Emo Philips Has Self Destructive Tendencies | Letterman

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  • čas přidán 9. 09. 2024
  • Emo makes his network television debut with his unusual style of comedy.
    (From "Late Night," air date: 6/13/84)
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Komentáře • 99

  • @chrisjohnston4445
    @chrisjohnston4445 Před 2 lety +118

    "Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps."
    --Emo Philips

  • @SNESdrunk
    @SNESdrunk Před 2 lety +220

    My favorite thing about Emo Phillips is that I have no idea what any given punchline is going to be

    • @billschlafly4107
      @billschlafly4107 Před 2 lety +7

      Hey, don't I know you from somewhere?

    • @3zRides
      @3zRides Před 2 lety +3

      Love you SNES drunk

    • @gabe_s_videos
      @gabe_s_videos Před rokem

      Isn't that the goal of all comedy, tho?
      Either way, Emo is really, REALLY good at it!!

    • @trialbyicecream
      @trialbyicecream Před rokem +1

      Is Emo Phillips worth playing (his videos on CZcams) today?

    • @gabe_s_videos
      @gabe_s_videos Před rokem +1

      @@trialbyicecream I think so.

  • @3rdDimensionV4
    @3rdDimensionV4 Před 2 lety +60

    "You have to get up pretty early in the morning to catch me peeking through your bedroom window." - Emo Philips.

    • @livejay9062
      @livejay9062 Před rokem +1

      That's the quote I was trying to remember. Led me on some furious Google searching to figure out his name!

    • @amypenn4486
      @amypenn4486 Před rokem +1

      Me too ❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

  • @MichelleUS66
    @MichelleUS66 Před 2 lety +96

    Back in the 80’s, I didn’t get/like Emo’s humor. Now, I think he was very clever. This clip made me laugh a lot. Thanks for posting it.

    • @keefriff99
      @keefriff99 Před 2 lety +6

      I’ve never really given him a chance but he’s quite funny here. Only took 38 years for me to check him out, lol.

    • @apexone5502
      @apexone5502 Před 2 lety +3

      I always thought he was funny, even back in the ‘80s. Then again, I was always into oddball and off the wall humor.

    • @jamesrowden303
      @jamesrowden303 Před 2 lety +4

      He's a comedian's comedian, probably more successful among his peers than elsewhere.

    • @charlesbrown2008
      @charlesbrown2008 Před 8 měsíci

      ​@@apexone5502]😮😮😮_;

  • @anomandthenorm
    @anomandthenorm Před 10 měsíci +14

    Him getting into character was a smooth transition

  • @prowlie
    @prowlie Před 2 lety +51

    Just got to see him open for Weird Al.... he's still got it!

    • @jeffreyniehaus7033
      @jeffreyniehaus7033 Před 2 lety

      Me too! And yes, yes he does. Way darker than I remember, and leaning hard into the anti-theism. Which was awesome.

    • @aprilpickard9161
      @aprilpickard9161 Před 2 lety +2

      Seeing them tonight

    • @jeffreyniehaus7033
      @jeffreyniehaus7033 Před 2 lety

      @@aprilpickard9161 did you enjoy the show?

    • @AustynSN
      @AustynSN Před 2 lety

      @@jeffreyniehaus7033 Just saw him tonight and went searching youtube for more of Emo's stuff.

    • @michaelumucslie4410
      @michaelumucslie4410 Před rokem +1

      I saw him Wednesday at the Kennedy Center in Washington.

  • @lamontmelrose7640
    @lamontmelrose7640 Před 10 měsíci +10

    This is what comedic genius looks like! Dude was a B E A S T...man I miss he 80s!!

  • @nickmoniker
    @nickmoniker Před 2 lety +55

    I love Emo so much! He's currently opening for Weird Al on tour, and Emo's 30 minutes of material is worth the price of the whole thing. I would love for him to be on Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. But what car would be appropriate?

