Things I like

Still in pain from falling thousands of times from rollerskating, thinking that I might never ever engage in any physical activity ever again...



I remember seeing this on DVD back when I was about 13 or something (how did I even know of the man when I was 13? Wait... that was around the time when the movie of his life came out. Nevermind then), but Kaufman was a type of comedian that I have always really enjoyed, simply because he tried to be extraordinarily interesting rather than extraordinarily funny.

This clip doesn't really have much humor to it (I would say it has none, but there is an angry black guy providing backup vocals to "It's A Small World"), but if you didn't know what was happening by the YouTube video, you'd see the congas and his dancing and you'd expect something completely wacky--but he just performs a rather conventional rendition of the song (albeit weirdly fused with the conga percussion). And it's kind of a good performance too. I like that about Kaufman. I think he hated being called a "comedian" since the word itself implies that you are supposed to be funny, but still... he's my type of comedian nonetheless, and I wish that more today had his type of mentality. Sasha Baron Cohen doesn't count.

-Just found this today. It's kind of like Garfield Minus Garfield--well, it essentially is, since it's apparently made by the same people, but instead of taking a crappy strip and making it funny, it's taking a great strip and forcing its existential misery to the forefront. Which makes it less humorous, of course--but still as interesting.

Fun fact: last year I lived essentially on the same block that Charles Schulz once lived and where his dad had his barbershop for years.

I mean, it's not a super interesting fact to most of you... but it is to me, I suppose.