I’d never watched the show “Last Comic Standing” until last week. And now I’m hooked and you should be, too, if for no other reason than to watch two real contenders — a girl with a lisp, an actual lisp, NOT a put-on, and a guy with cerebral palsy who is seriously the funniest guy on that show.
Picture this: He looks a bit like Elliott Yamin from AI if Elliott had big, wild hair restrained by a head band. Because of the palsy, he shakes, has a googly eye, and a hand that’s bent back just like the wrestler I dated in high school.
I love him.
Here’s some of his routine from tonight:
So I was just walking along the other day and the cops pull up and want to haul me off to the drunk tank. And I say, “Wait! I’m not drunk! I got cerebral palsy!” But they haul me in anyway. I’m in there for 7 days! And they’re all like, “Duuude, WHAT did you drink??”
Later:
Okay. This is the part of the routine where I tell you guys you’re all going to hell for laughing at me.
I don’t know if it translates well to the blog, because, well, frankly, some of the humor is visual. The guy is hysterical and hysterical looking and KNOWS it and is completely willing to just make fun of it. I love him. I already said that, I know, but I think I have a comedy crush on this guy.
And the lisp girl — who wasn’t in last night’s round; she’s in next week’s semi-final — is also hilarious in a refreshing, unexpected way. This is some material from her routine last week — pieced together by me (great!):
So I have this lisp. And, yeah, it’s real. And I remember my third grade teacher, Mrs. Welcher, used to take me out in the hallway and make me repeat words until I said them correctly:
“Wa-gon.”
“Wagon.”
“Waa-gonn.”
“WAGON.”
“WAA-GONN.”
“WAAAGONNN!”
Look, lady. I can say “wagon,” okay?? I don’t have a problem with “wa-gon”! And d’you know why? BECAUSE IT DOESN’T HAVE AN ‘S’ OR A ‘T-H’ OR A ‘D’ IN IT, THAT’S WHY! How about givin’ me “Supercalifragilisticexpealidocious”? I SEEM TO HAVE A *BIT* OF A PROBLEM WITH THAT ONE!!”
The way she spit out “Supercalifragilisticexpealidocious” so unsuccessfully and yet with such VENOM! I’m laughing just remembering it!
And I love her, too!
(Oh, the guy’s name is Josh Blue. Gary Marshall, who’s one of the judges here, asks him, “Josh, what made you go into standup?” Josh says, “Well, it was kind of a no-brainer. What am I going to do — be a traffic cop?” Then he demonstrates what it would look like to have a cerebral palsied traffic cop directing traffic. Um, I can’t even describe it. I just know I could NOT freakin’ breathe. Oh, and this just in: He’s on to the next round and won the “audience favorite” award — which I think includes a thousand bucks. HOORAY!! Go, Josh!!)
You’re making a mistake, I have cerebral palsy.
That’s kind of a big word for a drunk!
That was funny. I mentioned it on my blog today also. Didn’t see lisp girl though, but Josh is currently my favorite.
I think he bears a strong resemblance to Screech from Saved By The Bell.
I haven’t seen it! For some reason the commercials didn’t grab me – but I will definitely check it out.
//Then he demonstrates what it would look like to have a cerebral palsied traffic cop directing traffic. Um, I can’t even describe it.//
You didn’t need to – I started laughing just imagining it. There’s something so beautiful about people who know who they are and can make jokes about it!
I haven’t watched it either, but will definitely do so now.
I’m with Red. I love people who can laugh at themselves!
Cullen — Oh, yeah! I forgot he said that too! I was trying to scrabble it together there at the end and left out that part!
“That’s kind of a big word for a drunk!”
HAHAHAHAHA! I seriously love him.
red — You’re gonna love him too, but I’m not sure if he’ll be on next week’s show. They’re doing them in groups. Lisp girl is next week!
And yes, he makes himself the butt of his jokes. His humor isn’t mean and that’s so rare, really. He pokes fun at HIMSELF and it makes you love him. He IS beautiful.
Shannon — Yes, join our Last Comic Standing Fan Club! By my count, if we all watch, we’d be a staunch little group of 4 laughing geeks. I imagine we’ve all been in MUCH worse groups. 😉
Cullen — Screech, haha!