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He has been described as "Renaissance Nerd", "an emerging act in the world of conventions" (in 2009) and a "geek-specific Otaku Renaissance man comedian" who "has taken the convention circuit by storm." His work has been described as touching on "several time periods and genres of animation and general geekery" with "rich knowledge of fandom". He's also appeared on Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses, specifically ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'', ''WebVideo/DemoReel'', and ''Webvideo/{{Dragonbored}}''.

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He has been described as "Renaissance Nerd", "an emerging act in the world of conventions" (in 2009) and a "geek-specific Otaku Renaissance man comedian" who "has taken the convention circuit by storm." His work has been described as touching on "several time periods and genres of animation and general geekery" with "rich knowledge of fandom". He's also appeared on Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses, Website/ChannelAwesome, specifically ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'', ''WebVideo/DemoReel'', and ''Webvideo/{{Dragonbored}}''.
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* AcceptableTargets: Let me apologize to the conservative Christians, and the liberal Christians, and the Calvinists, and the creationists, and the Christian scientists, and the ''actual'' scientists, and [[ChurchOfHappyology the scientologists]], and the Wiccans and the Buddhists and the Muslims and the Puritans and the Baptists and the Catholics, and the grammar nazis and the rule nazis and the kosher nazis and the feminazis and the Jews for Jesus and all the other conspiracy theorists...
** LongList:...the misogynists and [[BlackComedyRape the rapists and the rape victims and the rape enablers]] and the cockblockers and the pedophiles and the scumbags and the dirtbags and the douchebags and the hookers and the pimps and [[TakeThatAudience the rest of the front row here]], the victims of incest and the products of incest, who legitimately read and enjoyed the ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' novels...
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* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: The [[Film/{{Ghostbusters}} Ecto]]-[[Series/KnightRider KITT]]-[[Film/BackToTheFuture KITT]]-[[Franchise/BackToTheFuture Lorean]].
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* SigningOffCatchphrase: ''Live, laugh and glomp!''

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* SigningOffCatchphrase: ''Live, laugh and glomp!''glomp!''
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* RapidFireComedy: But acknowledged he's trying to dial it back a bit.
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* BlackComedy: Some of his routines can get pretty dark...
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* PropComedy: Started off using little graphics of sweat drops and CrossPoppingVeins and the like on sticks. Eventually phased out.
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* LongList:...the misogynists and [[BlackComedyRape the rapists and the rape victims and the rape enablers]] and the cockblockers and the pedophiles and the scumbags and the dirtbags and the douchebags and the hookers and the pimps and [[TakeThatAudience the rest of the front row here]], the victims of incest and the products of incest, who legitimately read and enjoyed the ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' novels...

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* ** LongList:...the misogynists and [[BlackComedyRape the rapists and the rape victims and the rape enablers]] and the cockblockers and the pedophiles and the scumbags and the dirtbags and the douchebags and the hookers and the pimps and [[TakeThatAudience the rest of the front row here]], the victims of incest and the products of incest, who legitimately read and enjoyed the ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' novels...

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* AcceptableTargets: Let me apologize to the conservative Christians, and the liberal Christians, and the Calvinists, and the creationists, and the Christian scientists, and the ''actual'' scientists, and [[TheChurchOfHappyology the scientologists]], and the Wiccans and the Buddhists and the Muslims and the Puritans and the Baptists and the Catholics, and the grammar nazis and the rule nazis and the kosher nazis and the feminazis and the Jews for Jesus and all the other conspiracy theorists...

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* AcceptableTargets: Let me apologize to the conservative Christians, and the liberal Christians, and the Calvinists, and the creationists, and the Christian scientists, and the ''actual'' scientists, and [[TheChurchOfHappyology [[ChurchOfHappyology the scientologists]], and the Wiccans and the Buddhists and the Muslims and the Puritans and the Baptists and the Catholics, and the grammar nazis and the rule nazis and the kosher nazis and the feminazis and the Jews for Jesus and all the other conspiracy theorists...



* OverlyLongGag:...the teenagers and the elderly and the teeny-boppers and the prosti-tots, and the tweeners and the godparents and the great parents and all the other narcissists

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* OverlyLongGag:...RunningGag:...the teenagers and the elderly and the teeny-boppers and the prosti-tots, and the tweeners and the godparents and the great parents and all the other narcissistsnarcissists...
** OverlyLongGag:...I apologize to the obsessive-compulsives, and the germaphobes, and the narcoleptics, and the obsessive-compulsives, the kleptomaniacs, the obsessive-compulsives, the people with Aspergers, the pathological liars, the sociopaths, the dentists, the obsessive-compulsives, the clinically paranoid ([[ParanoiaFuel because I am talking about you behind your back]]) and the obsessive-compulsives...
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* AcceptableTargets: Let me apologize to the conservative Christians, and the liberal Christians, and the Calvinists, and the creationists, and the Christian scientists, and the ''actual'' scientists, and [[TheChurchOfHappyology the scientologists]], and the Wiccans and the Buddhists and the Muslims and the Puritans and the Baptists and the Catholics, and the grammar nazis and the rule nazis and the kosher nazis and the feminazis and the Jews for Jesus and all the other conspiracy theorists...
* LongList:...the misogynists and [[BlackComedyRape the rapists and the rape victims and the rape enablers]] and the cockblockers and the pedophiles and the scumbags and the dirtbags and the douchebags and the hookers and the pimps and [[TakeThatAudience the rest of the front row here]], the victims of incest and the products of incest, who legitimately read and enjoyed the ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' novels...


