Coachella Review: Comedians Of Comedy

I apologize. I said I would be let you know how Coachella went and it’s been a week already. That’s like ten years in blogger news time. Or something. Now I’m probably going to go into overkill mode; I intend to review each of the twenty-some acts I saw. If you’re not a fan of overkill, you can read daily summaries over at Buzzgrinder California, where I’m starting to help out.

Going chronologically, my first victim shall be the Comedians Of Comedy. The only non-music act all weekend. Whatever.

I was excited to check these guys out because I’ve gotten my share of laughs from a few of their comedians on Comedy Central and I’ve always enjoyed Patton Oswalt’s character on King Of Queens.

Oswalt was the emcee so he was out first to warm up the crowd. I’m not quite sure where he went wrong, but nobody was laughing. Maybe it was because his first words on stage were asking everyone to sit down, and then pointing out and making fun of individuals who couldn’t find room to sit. Then he sang some random “hobo songs” that made no sense, and gave a disgusting description of what it must look like for a 60-year-old woman giving birth. Then he introduced Jasper Redd, who got even less laughs, if that were even possible. I decided to leave before things turned violent.