[ATTENDED: March 16, 2018] Emo Philips
I don’t really know all that much about Emo Phillips. I know that he was kinda popular in the 1980s, but I didn’t know he was still doing stand up–I’ve mostly known him through his association with Weird Al. Emo was in UHF as the shop teacher who (spoiler) cuts his fingers off.
Well, apparently Emo has been plugging away all this time and has remained friendly with Al. So for Al’s Vanity tour, he asked Emo to open. Emo even made a joke about this. He said that during the filming of UHF, he asked Al when the two of them might tour together and Al said (mockingly) “when donald trump is president.”
Emo’s comedy is really dark but–delivered in his bizarre manner that goes somehow beyond deadpan–it makes his jokes really hilarious. (more…)
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