Like most current trends, I am sure I am late to the party, but I want to endorse as my new favorite comedian, Reggie Watts. He succeeds Patton Oswalt, who remains in my top five. And it's almost unfair to call Reggie Watts just a comedian. He's part absurdist along the lines of early Steve Martin, part punk Ashbery along the lines of Todd Colby, part the-guy-from-the-Police Academy movies (Michael Winslow), part beatbox master like Rahzel, part Tenacious D, part Bobby McFerrin, part Lenny Bruce.
The clip on his own website, unembeddable here, is of the highest quality, and is a must-see. Here's one from his MySpace page.
