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Russell Peters show

I went to watch the Russell Peters show in Vancouver tonight. He had 3 comics: the MC (forgot his name), Deb DiGiovanni, this Japanese-American dude named Yoshi and of course, Russell Peters himself.

The Queen Elizabeth II theatre is huge and was packed. The whole show was full of laughs. Just amazing. From kheer to what thin girls can't do... this was just a fun-filled night. Russell Peters said he is going to be releasing a DVD and I can honestly say I cannot wait to get a copy of it. As he said, we want to make it onto the charts and I think that is a novel way to market it.

Most of the material was new (Deb had some old stuff with the thin chicks etc) and really funny. I think he appeals to everyone because of how well he can make things that happen during the course of the show funny. Like when a fellow out back yelled I love you Russell when he was taking a sip of water. He took that and ran with it. Or when the guy who asked about his parents was made to eat humble pie (or something like that) when Russell Peters said his father passed away on March 15, 2004 (that fellow asked about Russell's parents). Or with the fellow who was recording the show... (that happened the last time too).

I saw him the last time he was in Vancouver, seen all the videos on Google Videos etc, and I have to say it gets better each time you see it. I mean... we could literally lip-sync the words to some of his jokes... like the one about Ryan's mum and children's aid and yet the place was packed. I mean totally packed. People paid a lot of money to go see this fellow. And people lined up all around the corner for the second show tonight. It was just fabulous.

And I went there with a friend, met friends etc. Just nice.

Anyway, for those who get to see him tomorrow etc, I got to say... I had a great time, and I hope you get to enjoy it too. The only gripe I have is that he has to live in LA now... all the good Canadian talent seems to migrate south like those Canada geese the MC was talking about. For once, I would like to have a star Canadian live here and prosper here.

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Johnnie Francis Xavier MacIntyre said…
I finally got the DVD titled Outsourced the day it was released in Canada!
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