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Wanna Be On A Comedy Album By Patton Oswalt'!
Hi, everyone. "Moriarty" here with some Rumblings From The Lab...
I’ve always loved the moment on “Let’s Get Small” where Steve Martin’s playing “Ramblin’ Guy” on the banjo, and he pauses to say, “Hey, you guys are gonna be on a record…” The crowd goes nuts, cheers, excited.
And then Steve continues, “... maybe, someday. Not mine, of course.”
The mere fact that I can quote that and tell you what track it was from means that I spent much too much time listening to the comedy albums I grew up with. Pryor, Cheech & Chong, Martin, Robin Williams, Red Foxx, Eddie Murphy, George Carlin, Bill Cosby... I loved comedy records, and the great ones got worn smooth from repeat play in my house. I truly believe that Patton Oswalt is one of the funniest guys working today, and the idea that you could be at the performance where he cuts his first album is pretty f’ing cool if you ask me. Patton’s always been a good friend to AICN, so when he asked me if I thought this was appropriate to run here, I managed to misplace the e-mail and forget to write back. But then! A mere three weeks later! I spring into action with cat-like reflexes! And the result is this story...
Patton Oswalt will be recording his first-ever CD at the legendary 40 Watt Club in Athens, GA on Saturday, September 27th! It's only 10 bucks to get in, you get to see two bands perform before Patton, and your laughter is burned forever on a CD that will be played long after you are dead.
Tickets are available at the 40 Watt Club website RIGHT HERE!!. If you're going to be in Athens, GA on the 27th, or you know people who live there, you should come to the show!
PATTONThen afterwards, feel free to touch Patton in intimate places and tell him I told you it was okay. He’s wee. He loves it.
"Moriarty" out.
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Aug 28, 2003 9:36:50 AM CDT
So is aicn going for the Guiness book of records for most storie
by heleno
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He's one funny hombre. Not funny enough for me to fly to Georgia, but still funny.
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Read JLA:Welcome to the Working Week...Patton has an excellent grasp of the characters and it's funnier than hell...Slack.
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Danger Man!
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up there with Chapelle and the lady from NPR whose name I can never remember but who is really funny.
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in answer to your question.
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His "Gary Blevins" riff, if you've heard it, is unforgettable.
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Patton, if you put the Gary Blevins bit on this cd, then I will buy a copy for myself and for all of my friends for Christmas. Of whatever year it comes out. Which I hope is this year, but still. GARY BLEVINS!
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No wait... Patton Oswalt got his ass kicked in Magnolia!!! Remember that shit?! When he was in the tree? That movie was fucking crazee!!! Frogs and shit! Totally blows my mind! Yep... Better get back to work...
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That said, I have no clue who this guy is. But you should make at least one trip to Athens and the 40 Watt at least once in your life (or go to college there like I did).
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The other day, I was seriously asking myself: "Who's the funniest stand-up alive?" I'm a shitty, struggling stand-up comedian myself and such questions keep me mentally occupied for hours while I make sandwiches at the Subway. For me, I think its between Oswald and Louis CK. There's only a few others who belong in the highest ranks of working stand-ups: Brian Posehn kicks ass. Mary Lynn Rajskub is amazing. Jim Gaffigan never fails to make me laugh. Of course, Jon Glaser and Jon Benjamin are brilliant. Harland Williams still makes me laugh like I'm 12. Judah Friedlander once made me lose my shit laughing, (but I was really drunk.) Then there's Garafalo, Seinfeld, Rock, Cross, Odenkirk, Stewart, Cedric, Sykes, MacDonald, Quinn, and all the others who've found great success and/or failure as TV stars. But, for my $10 dollars and two drink minimum, Patton is the funniest. I wait for his album with bated breath. "My grandfather started this magazine with dream...."
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Patton's TiVo bit nearly made me die laughing a couple years ago at Irving Plaza in NYC. The Mp3 on his site of his Conan appearance is not NEARLY as funny as it could be
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How many people do you think, now armed with the knowledge that Patton's stand-up will be recorded, will laugh obnoxiously loud so they can recognize themselves when the CD comes out?
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Yeah, he's been on the Conan. He's a pretty funny guy. On a sort-of related topic, has anyone seen Kevin Brennan's special on Comedy Central? That's some funny shit, especially the bit about the elevator.
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Skanks for the memories is the funniest shit put on CD in a long time. You owe it to yoursekf to get it.
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PO's section on www.bobanddavid.com is so fucking priceless. Go read Erik Blevins' treatments, and have tissues nearby because you'll laugh that goddamn hard.
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I just got to the bottom of the first page of "Unseeable Fear" when I ran into pure spun gold: "They have a Weejee board wired to a future-computer, and they're tracking the possessing demon." FUCKING GOLD!
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watch his thing on conan, where he's talking about rock music changing the physical properties of objects. "thanks, night ranger!". gold.
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Aug 29, 2003 1:46:20 AM CDT
L.H.Puttgrass, Pundit for the People, will Publicly Ponder for P
by l.h.puttgrass
This guy is one of my favorite stand-ups. His bit about William Alexander (The german guy with the painting show.) is absolutely hilarious. He did it at the end of a half hour comedy special that was on Comedy Central or HBO. FUNNY!!!AS!!!HELL!!! This is the only time that I can ever remember wanting to be in Georgia. L.H.Puttgrass signing off and heading for bed!!
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This is my 1st ever posting on this website!!!!! Do I win something? I was gonna post something about Gigli, but wanted to save my first talkback for something positive. Patton Oswalt is hysterical. Why he is not bigger in the comedy scene is beyond me. If you think he is just dopey "Spence" on KOQ, then you are sorely mistaken. Every time....every time.......I see this guy on TV he kills. Destroys...Maims...Why doesn't Comedy Central show more of this guys standup routine? They keep showing the "frat boy retard mentality humor" of Dane Cook. My only guess is that Patton's humor can be somewhat "intellectual"...and heaven forbid putting something on the air that makes people have to "think."
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Aug 29, 2003 7:28:03 PM CDT
You haven't lived 'til you've heard Patton's Nick Nolte as Batma
by hellboy
"Goddammit, Alfred...I told you not to wake me before TEN! Ah, Jesus..."
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to record in georgia, the south has the worst audiences for anything even mildly intelligent
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..especially when he's on Conan-"This cheese sandwich isn't grilled..SHIBBIDIDU!!!!"
As for Conan,although very little is ever spontaneous,I love the guests that come out and just destroy the show,like Harland Williams and Scott Thompson always says something horrible to get Conan sweating.
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