Tue 07/15/2008 8:37 PM

josh blue rocks the house

The Josh Blue performance at Mohegan Sun Friday night was awesome. That's really all I can say. Just awesome. I can't remember the last time I had that much fun.

I skipped lunch in order to leave work an hour early, and we arrived at the casino at about 6:30pm. We had a dinner reservation at Michael Jordan's Steak House, but since we'd heard the entrees there start at about $30, and are à la carte, with sides being another $7 or $8, we decided to see if there was any chance we could get into Michael Jordan's 23 Sportcafe next door, which is still expensive but much less so than its big brother. As luck would have it, both restaurants were fairly empty, so we were able to eat at the less expensive one without too much guilt about skipping out on our reservation. The food was excellent, and the "23-Layer Chocolate Cake" really does have twenty-three layers - we counted 'em!

After dinner we still had some time to kill before the 10:00 show, so we walked around and explored the resort, and poked around in some of the shops. We even caught a glimpse of George Clinton playing in the Wolf Den in the middle of the casino floor. We made our way to the Cabaret Theater for seating about an hour before show time, and our timing was perfect. We got great seats close to the stage, and the hour we had to wait for the show to start really didn't seem like any time at all.

The opening act was a comic we hadn't heard of before named Al Goodwin. He was pretty funny, and a good warm up for what was to come. Then Josh Blue took the stage, and it was non-stop roaring laughter from that point on. Our faces literally hurt by the time it was over. When he was on Last Comic Standing, I heard some complaints that he used his disability too much, that it was getting old. It never got old for me, because I relate to it far too well, but I could see their point: he needed a little bit more variety in his material. I definitely think he has improved that, while still maintaining his identity as the "crippled comic" (as our friend Joe calls him). Even when he went off on other topics, it would all eventually tie back to disability (as is true in life for most of us with disabilities), and there were plenty of jokes to keep his fellow gimps in the audience rolling on the floor. I was surprised to see that there wasn't as much gimpy representation in the audience as I'd expected, but Chris pointed out that there were probably more at the earlier 7:00 show.

After the show, Josh came out to the souvenir table to sign autographs. We bought a t-shirt and had him autograph it, and got our picture taken with him. I only wish we had taken a real camera with us instead of just the iPhones. With no flash in the dimly lit casino, the picture came out really grainy. Ignore the fact that I appear to be staring off into nowhere... I don't know how that happened. I wasn't even the drunk one!

As a must-see live stand-up act, Josh Blue gets two big toes up ('cause my thumbs always point straight down). If I ever get the opportunity to see him again, I definitely will.

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comment: from Dana

Awesome! I was wondering if you had a good time at the show. I'm glad it was a good time. It's always a good feeling to let it out and laugh till it hurts sometimes!!

Tue 07/15/2008 9:52 PM