Or is that always the case?
Carrot Top? Gallagher? Rich Little?
Not always the case.
I'm very sorry if she tipped off anyone about your cunningly concealed herd of cows.
Simon ,'Safe'
Natter 61*
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
DavidS - Oct 06, 2008 10:37:38 am PDT #2828 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 06, 2008 10:40:27 am PDT #2829 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
But there is a fine tradition of that running back at least as far as Will Rogers.
tommyrot - Oct 06, 2008 10:42:22 am PDT #2830 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Naw, I was wondering if it's always the case that some comedians make more sense than all... of the other people....
The only way Carrot Top makes sense is in the, "Well, we can't kill him, so I guess we have to put up with him" way....
SailAweigh - Oct 06, 2008 10:42:25 am PDT #2831 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Personally, I'd take it back to Mark Twain.
Frankenbuddha - Oct 06, 2008 10:42:26 am PDT #2832 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
But there is a fine tradition of that running back at least as far as Will Rogers.
I'd say Mark Twain. More of a comedic writer, but he made fairly non-stop speaking appearences, didn't he?
SailAweigh - Oct 06, 2008 10:43:06 am PDT #2833 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
We are Twains that met, Frank!
tommyrot - Oct 06, 2008 10:44:35 am PDT #2834 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
So East is West and West is East?
Strega - Oct 06, 2008 10:44:38 am PDT #2835 of 10001
Frankenbuddha - Oct 06, 2008 10:45:27 am PDT #2836 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
You could also argue about how Ben Franklin would fit in that tradition, though he kind of blurs the distinction between the two.
Connie Neil - Oct 06, 2008 10:47:16 am PDT #2837 of 10001
brillig
Heck, it goes back to court jesters, the fool who could tell the King to his face that he was a jerk.