Lucas Molandes

Lucas Molandes is one of my favorite comics right now - and not just because he looks a bit like the late (and very funny) Freddie Prinze. He's a charismatic, hilarious sad sack... which I love.



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Chevy Chase - National Council for Mental Health

...From a 1976 episode of the sketch show Tunnel Vision. It seems uncannily modern for its day, no? The sad thing is that the social ill this video is parodying - the marginalization of and undue shame associated with mental health problems - still exists today.

So don't go embarrassing yourself with depression. Take a shower. Get yourself together.

Patton Oswalt - Sad Boy

This bit comes from Patton Oswalt's My Weakness is Strong. It's phenomenal. Besides that he describes what depression is like accurately and hilariously, what I love about the Sad Boy bit is the dog analogy. For a lesser comic, the dog portion of this bit would have been a bit in and of itself, sovereign of a larger context. Not so with Patton. He's amazing. Watch this and everything else he's done.... professionally. I don't want to enable any stalkers.