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chris fairbanks

On Reality Bites Back on Comedy Central Thurs. @ 10:30E/9:30C

About Me

I sneeze several times a day and my right arm is shorter, but stronger, than my left. WWW.CHRISFAIRBANKS.COM .. make
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My Interests

Taxidermy, stand up comedy, skateboarding, snowboarding, Austin, drawing pictures, drawing pictures with a pen and coloring them on the computer, drawing them with a pencil, painting, music, acting, sneezing, & being in Montana.

I'd like to meet:

All I want to do is make David Letterman laugh at some point.

Music:

A.C. Newman, Al Green, Archers Of Loaf, Arcade Fire, ALL, Badly Drawn Boy, Bad Brains, Band of Horses, Beck, Bloc Party, Broken Social Scene, Built to Spill, Mr. Bungle, Brand Nubian, Brian Wilson, Cat Power, Cat Stevens, The Clash, Elvis Costello, The Cure, Curtis Mayfield, David Bowie, David Allan Coe, De La Soul, Das EFX, DelTheFunkyHomosapien, Descendents, Desert Sessions, DJ Shadow, The Dwarves, Dinosaur Jr., Doves, D.R.I, Elbow, E.L.O., Faith No More, Fantomas, Flaming Lips, Fishbone, Fleet Foxes, Foo Fighters, Frank Black, Fugazi, Fu Manchu, Getz/Gilberto, The Go! Team, Godheadsilo, Grandaddy, Grizzly Bear, Hightower, Hieroglyphics, Hot Hot Heat, Hot Snakes, Interpol, Jon Brion, Kings of Leon, Halo Benders, Hank Williams, Kenny Loggins, Jeff Lynne, Journey, The Kinks, Modest Mouse, Mark Mothersbah, Merle Haggard, Misfits, Man Or Astroman?, My Morning Jacket, Neko Case, Neutral Milk Hotel, New Pornographers, NOFX, Oasis, Of Montreal, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Operation Ivy, Otis Redding, Paris, Pavement, Pharcyde, Pixies, PJ Harvey, Queens of the Stoneage, Radiohead, Raconteurs, Rocket From The Crypt, The Roots, Rolling Stones, The Smiths, Sublime, Supergrass, Supersuckers, Superchunk, Supertramp, The Specials, Spoon, The Shins, Sicko, Slayer, Stevie Wonder, Suicidal Tendencies, The Sundays, Tapes 'n Tapes, Television, The Thrills, They Might Be Giants, Van Halen (Roth), The Ventures, Volumen, Warlock Pinchers, Ween, Wham!, Wilco, Wolf Parade, Zero 7, 3 Inches of Blood. Old timey country... Sadly, the list of music I hate is much longer and more current. Oh, and Bacon and Egg.

Movies:

Ironman, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Into the Wild, 3:10 to Yuma, The Departed, Little Miss Sunshine, The Mosquito Coast, Grosse Point Blank, Waiting For Guffman, Fletch, Airplane, Sixteen Candles, Punch Drunk Love, Jacques Tati's 'Playtime', The Dangerous Lives of Alter Boys, Dead Alive, Army of Darkness, Amelie, Raising Arizona, The Heartbreak Kid, Big Wednesday, North Shore, Gleaming the Cube, Groundhog Day, Comedian, Hokus Pokus (H-Street skate video), Election, Tommy Boy, Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Donny Darko, Rushmore, Wet Hot American Summer, Deliverance, Caddyshack, Vacation, Billy Madison, King of Comedy, Good Morning Vietnam, & Fight Club...and the best thing I've ever, ever seen is a promotional DVD for knifes and swords called "Cold Steel: More Proof"

Television:

1994, 17 inch Phillips/Magnavox mounted into a gutted 1984 "Kangaroo" arcade machine with joystick On/Off capabilities and antennae receivability.

Books:

'American Scream' the Bill Hicks Story, David Sedaris' "Barrel Fever", "Invisible Man", "The Outsiders", 'I Know This Much is True', Jack Hamm's "How to Draw Animals", & The Hat.

Heroes:

John Cardiel, Evel Knievel, David Lee Roth, Bill Hicks, Mitch Hedberg, Louis CK, Hal Holbrook, Robert Duvall, Gary Oldman, Jim Fairbanks, Lisa Fairbanks, Terje Haakonsen, Daewon Song, Tony Hawk, Vincent Van Gogh, Jason Lee, Jerry Seinfeld, Bob Newhart, Richard Pryor, Bill Murray, Fletch (but not Chevy Chase, not anymore), Frank Black, Muhammad Ali, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, and Josh Harris.

My Blog

I screamed at an elderly couple yesterday and told them to F-off.

First of all, car engine trouble is one of the most frustrating things a person has to deal with and we've all been through it. We all are familiar with the compromised mental state it can put us in. ...
Posted by chris fairbanks on Fri, 15 Aug 2008 08:33:00 PST

Chris Fairbanks Effinfunny Stand Up - Quickies

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OsLjKeUqpw effinfunny.com, chrisfairbanks.com, myspace.com/chrisfairbanks...
Posted by chris fairbanks on Tue, 12 Aug 2008 03:50:00 PST

Reality Bites Back upcoming episode number 5...yes, you’ve missed 4 of them.

So You Think You Can Dive? Episode 5 of RRB on Comedy CentralI have one regret about episode 5, and it is that I accidentally made my technical dive too flawless. Yes, sometimes in life you're punishe...
Posted by chris fairbanks on Sat, 02 Aug 2008 05:09:00 PST

The Ventura Blood-Bath of New Years Eve 07

Ventura Harbor has proven to be a place for hard livin' fishermen. The type who aren't afraid to curl their old-timey mustache tips with wax and wear yellow, rubber overalls out for a night on-the-tow...
Posted by chris fairbanks on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 07:11:00 PST

Some comics have lots of myspace friends, Comedy Central notices

Yep, that's what I've heard. The more friends you have on this friend/dating forum, the more successful it appears you are as a comic, even to those who should know better. Well that's just terrific.M...
Posted by chris fairbanks on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 05:19:00 PST

No, God bless YOU, my lady.

As I've stated in my bio, I sneeze quite often. I always have ever since I was a kid. Sometimes I'd sneeze like 30 times in a row and my nose would start bleeding. One time I got a detention at school...
Posted by chris fairbanks on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 02:14:00 PST

fat red-handed

My engine blew a 'rod' while on the freeway and now I have no mode of transportation. According to my bank account, the car is now totaled. So, today I rode the bus to downtown LA, from Venice Beach, ...
Posted by chris fairbanks on Fri, 15 Dec 2006 12:30:00 PST

Back to painting baby Jesus...sorry, I quit.

It's Christmas time! So 'tis the season I spread joy each year with my holiday window murals. I call them "murals" because if I call it "window painting", then people always think "Holiday Sale - 25% ...
Posted by chris fairbanks on Sun, 10 Dec 2006 03:09:00 PST

Citizens on patrol!

A couple nights ago, Ashley and I decided to go to Swingers late night diner. Right when we approached the door, four drunken dudes came bursting out, screaming obscenities in German and flipping off ...
Posted by chris fairbanks on Fri, 30 Nov 2007 04:29:00 PST

I drove my car into a small pond last night.

No, I wasn't drunk. There was just a puddle in the middle of Rossmore (Vine) Ave. at two in the morning and I momentarily thought I could make it through when I saw it at the very last second. It was ...
Posted by chris fairbanks on Sun, 14 Oct 2007 07:24:00 PST