My 14 Favorite Standup Comedians and Why
As I prepare to attend the comic styling's of one Gary Owen this weekend at the Addison Improv outside of Dallas, TX, I am drawn to the ever present question, what is so entertaining about stand up comedy? Gary Owen has a take that I can so relate to since we are both from humble beginnings and married to women of a more favorable complexion. His routine about going to a child's baptism at an African-American church is so on point. My wife's cousin's little boy was being baptized and I kid you not we were there for 3 full hours and yes there was a step team to boot. On the regular, I will binge watch some of my favorite stand ups from the days of yore on YouTube. Among my favorites are Steven Wright (deadpan at it's best) Sam Kinison (snort a line and you too can wail like a banshee) Robin Williams (tragic but oh so funny) Richard Pryor (remembering sneaking a listen to him back in the 70's as a kid) Chris Rock (just a funny dude with something