Signs Your Comedy Partner Hates You

The list for May 4, 1998
The Top 16 Signs Your Comedy
Partner Hates You

  1. Your "Who’s on First" line solicits a response that involves a real baseball bat.

  2. Had all the marquees changed to read "That Big Fat Loudmouth and Teller."

  3. "Enhances" seltzer in bottle with a cup or two of sulfuric acid.

  4. When you say, "Why did the chicken cross the road?", he responds with, "Probably to get away from his pathetic, no-talent, leech of a partner."

  5. For the fourth consecutive night, that *wasn’t* air in the whoopie cushion.

  6. Introduces you as, "The poor man’s Pauly Shore."

  7. When Moe poked Larry’s eyes, *he* never used an ice-pick.

  8. Suggests you boldly explore new territory with some wacky cancer jokes.

  9. His latest comedy bit: "Who slept with your wife?" His name: Jimmy Who.

  10. During your big London show, he suddenly says, "Hey, tell your joke about Lady Di and the British fleet!"

  11. "Outs" you during your HBO special by saying, "Straight man?? PUH-leeze!"

  12. She still insists on writing O.J. jokes for you.

  13. When he convinced you to dress like Little Bo Peep for the routine, he failed to mention that the gig was at the state prison.

  14. When you say "Knock, knock," he just flicks a lit cigarette at your head.

  15. That was a piping hot chicken pot pie he just put in your face.
And the Number 1 Sign Your Comedy Partner Hates You…

  1. You catch him with another ventriloquist’s hand up his ass.
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CREDITS
Selected from 108 submissions from 39 contributors.
Today’s list authors were:

  • Lloyd Jacobson, Washington, DC — 1 (9th #1)
  • Larry G. Hollister, Concord, CA — 2, RU list name
  • Bill Muse, Seattle, WA — 3, 6
  • Peter Bauer, Rochester, NY — 4, 7
  • Jennifer Ritzinger, Seattle, WA — 5
  • Yoram Puius, Bronx, NY — 6, 14
  • John Voigt, Chicago, IL — 8, 11
  • John Treusch, Burlington, NJ — 9
  • Michael Wolf, Brookline, MA — 10, 14
  • Peter Rogers, Boston, MA — 12
  • Jason Anderson, Birmingham, AL — 13
  • Daniel Weckerly, Limerick, PA — 14, 15
  • Gerard McDonald, New Haven, CT — 14
  • Greg Pettit, Houston, TX — 15
  • Kevin Freels, Sun Valley, CA — 16
  • Spike Jones, Atlanta, GA — Topic
  • Matt Loiselle, Detroit, MI — Banner tag
  • Chris White, New York, NY — List owner/moderator
  • Bob Marley, Nine Miles, Jamaica — Ambience
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