Sunday, 10 February 2008

theater best comedy ever



THEATER: Best. Comedy. Ever.

Posted by yeastbeast at 12:05 AM

OK, San Francisco friends... if there is one performance that you must

see this year, here it is: Will Franken's monologue Grandpa, It's Not

Fitting at the Marsh Theater. Karl and I went to see this last night

and it absolutely blew my diaphragm. Franken, whom I had never heard

of prior to this evening, is a master of surreal sketch comedy,

fluently speaking the language of the Goon Show, Firesign Theater and

Monty Python. But silliness alone doesn't cut it these days-- Franken

has the courage of his convictions. I won't spoil the exquisite


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