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Marmalade_man

2006-03-22, 3:10 pm

Some say that people with ADD/ADHD love comedy and the rather warped
type too.

Here are a few programs, comedians and groups I love:

Red Dwarf (BBC TV Show)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Dwarf_%28TV_series%29

Anything from the Monty Python group
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Python

The Goon Show
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Goon_Show

Firesign Theatre (radio/records)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firesign_Theatre

Tom Lehrer (singer "poisoning pigeons in the park" and other songs)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Lehrer

Arrogant Worms (Canadian Comedy Singing Group)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrogant_Worms

Buddy Wasisname & The Other Fellas (Newfoundland Comedy Singers)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_...e_Other_Fellers

Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie (Alberta comedy group)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_...lls_In_a_Baggie

Stuart McLean - Comedy radio story teller/writer/Host of The Vinyl
Café
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_McLean
http://www.cbc.ca/vinylcafe/

Tim Wilson (US comedian PG only)
http://www.capitol-nashville.com/in...Bio&artistID=27

Gene Tracy (US trucker comedian PG only)
http://hometown.aol.com/bhdj/

Weird Al Yankovic (What can I say?)
http://www.weirdal.com/

Electric Amish (comedy singing group)
http://www.electricamish.com/

Oscar Brand (comedy singer)
http://www.oscarbrand.com/

Justin Wilson (Cajun comedian/story teller/humorist and chef)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Wilson_%28chef%29

Bob Newhart
http://www.bobnewhart.com/

Bill Cosby
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Cosby
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Bill_Cosby

Peter Sellers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Sellers

Are there any comedians, singing groups or humorists I missed that you
love? Great comedy TV shows you feel deserves mention?

If you also like some of these groups, your comments will be enjoyed.

You will see that many of the above are Canadians.

If you know of great comedians from your country that we are not aware
of, please give us some information about them.

Best wishes,

Vic

For a bit of ADD adventure, please come and visit my friends at:
http://www.scatterbrained.net
Ann

2006-03-22, 3:10 pm

Marmalade_man <Marmalade_man@hotmail.com> expounded:

>Firesign Theatre (radio/records)
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firesign_Theatre


The whole list is great but Yes! Someone else who loves Firesign
Theatre! Waiting for Goshen.....
--
Ann
e-mail address is not checked
Raving Loonie

2006-03-22, 3:10 pm

Karen wrote:
> Marmalade_man wrote the following on 3/20/2006 1:20 AM:
>
> My autistic daughter is also very fond of many of these.
>
>
> Love the cat.
>
>
> Got the complete set -- daughter above downloaded it to her ipod.
>
>
> See above. My ADD daughter changes the car radio to her station when I am
> driving her to her activities. I reached the point where I could sing
> along with Eminem <shudder>. So the only reason I didn't run up a curb
> when Weird Al's version of _Lose Yourself_ came on was because I was
> stopped at a light. :-)
>
>
> Ah, yes.
>
>
> I still have some of his albums from my childhood. Yes, actual vinyl.
>
>
> The complete Pink Panther...
>
>
> Allen Sherman (Hello Mudder). His music is hysterically finny even of you
> miss most of the Jewish references. This one is also on my older
> daughter's ipod.
>From Common Entrance

by Muir and Norden, from the 1959 LP "Songs for Swinging Sellers".

see http://www.epicure.demon.co.uk/commonentrance.html

-----------------
Father:
I have been trying to get my son into a good school. After trying
Winchester, Marlborough and Charterhouse, I was recommended to send him
to that great British public school, Cretinby. Now some of you may
never've heard of Cretinby, in the heart of the swamp country -
difficult place to get into, and harder still to get out of. I motored
down there the following day.

Vintage engine effects, and blasts on two bulb-horns.

Father:
I was shown into the Headmaster's study.
Servant:
Come into the 'eadmaster's study Sir, would you - e'll be dahn in a
minute.

sound of footsteps, locks, bolts and chains, terminating in a cage door
being shut

Headmaster:
Good afternoon, I am the Headmaster. Are you a parent?
Father:
Well I - er - I have a small son.
Headmaster:
I detest evasiveness. What age is he?
Father:
He's eight.
Headmaster:
Eight! Only eight! The awkward age - too old for Mother Goose and
too young for Lolita. Here is my brochure - just glance through it for
a few moments, would you?
Father:
Well, that's very interesting, there's a photograph of the school.
Oh, I say, the fire-escape doesn't look very safe in this picture.

a distant class can be heard reciting multiplication tables...

Headmaster:
It's a lot safer in the picture than it is on the building.
Father:
Is it examined every week?
Headmaster:
It's used every week.
Father:
Unh - tell me, is the school co-educational?
Headmaster:
You can't baffle me with long words.
Father:
I mean - er - do the boys and girls share the same curriculum?
Headmaster:
No, we had separate ones built.
Father:
Well how do you segregate the sexes?
Headmaster:
If you must know, I go round with a crowbar, and prise them apart.
Father:
Oh dear - I don't think this will suit my Basil. You see, he's very
sensitive, and he's never been separated from his mother.
Headmaster:
He hasn't? Have you read what Havelock Ellis has to say about that?

Father:
No.
Headmaster:
Then I'll show you - it's disgusting.
Father:
Uh - well, I don't think I'll see it now.
Headmaster:
Then I'll send you a copy in the plain wrapper - no-one would know.

