Belated report

H and I went to see Robin Williams on Sept. 25th, and I had yet to comment on the evening. H has a history of locking keys in the car. Although he has not done this in over 5 years, he had a nasty stint that will live with him for eternity. So that evening, when he needed to lock the keys in the truck, he didn't. We were already in Minneapolis by the time he realized that he left the keys in the truck parked at my uncle's house. So during the entire evening he was wondering if our truck would still be there...it was. But it does put a damper on the enjoyment level.

The show started 30 minutes late. We were in the upper balcony, so we could only figure that Mr. Williams was delayed. It was annoying - mainly because we would have had the time to go back to the truck, get the keys and lock the darn thing! The next morning while listening to the radio we learned that a gentleman had had a heart attack and was revived. Wow. That put some perspective on things. So throughout the evening there were jokes how the audience was getting older and the ticket people also would need to start checking to make sure people had health insurance prior to entering, etc.

There were TONS of political jokes, and Williams is a liberal Democrat, so I absolutely loved the jokes he told. Now this is interesting - a lot of comics have stories they tell with 1 punchline. Not this guy. Every phrase he says is a joke. I couldn't retell his jokes to you if I tried. I laughed for an hour and a half straight and I loved it.

Now next to me was a high school kid with his Mom & Dad. I think they were Republicans since they were not laughing at any of the political jokes. I felt really bad for the kid though - he's sitting there probably thinking this stuff is funny but he can't laugh because Mom & Dad aren't laughing. How bad would that suck? Poor kid.

I had been warned that Williams has foul language. Yeah, he does. More so than even I expected or imagined. But hey - it's his show - that's how he communicates. Leave him to it. He made me laugh, that's what I paid for. Done deal.

So this performance was the kick off to his tour. If he comes to your city, I suggest going. In these sucky economic times and icky political ads on TV, who doesn't need some good laughs?