really I'd probably lean toward voting for Bruce (Shame Based Man is definitely in my top 3 comedy albums of all time, been meaning to pick up his other CD), but with all the love for him here I might go with someone else.
― Alex in Baltimore, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 17:55 (sixteen years ago) link
i thought of kenan when I saw the menstruation one
― sunny successor, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 17:55 (sixteen years ago) link
btw pp and i have been watching these from the beginning since january. it the first time for me. i can see how you could absolutely love this show if you first saw it in college
― sunny successor, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 17:56 (sixteen years ago) link
my favorite solo scott sketch:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=RZzzKDytK1o
― latebloomer, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 17:57 (sixteen years ago) link
I have more friends who look like Bruce. Runner-up would be Mark.
― Pleasant Plains, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 18:00 (sixteen years ago) link
Here's one of 'em:
http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/9918/bmcpfe5.jpg
― Pleasant Plains, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 18:03 (sixteen years ago) link
I occasionally see people around that look like Kevin, but frankly, they kinda scare me.
oh, i love the on-stage sketches.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3oDtgBzMJE
"i'm sorry for causing all that cancer."
― Jordan, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 18:03 (sixteen years ago) link
I'll vote Bruce, but Kevin could take any of them at his best.
"Maybe I'll grow a beard..."
― Millsner, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 18:10 (sixteen years ago) link
"the beard stays, you go!"
― omar little, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 18:20 (sixteen years ago) link
http://youtube.com/watch?v=nYuOurhglz8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waV4rZUkcEs
Just... click on the link.
― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 18:21 (sixteen years ago) link
Beard is superclassic
― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 18:28 (sixteen years ago) link
is there anyone on ilx that doesn't like kids in the hall?
Ned doesn't like it iirc.
― Nicole, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 18:47 (sixteen years ago) link
ban ned.
― Jordan, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 18:49 (sixteen years ago) link
i'm not sure why, but this is one of my favorite KITH sketches
http://youtube.com/watch?v=BNgcwdy48M8
― n/a, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 18:55 (sixteen years ago) link
life is a pretty sweet fruit
― n/a, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 18:59 (sixteen years ago) link
i was looking for the "oh my hip!" one where bruce seduces his mother's elderly friends. i love when dave comes out of the kitchen with a tray of cocktails saying "i found these martinis in the crisper!" kills me every time.
― chicago kevin, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 19:01 (sixteen years ago) link
fuck the bank i work for ... fuck the b-b-b-baaaank
― n/a, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 19:07 (sixteen years ago) link
censored version ;_;
i can't find the video, but i love the drunk as a crow sketch.
Bruce: Oh, good for you, Stephen, you're drunk, you're stupid, and you're in a hotel, are you happy, Stephen, are you happy?
Kevin: I am sober, fatso!
Bruce: Yeah, Stephen, I'm fat, I'm very fat. Tell me, are you drunk because you're stupid, or are you stupid because you're drunk?
...
Kevin: My minibar is empty- it's so small! [looks at the empty minibar]
Bruce: How'd it get empty, Stephen?
Kevin: I emptied it.
Bruce: Why?
Kevin: Consumption.
Bruce: Well, my minibar is empty as well.
Kevin: Ah-ha! You're drunk! [loses his balance and falls back onto the bed]
Bruce: Yes I am, but I'm not stupid, Stephen. Now listen, all I've got left is the champagne, the playing cards, and the cashew nuts. Now, do you want them?
Kevin: Yes.
Bruce: Alright. I'll send them over, Stephen, but listen, Stephen, for God sakes, don't play cards for money because you're drunk, and don't drink the champagne to celebrate how stupid you are. Eat the cashews and go to bed, and when you wake up, which'll be a half an hour from now, you'll say, "My God, I got drunk and spent eleven dollars on a handful of cashew nuts, boy am I stupid, luckily I'm no longer drunk."
[Kevin snores into the phone - he's fallen asleep with the phone balanced on his face.]
Bruce: You're drunk, you're stupid, and you're asleep on my phone line, what a frightening apparition you are.
― Jordan, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 19:11 (sixteen years ago) link
where is the cool dad sketch on youtube? i ACHE for it.
― stevie, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 20:06 (sixteen years ago) link
whenever a bargaining situation comes up, i always think, "how about...a dollar."
― Jordan, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 20:15 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiWQ38kF8Gc
"can we keep him?!"
― Jordan, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 20:16 (sixteen years ago) link
so you're painting a chair, aye?
― chaki, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 20:20 (sixteen years ago) link
lol @ scott's belt:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SudyHvtAPMY
― Jordan, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 20:28 (sixteen years ago) link
french ilxors will certainly be voting for comedian extraordinaire kevin mcdonald, le poopie.
