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January 10th-11th, 2004 Jan. 10, 2004 - Mitch Hedberg So Saturday night was upon us and the day had come for this highly anticipated show. For almost a month we had been waiting for this day. I had recently seen Mitch Hedberg open up for Dave Attell and Lewis Black on the CC tour thing, and I thought he was awesome live. Me, my sis and two friends of mine went down and met up with the stunning Charlie, her brother & his girlfriend. After waiting in line listening to dummies talk about how great John Pinnete is, we were ready to head inside of the Punchline and enjoy the comic stylings of Mr. Mitch Hedberg. Our host for the night was Cringe Humor's very own Q&A man, Jason Downs. I had never seen Jason perform before, and I wish I had. He started off the show with his quick wit and energy. It was the late Saturday night show yet he was wired. Jason kinda looks like a thin Ben Affleck with lighter hair & features. So anyway, he goes on to talk about how people with lazy eyes are labeled wrong, because those "lazy" eyes are doing the best job they can. He references a guy in a wheelchair by saying that his legs are lazy. He then moves on to a comparison of strippers and firefighters. They both slide down poles, so they're both heroes to him. He then segues into how women talk about how they like it rough, but none of them can seem to take a punch. Talk then moves on to how the upside of the pull-out method is that it leads to only 60% pregnancy rate, while the downside being that it creates 100% mess. He starts winding down his set by talking about how porno is available in HDTV, which doesn't matter to him. Porno slides and pop-up books work just fine, especially since he grew up watching scrambled porno. This leads into a talk about the war on porno and drugs. Jason states that you can't wina war when the other side is armed with fun. He wraps his set up with a racial joke about his stupid mexican friend and exits to a huge ovation. Next up was local boy Al Madrigal (www.almadrigal.com). The name may not be familiar now, but it should be by this spring. Madrigal will be playing the role of Cheech Marin's son on the new FOX show, The Ortegas. So he rolls onto stage with a completely stoned look on his face. He starts off talking about how a local teenage party had a male stripper where the girls were paying him $20 to give him a hummer. Madrigal insists that he can beat those prices down at Big Al's Hummer Hut, which gets a huge ovation as he describes his hummer hut. Talk leads into club card savings at supermarkets, stupid Burger King employees, and Mexicans taking over the population. He then talks about how as a half mexican, he can only speak a few words of spanish, namely the word "pequito". A long rant follows with him talking about his baby boy that can't do shit except act like a monster. He mentions a younger baby at the park that is more intelligent, so he talks about teaching his baby to kick the smart baby's ass. He wraps up his set by talking about how he was inspired to do stand-up because he saw Blaire's cerebral palsy stricken cousin, Geri Jewel, on The Facts Of Life do it. He then goes on to imitate the retard which was funnier than shit. He ends his set and leaves to great applause. Finally our headliner is up. What can I say about Mitch Hedberg that his fans don't already know? He saunters on stage with his awful wardrobe and rifles into his set with stuff off his old cd, his new cd, and some stuttering improv. He then brings on Jason Downs & Al Madrigal up for a "joke off". Downs does his joke, which kills. Madrigal then comes up and goes on with a super long story, which leads Downs & Hedberg to walk off stage. Mitch comes back up and finishes his set, which was great. All in all, a FANTASTIC show. Hedberg was great as usual, Jason Downs was fabulous, and as long winded as Al Madrigal's stories were, he was awesome. An A+ show from all involved.
Jan. 11, 2004 - Brian Regan I recently had the privilege of enjoying the comedy stylings of Brian Regan. I attended the show with Charlie_girl and Vyse. We were all sitting back as the lights dimmed and out came our first comedian, Lee Levine. Mr. Levine was simply awful. A PC comic who couldn't resist but tell the crowd that he was a Jew a couple of times. Shocking indeed. His impressions were dreadful, yet the crowd was enjoying every minute of this atrocity. With Levine out of the way, we moved on to Michael Meehan. Unfortunately for us, he was equally as awful as Lee. I honestly could not recall his set because Vyse, Charlie_girl and I were cursing out his entire existence as he was performing. I was truly angered by both of these men for continuing with their sets. I only hope that I, or anyone I love will never again have to be subjected to either of these guys "comedy". It if was Regan's decision to pick these guys, he's a smart man. Brain is a very funny guy as everyone knows, but these two douches made his set even more outstanding. Now on to what we actually paid for. It was a full house as Brian Regan came out in all of his glory. We were all so very excited that point. He came out with entirely new material, but he did manage to squeeze in his classic "Fig Newtons" bit. To hear that bit live is so amazing. I felt like I was hearing it for the first time. After every joke, he would give off a cocky swagger towards the audience which I found rather cute. He went out on top, and as the crowd roared with applause, he was quickly whisked away but a few staffers. We were so fortunate to have seen him live. He seldom makes it out to our neck of the woods. Until next time Mr. Regan.
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