Browsing the archives for the comedian tag
Dead 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 [...]
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 bad [...]
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 loved [...]
