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There is no absolutely no connection between me and "emo" music!

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There is absolutely no connection between me, Emo Philips, and "emo" music!

True, before the musical genre we now know as "emo" was christened, I had -- after years of effort and months of luck -- shot the name "Emo" (with -- between 1984 and 1987 -- six appearances on Late Night with David Letterman, a half-hour Cinemax Comedy Experiment, an hour-long HBO special, and two comedy albums) irremovably into the zeitgeist;
and true, on my first comedy LP, E=MO 2 (Epic Records, 1985)



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my look is eerily, prophetically "emo" in terms of hair, clothing, and physique (beatings at the hands of others not depicted)... but no, other than that... there is absolutely no connection!


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  • Henry Havelock Ellis

    What I would like to know, is what happened to all the 'Elmo' kids?

    3 years ago
  • JediMaster Batman

    ..And there are only a few states that end with the letter "A"?

    3 years ago
  • Ron Konstantin

    Emo = The new original Emo musician!

    3 years ago
  • Ron Konstantin

    Emo = The new original!

    3 years ago
  • Kamikaze Phoenix

    Now I understand. I actually had believed that these "emo kids" were simply your illegitimate children, and thus I refrained from chastising them or accosting them.

    Having been educated upon this point, I shall make proper effort to direct these hooligans toward more dignified pastimes (such as comedy, as well you know).

    I thank you, and shall hope that your germs and calories are in correct balance.

    Probably,
    -Kamikaze Phoenix

    3 years ago
  • Chris Brown

    Now we've cleared up the "emo" music bit, are you the guy behind "emoticons"? Fess up, Emo!

    3 years ago
  • clementines sorrow

    being how i have only seen you cut yourself once,  i don't really think that those kids got their thing from you.  (see UHF)

    3 years ago
  • Herr Mozart

    When I first heard of the "emo" movement, my first thought was that someone was trying to rip you off - but there is no way that some makeup wearing kid will ever fool anyone into thinking they are you.  Long live the original - Emo Philips!

    3 years ago
  • Paulette Frazier

    Hey Emo did you just write this cause i sent you a message about it?

    4 years ago
  • Paulette Frazier

    wow man that is soooooo Hardcore

    4 years ago
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