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Greg Proops "Houston, We Have a Problem"
Ever find yourself in the disconcerting position of realizing that what country music singers do on tour has very little bearing on your own life? What about when you notice that people probably do drugs because, well, they work? Do you pause, in the course of daily conversation, to allow others to absorb the irony of whatever might have just occured? Dear comedy lover, despite your best intentions, you might not be a redneck. You should, however, be a Greg Proops fan, and "houston, we have a problem," Proops' first release for Stand Up! Records, is likely to induce the sort of vigorous agreement and laughter that might lead you to look uncannily like a Harry Carrey bobblehead. Sally forth into an aural landscape wherein your tour guide, Greg Proops, skips gleefully from tirades on the mind-altering proclivities of Rush Limbaugh to the commonalities between the Emperor Claudius and George W. Bush, his love of reality TV, the relative likelihood of God's attending a baseball game, and whether the pledge of allegiance is a reaffirmation of Jeffersonian principles or simply a good way to get out of a few minutes of first period. With a lofty vocabulary dressing up a gutter-bound mind, Proops proved his mettle on shows such as "Whose Line is it Anyway?" and stages around the world, and now he's ready to grace your cd player with his wry sense of life in the modern age.
Greg Proops "Joke Book"
Best known for his improvisational work on both the US and UK versions of Whose Line is it Anyway?, Greg Proops brings his unique brand of erudite observational humor to the people with his new CD Joke Book. Greg starts off light by taking the listener on a romp through America, then delves straight into what he does best: attacking the stupidity of our popular culture and political luminaries, going after George W. “The Decider” Bush, Dick Cheney, major league baseball and Michael Jackson in turn.
Not for the monosyllabic comedy aficionado, Proops never strays too far into lofty territory without bringing it back around to some good, old-fashioned offensive humor. Listeners are in for a good filthy laugh, and Proops masterfully weaves the high-brow and low-brow throughout the hour-long Joke Book. Regardless of political bent, you’re sure to spend an inordinate amount of time nodding in agreement when Proops points out that, in this country, apparently prosecution is based on load composition at the time of the offense, because when a stained dress beats out a punishing salvo of buckshot emptied into the esteemed visage of one’s dear friend, well, something’s clearly more than a little funny.
1. Intro/Dinkytown 2. Hawaii 3. Ice 4. Donuts 5. Michael Jackson 6. Men My Age 7. Immigration 8. Women's Organs 9. Barry Bonds 10. The Decider 11. Cheney at the Hunt 12. Clinton and Perspective
