Must be stand-up comedy week on APCB...
I've been a fan of Lewis Black for a while now. His was the first live comedy show I saw after 9-11, and he was a welcome voice of reason. I catch him on The Daily Show when I can, and while I didn't exactly warm up to his "Black on Broadway" HBO special, there were some decent jokes.
Besides, given our common backgrounds (he's a 50-something Jew from back East, I'm a 30-something ex-Catholic from Texas), how could I not be a fan?
He's playing the Improv here in town tomorrow night. I won't be able to check that out (Interpreter screening, woo hoo), so I headed down to Borders to catch him doing a Q&A and book signing last night. He fielded some pretty good questions (Q: "What did Jon Stewart bring The Daily Show that Craig Kilborn lacked?" A: "A working intelligence.") and signed my book. It was almost worth standing in line ahead of a group of sweaty high school wannabe comedian dorks who seemed to have trouble restraining themselves from repeating Eddie Murphy bits ad nauseum.
Finally, because I'm not one to forget the role Borders played in the destruction of the Ale House, I boosted a copy of the Revenge of the Sith novel. Anarchy!
Okay, I actually used an old coupon. Parsimony!
You think standing in line for Lewis Black is bad. I'll always remember standing in line to see David Cross back in 2002. I no longer feel the need to ever watch another episode of Mr. Show as each and every sketch was re-enacted by the mouth-breathers waiting to get in.
I certainly HOPE that that "anarchy!" was a Young Ones reference.
With the loss of the Ale House there is no reason to return to Houston...certainly not for the Baseball anyway.