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Bobby, The Colbert Report and a mystery solved - VIDEO

by Adam Finley, posted Apr 15th 2007 11:03AM

eric drysdaleEric Drysdale is a writer and comedian most will recognize as the stage manager "Bobby" on The Colbert Report (see Bobby as a leprechaun in the clip at the end of this post). Drysdale is also a writer on the show and previously wrote for The Daily Show. In addition, he's performed several times at the UCB Theater and also played with Tammy Faye Starlite, a satirical country band.

However, none of those credits could answer a question that's been nagging at me ever since I first saw Eric/Bobby appear on The Colbert Report: where had I seen this person before? After a bit of Web searching, I finally solved the mystery: in 2000, he appeared on an episode of Premium Blend singing "This Rubik's Cube is Driving Me Crazy," a song he performed under the stage name "Crazy Davis" according to this thread.

Unfortunately, I can't find any video of this performance anywhere, nor any images. Nevertheless, I'm glad to have this particular moiety of mystery beef extracted from between my brain teeth. Also, perhaps some of you couldn't place where you had seen him before, so I hope you feel as relieved as I do to have this mystery solved. If not, at least you learned a little more about the man behind Bobby.

Finally, if any of you can find a video, an MP3, or any kind of image of any kind of Drysdale performing his "Rubik's Cube" song, toss a link into the comments. I'll make sure to edit my post and give you recognition.

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Alice Bradley

That's "every" time. Goddamn it.

February 04 2011 at 10:26 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Alice Bradley

I found the video via "Google." Have you guys heard of this? It's like magic!

http://comedians.jokes.com/eric-drysdale/videos/eric-drysdale---crazy-davis/

Eric is my friend, and I assure you that he's not David Cross with hair. I've asked him repeatedly and he's denied it, ever time.

February 04 2011 at 10:21 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
GhaleonQ

1. Ha! It only took me 2 appearances to figure out that he was "Crazy Davis!"

2. You can find that particular episode of Premium Blend on, er, torrent sites.

April 15 2007 at 9:35 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Melissa

Where have you seen him before? Hmm. He's pretty much David Cross with hair.

April 15 2007 at 2:14 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Nick

In addition to being a writer, I think he was also an occasional Daily Show correspondent.

April 15 2007 at 11:18 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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