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Nothing funny to impart. Just wanted to say that the Filthy Hippy and I took in a free stand up performance by comedians Jim Gaffigan and Zach Galifianakis.

They performed at MTSU's Tucker Theatre, and were sponsored by FHM Magazine.

Prior to the show, the FHM folks handed out little glow in the dark thingamabobs. They were advertising something, though I never saw what, since I didn't get one. They looked like ravioli, and were a couple of inches wide. And when you shook them up, they glowed in the dark. I hadn't wondered how heavy they were, and how well they would fly too long before a couple flew out of the balcony, and the pandelerium broke loose. Little green glowing raviolis were flying this way and that. Ultimately, I think the FHM people decided to take them back up.

Jim Gaffigan came out and did his set. His "audience voice/conscience voice," where he criticizes the sadness and vulgarity of his own act, is very close to the voice Bill and I use to taunt each other (which Bill claims is his Tommy impression, but is actually how I've been taunted for years, owing to my sissified ways and high pitched voice; and also how I've taunted my sister for very nearly all her life.)

I liked Gaffigan's stuff, but I'd heard a lot of his set on Bob and Tom when he was on in the past couple of weeks. His set ended abruptly, though. And I wondered if he'd just said "screw it," because the audience had gone from really enjoying the set to indifferent in the space of a few minutes.

I should note that admission to the show was free. So a large portion of the audience was there simply because it was free and it was something to do, and not because of the specific subject matter. And a few people may have just not enjoyed it as much as they would have had they been interested enough to have paid.

Zach came out, after they'd wheeled out the piano. I like his comedy. A lot of one-liners. The best of the night? I thought it was: "The only time it's appropriate to yell out 'I have diarrhea!" is when you're playing Scrabble. Because it's worth a shitload of points...."

Zach got a significantly better response than Gaffigan, and I think it was in part because Zach would wander into the crowd every now and then. Just for kicks. I guess it kept everybody on their toes just a little bit.

A good show. Free. But good at even four times that price.