Somebody!

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Originally uploaded by JCee.

For my birthday, Nicole got me two tickets to see Russell Peters, "Somebody" Show at QE Theatre on Sunday. To be honest, I didn't know alot about him other than he's Canadian (born in Toronto), he's East Indian (can't you tell from his name?), and that he's damn funny. He was the one who made this joke about how the Indian and Chinese can't do business together. If you still don't know who he is, go check out his site. He's well known for his racial themed jokes (note..i didn't say racist), cheeky grin, and his repetoire of South-Asian accents.....(but he can do an absolutely splendid British accent as well). The show was absolute torture on the stomach..i don't think i stopped laughing for more than two seconds - heck, I was even crying at times because it was too much. Unlike many other stand-up comedians who resort to a lot of in-your face, derogatory, crude and sick humor, Peters comes across as just a nice down-to-earth guy who can tell good jokes without being sick. Yes, his jokes involve race almost all the time, but I don't think its derogatory..he doesn't make fun or put down people, he just "talks" about them. He pokes fun at his own race most of the time, and the East Indians in the audience (who made up at least 60% of the crowd) just lapped it up. Anyways...i won't repeat any of his jokes here just because I wouldn't be able to do them justice...so you'll just have to watch one of his shows just to see for yourself. Or if you're too cheap, watch here :). What's tres cool, is that Sunday's show was being recorded to go on his next DVD in June. Maybe I'll be on it too...NOT.