Classic comedy clips

Recovering after a pretty crazy weekend... doing the Sunday afternoon nachos and naps vs. working out debate.

Why not post some great comedy vids with a 'before they were famous' theme?

Before playing the inestimable Chloe O'Brien on 24 and a string of breakout roles in classics like Legally Blonde 2 and Dude, where's my car?, Mary Lynn Rajskub was a performance artist cum underground comic. Check this segment out - from Janeane Garofalo's short-lived 1995 Comedy Central show Comedy Product.

Or how about this? You might know David Cross from such appearances as: Tobias on Arrested Development, Rob the tech guy in Eternal Sunshine, Newton the Morgue Attendant in Men in Black (I and II), UFO expert in Waiting for Guffman and 'abrasive but well-endowed b-list celebrity' from my personal fantasy life. Well how about here, in a skit he wrote for the also short-lived Ben Stiller Show in 1992? It's really funny stuff.

This Mary Lynn Rajskub short film is also awesome - from very early in her career. Check it out. Love the funny.