I just saw David Cross perform tonight. In a world of comics doing jokes about airline quirks or their least favorite beer, Cross is like a crazy hipster profit. And the most interesting thing is, David Cross did do jokes about airline quirks and his least favorite beer. And they were fucking hilarious, because he is smart as an ass-slap. But he also did jokes about Health Care, and race hate, and Mormonism. And he made them funny.
It's like, I'm not even sure I like stand up comedy as a genre. But I love David Cross. I've been a fan ever since I wandered into a record store many moons ago and the meatloaf-looking guy behind the counter was like, "oh, you're a comedian? here's a DVD and a CD you'll need," and handed me Mr. Show and Shut Up You Fucking Baby.
In his set he can mix an electric scissors infomercial bit with a bit about George Bush eating live Jew Babies and then raising the Terror threat level as a distraction. That's tops in my book.
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