Went to see Damon Wayans at the Improv on Saturday night. He was the headliner and the host was Reggie Steele, with the opening act being Siddiqui something.

Reggie was very funny. He was what I categorized as true stand-up guy. He talked and cracked jokes. He did not move around much. He just casually kept dropping nice funny stuff.

Siddiqui was what I call ‘action-based’ comedian. He came and chugged half a bottle of Corona first. Also, he was moving around the stage a lot. He was more animated than funny. He was very funny, don’t get me wrong. He had some good jokes. But he was quite restless.

And Damon Wayans was more story-based comedian. He created quite funny stories and cracked us up. He was there for over an hour. In the middle he did drop in a few ‘what the hell is Bush thinking’ jokes. About how the kids are being sent to war at such young age and all that. I could tell that the guys sitting on the table next to us were not liking it because they did not laugh at those jokes. But most of the crowd was laughing at that big time. Being in the Silicon Valley, it was expected that people will support anyone who talks against Bush.

The best thing was that none of the guys spoke the current hip/hop language. I would not have got it at all. They were all speaking normal English language and not forgetting to pronounce the second half of the words. :-)

Overall, a great evening. Highly recommend Damon Wayans. And can’t wait to go to Improv yet another time.