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Emo Philips

Similar Artists:

Steven Wright

Influenced By:

Andy Kaufman

Followers:

Dane Cook, Mitch Hedberg
  • Active: '90s, 2000s
  • Genres: Spoken Word
  • Instrument: Vocals
  • Representative Albums: "E=MO2/Live at the Hasty Pudding Theatre

Biography

One of the strangest (in looks, presentation, and attitude) of the current crop of new comics, Emo Philips has reached something of a semi-stardom through his numerous cable-TV appearences. He takes the warped sensibility of Andy Kaufman to the next extreme. A bit like listening to an extraterrestrial doing schtick, and just about as funny in spots. Definitely not everybody's cup of tea. ~ Larry Lapka, All Music Guide
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Emo Philips
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Emo Philips onstage
Born February 7, 1956 (1956-02-07) (age 53)
Chicago, Illinois
Medium stand-up
Nationality American
Genres Surreal humor, Wit/Word play
Influenced Jimmy Carr, Demetri Martin, Patton Oswalt, Mitch Hedberg, Bo Burnham
Website EmoPhilips.com

Emo Philips (born Phil Soltanec) is an American entertainer and comedian born in the Chicago suburb of Downers Grove.[1] Much of his standup comedy stems from the use of paraprosdokians and garden path sentences spoken in a wandering falsetto tone of voice and a confused, childlike delivery of his material to produce the intended comic timing in a manner invoking the 'wisdom of children' or the idiot savant.

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Career

Philips has recorded three comedy albums. His album E=mo² won the 1985 New Music Award for best comedy album. It was later re-released along with his Live at the Hasty Pudding Theatre album on a single CD. He also released an album called "Emo" in 2001. A joke of his was voted funniest religious joke ever in an 2005 online poll.[2] In 2006, he appeared at the Newbury Comedy Festival. He was included in the top 50 of E4's 100 Greatest Comedians, and also appeared number 54 on Channel 4's top 100 greatest standups.

Aside from Philips' long career as a standup comic, he has been featured in acting roles on television series such as Miami Vice and The Weird Al Show. He has also recently appeared on British television, appearing as a guest on the panel game 8 Out of 10 Cats. Philips has several voiceover credits, including work on the animated series Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist; Home Movies; Space Ghost: Coast to Coast; and the voice of Dooper in the animated series Slacker Cats.[3]

He has appeared in feature films, including 1989's UHF (as a rather clumsy school shop teacher that accidentally saws his thumb off), the original 1992 version of Meet the Parents (also executive producer)[4], and Desperation Boulevard in 1998.

Discography

Date of Release Title Label
1985 E=MO2 CBS
2001 Emo Louipimps Records

Personal life

In 1988, Philips married comedian Judy Tenuta, another entertainer with an offbeat comic persona. The couple later divorced. He remarried his ex-wife, Carmi, in 2000.

References

  1. ^ Emo Philips - IMDB Biography
  2. ^ Philips, Emo (29 September 2005), The best God joke ever - and it's mine!, http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1580529,00.html, retrieved Jan 10, 2009 
  3. ^ "“Slacker Cats” Coming to ABC Family". http://www.catchannel.com/News/slacker-cats.aspx. Retrieved 2006-07-13. 
  4. ^ Meet the Parents at the Internet Movie Database

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