Not sure of an exact date, but I seem to remember Jamie Lee Curtis and a thick, stiff mullet. Though I suppose I could just be confusing him with Travolta in Perfect.
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No – no, no, no, no, no – not that Godforsaken series he had wih Jamie Lee Curtis. That was the most affected, precious bit of twee that it’s ever been my misfortune to see. Anyone else remember that annoying “performance artist” who played their boss?
I like how he was all twitchy and manic. So filled with existential dread. I wish he’d go back to that bit.
Although coke is kinda expensive this days, isn’t it?
Never…there, all pinned down.
He was funny on a couple episodes of Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Twitchy he was, and is – I always thought it was some sort of neurosis he turned into schtick, but you may be right that it was chemically-enhanced.
And my Turing word is “high,” who’d-a-thunk it?
And what about that Bobcat Goldthwaite fella – Turette’s Syndrome or what? Although I liked him in One Crazy Summer, a crappy movie for which I have some inexplicable affection.
Bobcat is a genius. Ever see Shakes the Clown? That movie is awesome.
I had that on DVD and sold it for stamp money. Need to get it again.
Yeah, but is it genius, or some type of clinical pathology? It’s kinda like Roseanne Barr/Arnold/whatever – was she really consciously responsible for her comedic reputation, or was it her messed-up psyche doing whatever?
Turing word “Boy,” as in “Boy, I’m stretching this gag much further than it merits.
There’s a line from Shakes the Clown…”When that camera goes off he’s going to fuck that little dog.” I always loved that line.
Bobcat Goldthwaite was a psychotic bunny-rabbit god on Unhappily Ever After… and before you take the piss out of him, remember: he’s sleeping with Nikki Cox and you’re not.
Now Richard Lewis, he’s maybe one step above Paul Reiser…
Shakes was okay, but there was definitely some chemical enhancement going on back then. I have a tape of the annivesary show of the L.A. Laff Stop in ‘87, featuring Lewis, Billy Crystal, Robin Williams, Martin Mull and Paul Rodriguez. Lewis (“my parents remodeled their house, it’s now exposed brick and nerve”) and Williams seemed a little, let’s say, agitated, or as Williams put it, were familiar with the “Peruvian marching poweder.”
As Libs, Williams and Crystal took a lot of shots at Mull all night long (Crystal to Mull:”Say hello to the other boys from Brazil for me”), but the best part was during his turn Mull mentioned, unlike them, not having gotten his break at the Laff Stop–“For so many young comedians who appeared on this suckling-mother stage of the Laff Stop–this was their childhood. They all came here. And they all sucked.”
The only reason I even remember Richard Lewis is that he looks like he could be a forgotten lovchild of Marty Feldman.
Maybe if I knew who Nikki Cox was – naw, I still think it’s Tourette’s syndrome.
Turing word “merely,” as in “I’m merely taking Bob’s piss, nothing more.”
“UP
trollish and Tourettish? man, that’s a bad combo…
So, wait…Richard Lewis was actually funny at some point? I’m still trying to wrap my head around that.
I would say Richard Lewis was at his funniest as a Stern guest when he was a regular. Ditto for Gilbert Gottfried.
Richard who?
Wasn’t Bobcat Goldthwait in a movie with Whoopi Goldberg?
What day is it?
Heh heh…you said stiff…heh heh heh
/Beavis
RS  Nikki Cox
Don’t say I never guv ya nuthin’…
She currently stars on Las Vegas, on NBC
I think you just gave me several infections of Brazilian spyware. Uhhh, thanks?
I will hear nothing bad about the Bobcat. The man is a comedy god. Mostly. Except when he’s just, y’know, crazy. How’d you like to be his son? Parent teacher nights musta been a gas:
“Uh, yeah, that’s my dad, but I do have an explanation…”
SB: mean
now you’re just being
From T. Marcell’s link:
“To behold the dancer-turned-actress’ eye-popping proportions is to stare straight into the udders of an enormous ratings cow, but no one to date has figured out just how to milk them.”
Uh… Okay.
SB: look
I am, I am
Matt Apologies, if so. I didn’t have any problem with it…
Second the Curb Your Enthusiasm He is/was funny in that show, if only for the “from hell” episode, the “Christian Scientist” episode, and the one where he and Larry get into the fight over a piece of jewelery.
Richard – I was just kidding, there’s not much spyware that can infect a Mac anyway.
Oh, you wanted spyware for a MAC! Gimme a minute…
I think he was funny around the same time Andy Kaufmann was. You know, some people are so unfunny, they’re funny. Anyway, that’s what the sophisticates tell me.