 neil hamburger is a standup comedian character played by comedian and musician gregg turkington. ==style== hamburger's live act, which is quite different from his many albums, features a barrage of question/answer jokes aimed often at celebrity targets as well as depressing barbs aimed at his ex-wife. his pacing is off, and he often clears his throat during his routine. he has performed in front of audiences worldwide from madison square garden to jimmy kimmel live! and the confrontational aspects of his act have drawn cursory comparisons to tony clifton.  one of his most famous gags is the "zipper lips", in which he asks an audience member a question. if the audience member doesn't respond, hamburger derides them for being a "zipper lips". a common phrase used by the comedian is "but that's my life!", which he uses when he mentions being humiliated or degraded for some reason. ==career== his first full length album, america's funnyman, was released in 1996. he has released a number of albums on the drag city record label. hamburger is a frequent guest on the internet talk show tom green's house tonight. in 2006, hamburger started doing his own show called poolside chats with neil hamburger on the channel at tomgreen.com. guests on his show have included tim and eric, kyle gass of tenacious d, buzz osborne of the melvins, and bonnie 'prince' billy. hamburger also appeared in a series of three video advertisements promoting the release of the 2006 album by drag city stablemate, bonnie 'prince' billy, the letting go. in 2007, hamburger opened for tenacious d during their pick of destiny tour. in the movie the pick of destiny, he made a brief cameo appearance before tenacious d came on stage to perform. he has already performed at madison square garden, a show that the new york times referred to as likely "the greatest night of his career." however, his performance was poorly received elsewhere, with booing and heckling ensuing in countries such as ireland and england.  the australian punk band frenzal rhomb have used hamburger to open their sets and appear in their video clips for their son
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