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Some of my real -life friends have an erroneous idea of GAB, fostered cheerfully by me.
I have said that this is a site for comedy writers and would-be comedy writers.
When I got back from Boston, one of them wondered what was discussed in our "Workshops and Seminars." This man is a nice guy, but has been permanently warped from his MBA program.
We didn't have any at all.
However, I did not want to say that all we did was bowl, laugh, eat, laugh, talk, and flash our naughty bits over live streaming video.(from Gavia and Nutty's living room.)
Therefore, I have been thinking about comedy styles and influences, ever since J.E. talked to me of workshops and seminars.
What are your influences/heroes/models?
I have long clung to the notion that I am the gay WASP Woody Allen. I have been neurotic my whole life, I read a great deal, and Mr. Allen and I both like the cabaret jazz of the great Bobby Short.
However, I write maybe too often of food and family to be a real Woody Allen wannabe.
I know I am certainly not an Emeril!
I see Bonky as a Gracie Allen/Jane Ace- two of the great "daffy" comedians of the 20th century.
postbear is, in my opinion, one of the Den(n)is's- a gay Dennis Miller, or an out Denis Leary. However, with a dangerous Canadian overtaste.
Nutbustr, to me is a bit of George Carlin, with some Rodney Dangerfield thrown in.
Feeble is the Gentile Robert Klein.
Trixxie is Wayland Flowers and Madame rolled into one.
Vicar is a being of pure humour.
Le Robot Mort reminds me of Tom Ammiano, a SF based man who is very quiet, very funny, and way out of the closet.
Candie's humour is sly, and on a time delay fuse. Often takes me a minute or three, and I am laughing, laughing, laughing.
Jinx is very visual, and her best work, in my opinion, is in her FLASH animations, but she is good on screen, but great in FLASH.
Gavia is the big sister I wish I had. She's very attuned to the absurd. She has to be, to put up with Nutbustr.
Adrian's wit is that of a smart, somewhat cynical European, but leavened with a devotion to life.
froglord is - well, I often feel as though he isn't flirting, but is telling the truth when he says "cum to froglord."
T4 is the wild, yet ultimately responsible, younger brother I wish I had.
EvilPanda is, and isn't. Like postbear, he has a contempt for the second-rate, and the too pretentious.
Therlin- has never been vicious, a claim I wish I could make for myself. He's great with the zingers.
Vlad the impaler has fine command of his voice/character.
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Gonzo. Loco hombre! 20,522 17
02/26/2002 11:17 AM
I'm very much like Steven Wright on crack.
Except I'm not on crack. Yet.
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Professor Nutbutter 181,255 35
02/26/2002 11:36 AM
I'm striving to be a combination of P.J. O'Rourke and David Sedaris. While the two of them are polar opposites in some respects, they both have an appreciation of all things dysfunctional that I can relate to.
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Reek Stankleberry 3,653 12
02/26/2002 11:41 AM
When I'm making comedy I act like I'm Luke Skywalker. I have a pretend light saber and then I start Frostin killing Darth Vader.
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Squeamish 38,986 14
02/26/2002 11:46 AM
>I am the gay WASP Woody Allen
Then I'm like a white Richard Pryor who didn't grow up poor.
I'm also kind of like a brown-haired Carrot Top except I don't use props.
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The Dirty Vicar 17,446 13
02/26/2002 12:06 PM
"There's lot's a seashells on beaches. I collect them. Maybe you've seen my collection."
"If the tree in your front yard has no branches, you might be a redneck."
"Little Miff Muffet sat on a tuffet eating food and she saw a spider and the spider said to her Whatcha got there?"
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piglet 104 11
02/26/2002 12:20 PM
Carrot Top single-handedly destroyed prop comedy, although in CT's defense Gallagher had softened it up years earlier. So I guess it wasn't singled-handed at all, it was more like a popular tag team with a really lame gimmick, like prop comedy.
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The Dirty Vicar 17,446 13
02/26/2002 12:24 PM
Bobby Hill is going to save the genre, however.
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piglet 104 11
02/26/2002 12:29 PM
I could listen to Pamela Segall read the Arlen phone book... *swoon*
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EvilPanda 4,807 13
02/26/2002 12:35 PM
I enjoy David Sedaris' work. Dennis Miller was good, but has lost his edge over the years.
The person on this board whose sense of humor mostly coincides with my own is Mr. postbear. His posts make me laugh more than anyone else's.
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postbear 10,158 13
02/26/2002 01:28 PM
in that case, only god can help you now, my son.
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The Dirty Vicar 17,446 13
02/26/2002 01:29 PM
"I hope your soul belongs to God. Because your ass belongs to me!"
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Therlin con la cabeza afeitada 12,200 13
02/26/2002 02:26 PM
I would like to be like Paula Poundstone. But without the vagina or the child molestation.
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Professor Nutbutter 181,255 35
02/26/2002 02:56 PM
I wouldn't mind having a vagina as long as it was close enough to get my penis into.
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Special Olympic Peon 6,076 13
02/26/2002 03:03 PM
I'm nothing at all like Chris Rock.
