It’s been a while since I’ve seen live standup comedy and so, when D from work told me that the show was on Wednesday and why did I tell her I couldn’t go, I quickly said “why yes, I would LOVE to go!”
See, he was supposed to come here like a month or so ago but had to cancel and it got rescheduled. Back then I thought I was going to be in Japan this week but I’m not and now I don’t leave ’till Friday so I got to go! It was great!
It was at Pickwick and Frolick downtown and, with the baseball game on tonight too, the traffic and the parking was a bitch…soooo valet parking it was. Took forever to get the car back in the rain after the show but it was actually cheaper than parking across the street so…eh.
Anyway, for any of you that have not heard of him, he’s one of the newer guys that are making it pretty big recently. His CD sold really well and his blog or, as he calls it, his “Secret Public Journal” is always fun to read. You can see that here: http://www.birbigs.com/spj/
D from work is a huuuuuuuuge fan his and she somehow managed to get amazing seats. We had 4 tables, 2 right up against the stage and 2 right behind that one. It was cool. Oh, and since he’s not the “audience participation” type comedian, I was able to fully enjoy the show without the “don’t pick me don’t pick me don’t pick me” panic.
He has a way of going off on a tangent but still coming back to the main story line and really does a great job with the delivery. Much of it is self depreciating but he does it in a really funny way. If you don’t see him on Comedy Central or something, you should at least check him out on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL59mauFEsc&feature=related)
Anyway, that’s it. It was a fun night out though. And must thank D for the great seats. Other than that? The drive home was a bit scary since it was raining pretty hard and on 90, by downtown, they just repaved the road so they didn’t have the reflector thingies to mark the lanes and I couldn’t see shit… No idea where the lanes were or anything. Scary… They should fix that…like soon…
But yeah, 2 great comics in a month! Eddie Izzard and Mike Birbiglia! I should go to see these shows more often since I really like watching standup on TV as it is. Oh, and I wonder if Mike will see this post since he gets gmail alerts on his name as we found out tonight (^_^)