Recently seen on his 2022 world tour with “Weird Al” Yankovic, Emo Philips is simply, as Patton Oswalt puts it, “the most brilliant joke writer in the game.” From his Letterman debut forty years ago, this otherworldly, gangly, Dutch Boy-coiffed comedian has wowed critics and audiences alike with his genius. His is normal, everyday humor, if every day you were hanging out with Charles Addams, Gahan Wilson, Rod Serling, and Buster Keaton. Touring in 2025 with Elayne Boosler, his appearances will elate his existing fans and excite new generations who will love his timeless, off-kilter comedy.

“Utterly idiosyncratic. Refreshing, cranky and extraordinarily funny.”
-The Times

“The E.T. of comedy…. A wise child spewing barbed aphorisms.”
-The New York Times

“His jokes are more perfectly constructed, and his personality more compelling, than anyone else’s…his comic fusillade is irresistible.”
-The Guardian

“Flawless comic timing.”
-People Magazine

“A one-man asylum, worth the trip.”
-Boston Globe

“Very funny and very strange.”
-Chicago Tribune

“Brilliantly sick, but also brilliantly brilliant.”
-San Francisco Chronicle