Emo Philips is an American entertainer and comedian born in the Chicago suburb of Downers Grove. Much of his standup comedy stems from the use of paraprosdokians and garden path sentences spoken in a wandering falsetto tone of voice and a confused, childlike delivery of his ...
Desperation Boulevard, Meet the Parents, Journey to the Center of the Earth, UHF, Chapel Hill, NC, United States, Los Angeles, CA, United States, Stoughton, WI, United States
TV Shows
Slacker Cats
Star Sign
Aquarius
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Trademark
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Falsetto voice
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Quote
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Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps.
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Probably the worst time in a person's life is when they have to kill a family member because they are the devil. But otherwise it's been a pretty good day.
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I got in a fight one time with a really big guy, and he said, "I'm going to mop the floor with your face." I said, "You'll be sorry." He said, "Oh, yeah? Why?" I said, "Well, how are you going to get into the corners?"
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Everyone, everywhere, and all the time, used to laugh at me when I was growing up. So, when I was around 18, I thought, 'I'll become a comedian, and then if everyone laughs at me, I'll be famous.' So I went on stage one night and, for the first time in my life, everyone stopped laughing at me.
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My jokes are in my head and I have a duplicate copy of my jokes in a lot of British comics' heads, where they are safe.
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What is eternity? You're on the checkout line at a supermarket. There are seven people in front of you. They are all old. They all have two carts and coupons for every item. They are all paying by check. None of them have ID. It's the checkout girl's first day on the job. She doesn't speak any English. Take away fifteen minutes from that, and you begin to get an idea of what eternity is.
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At my lemonade stand I used to give the first glass away free and charge five dollars for the second glass. The refill contained the antidote.
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...and always remember the last words of my grandfather, who said 'A truck!'
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I'm a great lover... I bet
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Fact
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Touring comedy clubs, with dates listed on emophilips.com [2000]
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Comedian.
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Attended Downers Grove South High School in Downers Grove, Illinois.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Adventure Time
2012-2016
TV Series
Cuber / Flour Demon
Adventure Time: Finn & Jake Investigations
2015
Video Game
Cuber (voice)
American Dirtbags
2015
Gun Dealer's Brother in Law
Review
2014
TV Series
Georgie
TripTank
2014
TV Series
Karl (voice)
Rise of the Kitchen Appliances
2014
Short
Blender (voice)
Slacker Cats
2007-2009
TV Series
Dooper
Relative Strangers
2006
Guest at Hoedown (uncredited)
Home Movies
1999-2004
TV Series
Shannon
'Weird Al' Yankovic: The Ultimate Video Collection
2003
Video
Newbie (It's All About The Pentiums) / Joe Earley (UHF) (uncredited)