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Non-comical comics are better

She’s a comic, but she’s not, like, you know, comical.

So reads the opening line of Dick Kreck’s piece in the Denver Post on Funniest Mom contender Stephanie McHugh.

Kreck elaborates further on his thesis:

Unlike a lot of stand-up comics, McHugh knows when to be funny and has learned when to relax.

Yes, indeed, we’re all just a bunch of backslapping, guffawing cretins. We stroll through life saying and doing inappropriate things at inopportune times– broad, physical schtick at funerals, loud fart noises at preliminary hearings, squirting flowers always at the ready and joy buzzers, we mustn’t forget to bring the joy buzzer wherever we go!

Does this guy Kreck know us, or what?!

The show’s been taped, the finalists have been determined and all who participated are contractually obligated to keep their mouths shut. It premieres tonight– check your paper/news aggregator for local times and cable channels. We’ll be taping it while watching House.