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Many comedians who came up in the 1980's used a "gimmick". The pure stand-up is a thing of the relatively recent past. Up until the 90's, you still had guys and gals with cutesy nicknames (Dice), accordions (Judy Tenuta), pageboy haircuts and funny clothes (Emo Phillips), screaming anger (Sam Kinison), and whole-cloth characters (Pee Wee Herman). The modern catchphrase (i.e. "Git R Dun") is a relic of this era.

The fake voice was a gimmick that got Bobcat enough attention to land a number of movie/TV roles. When he was insinuated enough into the industry, he toned down and eventually dropped the voice, especially in live (stand-up) performances.

Steve Martin once gave this advice to up-and-coming comedians: "Be so funny they can't ignore you." Alas, if that ever was true, it is no more. There's no such thing as "So funny they can't ignore you". Ask Bill Hicks. Point being, the gimmicks work and to a certain extent still work.

Lots of comedians did this back then. So has Gilbert Gottifried. That was also the trademark for his role as Zed in The "Police Academy" movies.

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