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Comedy Central Presents

Bob Marley

Comedy Central · 2007 · 22 min

The Maine native breaks down marriage mechanics and restaurant menus.

Maine’s most prolific stand-up export finally gets his first television half-hour, bringing a high-energy set to New York City. Bob Marley (the comedian, not the reggae icon) built his career on rapid-fire delivery and hyper-local New England absurdities. Here, he aims for a broader crowd, using extended food analogies to outline the mechanics of marriage and unloading a very specific list of restaurant pet peeves.

After eleven years in Los Angeles chasing sitcoms and landing a cult-favorite role as Detective Greenly in The Boondock Saints, Marley had recently moved back to Portland, Maine, deciding he just wanted to be a touring comic. Recorded in December 2006 at Broadway’s Hudson Theatre and aired the following February, this Comedy Central Presents set catches a working club professional exactly where he belongs: back on a stage, complaining about the weather.

The set list

4 bits

  1. Using food as an analogy to explain marriage

    Compares the dynamics and wonders of married life to food.

  2. Marriage compared to shopping for a television at Best Buy

    Likens picking a spouse to keeping the same television set night after night as the screen sags and picture gets wider, ultimately declaring himself happy with his small, perky TV.

  3. Dealing with demanding older children after having a newborn

    Reacts to his six-year-old asking for water days after the new baby arrives by noting he gave him water two days prior and he is not a house plant.

  4. Discomfort inside the voting booth

    Prefers filling out the ballot in the lobby, poking his head out from behind the curtain to jokingly ask for pants in size 34/32.

How it plays

Tone
Lighthearted, playful, and observational.
On stage
Self-deprecating and relatable, turning his own domestic shortcomings and personal misadventures into material to put the crowd at ease.
Pace
High energy and animated.
About
marriage, home life and parenting, everyday observations

Backstory

Filmed shortly after he returned to New England and welcomed his third child in November 2006.

Details

Released
Taped
2006, Hudson Theatre, New York City
Runtime
22 min
Where
Comedy Central
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