I love that guy so much. There's a song that he does on the Contractual Obligation album that never fails to crack me up uncontrollably when it gets to the climax:Wolter wrote:Mine too. :(Dr. Medulla wrote::( My favour of the Pythons. What a particularly cruel and unjust fate for someone of his abilities.Silent Majority wrote:Poor old Terry Jones has been diagnosed with dementia at 74.
I have a secret theory that a sign of comedic maturity is realizing how good Terry Jones was compared to the flashier members.
Top 5 Comedians?
Re: Top 5 Comedians?
"Suck our Earth dick, Martians!" —Doc
Re: Top 5 Comedians?
Perhaps it is my aging eyes but I just read this as top 5 Canadians.
Now that's a tough list.
Now that's a tough list.
- Dr. Medulla
- Atheistic Epileptic
- Posts: 115994
- Joined: 15 Jun 2008, 2:00pm
- Location: Straight Banana, Idaho
Re: Top 5 Comedians?
Remember, it's not fair to include me more than once, so you still need to come up with #s 2 thru 5.revbob wrote:Perhaps it is my aging eyes but I just read this as top 5 Canadians.
Now that's a tough list.
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
Re: Top 5 Comedians?
Yeah I'd put you above any of my relatives anyway. Joey Shithead Keithly goes in there somewhere too, along with John Candy and Dan Aykroyd.Dr. Medulla wrote:Remember, it's not fair to include me more than once, so you still need to come up with #s 2 thru 5.revbob wrote:Perhaps it is my aging eyes but I just read this as top 5 Canadians.
Now that's a tough list.
So I guess I need one more, oh hell Neil Young.
You're in damn good company, that or the pool is pretty shallow.
Re: Top 5 Comedians?
1. Dave Simrevbob wrote:Yeah I'd put you above any of my relatives anyway. Joey Shithead Keithly goes in there somewhere too, along with John Candy and Dan Aykroyd.Dr. Medulla wrote:Remember, it's not fair to include me more than once, so you still need to come up with #s 2 thru 5.revbob wrote:Perhaps it is my aging eyes but I just read this as top 5 Canadians.
Now that's a tough list.
So I guess I need one more, oh hell Neil Young.
You're in damn good company, that or the pool is pretty shallow.
2. Jim Carrey
3. Phil Hartman
4. John Candy
5. John K.
"Suck our Earth dick, Martians!" —Doc
- Wolter
- Half Foghorn Leghorn, Half Albert Brooks
- Posts: 55432
- Joined: 15 Jun 2008, 7:59pm
- Location: ¡HOLIDAY RO-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-OAD!
Re: Top 5 Comedians?
1-5. The Kids In the HallKory wrote:1. Dave Simrevbob wrote:Yeah I'd put you above any of my relatives anyway. Joey Shithead Keithly goes in there somewhere too, along with John Candy and Dan Aykroyd.Dr. Medulla wrote:Remember, it's not fair to include me more than once, so you still need to come up with #s 2 thru 5.revbob wrote:Perhaps it is my aging eyes but I just read this as top 5 Canadians.
Now that's a tough list.
So I guess I need one more, oh hell Neil Young.
You're in damn good company, that or the pool is pretty shallow.
2. Jim Carrey
3. Phil Hartman
4. John Candy
5. John K.
Also, The classic Nomeansno lineup of the Wright Brothers and Andy Kerr...
”INDER LOCK THE THE KISS THREAD IVE REALISED IM A PRZE IDOOT” - Thomas Jefferson
"But the gorilla thinks otherwise!"
"But the gorilla thinks otherwise!"
- Dr. Medulla
- Atheistic Epileptic
- Posts: 115994
- Joined: 15 Jun 2008, 2:00pm
- Location: Straight Banana, Idaho
Re: Top 5 Comedians?
Wasn't it understood that I occupied the #1 spot on anyone's list? You only have to come up with four also-rans.
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
Re: Top 5 Comedians?
1. Doc MedullaDr. Medulla wrote:Wasn't it understood that I occupied the #1 spot on anyone's list? You only have to come up with four also-rans.
