Browsing the archives for the comedian tag

Books I Love: Watchmen by Alan Moore

1 Nov, 2012 in Books I Love, fnord by

Share Graphic Novel Or Not Rorschach, Ozymandias, and The Comedian Are Great Characters Screw the sci fi aspect of it. Really. Dr. Manhattan is not even my top three favorite character in this work, and even then he’s still awesome. If you’ve seen the movie, read the book. That goes double for V for Vendetta. [...]

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RIP Patrice Oneal. You Were Amazingly Funny

29 Nov, 2011 in craziest shit ever, fnord, humor by

ShareDead At 41 Unbelievably Funny I was shocked to hear that we lost comedian Patrice Oneal. He died following a stroke brought on by diabetes. It’s unusually surprising, as I have had a Patrice Oneal video clip in the queue for about six weeks, but I’m as busy as fuck with work, and I just [...]

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R.I.P. Robert Schimmel – A Good Comedian Is Gone

4 Sep, 2010 in fnord, humor by

Share I just found out, via Penn Jillette’s tweet, that Robert Schimmel died.  He was a comedian that I first saw, on HBO, in the 80′s. He had some funny material. I watched him in high school, and on late night in the 90′s.  I enjoyed his humor a decent amount. Apparently he had a [...]

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R.I.P. George Carlin – You Will Be Missed

23 Jun, 2008 in fnord, humor by

Share Another legend is gone. George Carlin died last night (Sunday, June 22) of heart failure. I discovered him in the eighth grade, when I stayed home from school and listened to my parents comedy records. I heard Class Clown and things were forever changed. That was my baptism into counter culture/ALT thinking, and I [...]

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