George Carlin was my first adult comedian. My dad — my parents — loved him. He was a true disruptor and free thinker, using comedy as his platform. Please check out George Carlin’s Wikipedia entry and the lovely obituary from the New York Times.
I bumped into Michelle Santos on Facebook yesterday and we Kama’ainas got super nostalgic all over each others’ Facebook Walls, and here are some excepts:
Michelle:
Aloha oe, Chris!! Pehea `oe? E pili mau na pomaika`i ia `oe!!!
Chris:
Aloha kakahiaka, Michelle. Mai ka’i no au. Aloha mai e!!
Michelle:
eh, howzit, Brah? Whaddsdascoops? when we do talk story? I miss […]
I have never heard Fair Game with Faith Salie before, but my local NPR Public Radio affiliate, WAMU 88.5 is now showcasing this amazing new, amazingly hip radio show, described as,
“a new satirical news and entertainment program … hosted by Faith Salie, possibly the only Rhodes Scholar doing comedy today … Fair Game covers the […]
I was a loser in College because the only lyrics I knew were all the words from every Rap Replinger album.
Only Mark gets the comedy because it is so Hawaiian. Steeped in Pidgin English and local references, it is pretty impossible to parse no less unpack if you didn’t grow up there like I did.You […]