I feel brain dead. I have been sitting in front of my computer for the last 30 minutes trying to think of something to blog about. I just have complete writers block. Instead of just writing about how I have nothing to write about I will give you a review of the comedy show I saw last night. I had not slept in 30+ hours last night so I went to comedy because two of my favorite comics Reggie Watts and Pete Holmes were going to be performing at Seth Herzog’s show Sweet. I was running late and I missed the subway so I had to take a cab which really pissed me off because I had no money. Luckily when I got there Seth’s mom was standing at the door and she got me in for free because she is amazing.
Seth’s opening monologue was a repeat of the X-mas material I saw him do at least twice last year. Still, people who don’t obsessively stalk comedians and hadn’t seen it were pretty amused. Seth decided that the slogan for 2008 was going to be “It’s not your year so just wait, 2008” followed by “Everything is fine, 2009”. (or something like that) so don’t worry, after your shitty year coming up, things WILL get better. He then danced around in his underwear which is consistently funny. Never seen Seth dance? Watch the master at work.
Seth’s first guest was Chris Hardwick who was the host of MTV’s Singled Out who was not Jenny McCarthy. I just vaguely remember that show and I did not recognize him at all, but he was pretty fucking funny. He was just sort of blowing through material and getting a lot of laughs in the process. I don’t think he is in NYC often, but if you ever get a chance to see him it is probably worth it. Watch Chris and his partner sing on Jimmy Kimmel.
After that Seth brought out another retread with his Jesus impression. He bitched about how his birthday and X-mas were the same day. He bought out some shitty gifts people had given Jesus as Christmas/Birthday combo gifts. This was Pete Holmes time to shine. He kept hilariously interrupting Seth from his job as co-host/ DJ. Pete is one of the funniest people I know and while watching him co-host is not as rewarding as seeing him do his own material he is still quick witted and amusing enough to be one of the better co-hosts Seth has had. Click here to see Pete do his own material and murder the crowd with hilarity.
The second comic of the evening was my friend A.D. Miles. I had not seen miles in a while and it was great to see him. He did a lot of new stuff I had not heard and then read from his “Cookbook for the Single Vegan” which he said was like a comedian finding a brick of gold. It seems since he found it he brings it on stage with him every time and it is constantly both sad and funny. It has just the saddest recipes in it. The book starts with a delicious butternut squash recipe and ends with a mouth watering meal of Draino and sleeping pills. Watch A.D miles defend his art to a comedy agent on Dog Bites Man.
Then Seth and his mom did their thing. For those not familiar, Seth brings up his mom every week and they talk about stuff. Some times it is tedious and boring, and sometimes it is the high light of the show. They have a very strange relationship and it often turns sexual and very weird. Last night she told a pretty interesting story about some insane man she went Christmas caroling with or something. There is no point in explaining it, you just need to see her to understand. Unfortunately she has managed to remain off YouTube for some reason. You will just have to make it out to a show.
When Seth’s mom got off stage Reggie Watts had not shown up yet and to kill time Seth and Pete called up another comic in the audience who was in town from Chicago. His name was Kumail Nanjiani (like email except with a Ku) and he was the highlight of the night. He was not really prepared to go on but he had me and everyone else in tears. He did jokes about Ghostbusters and Heroin and it was great. I looked at his schedule and he is going to be in NYC a lot over the next two months and I plan on seeing him a few times. Check him out.
After that Reggie Watts took the stage. I brought two friends to the show just on the idea that they would have their heads exploded by Reggie. There is nothing I can say or show you on video that can prepare you for Reggie Watts. Simply he loops his voice to make weird songs. He can do almost anything with his voice and he uses it as a weapon for mass hysteria. Last night he did two songs that while not the best I have ever seen him he put on a show good enough to completely mind-fuck my friends.  They were completely blown away as is everyone I have ever brought to see Reggie. Watch the mind-fuck here.
So yeah, amazing line up, great show. And I just spent an hour working on a blog that I thought I was going to spend 10 minutes max on. I hope you check out all that video and find some new favorite comics.
