forgettable, I figure.
My favorite Clethen bits were grandpa jokes. "Grandpa used to say, 'When I was a kid, all we'd get for Christmas was an orange...but we was happy.' So he's easy to shop for."
The first Wright one-liner that floored me: "The other day I put some instant coffee in a microwave and almost went back in time."
Or, on why Chicago exists. A bunch of New Yorkers said one day, you know, I enjoy the poverty and crime but it's just not cold enough...
The first Wright one-liner I remember killing me was "It's a small world...but I wouldn't want to paint it."
SkyDad: I absolutely adored Richard Jeni. His cable special "Boy from NYC" is a classic. I still like to sing his version of "the most depressing song ever written," the song "that will clear out any party," The Wreck of the Edmund Fitgerald:
"Well back on the decks,
they all drowned like rats,
as they lay there their lungs filled with wa-terrrr.
And back on the shore,
their wives had no insurance,
And their children turns to drugs and prostitu-tionnnn."