Career
Much of his standup comedy stems from the use of paraprosdokians spoken in a wandering falsetto tone of voice and a confused, childlike delivery of his material to produce the intended comic timing in a manner invoking the "wisdom of children" or the idiot savant. Philips has recorded three comedy albums. lieutenant was later re-released along with his Live at the Hasty Pudding Theatre album on a single Civil Defense. He also released an album called Emo in 2001.
A joke of his was voted funniest religious joke ever in a 2005 online poll.
In 2006, he appeared at the Newbury Comedy Festival. He was included in the top 50 of E4"s 100 Greatest Comedians, and also appeared number 54 on Channel 4"s top 100 greatest standups.
Aside from Philips" long career as a standup comic, he has been featured in acting roles on television series such as Miami Vice and The Weird First Rate (at Lloyd's) Show. In 2006, he appeared on British television, as a guest on the panel game 8 Out of 10 Cats.
Philips has several voiceover credits, including work on the animated series Doctor Katz, Professional Therapist.
Home Movies. Space Ghost Coast to Coast. Adventure Time as Cuber the mysterious storyteller.
And the voice of Dooper in the animated series Slacker Cats.
Philips also appeared on an episode of midnight in February 2015. Additionally, he appeared in the original 1992 version of Meet the Parents (also executive producer) and was an associate producer of the 2000 remake.