Long ago, many many eons ago, my father rented a video (yea, back when VHS was dominant and audio cassettes still walked the earth, though they were a dying breed) of a comedian by the name of Emo Philips performing at Harvard's Hasty Pudding Theatre. To call Emo Philips odd would be, well, accurate. It'd also be a huge understatement. Needless to say, we (and several of my high school friends) enjoyed his performance thoroughly. I think I watched that video something like ten times before we returned it.
On a lark tonight I got my coworker, Seth, to look up Emo Philips on YouTube. Here are the results of his search. May you all enjoy them as much as I did, or at least come away with a deeper understanding of the strangeness that lurks in my family.
Nobody here but us servantless American writers...
5 comments:
did you ever watch the animated commedy series dr katz? well everyone is all swiggly lines. dr katz is a psychiatrist and they have allthese shots of his paitents saying wird thingies. emo phillips is the voice fo this reoccuring patient name "nimo".
Hey, there. "Strangeness that lurks"? I love Emo, but that doesn't make me stranger than anyone else. It just makes me...a connoiseur of strangeness. :-)
I suppose you're right. Who was it that said the only normal people are the ones you don't know?
Amanda--I haven't seen Dr. Katz yet, though when this week calms down, I'll check out the link you sent me.
thanks for redirecting me to Emo on YouTube! He is nuts. I could almost wish it was still the 80s, but I don't.
Yeah, we could probably do without the rampant cocaine habits. On the other hand, who doesn't need leg warmers and glam rock?
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