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Only 97% as Feeble 32,400 15
02/26/2002 07:16 PM
I wish I knew who Robert Klien was, so that I would know whether or not I should hunt you down and kill you.
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Declan (Now With Cookies) McManus 131,867 36
02/26/2002 07:21 PM
Robert Klein is tall, and can be very funny.
He jumped the shark in the late '80s, when he accepted a role on Sisters, as Swoosie Kurtz's husband.
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Candie Kohrne la Leona Roja 8,640 15
02/26/2002 10:36 PM
This is news to me that I have a comedy style.
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Jinx's Big Ego 5,835 13
02/26/2002 10:41 PM
Haha...I knew SOMEONE must think my Flash animations are funny.
*realizes half the time they don't load properly for Declan*
D'oh!
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Sexhead, Succubus-In-Training 12,287 12
02/27/2002 12:24 AM
I dig Denis Leary for his sarcasm. I used to be very bitter, and therefore quite sarcastic, but then I went to college, discovered drugs, and just basically mellowed out in my old age so I'm not really anymore.
I love John Stewart cause I remember him from the old days back when it was the Comedy Channel and he co-hosted Short Attention Span Theatre. Then he disappeared to me for like, ten years, and now he's on The Daily Show. Now, I think he is one of the funniest people on TV. And the fact that I have the nastiest thoughts about him cause I find him so incredibly yummy is just a bonus.
And Stephen Wright fookin rules. No 'splaination needed.
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Therlin con la cabeza afeitada 12,200 13
02/27/2002 12:37 AM
Pop-Tarts. They are filled with this delicious strawberry goodness... and I'm only human.
And the Kellogg's company knows what its doing. Pop-Tarts come in three pouches with 2 pop-tarts each. You want to eat a pop-tart as a snack, but you aren't going to throw away the other pop-tart because that would be a waste.
So you eat the 2nd pop-tart. Well, now it's not a snack, now it's a meal. So you open the 2nd pouch and you eat two more pop-tarts.
And at the end, you eat the 3rd pouch really just to tidy up. You can't have a single pouch in that big box all by itself for God's sake.
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Jinx's Big Ego 5,835 13
02/27/2002 09:49 AM
Declan, sugar, no they aren't!
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Crescent Fresh +6 10,666 13
02/27/2002 10:20 AM
Soooooo, do I have a style, then? :)
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Cap'n Stuby 17,826 13
02/27/2002 11:42 AM
I've never been funny. I think we can ALL agree on that.
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+18Chickens 286,208 61
02/27/2002 12:10 PM
Sam Kinistin , OH-0H-OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH.
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+18Chickens 286,208 61
02/27/2002 12:11 PM
Which is a totally verbal/delivery style and thus doesn't come over well on a comedy board. Doesn't stop me from trying, however.
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Declan (Now With Cookies) McManus 131,867 36
02/27/2002 10:58 PM
To me, Demon Disciple is Eddie Izzard, but not in drag.
Eddie Izzard is smart, and painfully honest.
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Candie Kohrne Signora Con i Gatti 8,640 15
02/28/2002 05:31 PM
Charlie's bruning me some Eddie Izzard stuff onto CD. Must be good stuff.
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Gavia immer 803 13
03/01/2002 10:12 AM
My own comedy hero has and always will be Carol Burnett, followed closely by Tim Conway. I don't really know that I am more than a "straight man" (dangerous to say that on this site), but those two are who I relate to the most.
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Declan (Now With Cookies) McManus 131,867 36
03/01/2002 07:06 PM
"I'm so glad we had this time together- just to laugh, or sing a song-"
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Declan (Now With Cookies) McManus 131,867 36
03/03/2002 11:15 PM
Callie Mollari is the queen of the double entendre- this demure looking woman, saying demure sounding things, until you listen twice.
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postbear 10,158 13
03/03/2002 11:36 PM
you can't be that much of a straight man, gavia.
you have nutbuster after you.
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Ford Prefect 5,475 13
04/02/2002 11:41 PM
I see Declan sort of like that lady in the Marx Brothers movies who's job it is to be offended by everything and say "Well I never!" only on welfare.
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Declan McManus 131,867 36
04/03/2002 01:16 AM
Her name was Margaret Dumont, and I am not on welfare.
and in real life, she was very funny.
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dr froglord 9,243 13
04/03/2002 05:40 PM
The problem with visualizing Declan saying "I never" is that everyone knows he does.
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Declan McManus 131,867 36
04/03/2002 11:18 PM
I say it, but no more than once a day.
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Chaldron Urkel Hoodspinster, CPA 1,560 13
07/11/2002 03:53 AM
I'd like to say that I'm the witty accountant who posts on GAB.
Except that two of the three facts listed aren't true.
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Declan McManus 131,867 36
07/11/2002 03:47 PM
Urkie can fill my tank any time!
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Cµntjuice 19,936 13
07/11/2002 11:40 PM
All I can think of is that my comedy style is very similar to one of my friends'. But he's not famous. And I can't think of anyone famous who is as funny as either of us.
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Cµntjuice 19,936 13
07/11/2002 11:45 PM
Eminem maybe.
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