― andrew m., Wednesday, 27 February 2008 20:38 (sixteen years ago) link
this "cool dad" sketch? http://hip.ytmnd.com/
― Alex in Baltimore, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 20:41 (sixteen years ago) link
-- Jordan, Wednesday, February 27, 2008 3:16 PM (25 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
every time I eat cooked oatmeal, I refer to it as "Mr. Stevenson 2"
― Alex in Baltimore, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 20:42 (sixteen years ago) link
I didn't realize that the "cool dad" sketch was based on the life of James Lileks.
― Pleasant Plains, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 20:48 (sixteen years ago) link
bellll. bivvv. devooooe.
― impudent harlot, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 20:52 (sixteen years ago) link
syrop
― Ai Lien, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 21:34 (sixteen years ago) link
it's between Kevin and Dave for me.
― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 21:54 (sixteen years ago) link
I don't think I remember a "cool dad" sketch. I remember "HE'S 45."
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 22:05 (sixteen years ago) link
HE'S HIP. HE'S COOL. HE'S 45.
― Jordan, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 22:25 (sixteen years ago) link
my favorite sketch when i was a teen was for some reason the SOMEONE'S GONNA GET A THOUSAND DOLLARS one
now I love the 'life's a pretty sweet fruit' one... my god. BIG LAUGHS. that bruce.
― homosexual II, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 22:27 (sixteen years ago) link
there are so many grwat ones - i could never pick one sketch. i've never told anyone this - but at the end of their final episode, i cried. totally fucking serious here.
― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 22:30 (sixteen years ago) link
the one's with bruno ponce-jones and francesca fiori are like 3 or 4 steps above godhead
― latebloomer, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 22:42 (sixteen years ago) link
morbs and alex are both right
― stevie, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 22:44 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiGRpm6Tf3I
― remy bean, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 22:47 (sixteen years ago) link
I saw this movie that Dave wrote and starred in called "The Wrong Guy," on a flight to Toronto. I was kind of drunk, and it was the funniest movie I had ever seen in my life at that moment. Has anyone else seen this? I still quote it to myself, in my mind.
― Savannah Smiles, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 22:52 (sixteen years ago) link
VOODOO PORK
― nickalicious, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 22:57 (sixteen years ago) link
i love the sketches like the 'Sausages' one. they're little mini expressionist movies!
― latebloomer, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 23:15 (sixteen years ago) link
^^^ see also spiritualist/old lady delivery service sketch
― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 23:18 (sixteen years ago) link
that's a classic too. i think i've probably seen every episode. i could watch these all day.
― latebloomer, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 23:20 (sixteen years ago) link
sometimes i feel compelled to pull the you lost me character on people.
― Jordan, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 23:22 (sixteen years ago) link
I ascertain the funniness
― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 23:23 (sixteen years ago) link
parts of sketches I like: ___________________________________________________________________________________ {Cut to the front page of a newspaper. The headline: "YOUTH - ANGERED BY WORLD WRITES FIRST POEM!!"}
Bruce: Fire. Fire, fire, fire, fire on my brain. Fire! ___________________________________________________________________________________ {At a business meeting}
Scott: No, you're wrong. All of you are wrong. Every one of you is wrong, wrong, wrong.
Kevin: {standing up} No, we're all right! We're all right, except for him! And him! And him!
Dave: {standing up} Dear God in heaven, gentlemen! What is it like to be so wrong? What does it feel like to wake up in the morning, knowing...
{The arguing fades out as Mark appears in closeup, smiling.} Mark: You know, whenever things get too hectic at work, I like to relax with...a trip to the farm!
{A screen draws aside behind Mark to reveal a barnyard scene, which he skips into.}
___________________________________________________________________________________ Mark (V.O.): Ladies and Gentlemen. If you'll turn your attention to center field, The Children of the Farm Belt, inspired by the impact of technology on their lives, spontaneously, and without rehearsal, salute the tractor!
___________________________________________________________________________________ These last two are some of the best sketches:
Dipping Areas -- Can mousse and dipping areas coexist on one plate?
and finally
Who's to Blame For the Rain? -- In short- Boss looks for someone to blame for the bad weather.
― CaptainLorax, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 23:51 (sixteen years ago) link
First the meeting, THEN the whores!
― dan selzer, Thursday, 28 February 2008 00:06 (sixteen years ago) link
http://youtube.com/watch?v=I51V0FfqDJE
― omar little, Thursday, 28 February 2008 00:15 (sixteen years ago) link