Late Friday afternoon, I found out that Russell Peters was going to be in town giving several performances at the Comedy Connection, located in Boston's historic Quincy Market building. Russell Peters is a Canadian comic and an underground phenomenon. In fact I heard of him from some of my relatives and parents' friends. So I scrambled and was able to get 3 tix to the otherwise sold-out shows.
He did not disappoint. I haven't laughed that hard in a long, long time. Notwithstanding his name, Russell is South Asian and his sets are full of witty observations and impressions of various ethnic groups. And it shows in the audience that attends his shows: south asians, asians, blacks, arabs, latinos, whites, they were all there last night laughing away. Below are some clips from Youtube (not for those easily offended by non-PC jokes).
His opening act, Shane Moss, did a good job as well. I've seen opening acts bomb and then get desperate to try to get the crowd laughing. Shane had a nice delivery and some really funny bits.
After Russell's set, to the crowd's delight, Dane Cook made an appearance and did a set. It was a pleasant surprise but I actually found him to be the least funny of the 3. 
Russel was great but i thought dane cook was so smart and sharp he reminded me of a young carlin. that crowd was in AWE watching him work. I think the HEAT got to you.
Mk
Posted by: Mike | September 09, 2007 at 11:21 PM