He came to my campus and did a comedy show. It was hilarious. He played the keyboard the entire time and sang songs. It is difficult to explain his act. A lot of audience participation was involved. Afterword, he took some questions from the audience.
Saw Craig Robinson tonight
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johnjohn320
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He's funny.
"I can?t let you in because you?re old as fuck...for this club, not, you know, for the earth."
"I can?t let you in because you?re old as fuck...for this club, not, you know, for the earth."
Some guy asked if he was high. Craig said he wasn't and then went into a speech about how he did drugs in the past and that he doesn't any more. He then said that he grew up and the guy that asked him should too.
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QueBert
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Not funny at all *Youtubed him) there's a reason people like Eddie Murphy, George Carlin or Richard Pryor never played songs. I can't think of one hugely successful comic who's whole act consisted of playing songs or instruments. I guess some people out there must find this shit funny though *shrug*
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Atomic Playboy
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Demetri Martin is a hoot and he sings songs. Although, to be fair, his songs are basically just one-liners that he says while playing an instrument or four.
I think it's funny that QueBert used Eddie Murphy as an example of a comedian who doesn't use music when Eddie had a mildly successful singing career in the 1980s, including the hit single "Party All the Time," did parody songs with SNL and sang in the Shrek films. Sure, his act didn't consist solely of music, but saying that music wasn't a part of his career is just flat-out wrong.
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Why aren't they comedy? You specifically mentioned comedians whose "whole act consisted of playing songs or instruments," but when one is mentioned, they aren't a comedy act? What are they, musicians? If so, any comedian whose whole act consists of music is by your definition not a comedian, so it's an impossible question to answer.
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I think it's funny that QueBert used Eddie Murphy as an example of a comedian who doesn't use music when Eddie had a mildly successful singing career in the 1980s, including the hit single "Party All the Time," did parody songs with SNL and sang in the Shrek films. Sure, his act didn't consist solely of music, but saying that music wasn't a part of his career is just flat-out wrong.[/quote]
Wait, they're comedians? I didn't even smile I thought they were like some Simon & Garfunkle duo. If they're comedians it's really proof that people who try to play music while perform comedy are epic failures.
His singing career was not an attempt to be funny, Party All The Time was a serious song, and Eddie was making an honest attempt at crossing over. Eddie NEVER made music part of his comedy career, it was other people like the SNL writers and the Shrek people. Eddie would never have put it in his live act.
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Yeah, I really don't find musical comedy funny at all. If you need to use music, your jokes weren't funny to begin with.
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