Michael Davis

I like to sing an autobiographical song someone wrote for me when I was a younger man every night I kissed a strange girl when I was a younger man every night I kissed a strange girl the same girl but she was strange I once loved two girls at a time Kate and Edith both were mine learn that what they say is true he can't have Kate needeth - she told me that she liked my eyes and then one night she took them home know that I will never find another girl with eyes like mine moral of the story is clear think twice before you lend an ear this is my love song I've always had problems with love and women I remember when my mother took me aside left me there I left home at an early age I started with nothing I still have most of it I wanted to answer the great mysteries of life why is abbreviated such a long word I want to know if most auto accidents happen within five miles of your home why not move 10 miles away I want to know what's occasional irregularity when they ship styrofoam what did they pack it in I want to know did somebody eat something that think has gone bad why they want you to taste it every 4th child born the world is Chinese you've already had three children I want to know if a cat always lands on his feet and bread always lands butter side down what happened if you buttered your bread and strapped it on the back of a cat I wasn't always in show business I used to be a carpenter my boss told me I hammered like lightning because I never struck in the same place twice he died in a freak accident freak fell on him weird I like music I'm writing a punk Western tune scald you broke my heart once don't pick the scab of our love I'd like to sing a more traditional western song now this is it's amazing how music and just set a mood just with even just one chord it's a Western mood maybe if I had a low costume guy my Western costume please was my Western costume and now with just this one chord in just this hat just this Western mood magic of television this is a traditional western song I'd like you to join in if you know it it's called the howling cowboy other verse ride across the desert bounce and on a swayback mayor when I heard a sound so pitiful that it appears to cool that air and I saw a shadow on the moon's rosy glow and I knew it was the howling cowboy get ready let one go

Channel: doctrDave

Views: 623,687

Keywords: juggler, balancing act, comedy, music

Id: Uq0YjR11bx8

Length: 8min 16sec (496 seconds)

Published: Fri Jul 03 2009

Reddit Comments

[u/UltraMegaMegaMan]

Yeah I remember seeing him on various shows and comedy specials around the 80s and 90s. He never failed to absolutely entertain. There were 2 things that were super consistent about him.

He was always completely in control of the crowd and his performance, and he never did what you expected next. The whole performance was always a series of unexpected sharp turns that somehow always segued perfectly into each other. He was a real master of showmanship, I always got really excited when I saw him.

[u/[deleted]]

Holy shit this is the juggler!

[u/mikeardigan]

Definitely see his influence in acts like Demetri Martin. Not just the guitar, but the style and delivery of the punchlines.

[u/Professor_Retro]

That ending was in tents.

[u/stevenriley1]

Ok. I’m a total geek for knowing this, but he stole the Kate & Edith line from a song performed by Andy Griffith and Jim Nabors on the old Andy Griffith Show, before Nabors did Gomer Pyle, USMC. The refrain was, Can’t Have Your Kate & Edith Too.

[u/turboknight]

He's like a musical Steven Wright.

[u/[deleted]]

I thought this was in the 60s for some reason. This guy wouldn't have just been ahead of his time, but more like a comedic forefather. But seems like this was early 80s.

It's amazing to think these types of observations are just so simplified and yet way more poignant than anything 20 years before it. This guy in the 1960s would have been extremely well known.

It's interesting how we evolve socially, and how our observations evolve and get more complex as we work off each other.

[u/kidsparrow]

He's a mix of Steven Wright and the Smothers Brothers.

[u/WarperLoko]

Thank you so much for showing me this performer, he's amazing and made me laugh out loud in all of his videos I've watched so far.