I’ve known a few. \u00a0Myself, no \u00a0Couldn’t be one but I can tell a story or three. \u00a0I love listening to a good comedian and I hate listening to one that really isn’t funny. \u00a0And in the goat business, you better have a sense of humor. \u00a0I do know of a goat person that could take that show on the road. \u00a0But, he won’t.<\/p>\n
While on the road, I use the XM radio to listen to 5 or 6 different comedy channels. \u00a0Some clean, some not so clean and some are funnier than others.<\/p>\n
Foxworthy has to be at the top of the list. \u00a0Been doing it for decades. \u00a0Clean enough for the kids to listen but enough innuendo that the adults get a laugh. \u00a0And the whole redneck deal is never ending.<\/p>\n
Larry the Cable Guy–stupid, simple humor that I love.<\/p>\n
Ron White–maybe the funniest of all. \u00a0But only in certain company.<\/p>\n
I was young when Richard Pryor was rolling but that dude could bring it.<\/p>\n
Those Eddie Murphy HBO specials are still funny. \u00a0And who made those red and purple leather suits?<\/p>\n
This Kevin Hart dude can bring some funny.<\/p>\n
I wish that I could have seen Robin Williams perform. \u00a0I loved it when Letterman would have him on.<\/p>\n
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A week or two ago, I was driving through SW Kansas which meant NO cell phone service and no decent local radio play. \u00a0But the XM was in play and I found an old replay of a Dean Martin Roast of Redd Foxx. \u00a0People, this was a legendary cast of comedians that brought the funny. \u00a0Nipsy Russell, Don Rickles, etc. \u00a0It wasn’t dirty BUT it wasn’t clean. \u00a0If Duke had been with me, no problem. \u00a0A crew of 8th graders, I probably would have changed the channel. \u00a0But, I had miles to make and got to listen to it all. \u00a0Lots of off-color humor that would not be allowed today. \u00a0Clean but racist. \u00a0Sexist but clean. \u00a0Times have changed but it was still funny.<\/p>\n
Some of these comedians had witty one liners or a schtick. \u00a0Like Rodney Dangerfield’s “No Respect”.<\/p>\n
And some had an absolute grasp of the English language like no other. \u00a0 They didn’t make one think of Shakespeare. \u00a0They simply made one think.<\/p>\n
George Carlin was probably the best at this, but it wasn’t always in a user friendly form. \u00a0The dude was scary smart and could twist common lingo into funny, yet thought provoking humor. \u00a0I vividly remember a cheer about rats, bats and some things that were dirty and old and others tied in a knot. \u00a0If you don’t know it, don’t look it up.<\/p>\n
And then there is Gallagher. \u00a0The comedian. \u00a0Not the icon formerly known as a goat breeder.<\/p>\n
I watched his shows on tv. \u00a0Saw the watermelons get smashed. \u00a0But then he talked and made sense.<\/p>\n
Topics like school and how \u201cyou go there to learn to communicate and all they say is, \u2018No talking.’\u201d<\/p>\n
Why are they called \u201ccowboys\u201d when cows are female?<\/p>\n
Why is a statue called a \u201cbust\u201d when it stops right below the part for which it would be named?<\/p>\n
Why are they called \u201cbuildings\u201d when they\u2019re already done?<\/p>\n
Why is it called a \u201cTV set\u201d when you only get one?<\/p>\n
Big is a little word, and little is twice as big.<\/p>\n
Then he made fun of words that are spelled the same but pronounced differently: good and food; bomb, tomb and comb; home and some; worse and horse; laughter and daughter; ache and mustache; beard and heard; go and do. \u00a0And he was right and it made one think and laugh while thinking.<\/p>\n
He asked, \u201cWhy should I be serious about the language when the language isn\u2019t serious enough to make sense?\u201d<\/p>\n
I’m not sure but I hope that I had posted some stuff on here a couple of years ago about comedians. \u00a0I remember Duke and I eating breakfast with Garland & Joy Gallagher at the Polly Anna cafe in Woodward, OK. \u00a0We stood outside the diner on Main Street for a minute or two talking directions. \u00a0I remember the Woodward Theater marquee showing the upcoming event “GALLAGHER”. \u00a0I wasn’t, nor am I now, good at realizing a social media moment. \u00a0But, in retrospect, I should have snapped a pic of Duke and the Gallaghers in front of the marquee.<\/p>\n
I’ll be on the road the next couple of days and I hope to hear some stuff that makes me laugh. \u00a0If not, I will turn the knob to a politics based channel. \u00a0That will make me laugh until I’m sick. \u00a0Or make me sick enough to laugh.<\/p>\n
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People, have a good one and a better tomorrow.<\/p>\n
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