Mar 18, 2008

The impressive impressions of Max Koch

There are a lot of would-be impressionists on YouTube. Max Koch is the best of them.

He's not one of those guys who rattles off a hundred passable impressions of celebrities, Frank Caliendo-style, within five minutes. There are far too many of those guys out there.

Max Koch's specialty is what he calls "channelings"—hilarious, seemingly stream-of-consciousness extended monologues that are instantly recognizable, yet utterly distinctive. Listen to them a few times, and you'll realize that what he's saying is even more a mark of his brilliance than how he's saying it.

Here are four that crack me up every time I watch them:

Tony Soprano

Jack Nicholson

Nick Nolte

Gary Busey

2 comments:

Diabloco said...

"it's enough to make you gradually unhinged"

One of the best lines ev-ah

Bowler Hat Productions said...

Sean T., I am beside myself with gratitude. "Touched" even fails to convey. - Max