Joe the Stand-up Comic?

Pinch yourself, Washingtonians. Looks like Joe "the plumber" Wurzelbacher, in addition to his post-campaign career as a foreign correspondent, pundit, author, motivational speaker, aspiring singer, and all-around philosopher, also harbors dreams of comedic greatness. At the very least, he is the very first name listed in the press release I just received touting this year's "star-studded line-up" for the 16th Annual Funniest Celebrity in Washington contest. (Sept. 30, 7 p.m. at the DC Improv)

I ask you: Is there nothing that this Renaissance Man cannot do?

COMMENTS (4)

09/15/2009 - 12:04pm EDT |

I ask you: Is there nothing that this Renaissance Man cannot do? um...how about getting a plumbing license?

09/15/2009 - 12:20pm EDT |

Joe, Sarah, Glenn, Rush, Ann and Sean walk into a titty bar in Baghdad.....

Could Joe be the next Rupert Pupkin?

Or maybe the next Mike Huckabee?

Funnier even than the signs at the 9/12 Project?

Only a stint on Leno will confirm it.

In the interim, I'll note some additional gigs Joe pursued over the years out of the limelight. The ones Michelle missed.

* the unknown comic serial killer

* a butler in the capitol building in Juneau

* an extra on the Sopranos

* a maintenance man at Neverland

* the guy who planted brush at Crawford Ranch

* the CIA agent who wrote the PDBs for Tenet

* a nuclear inspecter in Tehran

* the original Curveball

* a Jiffy Lube mechan ... view full comment

09/15/2009 - 3:24pm EDT |

Hi how's it going, glad to see you, you know "plumber" is kind of a stage name, I used to do a bit here and there, never had a license, goddam government bureaucracy (laughter), same with the United Airlines job, they never asked, I just said "hey, Pittsburgh to Orlando -- I can fly that," it was a bit bumpy but I got it down somewhere, I didn't see any regular folks so it must have been Hawaii (laughter), you know they keep talking about Obama growing up there, well what I want to know is why he isn't wearing one of those grass skirts, you know, with the flowery noose -- oh sorry I meant necklace (laughter), I tell you those muslims have the right idea when it comes to cutting off guys' han ... view full comment

09/15/2009 - 10:00pm EDT |

Well, I remember shortly after this goof showed up on the national scene whining about how Obama was going to raise his taxes, it was revealed that Wurzelbacher hadn't even bothered to pay his taxes to begin with. So there's one thing he can't do.

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