  Last night I caught an excellent show at Cobb's Comedy Club in lovely North Beach. Though my friend and fellow comedian Jasper Redd was hosting the show and some dude named Chris Hardwick was the opener, I was really there for one reason and one reason only--Mr. Patton Oswalt. I've seen Patton perform 3 times in the past 6 months and he's been consistently funny every time. From his Nick Nolte impressions to his theory that George W. Bush is actually an evil supervillian straight out of Marvel Comics--Patton delivers his jokes with an intelligence and anger that simply make you laugh out loud. If you get the chance to see this guy perform, I can't recommend him highly enough. urlLink His website is here . The big surprise of the night for me, though, was opening comedian Chris Hardwick. Before the show started, I really had no idea who this guy was. Then he mentioned hosting a show on MTV and I remembered, "oh yeah...the guy from Singled Out". At first, I thought he was just gonna be another LA cheesebag comedian, but he was incredibly smart and funny.
Then I find out he (and his friend) are the dudes behind urlLink Rodeohead (which I posted on here last week). Then I remember that he is Chris Hardwick, son of Billy Hardwick, owner of my favorite bowling alley in Memphis. Then I realize this dude went to Christian Brothers High School--oooohhhh, THAT Chris Hardwick. Small world I guess. But his song/slide show called, "American Dinosaur"--fucking CLASSIC. God, I wish there was a video of that somewhere (cough cough).
Just imagine a Toby Keith song playing over an uber-patriotic montage of President Bush standing in front of flags, etc--then replace George W. Bush with dinosaurs. Pure hilarity. I guess it doesn't translate into text that well, but take my word for it. urlLink Check out Chris' site here . Good times. 
