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Richard Jeni: Full of gems |
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Written by Rebecca LaPole
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Wednesday, 18 October 2006 |
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Warning: Richard Jeni is sarcastic and hilarious.
His recent accomplishment is the 2004 HBO Comedy Hour, “A Steaming Pile of Me.”
In interviews he never answers questions seriously. “Don’t take it personally,” he says. “That’s just my sense of humor.”
In his free time he likes — get this — doing standup! “It never stops,” he says. “I like to unwind, do things that don’t deal with the business. Watch movies, read books, work out, the ritualistic sacrifice of small animals, you know.” After a perfectly timed pause he says, “I haven’t actually been working out much, it takes too long. I just don’t walk by a mirror when I’m nude. That seems easier.”
Other than his HBO success, he co-starred in “The Mask” as Jim Carrey’s best friend. Some may also remember “Platypus Man,” the animated comedy Jeni wrote for the UPN Network. But his true love is, obviously, stand-up comedy.
“The beauty of standup is you don’t have to share credit with anyone else,” Jeni says, waxing somewhat poetic. “You can take all the applause. Acting is collaborative: ‘co’ meaning ‘with’ and ‘llaborative’ meaning ‘with morons.’”
However, he is not above a good drug joke or porno joke. He says, “I don’t use drugs now; don’t get me wrong, I used to get high everyday. I don’t remember my conclusion about getting high … something about side-effects?”
His way of creating visuals is unmatched. “Be careful with porno too. Just like every other drug, it doesn’t work as good as it used to after awhile,” Jeni says. “You think to yourself, ‘I’m going to keep this special.’ Six months later, you’re in your underwear in a Captain Kirk swivel chair with 3-D glasses on, in front of a big screen, alone in your apartment.”
Richard Jeni
• 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21
• Lincoln Center, 417 W. Magnolia St., Fort Collins
• Tickets: $26-$28
• 221.6730 or www.fcgov.com/lctix
JENI GEMS
On a “Johnny Mathis fishing lure”:
(In a good ol’ boy dialect): “You’ll get more bites than a postman wearing a cat suit in a Volkswagon full of Rottweilers!”
On porn:
It’s “a beautiful love story with all of the boring parts taken out,” and mainstream films should try to please both sexes by coming up with fusion flicks such as “Waiting to Exhale...With a Vengeance” and “The Strip Bars of Madison County.”
On lobsters:
“You ever notice those lobsters in the grocery store?...just hanging there (adopting a lobster pose) with that, ‘Any word from the Governor look on their face?’ ”
Joke No. 36 in the 100 greatest jokes compiled by GQ magazine:
I always look for a woman who has a tattoo. I see a woman with a tattoo, and I’m thinking, ‘OK, here’s a gal who’s capable of making a decision she’ll regret in the future.’ | |
hehe hi-larious
Written by galaxy19 on 2006-10-18 12:46:48
Awesome! This was a very amusing article. Thanks, i can always use a laugh. |
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