Comics!

I think I've been a little too deep lately. Not to mention too pretentious, too intellectual, too...frigging...boring.

So...THE FUNNIES!

Here are some of my favourite comic clips.

WARNING: Parental guidance strongly advised. In some cases--notably #3--the guidance should be well away from the computer speaker. Not work safe, not least of all because you probably don't want your colleagues to notice you've pissed yourself.

High speed connection recommended.

1) Ron James on Tim Horton's

2) George Carlin on losing things

3) Nikki Payne

We saw this routine live a few years back. I couldn't breathe. I cried in places, I was laughing so hard. The room actually went silent a few times because nobody else could breathe, either. I must reiterate the warning above: although they've bleeped her here, Nikki's material is...dirty.

4) Bill Engvall

The more I hear, the more I like. He kept us sane on the road back from Florida.

5) Stuart MacLean needs to pee

If you've never heard of the Vinyl Cafe, more's the pity. It's a radio program, recorded live in a different Canadian town each week. It features independent music and--most entrancingly, as far as I'm concerned--each week a new story, usually concerning "Dave and Morley" and their family and friends. It's gentle humour, but often gut-bustingly funny anyway. I strongly identify with Dave, who tends towards absentmindedness and is prone to petty disasters at every turn.
MacLean has written several books of Dave and Morley stories, and I have them all. They're great in print, but MacLean's voice adds a lot.

This one's one of his rare non-Dave-and-Morley stories. Funny, though.

6) Jeremy Hotz Saw him live, too, something like, yikes, fifteen years ago now. One of the best comedians I've ever run across.

Finally...

7) The Frantics on dirty words. (Not what you think...although you'll never hear these words the same way again.)