#rich hall

[oldshowbiz]

Rich Hall was one of the most ubiquitous of all comedians in the 1980s and early 1990s.

[panelshowsource]

[thesmilingfish]

Sniglet = Any word which should be in the dictionary but isn't.

These are some of my favorites from Rich Hall's series of books. If you want to check out more of them and add your favorites, there's an archived usenet group with a list of most of the sniglets grouped by category.

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carperpetuation (KAR pur pet u a shun) - n.

The act, when vacuuming, of running over a string or a piece of lint at least a dozen times, reaching over and picking it up, examining it, then putting it back down to give the vacuum ONE MORE CHANCE.

aquadextrous (ak wa DEKS trus) - adj.

Possessing the ability to turn the bathtub faucet on and off with your toes.

blivett (BLIH vit) - v.

To turn one's pillow over and over, looking for the cool spot.

lerplexed (ler plekst) - v.

Unable to find the correct spelling for a word in the dictionary because you don't know how to spell it.

[your-daily-snl]

Superman Auditions, starring Gary Kroeger, Rich Hall, and the one and only Christopher Reeve.

Original Air Date: 1984

[steamedtangerine]

Christopher Guest on Weekend Update frequently checking in on Reagan's Secretary of Defense, Caspar Weinberger (Rich Hall), who will hold his breath until he gets the 285 billion dollars he requested for an unprecedented military build-up.

2/9/85

[babyjujubee]

Alden Ehrenreich, Demi Moore, Rich Hall and Jessica Brown Findlay. Episode 3. Brave New World (2020)

[guiltyidealist]

new favorite YouTube comment just dropped

[iggyinuit]

10 years ago – season 7 (2014-2015)

Things that happened 10 years ago at the Holy Church of Iggy the Inuit.

Spanishgrass album. Iggy Rose radio interview. Iggy Rose visiting Cambridge.

URL: https://atagong.com/iggy/archives/2024/08/10-years-ago-season-7-20142015.html

[zutalorsihavemissedone]

Tough call

(Other contenders welcome.)

[dougielombax]

Fur on a stick.

[testifyatx]

Testify has a sold out show for our April “That’s My Song,” storytelling event. It was a great night with amazing stories.

[oldshowbiz]

Rich Hall at Bob's Big Boy

[fuckyeahilike]

whizz-palace:

“Do you know what the most stressful job is?” “Yes, I do: Bingo-calling.”

[steamedtangerine]

-as in “too close for...”

from Rich Hall’s Sniglets (1984)

[babyjujubee]

Rich Hall "Thanks Buddy!!" and Alden Ehrenreich as John the Savage. Episode 2. Brave New World (2020)

[cherubofthenight]

Halle Bailey