Monday, March 15, 2004

MORE COWBELL: So, Entertainment Weekly has this list of the twenty-five funniest people in America. While they got a lot right (Chris Rock, Will Ferrell, Aaron McGruder and others), hoo, boy, do I have some suggested changes.

First, the cuts: Amy Sedaris (#8) shouldn't be allowed to piggyback off her brother's success; Augusten Burroughs (#15) and Scot Armstrong (#16) haven't done enough yet, and aren't that funny; I have no idea who Demetri Martin (#21) is; Catherine O'Hara (#22) is a bad choice for a token older female; and, of course, Sarah Silverman (#24) is a bitter homewrecker who's just a younger person's Joan Rivers.

So, who gets added? If we're doing collectives (Daily Show, Wilson/Stiller), how about the staff of The Onion? the crew from The State?

For funnier women to whom I'm not married (and you better believe she belongs on the list), how about Margaret Cho or SNL's Amy Poehlert? (And, okay, Tina Fey, but her shtick's getting tired to me.)

From the musical world, why not Marshall Mathers, who's not only funny but does so within the confines of assonance and rhyme? Where's the love for Marc Shaiman, who wrote the songs for Hairspray and and South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut? (Also, there's the wicked-fun cameo (is it a cameo when no one knows who you are yet?) as the news theme composer in Broadcast News.)

Speaking of which, BASEketball aside, seriously, you guys, how can you do a list like this without South Park's Matt Stone and Trey Parker? Had they only given us Osama Bin Laden Has Farty Pants, but not given us Scott Tenorman Must Die, dayenu. Had they given us Scott Tenorman must die but not given us Cripple Fight!, dayenu . . .

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