Having grown up in the artistically barren Houston area in Andy's "prime" I had the opportunity to develop my own sense of humor. I find myself gravitating to the more absurd and/or honest comedy. Kaufmann, Monty Python, Drew Carry, Dave Attell, Louis Black, Eddie Izzard (though my extreme conservative friends find him appalling since he's a transvestite he's incredibly funny), Chris Rock (sure he curses allot, but that's his background) MadTV, Conan O'Brien, and CNN (again absurdly funny since I don't quite get them)
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There were several rising stars who came out of there. Janene Garafolo moved to Houston for awhile because of that place. Brett Butler also came out of Houston's comedy scene. I can't recall the other male comedians to come out of the Texas Outlaw Comics group.