Monday, December 29, 2008

Brian Regan

...doesn't know anything, and he notices that mostly the world doesn't expect him to know anything. That's the premise of his stand-up comedy, which without being edgy or gimmicky or experimental or blue nevertheless manages, in an honest and hard-won fashion, to consistently knock my ass over laughing. The bighearted doofus prowls around the stage and hunkers down a lot, slinking away from inevitable humiliation. His rhythm is to set the joke up in a straight voice, switch to a moron voice for the punchline, and THEN deliver the real laughs as an afterthought stumble of moronic commentary.

Consider this written piece titled TWO GUYS ON A BUS. I'll bet Planes, Trains and Automobiles is one of Brian's favorite movies.

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