who am i crushing on this week!
Name: Todd Andrew Barry
Occupation: (according to Wikipedia) a Jewish American stand-up comedian, actor and voice actor, known for his “laid-back” stage manner (does that mean his stage manner isn’t laid-back?)
Status: uh, I have no idea, though Wikipedia also says that “he is extremely close friends with fellow comedian Louis CK”
Most known for: just being all around hilarious and “laid-back” in his Jewish American stand-up comedy act, and the “Doggy Bounce” song he did with Demitri Martin on an episode of Flight of the Conchords
Recently known for: fucking annihilating Steve Agee on Twitter for no real reason, but then he retired from it :( :( :(
Up next: his IMDB says he’ll play Bob Withers in the film Pete Smalls is Dead – which stars Peter Dinklage, Tim Roth, Rosie Perez, and Steve Buscemi (among others), and may come out sometime this year? – and he continues to tour (I’m sad I haven’t seen him live yet, boo)
Why you crushin’?: well, okay, he replied to me on Twitter – twice!. Other than that, though, I’ve enjoyed listening to his Medium Energy about once a week since it came out (along with his other comedy albums, obvs, but that one especially because it was the first one I’d heard). Dude is just really, really funny. I wish I could eloquently (or hilariously, just in case there’s a small chance he might actually read this – I don’t want to turd all over this thing with “jokes”; dude’s, like, my hero. No one wants to be a doof in front of their hero!) explain my love for him and his style of comedy – like, how it’s the exact kind of comedy I like, how he executes it fucking well, how he’s the only celebrity on Twitter I haven’t ever un-followed and then re-followed again because I was annoyed with him at some point. He’s also probably a nice person in real life.
[...] to gingerchildren for writing up her crush of the week on Todd Barry because it got me to visit his website and discover the wonder that is his Receipt [...]