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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