2. Justin Trudeau
3. Andrea Martin
4. Scott Thompson
5. Eugene Levy
Got a Rake? Sure!
IMCT: Inane Middle-Class Twats - Dr. M
" *sigh* it's right when they throw the penis pump out the window." -Hoy
IMCT: Inane Middle-Class Twats - Dr. M
" *sigh* it's right when they throw the penis pump out the window." -Hoy
- Dr. Medulla
- Atheistic Epileptic
- Posts: 115994
- Joined: 15 Jun 2008, 2:00pm
- Location: Straight Banana, Idaho
Re: Top 5 Comedians?
That's more like it!
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
Re: Top 5 Comedians?
Seriously, though. Andrea Martin is such an underrated goddamn treasure. She is amazing on Difficult People as the overbearing Jewish mom, which, of course, I would know nothing about.Dr. Medulla wrote:That's more like it!
Got a Rake? Sure!
IMCT: Inane Middle-Class Twats - Dr. M
" *sigh* it's right when they throw the penis pump out the window." -Hoy
IMCT: Inane Middle-Class Twats - Dr. M
" *sigh* it's right when they throw the penis pump out the window." -Hoy
- Dr. Medulla
- Atheistic Epileptic
- Posts: 115994
- Joined: 15 Jun 2008, 2:00pm
- Location: Straight Banana, Idaho
Re: Top 5 Comedians?
Apart from just being incredibly well-written and -performed sketch comedy, SCTV was notable for every damned one of its core performers going on to significant work thereafter.JennyB wrote:Seriously, though. Andrea Martin is such an underrated goddamn treasure. She is amazing on Difficult People as the overbearing Jewish mom, which, of course, I would know nothing about.Dr. Medulla wrote:That's more like it!
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
- Wolter
- Half Foghorn Leghorn, Half Albert Brooks
- Posts: 55432
- Joined: 15 Jun 2008, 7:59pm
- Location: ¡HOLIDAY RO-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-OAD!
Re: Top 5 Comedians?
That's because (at least back then, it seems to be less so now), the Second City focused on character creation over straight up joking. Just so many amazing actors came though that program. I say actors because they were all funny people, but they could all actually act.Dr. Medulla wrote:Apart from just being incredibly well-written and -performed sketch comedy, SCTV was notable for every damned one of its core performers going on to significant work thereafter.JennyB wrote:Seriously, though. Andrea Martin is such an underrated goddamn treasure. She is amazing on Difficult People as the overbearing Jewish mom, which, of course, I would know nothing about.Dr. Medulla wrote:That's more like it!
”INDER LOCK THE THE KISS THREAD IVE REALISED IM A PRZE IDOOT” - Thomas Jefferson
"But the gorilla thinks otherwise!"
"But the gorilla thinks otherwise!"
Re: Top 5 Comedians?
I didn't want to seem like a kiss-ass. You're more like #0.Dr. Medulla wrote:Wasn't it understood that I occupied the #1 spot on anyone's list? You only have to come up with four also-rans.
"Suck our Earth dick, Martians!" —Doc
- Dr. Medulla
- Atheistic Epileptic
- Posts: 115994
- Joined: 15 Jun 2008, 2:00pm
- Location: Straight Banana, Idaho
Re: Top 5 Comedians?
That could be interpreted several ways …Kory wrote:I didn't want to seem like a kiss-ass. You're more like #0.Dr. Medulla wrote:Wasn't it understood that I occupied the #1 spot on anyone's list? You only have to come up with four also-rans.
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
Re: Top 5 Comedians?
You know, like, when a comic book has a #0. It's like a special convention-only release. Highly sought-after, but not totally necessary.Dr. Medulla wrote:That could be interpreted several ways …Kory wrote:I didn't want to seem like a kiss-ass. You're more like #0.Dr. Medulla wrote:Wasn't it understood that I occupied the #1 spot on anyone's list? You only have to come up with four also-rans.
"Suck our Earth dick, Martians!" —Doc