Two Drink Mike

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Total Tracks: 16   Total Length: 60:37

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Hilarious everyman comic

Milligan-man

Birbiglia is hilarious, he'll win you over in no time at all, but in case you're wondering if you'll like it, just check out "Whiffle Ball Tony" - I've listened to this album repeatedly since getting it. Great stuff.

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one of the best living standups!

CQMURPHY

this record is great, but his comedy has since evolved to become more personal, narrative, and, in the words of punchlinemagazine.com's editor-in-chief, Dylan Gadino, like bill cosby; so in a addition to downloading this NOW, keep pestering emusic to get his new record, "My Secret Public Journal Live."

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Really great

Tricky

Some of this performance is also on Mike's Comedy central performance but this is a much better more rounded and polished headline set. The writing is brilliant quite clean, more edgey than Brian Regan, but in the same surreal vein. maybe a bit like Dane Cook but personally I liked this much more than Dane Cook. The performance is just great, maybe a bit like Steve Martin when he was a stand-up while he was still good. Anyway enough references to other people, Mike Birbiglia is a brilliant comedian and this is a great comedy album. It stood the test of many listens. 5 in one day and I was still laughing on the fifth. Buy It ****

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The title of Mike Birbiglia’s 2006 release refers to what a lightweight he is. Couple drinks and he’s doing magic tricks and dancing, but without the booze he’s a guy who likes biographies, has serious opinions about wildlife, and is really good at drinking hot chocolate. That is what’s great about Two Drink Mike, Birbiglia projects a humble attitude that’s approachable, endearing even, but it leads to material that can be Steven Wright-strange and just as hilarious. Course Wright could be from Mars while Birbiglia is the weird kid-next-door grown-up and adjusted to the world outside just enough to get by. Imagine a protected kid from the suburbs devouring BET’s hip-hop programming and you’ve got an idea of how Birbiglia relates. He’s enthusiastic about the bling-bling lifestyle he sees on MTV Cribs but worries the rappers are dying inside and crying out for attention with their rims and grills. Gay cats, why parents can’t understand computers, and the cockiness of handing Kleenex out before funerals are hot topics, and if it seems at first like Birbiglia is just a stream of consciousness guy like Wright; the trick of Two Drink Mike is how well it flows before exiting on a handful of hilarious musical numbers. Containing mostly different material than the CD, the bonus DVD of older performances is clumsier and features a more straight-laced looking, not as comfortable performer. You can study a comedian honing his craft by analyzing the two discs, or you can just sit back and listen to the arrival of stand-up’s next big thing. – David Jeffries

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