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Pat O'Shea

"I grew up on T.V. and I turned out T.V."

About Me

I'm a stand up comic living in Brooklyn trying to turn my neurosis into comedy gold.I frequently appear on the BCAT show"Bush V.s Brooklyn,and I have a CD coming out soon,parts of which you can hear on myspace as soon as I figure out how.Oh yeah,I also have 2 of my jokes appearing in the upcoming book "The complete Idiots guide to joke writing",which comes out this fall.I've also done some music in my time:Mauth mann(back when I lived in Boston in the nineties), and the Umlautz these days(Brooklyn, natch)Both of which can be checked out on their own pages-End communication.

My Interests

Comedy,Music,Baseball,movies,books,spirituality.

I'd like to meet:

Any living Beatle,Python member,Gene Wilder,Bettie Page,Sonny Rollins,Thora Birch,Woody Allen,Mel Brooks,Christopher Guest,Bill spaceman Lee,Barack Obama.

Music:

Coltrane,Beatles,Who,Kinks,Ramones,Robert Johnson, Nina Simone,Charlie Parker,Nick Drake,Pretenders,Velvet Underground,Sonics,Simply saucer,

Movies:

Dr. strangelove,Holy Grail,Airplane,Citizen Kane,Robot Monster,Blazing saddles,Bananas,Raising Arizona,Rushmore,Office space,Ghost World,Star wars,Ed Wood ,This is Spinal Tap.

Television:

Simpsons,Monty Python,Police squad,Twilight Zone,Seinfeld,Boondocks,Venture Brothers,Mash,Daily show,Spiderman,this week in baseball or baseball tonight.

Books:

Please kill me,beyond the 6th game,on the road,Tibetan book of the dead, Sex, drugs and cocoa puffs.

Heroes:

Bill Hicks,John Lennon,MLK,JFK,Coltrane,Satchel Paige, Gene Krupa.

My Blog

Stop sending me right wing e-mails, for Christ sake!

Alright, with the Election a few days away, everybody's getting all worked up about their canidate, and that's fine, vote for who you want.I'm just venting 'cause some old friends of mine, who have to...
Posted by Pat O'Shea on Thu, 30 Oct 2008 09:32:00 PST

An Open letter to a letter opener...

Do not open this...please, do not open this...You opened this, didn't you?Of course you did.You people make me sick...you know letter tampering is a crime, don't you?Sure, it's not as severe as rippin...
Posted by Pat O'Shea on Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:43:00 PST

This Thursday, at The Duplex in NYC..

So I'm doing my CD,40 min show Thursday at THE DUPLEX in NYC. Starts at 9:30pm.,still some seats available.Go to www.theduplexcom click on my show(Anti social commentary),and you should be good t...
Posted by Pat O'Shea on Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:37:00 PST

Boston v.s New York

Boston v.s New York...This is not about Red sox Yankees(or Mets)however, let's start with: Best ballpark:Fenway(Sorry Yankees/Mets fans, you know it's true) Best Comedy venue:Comedy Studio, Cambridge....
Posted by Pat O'Shea on Sat, 02 Aug 2008 11:42:00 PST

George Carlin R.I.P.

I never met George Carlin, but like most people my age ,comedian or otherwise,I feel like I've known him my whole life.We all grew up knowing the bits;the "7 dirty words you can't say on T.V.",the"Goo...
Posted by Pat O'Shea on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:37:00 PST

WHY are they remaking "The Day the earth stood still with(gulp)Keanu Reeves?!!???!

I was looking up one of my favorite films, "The day the earth stood still", to see what other films the star Michael Rennie was in, when I discovered that they are re-making it.That's the O.K. news, t...
Posted by Pat O'Shea on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:23:00 PST

Why do they keep making these bad movies?

Why do they keep making horrible movies like "Meet the Spartans"?Because nimrods keep going to see them..It would be one thing to do a parody of "300",like this would appear to be, but the NONSTOP POP...
Posted by Pat O'Shea on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 09:06:00 PST

Worst summer ever!

So here's the breakdown of my summer so far: It's Late June, and me and my wife still hadn't found an apt.In fact, we didn't get the keys to the place we're in now until FOUR days before we moved in.W...
Posted by Pat O'Shea on Sat, 14 Jul 2007 12:05:00 PST

The all time bullshit baseball line-up

Starting Pitcher:Sid Finch(Those SI people are so silly) Pinch hitter:Eddie Gaedel(A 1.000 on base % is nothing to sneeze at, people) Pinch runner:Herb Washington(Charlie Finley was insane) IF:Danny A...
Posted by Pat O'Shea on Sun, 29 Apr 2007 10:26:00 PST

Best T.V.Theme songs

1)Dr.Who 2)Fat Albert 3)Simpsons 4)Garry Shandling show 5)The Mod Squad 6)Batman 7)Police Squad 8)The Monkees 9)Venture Brothers 10)Get Smart 11)The Jeffersons 12)Miami Vice 13)Good Times 14)Banana sp...
Posted by Pat O'Shea on Sat, 24 Feb 2007 01:45:00 PST