Emo Philips @ David Letterman #3, 1988

[PirateOfTheInternet]

Wow, dullest audience ever. Too bad Emo Philips is such a nice guy; halfway through I would have told the audience and Letterman to fuck themselves and I'd walk off.

If I were a comedian, I'd hate Letterman. If you watch a lot of yt videos of comedians on Letterman, you'll notice that he clearly hates obscure comedians like Emo and introduce them with no enthusiasm at all. He's a tool and the fact that he still has a show boggles the mind.

[SKOTP69]

Oh...WOW!

[wayneshafton]

Love it ! Very funny!!!! Really slow audience.

[briani4735263]

Emo Phillips was emo and sad before everyone else was emo and sad.

[ShadowSaeo]

Wow this is really a shame.. stupid fucking audience 

[AzinDragon]

The crowd was so stupid. So few people got any of his jokes.

[kozmon0t]

this wasn't one of his better performances.

[youhavegeniusshins]

Oh my. I get it. I just don't find this funny. I give him credit for being so dedicated to the character, though. At least he's creative.

[JazzyJonas]

4:25 sounds like a Rodney Dangerfield joke! Emo's material is golden.

[Spottedtalon21]

"... so i just stole one and asked him to forgive me" hahaha, made my day!

[mnpd007]

It's bad enough to be a goofball, but you can't even find funny material? If this sick fuck is a comedian, then Barack Obama is an astronaut.

[Justshutup14]

@mnpd007 do you understand that this is his act?

[TheThingy]

@mnpd007 So, are you the one dislike on this video?

[OverlordR]

It's like when Letterman has had Amy Sedaris on in recent years (even times she wasn't touring or plugging anything)--a lot of people don't "get" her (I do), but Letterman himself finds her hilarious. The audience in this clip wasn't too bright really.

[Cokecakepopcorn]

That is where that bike joke comes from..

[spazymarkdl]

Is it me or after watching 3 videos of Emo on david letterman do you get the impression david letterman doesnt like him???

[breaneainn]

Last time I saw him was weird als "uhf" movie, didn't realise he was a stand up.

strange persona, bit retarded.

[Movies4MeAndU]

@breaneainn you mean comedy  genius :P retards arnt that funny lol

[Dontpickmelast101]

wats wrong with his arms

[MydniteDaun]

I fuckin LOVEEE Emo Philips...

[kingpolaris]

is this a voice he puts on or is that his real voice. like tay zonday

[w0bbl3r]

@kingpolaris Its his real voice, but he exaggerates it somewhat

[shmookins]

The Bushes getting deserved slack since the 80's!

[iheartjimothy]

GENIUS.

[pennydesouza]

I wonder what inspired him to come up with this persona

[Alibi1986]

I love his MJ/Thriller Jacket!

[loneone01]

I never thought I'd say this sentence before "EMO IS AWESOME"

[monster1185]

emo is still awesome

[wilsondylanmccartney]

I have the sound up as far as it will go on my computer, and I can't hear a thing.

[buzzkiller98]

well I guess your sound is just crap

[Hyan36]

Did he ever had a normal day?

What's wrong with him?

[Celler2]

People like you that is what's wrong with him. He is perfect.

[Celler2]

People like you, that is what's wrong with him. He is perfect!

[sanelately]

What are you talking about? This is his routine, you idiot.

[savemyplaylist]

@Hyan36

rape babies

[randomguy1774]

can someone help me find the sound? I think it's lost...

[11xxLilyxx11]

emo needs to buy some pants with BELTLOOPS

[warriorsng]

dimensionally impaired

haha, i'm gonna use that sometime.

[FeelOfFriction]

4:52 YES! I hate euphemisms and PC bullshit.

[Sadhbhishness]

Lateral promotion.. Nice..

[yogertlvr]

I realized that this is Paul Rubins AKA Pee Wee Herman. now it is interesting that now the term EMO is synominous black hair, punk clothing and so forth. This is so funny this clip was in the 80's and EMO wasnt popular till a few years ago.. crazy man.. thanks for the memories.

[larrydavideo]

FYI- Emo Phillips and Paul Reubens are not the same person.

[yogertlvr]

My bad, I was thinking how he looked alot like paul, and was just thinking he was just doing a different personality. Thanks for pointing my mistaken Identity.

[karmaofgood]

yeah emo phillips is funny

[NoahLDiamond]

@larrydavideo

Really? Two different people with two different names are not the same person?

This can only mean someone thought they were.

LOL WUT?

[GirEatsChewyMeatPies]

@larrydavideo Who would ever confuse the two?

[JubalCalif]

@larrydavideo

Thanks for the update. I'll alert the media.

[nwfilmmaker]

A lot of people are too slow to get most of his stuff - funny as heck

[SyvetheShairks]

New Yorkers are stupid...

[kolst8406]

This is somewhere between George Bush's election in November 1988 and the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.  The Rob Lowe scandal was in 1988, so this is probably November or December 1988 or early 1989.