Fun at a Live Comedy Show

My best friend Shirley is a closet comedian.  She absolutely loves comedy shows!  She had a couple of tickets for a live comedy show at the Flamingo Hotel and Casino.  The comedian was none other than George Wallace.  He has been at the Flamingo for about 5 years....and I'm told that he packs the house every time.

His favorite line is:  "I be thinkin"......  His style is very laid back and he is very quick to improvise.  His jokes come from the audience itself. 

He returned last night after being on vacation for 3 weeks.  He showed us some of his travel photos.  He also showed us pictures of famous people he's met over the years.  His observation upon meeting Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace (supposedly her home)....but he was questioning why she was still carrying her handbag and he asked the women in the audience if they carry their handbag when greeting guests in their home.  The photo made us all laugh.

I especially liked his jokes on what he would do if elected President of the United States.  His idea would be to have a 3 day work week for everyone....Monday, Wednesday and Friday.  Even garbage collectors would have the same 3 day work week.  Hospitals would have the same schedule.  If you had a heart attack on any other day....oops....too bad.  Think of how much fuel we would save, not to mention health care benefits.

Throughout the show my friend was in tears....and she is a hitter....she would keep hitting me after each punchline. 

His ethnic jokes go way back and he talks a lot about his momma....and even showed us pictures of their sofa covered with plastic.  I was first introduced to this custom when I lived in the midwest for a year.  Every sat on one?  Ugh!....in the summer time heat.....it was UGH...UGH....UGH!

He would ask various people from the audience where they were from and he could discuss with them his favorite shops and eateries in that particular city.  Of course when someone talked about a place he didn't know he would tell them not to make up towns just for the sake of trying to foul him up.

There was a minister in the audience and George just went on and on about religion with scenarios that were quite funny.  In the end he gave the minister and his wife a free dinner at Caesar's Palace for being the target of his joke....all in good fun.

What was great about the show was that it wasn't raunchy.  He didn't have to be vulgar to make us laugh.....everyday life for some of us is already funny when put in the proper context.  A comedy show...especially a live one.....can lift your spirit....Thank goodness we have such talented people in the world making us laugh.

I recommend his show if you are visiting us in Las Vegas!  We are known as the "Sin City".....but I would rephrase it to be the "Fun City."