On Saturday night, Jeff, Alex and I went to see Louis C.K. at Berklee Performance Center. This performance was being recorded for an HBO comedy special and was entitled, "Chewed Up".
For some reason, Jeff and I (and now Alex) really relate to his humor. I guess that is the essence of comedy; it becomes funny when you recognize the feelings being expressed as being expressions of your inner self -- the things you think but might never say. Add in some colorful language, excellent timing and delivery, and you have an audience full of people peeing themselves. Well, in all truth, the peeing may not have been entirely due to the humor. Because it was being recorded, they wouldn't let anyone out to the restrooms between the opening act and the main event. One guy stopped by an usher said, "OK, but, do you at least have a bottle I can pee into?".
The very cool part about going to this show, is that I also went with a work-friend of mine, Cathryn Szekely (pronounced, "C.K."), who happens to be a sister of the man, himself. Cathryn called me up to arrange meeting up before the show and introduced herself as "Louie's sister". "Cathryn?" I asked, and she responded, "Not today".
Well, I got to meet Louie afterwards. I just wanted to shake his hand, because I admire him so much. Alex had grander ideas; he wants Louie to join his poker game while he is in town for 6 weeks sometime in the near future. Dream big.
