Janeane Garofalo

I was able to see Janeane Garofalo last night at the Parlor Live in Seattle.  It was quite the show.  She is still as snarky and unique as ever.  I enjoyed her rambling style as it made it a little less like a memorized joke delivery.  She also came up with a fun phrase, “Don’t Febreeze me”, which refers to the unbelievability of the Febreeze commercials which depict obvious actors who claim to not be able to smell the bad odors of the situation since Febreeze was applied.  Her phrase thus means she knows when she is being sold something/being deceived.  Clever and smart.  It was fun to see her.

Kabir Singh

I was able to see Kabir Singh perform stand up at the ComedyUnderground in Seattle this past Friday.  He is very funny.  I highly recommend seeing him if you can.  I also hear he has a Comedy Central special coming up so that should be something to catch.

Kevin Nealon

I had the chance to see Kevin Nealon‘s stand-up routine again recently (a few weekends ago).  He was very funny.  I still enjoy his subliminal routine he put in towards the end.  He does a great job with that.  See him if you get a chance.

Steve Byrne

I had the chance to see Steve Byrne perform at the Parlor this weekend.  Wow, what an amazing show!  The guy is seriously funny, witty, and unafraid of being a bit edgy.  Did I say a bit edgy?  I mean a lot edgy.  Anyhow, he is a must see in my book.

Brian Posehn

I had the chance to see Brian Posehn perform this weekend at the Parlor.  He was very funny.  I really enjoyed how open he was to making fun of himself, specifically intimate details like what has happened to his body with age (and not taking very good care of himself).  He is definitely worth checking out if you can.

Sebastian Maniscalco

Yeah, it’s been a while since I posted.  Pretty lame I know.  I’ll try to get back on the horse. 🙂

I had a chance to see Sebastian Maniscalco perform last weekend at the Parlor.  He was hilarious.  He is obviously a character comedian, falling fully into an Italian schtick, but he is really good at it.  I encourage you to see him if you haven’t yet.

John Caparulo

I saw John Caparulo this weekend at the Parlor.  I really didn’t know much about him before this show but he turned out to be as funny as I had heard.  Glad I had a chance to see him.  He had me laughing almost the whole time.  It is obvious he has had enough time to perfect his style.  Definitely see him if you get the chance.

Adam Ferrara

Saw Adam Ferrara perform this weekend at the Parlor.  Very funny guy.  I really enjoyed his show.  I didn’t know him very well before and I found it cool that one of his jobs was driving for the UK car show, Top Gear.

Tom Green

I had the chance to see Tom Green’s new standup tour this weekend.  He was really funny.  I had some doubts going in as I was familiar with his past comedy routines, which I mostly found annoying.  My Canadian wife however is a bigger fan and she made sure to get tickets for the show.  I’m glad I went after all.  His jokes and stories were much better than his usual schtick of doing wacky things to people.  I thought it funny that he was so annoyed by the current use of technology, mainly cell/smart phones these days, as it is a bit of an old school way of thinking.  He did have some good points about etiquette however and how the youth are just allowing themselves to be too distracted by these devices.  Do check him out if you get the chance.

Mark Viera

I was able to see Mark Viera this weekend at the Parlor in Bellevue.  That was a great show.  Mark was really funny although some people seemed a bit turned off by his seemingly depressing marriage and family views.  I sort of agreed, but I got that was just his schtick.  Anyhow, the funniest part of his set to me was when he talked about his experience growing up with his grandmother who of course was cheap and didn’t buy him anything but plain corn flakes for breakfast.  He did a great impression of the rooster on the box taunting him with a weak crow warning you that the cereal was dry.  The real surprise that evening however was that DL Hughley showed up out of the blue and performed for a short time before Mark came on.  That was cool and of course very funny.  There was also a really funny comedian who performed before DL named Anton, who had a great style, telling stories about his life that had so many parts and then came around full circle.  Very impressive.