# Late 1980's HBO Comic **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 17, 2007, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-1980s-hbo-comic/415969 "2007-08-17T18:00:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Slypork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@Slypork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slypork)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-1980s-hbo-comic/415969/1 "2007-08-17T18:00:00Z")
OK all you trivia masters, help me to identify a show. It was probably sometime between 1989 to maybe 1992, HBO broadcast a comedy special. It was a one man show and the set was made up to look like a guys bedroom. The man sang songs, I think played the drums. At one point he played with a toy farm set and made dinosaurs attack the animals. It was almost like a male version of the Judy Miller character that Gilda Radner portrayed on SNL. I know this isn’t a lot to work with. Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![whole\_bean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@whole\_bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whole_bean)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-1980s-hbo-comic/415969/2 "2007-08-17T18:05:47Z")
[QUOTE=erie774] OK all you trivia masters, help me to identify a show. It was probably sometime between 1989 to maybe 1992, HBO broadcast a comedy special. It was a one man show and the set was made up to look like a guys bedroom. The man sang songs, I think played the drums. At one point he played with a toy farm set and made dinosaurs attack the animals. It was almost like a male version of the Judy Miller character that Gilda Radner portrayed on SNL. I know this isn’t a lot to work with. Any ideas? [/QUOTE] Howie Mandel’s Bobby character? ---
**Author:** ![Slypork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@Slypork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slypork)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-1980s-hbo-comic/415969/3 "2007-08-17T18:16:50Z")
[QUOTE=whole bean] Howie Mandel’s Bobby character? [/QUOTE] Nope I know it wasn’t Howie. For some reason the name Steve comes to mind but I’m probably way off. ---
**Author:** ![Shecky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@Shecky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shecky)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-1980s-hbo-comic/415969/4 "2007-08-17T18:18:52Z")
Steven Banks! WOO!! I WIN!!! ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-1980s-hbo-comic/415969/5 "2007-08-17T18:38:49Z")
I think this came up on the board a few years ago… I may have even been the one to ask. I remembered the special as well. Specifically a song he sang to a girl on her answering machine… just this one line always stayed with me- soemthing like I love you more than more than Bridgette Nielsen’s thighs." as he’s looking at pin up of her on his fridge. If I remember correctly this was a Canadian production and was actually part of a series of episodes. HBO only aired one as a “special”. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-1980s-hbo-comic/415969/6 "2007-08-17T18:40:50Z")
Sounds like Pee Wee Herman, but I suppose you wouldn’t need him IDed. ---
**Author:** ![Slypork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@Slypork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slypork)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-1980s-hbo-comic/415969/7 "2007-08-17T18:58:30Z")
[QUOTE=Shecky] Steven Banks! WOO!! I WIN!!! [/QUOTE] YESS!!! 😃 That’s him! Thank you!!! I found the show, [Home Entertainment Center](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62EePXzshX8) thanks to you. You are a god!! And it only took 18 minutes. You are either very smart or have no life 😉 . In either case, thank you. ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-1980s-hbo-comic/415969/8 "2007-08-17T21:02:35Z")
Well, while we’re at it, can I ask another person to be IDed? On a similar show (may have been HBO) I saw a comic who would start out using a puppet (really just his hand in a sock), talking in a high voice. Over the course of his bit, he’d gradually “forget” about the puppet and just be whining neurotically into the mic in his high puppet voice…and then he’d suddenly realize what he was doing, giggle, and “reactivate” the puppet. I think he also discussed going to Disneyland (as a grown man) and getting really upset when he realized that Mickey was actually just a person in a suit. I loved the way he played a super-neurotic guy. Never did catch his name. Anyone? ---
**Author:** ![sumby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e480ec/32.png) [@sumby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sumby)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-1980s-hbo-comic/415969/9 "2015-03-12T12:32:48Z")
Geoff Bolt. Was on a huge quest for this myself. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-1980s-hbo-comic/415969/10 "2015-03-12T14:59:36Z")
> [@sumby](#): > > Geoff Bolt. Was on a huge quest for this myself. Identified as Steven Banks eight years ago. Try to keep up. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-1980s-hbo-comic/415969/11 "2015-03-12T15:12:16Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Identified as Steven Banks eight years ago. Try to keep up. He was talking about **CrankyAsAnOldMan** ’s ID request, not the OP’s - and it looks like he’s right, too. Snark fail. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-1980s-hbo-comic/415969/12 "2015-03-12T15:15:36Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Identified as Steven Banks eight years ago. Try to keep up. I suspect our new poster was replying to the post below, not the original OP, so perhaps the snark was unwarranted. > [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](#): > > Well, while we’re at it, can I ask another person to be IDed? On a similar show (may have been HBO) I saw a comic who would start out using a puppet (really just his hand in a sock), talking in a high voice. Over the course of his bit, he’d gradually “forget” about the puppet and just be whining neurotically into the mic in his high puppet voice…and then he’d suddenly realize what he was doing, giggle, and “reactivate” the puppet. I think he also discussed going to Disneyland (as a grown man) and getting really upset when he realized that Mickey was actually just a person in a suit. > > I loved the way he played a super-neurotic guy. Never did catch his name. Anyone? > [@sumby](#): > > Geoff Bolt. Was on a huge quest for this myself. **sumby** , welcome to the boards. Please note that the post you are replying to was from 2007, and the poster may not be active any longer, but we appreciate updated information. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-1980s-hbo-comic/415969/13 "2015-03-12T15:16:48Z")
When I saw this thread I was going to ask about another HBO comedy special from the early 90s, but I figured it out on my own. It was Bob Nelson. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-1980s-hbo-comic/415969/14 "2015-03-12T15:21:31Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > He was talking about **CrankyAsAnOldMan** ’s ID request, not the OP’s - and it looks like he’s right, too. Snark fail. [It sure does](https://youtu.be/qbJb-SV2M54). Cranky wasn’t quite remembering all the aspects properly (the puppet doesn’t come out until fairly late in his set), but had enough of them right that it must be the same guy. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-1980s-hbo-comic/415969/15 "2015-03-12T16:18:15Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > He was talking about **CrankyAsAnOldMan** ’s ID request, not the OP’s - and it looks like he’s right, too. Snark fail. You’re right. I saw the 2007 date and assumed it was a continuation of the Banks answer. Sorry, **sumby**.