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Pat Barker

Sup.

About Me

I've accomplished a lot of things in my life. These achievements include (but are certainly not limited to)...
Winning my 6th grade spelling bee
Participating in my 7th grade spelling bee
Hitting one triple and stealing one base in 10+ years of organized baseball
Bowling a 260-something one time
Graduating college with a thoroughly mediocre GPA after five years of slacking off
Catching four home runs in one Phillies/Marlins batting practice in 2004
Beating level 9-5 on Tetris six times in one night
Getting fired from a Taco Bell (how is that even possible)
Reading the majority of the Goosebumps books
Doing lots of crossword puzzles half way and then giving up
Being named the fourth funniest person in Philadelphia (population: 1.4 million*)
Playing 30 seasons of Madden 2006 after I had shoulder surgery and couldn't do anything else. My team was eventually shut down because we lost billions of dollars after I lowered ticket prices and spent a shitload on virtual goalposts, but we won a lot of games
Rooting for the evil green knight at Medieval Times even though I was clearly in the red knight's section and was given a red knight hat
Meeting former president Bill Clinton when I was nine
Winning student council secretary in seventh grade (didn't know this was a female position until it was too late)
*population statistics based on 2005 census results, funniness rating based on a comedy contest
Also, I am a former Omniana World Champion. Here's a video of me defending my title.
Omniana Battle: Pat Barker vs. Kent Haines from d on Vimeo .

My Interests

Stand-up comedy, sports, and hanging out with friends. Three interests should be quite sufficient.

I'd like to meet:

Ty Cobb. Slash. Dominique Wilkins. Kevin Spacey. Chris Rock. Millard Filmore, only so I could be like, "you were president? No *shit*?", That guy who played J.T. on Step by Step. Harriet Tubman (why the F not). George Foreman. A caveman. A pirate. Stone Cold Steve Austin. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Jack Nicholson. Probably other people. And, of course, you.

Music:

Guns N' Roses, Aerosmith, Metallica, AC/DC, Billy Joel, Green Day, Jay-Z, Velvet Revolver, Ludacris, Journey, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Kanye West, Bon Jovi, Van Halen, 2Pac. I don't listen to much music, but I can generally agree on any kind of rock (with the exception of the Rolling Stones, who I have an irrational hatred of).

Movies:

DIE HARD. Any of Kevin Spacey's Big Five (Negotiator, Se7en, Usual Suspects, L.A. Confidential, American Beauty) before he started appearing in gay-ass movies that had a message. Good Will Hunting. DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE. A Few Good Men. Jerry Maguire. Independence Day. Toy Story. As Good As It Gets. Wedding Crashers. Major League. White Men Can't Jump. The Mighty Ducks (not that weak sequel shit - GIVE ME AVERMAN OR GIVE ME DEATH). Pretty much every Denzel movie I've ever seen except John Q.

Television:

SportsCenter, Colbert, Reno 911, South Park, Family Guy (only on DVD, don't know why), Baseball Tonight, crazy VH1 list shows.

Books:

Hahaha. Yeah. Right. (EDITOR'S NOTE: I am not illiterate, I just don't have nearly enough free time to read. Don't get it twisted.)

Heroes:

Hot Sauce

My Blog

Say It Aint So, F.P. Santangelo

CHEATER.  CHEATER.  Major League Baseball's brilliant investigative research has exposed you as the steroid monkey we all knew you were.  I had my doubts when you hit those 21 career ho...
Posted by Pat Barker on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 08:29:00 PST

Phillys Phunniest 2007

The second annual Philly's Phunniest competition is over and I'm proud to say that the entire thing was fantastic and really showcased some of the best talent Philly has to offer.  I managed to s...
Posted by Pat Barker on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 09:44:00 PST

Music Box @ The Borgata

The time has probably come and gone where anyone would be interested in my experience opening for Frank Caliendo two weeks ago, but I didn't get around to writing about it until now.  I am nothin...
Posted by Pat Barker on Fri, 06 Jul 2007 12:40:00 PST

BASEBALL

Fuck yeah.  We are now two innings into the 2007 season and I'm hooked.  GO CARDINALS.  Glavine looks good but you know he's only two innings into the season.  So who knows.  ...
Posted by Pat Barker on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 05:45:00 PST

Photosinthesis

Now before you go, "hey, Pat, you spelled 'photosynthesis' wrong, let me just tell you how fucking wrong you are.  Very fucking wrong.  What I have done is cleverly make you think this will ...
Posted by Pat Barker on Sun, 17 Dec 2006 12:11:00 PST

EMCEEING at Rascals tomorrow night

Sup.  I was scheduled to be on the New Talent Night at Rascals tomorrow (well, tonight, now... 6/8) anyway, but I'm now emceeing the show.  So you get to see a whole shitload of Pat Barker.&...
Posted by Pat Barker on Thu, 08 Jun 2006 09:51:00 PST

This shit on ESPN2...

Have you seen this shit on ESPN2 where these crazy Japanese people run this crazy obstacle course?  Running and jumping and crossing bridges made of spinning cannonballs and frequently screwing u...
Posted by Pat Barker on Tue, 16 May 2006 10:05:00 PST

patbarkercomedy.com updated

My website finally has stuff on it!  Check it out.  www.patbarkercomedy.com P.S., 72 friends?  Who's the man?
Posted by Pat Barker on Tue, 09 May 2006 01:56:00 PST

Thank You to Conestoga High School

Big thanks go out to the staff and students of Conestoga High School in Berwyn, PA, who helped out with or attended the comedy show on May 5.  Blake Wexler did an awesome job putting it together ...
Posted by Pat Barker on Sat, 06 May 2006 11:47:00 PST

oww my leg oww (pt. 2)

I just got back from my doctors appointment in Philly, and I found out some interesting things.  First off, my knee is now feeling the best it has since Sunday.  I have a full range of motio...
Posted by Pat Barker on Thu, 04 May 2006 09:33:00 PST