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Line 1: {{~~work~~creator}} The Cracked Actor cracks us up... * In [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYfnBVM8eQ8 this studio footage] of his special concert for ''The Midnight Special'' in 1973, he suffers a [[Wardrobe Malfunction]] (safe for work) and soldiers on regardless...complete with a new lyric for "Time"! (Relevant part starts around 1:45.) * "Boys Keep Swinging", from 1979's ''Lodger'', is a cheerfully [[Camp]] song as it is, but it became three kinds of fun and funny via visualization... The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMhFyWEMlD4&ob=av2el promo clip], where his [[Self -Backing Vocalist\|backup singers]] steal the show... The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uXsWCsCZf4 performance] on ''[[The Kenny Everett Video Show]]'' that leads into a brief skit with the host's "Angry of Mayfair" character... The ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' performance in which a little [[Chroma Key]] magic places his head on a dancing puppet body -- more funny-surreal than funny-ha-ha, but still! * The best part about this performance was the fact that although the network censored out the line "Other boys check you out," Bowie managed to [[Getting Crap Past the Radar\|slip a giant dildo]] coming out of the puppet's pants [[Censor Decoy\|past the radar.]] * His really-a-[[Short Film]]-at-20-minutes ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXvAaNcXNzI&ob=av3e Jazzin' for Blue Jean]'' may not be as famous as [[~~Michael Jackson (Music)\|~~Michael Jackson]]'s much-ballyhooed longer clips, but it sure is funnier. Bowie plays two roles -- one is [[Adorkable]], one is sheer [[Adam Westing]]. Highlights include: Vic deciding not to wear a "Frankie Says Relax" T-shirt because "I'm not advertising Frankie until they tell us [[I Am Not Shazam\|who he is]]." Screamin' Lord Byron cowering in a corner after Vic literally drops in on him in his dressing room. "Pleasegoaway!" ** The ending, in which {{spoiler\|Bowie breaks character to complain to the director about the girl going off with "Mr. Screamin'"; the argument gradually degenerates into Bowie complaining that he's weary, hungry, and whatnot...}}. * This crosses over with [[Narm]], but the music video for Bowie and [[The Rolling Stones ~~(Music)~~\|Mick Jagger's]] cover of "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9G4jnaznUoQ Dancing in the Street]" is actually funnier if you watch it with the sound off. * From the 1999 Comic Relief telethon, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VC0H3pLZdM "Requiem for a Laughing Gnome"]. * His ''Late Night with [[Conan O 'Brien]]'' appearances, mostly scrubbed from online availability, were always fun-filled. 2002 included a Bowie-style rendition of "Hickory Dickory Dock"; 2003 had him pressured into singing a pro-Conan song ("There are many talk show hosts/But he is clearly better than most") that "thankfully" ended when the G-string on Conan's guitar broke. He also revealed several "Celebrity Secrets": he lied when he said "It's great to be in Cincinnati!" at one concert, and lives in denial that, before all his reinventions, he was an overweight Korean woman. Also: {{quote\| "You would think that a rock star being married to a supermodel would be one of the greatest things in the world. It is."}} * From a 2002 Berlin show, he gives the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNCEURBYEGo Brecht/Weill standard "Alabama Song"] just the right touch of lechery in the climactic verse as he goes hunting for that "little girl" he soooooo desperately needs... * From the concert video ''A Reality Tour'', filmed in 2003 when he was 56, this line that follows up the performance of "Never Get Old": {{quote\| "Oh, that's a lie, but it's only a little lie!"}} * Crossing over with Live Action TV, his appearance on ''[[~~Extras (TV)\|~~Extras]]'': [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv6mEv_rDdE "Little fat man who sold his soul...."] * Given that Bowie never seemed like the type... {{quote\|"I was looking for your ass."\|Lazarus}} {{reflist}} [[Category:Funny (Music)]]▼ [[Category:David Bowie]] [[Category:Funny]] ▲[[Category:Musicians/Funny ~~(Music)~~]]

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