Joey McCobb, the Stand Up Comic Quotes in Ghost World (2001)

Rebecca: Oh! It's that comedian I was telling you about.

[she turns up the volume on her television, which is showing an odd-looking man performing stand-up comedy]

Rebecca: See this bit, it's the absolute worst.

Joey McCobb, the Stand Up Comic: [on the TV] Just because I still live with my mother people think I'm peculiar. So what if she's been dead for 15 years?

Rebecca: See? It's barely even a joke.

Joey McCobb, the Stand Up Comic: Well, it's like I always say, take my life... please!

[he bows and his audience applauds]

TV Announcer: Joey McCobb, the weee-irdest man in showbusiness!

Enid: If he's so weird, how comes he's wearing Nikes?

[she switches the TV off]

Enid: Joey McCobb is our God.

Rebecca: I wanna do him.

Enid: I bet. Actually, he kind of reminds me of that one guy you went out with, Larry. God, what look was he going for, a gay tennis player from the '40s?

Rebecca: Fuck you.

Enid: You dated him.