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* OverlyLongGag:...the teenagers and the elderly and the teeny-boppers and the prosti-tots, and the tweeners and the godparents and the great parents and all the other narcissists
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* NiceGuy: He's very gentlemanly, and his podcast has feminist months.

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Karl Custer is a stand-up and improv comedian. Uncle Yo has been performing at various geek community events - primarily anime conventions, but also gaming conventions and science fiction conventions - since 2007, beginning with [=DexCon=] and Zenkaikon. He has performed at over forty anime conventions as of April 2011. He has acted as a Master of Ceremonies (usually at cosplay masquerades), discussion panel leader or presenter (with typical panels named "Anime Match Game" or "Cosplay Burlesque") and game show host. His themes revolve around {{Otaku}} and Japanese culture, anime and manga, comic books, popular science fiction and fantasy franchises such as Star Wars and Star Trek, as well as video gaming, tabletop gaming, role-playing gaming, and {{LARP}}s.

He has been described as "Renaissance Nerd", "an emerging act in the world of conventions" (in 2009) and a "geek-specific Otaku Renaissance man comedian" who "has taken the convention circuit by storm." His work has been described as touching on "several time periods and genres of animation and general geekery" with "rich knowledge of fandom". He's also appeared on Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses, specifically ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'', ''WebVideo/DemoReel'', and ''Webvideo/Dragonbored''.

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Karl Custer is a fandom oriented stand-up and improv comedian. comedian, more commonly known by his stage name, Uncle Yo has Yo. He's been performing at various geek community events - primarily events--primarily anime conventions, but also gaming conventions and science fiction conventions - since 2007, beginning with [=DexCon=] and Zenkaikon. He has performed at over forty anime conventions as of April 2011. He has acted as a Master of Ceremonies (usually at cosplay masquerades), discussion panel leader or presenter (with typical panels named "Anime Match Game" or "Cosplay Burlesque") and game show host. His themes revolve around {{Otaku}} and Japanese culture, anime and manga, comic books, popular science fiction and fantasy franchises such as Star Wars and Star Trek, as well as video gaming, tabletop gaming, role-playing gaming, and {{LARP}}s.

He has been described as "Renaissance Nerd", "an emerging act in the world of conventions" (in 2009) and a "geek-specific Otaku Renaissance man comedian" who "has taken the convention circuit by storm." His work has been described as touching on "several time periods and genres of animation and general geekery" with "rich knowledge of fandom". He's also appeared on Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses, specifically ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'', ''WebVideo/DemoReel'', and ''Webvideo/Dragonbored''.
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He has been described as "Renaissance Nerd", "an emerging act in the world of conventions" (in 2009) and a "geek-specific Otaku Renaissance man comedian" who "has taken the convention circuit by storm." His work has been described as touching on "several time periods and genres of animation and general geekery" with "rich knowledge of fandom". He's also appeared a few times on Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses.

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He has been described as "Renaissance Nerd", "an emerging act in the world of conventions" (in 2009) and a "geek-specific Otaku Renaissance man comedian" who "has taken the convention circuit by storm." His work has been described as touching on "several time periods and genres of animation and general geekery" with "rich knowledge of fandom". He's also appeared a few times on Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses.Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses, specifically ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'', ''WebVideo/DemoReel'', and ''Webvideo/Dragonbored''.

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Karl Custer is a stand-up and improv comedian. Uncle Yo has been performing at various geek community events - primarily anime conventions, but also gaming conventions and science fiction conventions - since 2007, beginning with [=DexCon=] and Zenkaikon. He has performed at over forty anime conventions as of April 2011. He has acted as a Master of Ceremonies (usually at cosplay masquerades), discussion panel leader or presenter (with typical panels named "Anime Match Game" or "Cosplay Burlesque") and game show host. His themes revolve around {{Otaku}} and Japanese culture, anime and manga, comic books, popular science fiction and fantasy franchises such as Star Wars and Star Trek, as well as video gaming, tabletop gaming, role-playing gaming, and {{LARP}}s.

He has been described as "Renaissance Nerd", "an emerging act in the world of conventions" (in 2009) and a "geek-specific Otaku Renaissance man comedian" who "has taken the convention circuit by storm." His work has been described as touching on "several time periods and genres of animation and general geekery" with "rich knowledge of fandom". He's also appeared a few times on Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses.

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