Why is Red Peters not famous

January 17, 2005 8:18 AM

Why is Red Peters not famous like George Carlin, for example? When you hear his famous songs "Ballad of a Dog Named Stains" or "Blow Me (You Hardly Even Know Me)", you know he’s an unrecognized genius. More on "I Laughed, I Cried, I Fudged My Undies”. Short Amazon introductory clips here
posted by growabrain (15 comments total)

I've got "I Laughed...." on a cassette I bought when it was first released and he was interviewed on a local radio station that will occasionally play "How's Your Hole". Red's good and I've recommended him to folks looking for some funny songs, but like Weird Al's parodies, you can only take so much before you just start yelling "Enough with the two gay Irishmen already!"
posted by chickygrrl at 8:35 AM on January 17, 2005

He's actually fairly famous. He's a regular on the Howard Stern show, which quite a few people seem to enjoy.
posted by haqspan at 9:28 AM on January 17, 2005

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posted by jjg at 9:33 AM on January 17, 2005

Beeeeecause George Carlin was one of the standard-bearers of a media revolution, and apparently Red Peters' best bit is yelling "Come Stains"? That seems like a pretty good reason to me.
posted by Simon! at 9:43 AM on January 17, 2005

growabrain, you'd be hard pressed to find two people working in the business of "comedy" who are further apart in style, content, worldview and target audience than Carlin and Peters.
posted by chicobangs at 9:56 AM on January 17, 2005

Why is Red Peters not famous like George Carlin, for example?

Because Peters is juvenile gross-out humor, which can be a fine thing on occasion, but a steady diet of it will curve your spine and keep the country from winning the war.

Carlin offers the occasional gross-out, plus so much more.
posted by jonmc at 9:59 AM on January 17, 2005

Oh, I get it, because Carlin did that bit about dirty words some 35 years ago. Yeah. I see it now. Peas in a pod, these two.

Also, how can someone who's "not famous" have "famous songs?" What is he, a scatalogical Jimmy Webb?
posted by soyjoy at 10:40 AM on January 17, 2005

How come everyone isn't equally famous for only 15 minutes? Andy was a godamn lying bastard!
posted by HTuttle at 10:46 AM on January 17, 2005

Replace Carlin's name with Weird Al's and the post makes more sense.
posted by BigFatWhale at 10:56 AM on January 17, 2005

Is this the 'Guitarzan' guy?
posted by crank at 11:16 AM on January 17, 2005

That's Ray Stevens, crank.
posted by jonmc at 12:10 PM on January 17, 2005

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posted by BrodieShadeTree at 12:11 PM on January 17, 2005

Why is Red Peters not famous like George Carlin, for example?

Because on one end of the comedic scale, you have folks like Red, Rick Dees, Pinkard & Bowden and Barnes & Barnes. On the other end, you have Carlin, Bill Hicks, Richard Pryor and pretty much anyone who aspires to be more than yuck-yuck time filler on the Bob & Tom Show.
posted by grabbingsand at 12:40 PM on January 17, 2005

Oh, I get it... FUDGE!
posted by squirrel at 5:02 PM on January 17, 2005

BTW, this question belongs in AskMe... Dante's AskMe.
posted by squirrel at 5:13 PM on January 17, 2005