  • @bobot1981
    @bobot1981 Před 2 lety +20

    Thanks, Dave for helping Emo get attention. Thank you Emo, for being Emo! Thanks Downers Grove for not being where I live! 🙃

    • @plaws0
      @plaws0 Před 2 lety

      Is that where he was hatched? I didn't know that. Lived up Highland Ave in "Lumbarrd" years ago. Would have kept an eye out for him had I known.

    • @heidigibson7052
      @heidigibson7052 Před rokem

      Yes he lived in DG not far from me!

  • @oddjoe1304
    @oddjoe1304 Před 2 lety +17

    Genius wrapped in genius topped with genius! Go see Emo as Weird Al’s opening act in 2022!

  • @JWolff-md3ij
    @JWolff-md3ij Před 2 lety +4

    That last one snuck up on me about having an asthmatic attack 😂 Well, played sir.

  • @user-ru6mq5sc5n
    @user-ru6mq5sc5n Před 10 měsíci +4

    I watched him as a teen in the 80s and thought he was a little creepy but great. 40 years later and this is really not dated and is so fresh that's real incredible.

  • @BCTGuitarPlayer
    @BCTGuitarPlayer Před 2 lety +12

    If you ever get a chance to see Imo Phillips at hasty pudding, give it a watch. I think it’s his funniest stand-up routines👍

  • @MrBROTHERFELDER
    @MrBROTHERFELDER Před 2 měsíci +1

    So young there! He’s really improved his timing & delivery and his jokes are 10X funnier!😄

  • @raydunakin
    @raydunakin Před 10 měsíci +3

    Oh man, this made me laugh so hard!!

  • @BigTunaTim76
    @BigTunaTim76 Před 2 lety +22

    I love seeing these unpolished early days of modern comedy legends.

    • @DiRF
      @DiRF Před 2 lety +6

      Early days, yes, but even at this stage Emo had his routine and setups down pat. No lack of polish here.

  • @marcen12
    @marcen12 Před 2 měsíci +1

    I heard Emo's standup on the radio when I was a kid in the 2000s. Years later when I was 19, I did an impression of him in front of 30 and 40 years olds and everyone was surprised I knew who that was.

  • @jackd42o
    @jackd42o Před 2 lety +3

    This is a gem

  • @pyrotechnick420
    @pyrotechnick420 Před rokem +4

    He looks like he could be Finn Wolfhard's dad lol

  • @goligogo923
    @goligogo923 Před 2 lety +12

    WOW! Emo is WAY different than I remembered as a kid. I even had his cassette tape. Shame, he should have done some bigger things.

  • @sstaners1234
    @sstaners1234 Před 2 lety +4

    @1:43 that’s actually an Al Capone quote.

  • @samanthab1923
    @samanthab1923 Před 2 lety +3

    Loved Emu.

  • @oldmoviesinbwwithsubtitles3501

    At the very end of the video clip email spits in his hand and shakes the producers hand. Pure Emo. Lolll….

  • @user-ex2bo6ub4g
    @user-ex2bo6ub4g Před 4 měsíci +1

    He always reminded me of a court jester for a king or something

  • @JUNIORK1974
    @JUNIORK1974 Před rokem

    That was a hell of an episode! Tom Savini,Cheryl Tiegs,and Emo.

  • @thezaher
    @thezaher Před rokem

    Seen him yesterday opening for Weird AL, what a legend!

  • @stealingroses
    @stealingroses Před 2 lety +3

    so goood!

  • @amypenn4486
    @amypenn4486 Před rokem +2

    I'm Amy and I love you!❤❤❤❤❤🎉

  • @luceatlux7087
    @luceatlux7087 Před 9 měsíci +3

    he's definitely top tier and not green.
    If I did nitpick, I'd say didn't laugh at all but i think he's legitimately great... it's a weird combo. maybe it just takes a second to get used to (this is my first time seeing him).
    maybe it' the delivery. the material is top notch but the delivery is so strange that something throws me off.
    i even may like the delivery style as a separate thing, but the mix is odd.

