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My Weakness Is Strong
Patton Oswalt
My Weakness Is Strong
Genres: Special Interest, Pop
 
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As a comedian, Patton has released three TV specials and, as of this writing, two critically acclaimed albums. Currently a series regular on Showtime's United States of Tara, he has also appeared as a guest star on The Sar...  more »

     
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All Artists: Patton Oswalt
Title: My Weakness Is Strong
Members Wishing: 3
Total Copies: 0
Label: WEA/Reprise
Original Release Date: 1/1/2009
Re-Release Date: 8/25/2009
Genres: Special Interest, Pop
Style: Comedy & Spoken Word
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 093624978169

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As a comedian, Patton has released three TV specials and, as of this writing, two critically acclaimed albums. Currently a series regular on Showtime's United States of Tara, he has also appeared as a guest star on The Sarah Silverman Program on Comedy Central and on Flight of the Conchords on HBO. He's a regular contributor to Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Real Time with Bill Maher and Lewis Black's Root Of All Evil. Patton will also appear in Steven Soderbergh's feature film The Informant and Observe and Report with Seth Rogen. Patton provided the voice for Remy, the rat, in Pixar's Oscar winning Ratatouille. He's also appeared in more then 20 films, including Magnolia, The Informant, Starsky and Hutch and Reno 911!: Miami. On TV he played Spence on The King of Queens on CBS for nine seasons, as well as appearing on Seinfeld, Reaper, Aqua Teen Hunger Force and Tim and Eric's Awesome Show, Great Job!

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A very funny man gets his toys taken away
ninjasuperstar | Iowa | 10/20/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Patton Oswalt dreaded morphing into the comic whose material becomes weak and clean after he gets sober, gets married, and has children. If anything, sobriety (or near-sobriety), a wife, and a child have made Oswalt more funny. He openly longs for Scotch and weed. His reflections on the immaturity and perpetual boyhood it requires to choose those things over responsibility brings out more intelligent and poignant comedy than his drunker days. That is, stability has sharpened rather than blunted Oswalt's comedy, and this album is his most refined thus far."
Inconsistent but very funny
D | 08/29/2009
(4 out of 5 stars)

"This album is no "Werewolves and Lollipops", but that recording is the most insanely hilarious stand-up comedy routine I've ever heard, so I guess I can't quite expect anything else to measure up to that. And some of the moments here ("Treadmill", "Rats", "Orgy") are every bit as funny as the stuff on W&L, so it still ranks as a pretty great routine. Fans of Oswalt's sick, smart humor will likely enjoy it a lot."
Patton keeps it comin' and I'm left gasping for breath!
David Simmons | Albany, CA | 03/03/2010
(5 out of 5 stars)

"First, I should say that I'm not as well versed in Patton's previous albums, but I've got "The Comedians of Comedy" DVD and "Werewolves and Lollipops" has shipped! WOOT! I've also listened to a LOT of his material on YouTube, a favorite being the KFC Famous Bowls and Oldest Woman to Give Birth bits that he did on an appearance on Conan O'Brien.



I've watched "No Reason To Complain" quite a few times, and as funny as that performance is, it pales in comparison to "My Weakness Is Strong." I must have YouTubed this show at least a half dozen times after I found it, and further viewings have only deepened my appreciation and love for Patton's material, delivery and outlook.



I'm shocked that anyone could suggest that this show is less entertaining than previous albums. I wholeheartedly agree with ninjasuperstar. Everything that has changed in Patton's life has made his material funnier. For example, he used to joke about how he and his wife had agreed to have an invisible baby and name it "10 hours of sleep a night", but now she's going to trick him by leaving a trail of comic books into her va-jay-jay. Nerd humor, my favorite!



Now, with a baby girl on the way, he riffs about how if his daughter just inherits his looks and personality, her life will be "a sheet cake made of victory and talking owls." Out-effin'-standing! The maturation of his humor through his life experience is evident and awesome.



Anyone who can't find it funny is probably either afraid of getting older or thinks that drinking 'till you puke is a daily activity.



Dave S."