Father:
Erm - I have to tell you that my boy is very delicate and there is
something I would like to know: are your dormitories dry?
Headmaster:
They are after 11pm, and then they get drinks if they buy
sandwiches.
Father:
I see. Tell me, what types of pupil do you have here?
Headmaster:
We have two types of pupil, Class A and Class B. At meal times the
Class B boys get priority.
Father:
And the Class A Boys?
Headmaster:
They get food.

....

Emma Anne

2006-03-22, 3:10 pm

Marmalade_man <Marmalade_man@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Are there any comedians, singing groups or humorists I missed that you
> love? Great comedy TV shows you feel deserves mention?


I love The Daily Show and Terry Pratchett books (not perhaps exactly in
the right category, but they make *me* laugh).
Emma Anne

2006-03-22, 3:10 pm

MothWrangler <mothwrangler@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Emma Anne wrote:
>
>
> What I like about "The Daily Show" is that Jon Stewart and company can
> make me laugh as hard when they skewer my political party, as well as
> when they poke fun at that *other* political party--the one which is
> almost always worthy of ridicule and derision. :-)
>


Right! Me too!
Marmalade_man

2006-03-22, 3:10 pm

On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 13:19:47 -0500, MothWrangler
<mothwrangler@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Marmalade_man wrote:
>
>
>Jay Ward, creator of Rocky and Bullwinkle, gets my vote.
>
>I've always loved the puns and word play, as well as the simple
>silliness, of the animated Rocky and Bullwinkle shows.
>http://www.rockyandbullwinkle.com/
>
>Besides Rocky and Bullwinkle's actual adventures, I've always liked the
>"Peabody's Improbable History", "Fractured Fairy Tales," and
>Bullwinkle's "Mr. Know-It-All" segments.


>My favorite comedian ATM is Ellen DeGeneres, who, as it happens, has
>said she has ADHD. Her books and live performances recount many of her
>ADHD moments, and I've posted several apropos ASAD quotes from her.
>http://ellen.warnerbros.com/
>


I love all of them.

I am glad you mention Rocky and Bullwinkle as I had quite forgot about
them. Go figure...

I had a hard time to get into them initially but I now love The
Simpsons. I love the movie references in them. I am a classic movie
buff and love the references to Alfred Hitchcock movies and other
classics. I love the warped sense of humour.

Best wishes and thanks,

- Vic

Please don't feed the trolls.
Any post to a troll thread makes the situation worse,
even if you ARE right.
Raving Loonie

2006-03-22, 3:10 pm

Marmalade_man wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 13:19:47 -0500, MothWrangler
> <mothwrangler@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
[vbcol=seagreen]
> I am glad you mention Rocky and Bullwinkle as I had quite forgot about
> them. Go figure...

<snigger>
-----------------------------------
Roger's reliance on narcotic stimulants
See below !
-----------------------------------


You reminded me of of of the best !!!!!!!!!

http://www.melaman2.com/cartoons/singles/mp3/ramjet.mp3

http://www.rogerramjet.com/index.html

------------------------

.... Roger Ramjet's cache of "proton pills." which gave him strength of
20 atom bombs for 20 seconds. Reportedly, it was Roger's reliance on
narcotic stimulants that kept Roger Ramjet off the market in the 1970s
and 1980s, though it may also have been a lack of interest from TV
station executives who preferred the more lucrative returns from
Flintstones and Gilligan's Island reruns. ...

http://www.rogerramjet.com/rrarticlesfr.html
----------------------

It was the dog that 'sniggered'. Anyone remember more about this
pooch?

Cordially,

RL

Marmalade_man

2006-03-26, 12:34 am

On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 01:20:47 -0500, Marmalade_man
<Marmalade_man@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Some say that people with ADD/ADHD love comedy and the rather warped
>type too.
>
>Here are a few programs, comedians and groups I love:
>

<big snip>

>Are there any comedians, singing groups or humorists I missed that you
>love? Great comedy TV shows you feel deserves mention?
>
>If you also like some of these groups, your comments will be enjoyed.
>
>You will see that many of the above are Canadians.
>
>If you know of great comedians from your country that we are not aware
>of, please give us some information about them.
>
>Best wishes,
>
>Vic
>
>For a bit of ADD adventure, please come and visit my friends at:
>http://www.scatterbrained.net


I recently have been watching some SouthPark DVDs. I never have had a
chance to see them before. They are crude but often very cleaver.

There also references to other programs. In one episode, there was
'The Cat' from RED Dwarf sitting as a spectator in an event.

Do you have any other fav comedians or show?

Best wishes,

Vic
Sumbuny

2006-03-28, 12:27 am



"Marmalade_man" <Marmalade_man@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:lh8c22tk0js9n9d5abv0rbpbcuiorfq89v@4ax.com...
> On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 01:20:47 -0500, Marmalade_man
> <Marmalade_man@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> <big snip>
>
>
> I recently have been watching some SouthPark DVDs. I never have had a
> chance to see them before. They are crude but often very cleaver.
>
> There also references to other programs. In one episode, there was
> 'The Cat' from RED Dwarf sitting as a spectator in an event.
>
> Do you have any other fav comedians or show?


<BG> I have to admit that "The Simpsons" sometimes hold speacial
meaning...especially certain episodes...

Ask anyone where the "Chasing moths" references comes from <BG>

As far as comedians go...there is always Robin Williams...

If one is looking at comic strips..."Calvin and Hobbes"...


--
Buny

" Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be
normal."
~ Albert Camus


Sumbuny

2006-03-29, 5:21 pm

<BG> I can believe either....does it really matter, though? It is a great
"mascot" because it so totally explains and describes what happens when we
get tog....

.....another moth.....

--
Buny

" Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be
normal."
~ Albert Camus


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