  • @coffeebotography
    @coffeebotography Před 6 měsíci

    Omg I laughed so hard😅

  • @TheRealGrinch313
    @TheRealGrinch313 Před 2 lety +1

    AWESOME! 👍

  • @pyrotechnick420
    @pyrotechnick420 Před rokem +1

    This is pretty good lol, damn this aired 14 days after I was born...

  • @TonyTube407
    @TonyTube407 Před 2 lety +7

    Which came first, Emo Philips or the term 'emo?'

  • @lindaevans3815
    @lindaevans3815 Před rokem

    I remember emo, and sometimes (peewee herman, ) performimg in a Austin tx club in the 1980s.

  • @ericacrady9577
    @ericacrady9577 Před rokem +1

    Was this ahead of its time?

  • @urukhaicoffee
    @urukhaicoffee Před 2 měsíci

    holds up

  • @GooglyBear
    @GooglyBear Před 3 měsíci

    Pretty sure Joaquin Phoenix is channeling Emo in Joker

  • @stayshift
    @stayshift Před 22 hodinami

    I am here because of Taako.

  • @bareknucklerc5069
    @bareknucklerc5069 Před 2 lety +5

    Is that the kid from stranger things?

  • @michaelblanchette2787
    @michaelblanchette2787 Před 2 lety +4

    Fun fact - Dave sent a limu to pick him up

  • @isenfirecat
    @isenfirecat Před 5 měsíci

    1:58 to 2:22

  • @rustyshackelford3590
    @rustyshackelford3590 Před rokem +2

    Dude looos like lord farquaad

  • @robertdaleski8654
    @robertdaleski8654 Před rokem

    EMO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL

  • @Scotty-P
    @Scotty-P Před rokem

    "at a pole"

  • @OdiKrause
    @OdiKrause Před 10 měsíci

    so already back then they went into an ad break just to have literally no further content besides "good night"?!

  • @apathy3399
    @apathy3399 Před rokem

    Emo triggers my Restless Id Syndrome.

  • @thedolphin5428
    @thedolphin5428 Před 7 měsíci +1

    It's odd that Emo is his name since in the fe 90s "emo" became the term for insecure, introverted, sloppy-dressing, emotional goth personalities!

  • @luieloo6612
    @luieloo6612 Před 11 měsíci

    Is he Pee Wee’s brother 🤔

  • @bedstuy11
    @bedstuy11 Před 7 měsíci

    Not funny in slightest

  • @ELMS
    @ELMS Před 2 lety

    Love the comedy bits, top tens, etc. Less interested in the celebrity items. Thanks

  • @ryanredmond87
    @ryanredmond87 Před rokem

    Just don’t get most of him humour,seen him the other week at a weird al yankovic concert snd think I laughed twice

  • @Tommyr
    @Tommyr Před 2 lety

    I never cared for this guy. He irritates me.

    • @justinafrika7860
      @justinafrika7860 Před 2 lety +10

      Matter of taste of course, several legendary comedians love his work with Norm McDonald several times saying that this guy’s his fave comedian.

    • @reefbrady3730
      @reefbrady3730 Před 2 lety +3

      When I first watched Emo perform, I likewise thought he was annoying. Now, I find him to be really funny and believe he did a terrific job of depicting this extremely anxious, odd character on the point of a nervous breakdown. On the other hand, Bill Hicks, who debuted a little after Emo, used to strike me as smarter and funnier. Now, it's difficult to watch one of his well-known performances without cringing, and it irritates me to no end.. I don't remember him being such a conceited douche, and not as amusing or clever as I once believed.

    • @1fattyfatman
      @1fattyfatman Před 2 lety +1

      The material is soo strong I wish he’d presented without a character.

    • @pvshka
      @pvshka Před rokem +2

      @@1fattyfatman doesn't work without the character. He did try changing his outfit and demeanor, but it just didn't hit that right spot.

  • @john-lenin
    @john-lenin Před 3 měsíci

    Before he perfected his presentation.