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Moostache

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15. Wow...blast from my past!

Reply to Gidney N Cloyd (Original post)

Sun Aug 6, 2017, 05:19 PM

Aug 2017

I had a speech/performance piece contest in High School as a sophomore. We had to use a prepared piece and do an interpretation or performance of it in front of the school assembly. I remember that Emo Phillips was unique back in the mid-80's as one of the few comedians that did NOT use profanity (which ruled out Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, much of George Carlin and Andrew Dice Clay...).

Thanks for making me remember that piece fondly!

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Some of the posts on DU lately brought an old Emo Phillips joke to mind... [View all] Gidney N Cloyd Aug 2017 OP

OMG! WinstonSmith4740 Aug 2017 #1

I was thinking something similar yesterday. mwooldri Aug 2017 #2

Or this: tblue37 Aug 2017 #9

perfect analogy. paleotn Aug 2017 #14

Yep. I thought of that one, too. Gidney N Cloyd Aug 2017 #18

Thanks for the laugh. That scene is prescient for Dems nowadays. John Cleese was hysterical. LonePirate Aug 2017 #26

Ha! Reminds me of the old joke in the South about Heaven. sandensea Aug 2017 #3

That one might apply here these days, too. Gidney N Cloyd Aug 2017 #5

Right. sandensea Aug 2017 #6

We had a schism in the Armenian church about 100 years ago LeftInTX Aug 2017 #4

One of my favourite jokes. SwissTony Aug 2017 #7

KNR Thank you! Lucinda Aug 2017 #8

Voted "Funniest Religion Joke of All Time" in an online poll in 2005, or something. Warren DeMontague Aug 2017 #10

Emo was one of the greats! WinkyDink Aug 2017 #11

I'm sure he'd be the first to tell you, he's not dead! Warren DeMontague Aug 2017 #19

Oh, I didn't think Emo was deceased; just kind of, not so popular. WinkyDink Aug 2017 #20

That is one of my favorite jokes of all time. Caliman73 Aug 2017 #12

That routine starts at 2:00, but the lead-up is good too... JHB Aug 2017 #13

Wow...blast from my past! Moostache Aug 2017 #15

Once again... paleotn Aug 2017 #16

It reminds me a very similar joke... syringis Aug 2017 #17

A similar joke (Scottish/English) SwissTony Aug 2017 #25

I must be the only here who never heard this one.. whathehell Aug 2017 #21

Excellent. murielm99 Aug 2017 #22

Original TimeToGo Aug 2017 #23

This version quotes Emo (got it from same link Warren had in post 10 above) Gidney N Cloyd Aug 2017 #24

I could easily be wrong TimeToGo Aug 2017 #27