Performing this court ordered community service since 1994.
December 17, 1998
CELEBRITY WEEK, DAY 4
Today's celebrity week list was compiled
by Phil Proctor of Firesign Theatre.
The Top 11 Side Effects of a Life in Comedy
- Recurring nightmare: as your "Harpo meets Teller" routine is bombing, you realize you're doing a radio show.
- Social status one small notch above mimes and rodeo clowns.
- People always asking, "Ooh, do you know Adam Sandler?"
- Wizenheimer's Syndrome
- You laugh on the outside, but inside harbor a bitter resentment toward people who have enough money for food.
- Instead of crow's-feet, you get punchlines.
- Have to start the day with a couple of quick knock-knock jokes to get rid of "the shakes."
- The grandkids keep breaking your dentures trying to wind them up.
- Mom was right: your face *does* freeze that way, after a couple of decades.
- You live in constant fear of you're friends discovering your inflatable Ernie Kovacs doll.
and the Number 1 Side Effect of a Life in Comedy...
- Everything tastes funny.
Join ClubTop5 and check out the Runners Up submissions for this list!
Selected from 105 submissions from 39 contributors.
Today's Top Five List authors were:
- Matt Loiselle, Detroit, MI -- 1, 4 (2nd #1) Email
- Jason Anderson, Birmingham, AL -- 2, 7 Email
- Don Swain, Waterford, MI -- 3 Email / Website
- Christopher Troise, New York, NY -- 5 Email
- Carla Brandon, San Diego, CA -- 6 Email
- Doug Johnson, Santa Cruz, CA -- 6 Email / Hall of Famer
- Jim Rosenberg, Greensboro, NC -- 8 Email / Website
- Peter Bauer, Rochester, NY -- 9
- Daniel Weckerly, Limerick, PA -- 10
- Larry G. Hollister, Concord, CA -- 11, Honorable Mention list name Email / Website
- Dave Henry, Slidell, LA -- Banner Tag Email
- Dave Wesley, Pleasant Hill, CA -- Runner Up list name Email
- Chris White, New York, NY -- List owner/editor Email / Hall of Famer
- Phil Proctor, Los Angeles, CA -- Guest Moderator Website
- Steve Miller, Dallas, Texas -- Ambience
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