He had a great line....
I asked a woman for her phone number and she told me she wouldn’t date me if I was the only guy left in the world. I told her, lady, if I was the last guy left in the world, I wouldn’t even let you in line.
I don’t know about great. Emo is more along the lines of bizarre and mildly fascinating while high.
If I had to choose one comedian who actually made me laugh, he would be at the top of my list.
On a radio interview a while back....
“I weight 165 pounds stark naked.”
“At least that’s what the scale at the bus station says.”
Don’t go near the basement door, Emo...
Never particularly cared for him. Maybe it’s guilt by association. I new a guy in college who looked like that, on purpose, a whack-job Psych major and a manipulative SOB, according to his friends, which surprisingly he had. (The guy at school, not Emo, although some people called him “Emo”.)
“Great”? Hmmm, his material was funny, but he’s just toooo weird. Sometimes gimmicks work against ya.
I have a sudden urge to eat some cole slaw.
My cousin just died. He was only 19. He got stung by a bee-
the natural enemy of the tightrope walker. - Emo Phillips
Once I saw this guy on a bridge about to jump. I said, “Don’t do it!”
He said, “Nobody loves me.”
I said, “God loves you. Do you believe in God?”
He said, “Yes.”
I said, “Are you a Christian or a Jew?”
He said, “A Christian.”
I said, “Me, too! Protestant or Catholic?”
He said, “Protestant.”
I said, “Me, too! What franchise?”
He said, “Baptist.”
I said, “Me, too! Northern Baptist or Southern Baptist?”
He said, “Northern Baptist.”
I said, “Me, too! Northern Conservative Baptist or Northern Liberal Baptist?”
He said, “Northern Conservative Baptist.”
I said, “Me, too! Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region, or Northern Conservative Baptist Eastern Region?”
He said, “Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region.”
I said, “Me, too! Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1879, or Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1912?”
He said, “Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1912.”
I said, “Die, heretic!” And I pushed him over.
Emo was a strange comic who once in a while had a good zinger.
The worst comic in my book was George Carlin in his later years. Came across as another pissed off angry atheist who thought that if you cursed enough during your routine the audience would overlook your lack of funny material.
Emo ping
“When I was a little boy, my parents moved the family to a new state...I didn’t find them again until 2 yrs later, when I was 6”
“When I was a little boy, I remember we used to have a cat, and this cat had a litter of kittens, and my father put them into a sack and took them down to the lake. I cried and cried - because I couldn’t make them skip”
I know this is an older thread, but I heard an Emo clip yesterday that was perfect for FR:
I took my grandmother to the emergency room. The doctor said that she was on an artificial life support system, and that although her brain was dead her heart was still beating. I thought, “We’ve never had a democrat in the family before.” ~ Emo Philips