back in black...

tonight i saw lewis black live at the MGM in las vegas. and my face hurts. a lot. i love comedy. i love comedians. i pretty much love anything that can make me laugh until my cheeks are aching and my eyes are permanently squinty.

he made fun of america. he made fun of christians, jews, las vegas, mormons, republicans, democrats, the news, television, advertising, herpes, new york, salt lake city, building walls, the president, former presidents, astronauts, himself, the comedian that opened for him, you, and me.

i must say that i greatly enjoyed his "i want to build i restaurant, right next to hooters" joke. for those of you who haven't been to las vegas recently, please know that any classiness left in this town is gone. it left with the construction of the HOOTERS hotel and casino. like there wasn't enough sex, and boobs, and exploitation in this city. so, lewis wants to build a restaurant next door to it.

** potentially easily offended readers please stop here, for your own good **

he wants his restaurant to be shaped like a penis. with a rotating restaurant at the top. and a water slide that finishes next door (i'll leave that to your imagination), "for the kids."

most of all though, i enjoyed his final joke. the one that brings you back around from the beginning - from the point of anticipation of his show. i agree with his statement that if there were one, just one, shit-your-pants-funny news headline every day, the world would be a better place. for example: HIPPO EATS DWARF. no details necessary.

okay, so the delivery isn't the same via blog, as it is on stage when he's covered in sweat, throwing in "fuck" every other word, and slinging back fiji water straight from the bottle. but it was funny. the whole hour and a half was funny. it was worth sacrificing my free ticket to hootie and the blowfish ("that's cool...if it was 1992," said the lady next to me at the lewis black show). it was worth the extra $60. and it was worth my time.