Looking for the name of a comedian

podge018

Right he's not your famous name so get your thinking caps on.

Clues:

- completely ****ed up in the head, borderline suicide job imo.
- his brother is a stand-up aswell, don't think they get on.
- think he wore a leather jacket when I seen him, think it's his 'thing'.
- just didn't give a **** about anything.
- smokes on stage, I think!
- would be in his late 40s but doesn't look it, works out, shows off his body
- got a role on a mainstream sit-com but it bombed.

some of those clues might be a bit wide of the mark but my memory is hazy of him.

Latchy

Not the late john belusi is it ? :cool:

podge018

no not him.

Galvasean

Denis O' Leary?

podge018

You mean Denis Leary? I said he's not a famous name. This guy is obscure, performs in comedy clubs in NYC. From looking down at the rest of the threads in this forum i've probably come to the wrong place. Better off going to a stand-alone stand-up forum somewhere.

Latchy

Yeah OP , and take Lenny Bruce with ya as well

podge018

what's that supposed to mean?

podge018

podge018 wrote: »

Right he's not your famous name so get your thinking caps on.

Clues:

- completely ****ed up in the head, borderline suicide job imo.
- his brother is a stand-up aswell, don't think they get on.
- think he wore a leather jacket when I seen him, think it's his 'thing'.
- just didn't give a **** about anything.
- smokes on stage, I think!
- would be in his late 40s but doesn't look it, works out, shows off his body
- got a role on a mainstream sit-com but it bombed.

some of those clues might be a bit wide of the mark but my memory is hazy of him.

Think I got it...Sounds like Andrew Dice Clay,or the the DiceMan as he's known...most of your memories are correct,although he used to be incredibly popular,being the first ever comedian to play and sell-out huge stadiums in the U.S..

Here's a pretty recent clip of him goin nuts on CNN

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6M9C6a1K0nI

podge018

ha ha, it's not him actually, but I can see from my clues why you thought it was

The guy I'm thinking of would never have sold a stadium ticket in his life.

Really bugging me.

Gross Halfwit

I reckon it may be Christopher Titus (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0864541/) ... Dont think he has a bro but hes a big dude, had a tv show & really doesnt seem to like people. I'm not sure if he's a smoker though.

What era are we talking though? Is this guy still alive?

podge018

No not him.

The stuff I seen was in the last couple of years, unless he's topped himself I reckon he'd be still alive.

Gross Halfwit

Any more clues? Is he black/white?

Is it Norm MacDonald? He was in a show that got cancelled ...

podge018

He's white with dark (greasy, maybe) hair, possibly Italian-American. Real edgy stuff, audience feeling really uncomfortable. It's like he's lost the plot, having a breakdown of sorts.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

At the risk of being laughed off the form, and I know it's not in the correct age group, but...

.... we're not talking about Bill Hicks, here, are we?

DBIreland

Would it be Rick Shapiro?
His brother Rob is also a stand up?

Most other details also seem to fit...

podge018

You absolute hero. It's actually Rob I think I was looking for. Excellent thanks.