He said he was buying tickets for a Brian Regan show and the ticket taker told him to have a great time. He answered “You too!” without realizing it.

You’ve been to Japan, right? And you think the UK culture of celebrity is weird?

Yeah, but I can only understand 0.001% of what the Japanese are saying, so I’m assuming they’re talking sense. English TV I can understand about 40% of it, and it’s just freaky.

They’re actually kind of similar, though, at least to an American: kind of insular and obsessed with every single detail of the lives of people I’ve never heard of. I don’t know if it’s because both are on an island, or because variety TV isn’t as big in the US as elsewhere. Or it could be trying to cram all of your nation’s pop culture into one big city, as if everything in the US happened in Los Angeles. (Like LA residents believe it does).

I’ve played all of Patton’s discs about 15 to 20 times each. Even though I don’t laugh like I did with virgin ears, the material turns into something that I find very interesting (the delivery, writing, etc).

Huh. I can only listen or watch the same performance about two or three times. It is cool to see different performances of the same bit, though: you can see how the timing and delivery change each time. I think part of it is that his delivery is like a funny guy just telling a story and less like a performance, so it kills it (for me) when I can see how rehearsed it is.

I’m so glad you mentioned Regan. He doesn’t get mentioned much anymore, which is a shame. The bit about the PB&J sandwich in a squeeze bottle still slays. I guess it’s a milder version of Squagels, or Henderson Valley Eggs.

Korea, too. Batshit insane doesn’t even come close.