@@GuillermoNicris Not with the Covid-19 going around. The safe is way is to rent his video's or watch hi m here on youtube. Theres a lot to see of him!
Its all surreal abstract stuff, my favourite is the one about when he moves into a new apartment and theres a switch in the kitchen that doesn't seem to do anything. This annoys him so much he flicks it up and down a few times times every day until one morning 'I got a postcard from a woman in Germany saying cut it out'. People are used to comedians making observations about everyday situations - Steven Wright's comedy is observational about a world that doesn't exist - just pure genius.
I moved into an apartment that had a light switch that didn't operate anything. Every once in a while I'd flick it off and on, but nothing happened. Three weeks later I got a letter from a lady in Germany - "Cut it out."
Whats up with the audience? This is great stuff and they can hardly muster a giggle! love the periscope/kaleidoscope joke. "We're surrounded!". hahaha.
Years ago, my band played an out door show. There were mimes all over the place. I said that line : _"f I shoot a mime, should I use a silencer_ ? Everyone laughed! It was a good one liner thanks to Steven Wright.
His funnier jokes were 'I was stopped by a Highway Patrol Officer - he said I was doing 80 miles an hour. - I told him I wasn't going to be gone that long.' 'I tried to throw my garbage can away...' 'I looked in my fridge one day and saw a carton of instant water - I didn't know what to add.' Rene DesCartes would have loved Steven Wright!!
I ran a STOP sign. A cop pulled me over. He asked me why I ran the STOP sign; I told him I had always been told to not believe everything I read! At 73 yrs old, I consider him to be the most humorous comedian I've ever heard or seen. His repertoire requires inference.
There's no way these jokes could be funny without the righ delivery. Anything can be funny if you deliver it right. Believe me, I'm one of the funniest people alot of my friends know and I say the stupidest shit~ I'm surprised alot of the times when people start laughing. Monotone is the right delivery for him and his style/personality.
And if he ever gets tired of doing comedy, he could make an excellent living as a fog light. All he needs to do it stand on the lighthouse tower and rotate
looks like he had to compromise his material a little. Which might have downed his mood a little and add that to the tough crowd... But so far the best interview i've seen him in.
He must have been doin great back then he was about to play at the oakdale musical theatre in walingford, conniticut im sure he was pumped for that one
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Wright's such a great writer ... and a huge influence on my stand-up comedy. If you have a second, come take a look ... hopefully you won't think I suck. DD
I was talking to this beautiful blonde Japanese woman. I said to her, "Hi...do you live around here often?" She looked down & said, "You're wearing different-colored socks." I said, "I know...I go by thickness."
@finnemccool Actually the routine, and delivery style is called beyond exceptional one liners, and its a quite common style of stand up comedy, a lot of comedians did it all the time, one popular one was henny youngman, but so far Emo Philips was considered the master of this style of comedy.
@theeyeoftheduck From what i understand they write downs ome new joeks and try their best to remember them. After a week of practice. they go and do little clubs around the country (that hold 50-150 people) and do it there. While there doing that if they forget it, it dosnt really matter. they keep doing it and fine tweeking for any dead jokes then they take it to the larger clubs/Tv shows (if they can) Like the other guy says. When you do it over and over and over.. youll remember it :D
