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THURS, 10/9
Lewis Black and Dave Attell seem about as hard to contact these days as folks on North Carolina’s Outer Banks. Still, even in the middle of a fifty-plus-city tour, Attell manages to find time to expound on the joys of hitting the road for Comedy Central Live Starring Lewis Black and Dave Attell. “Are you kidding me? If anything, it’s less work” than going solo, Attell says of the pairing. “Touring by yourself, you play two, sometimes three times a night. Here I do one set and I’m ready to hit the bars!” The only drawback, Attell points out, is that “now I’m sharing the stage with some high-caliber people instead of performing after insert shit comic here.”
Indeed. The caustic Black has been labeled “America’s foremost commentator on everything” and “the best moron-bashing comedian of all time.” A regular on The Conan O’Brien Show, Black was the winner of the American Comedy Awards’ 2001 Best Male Stand-Up honor. He’s probably best known for his “Back in Black” segment on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, a venue that allows him to display his loose-cannon, bile-spewing social and political comedy.
Not that Attell is any slouch. Notorious for his hit Comedy Central series, Insomniac, a travelogue of after-hours experiences around the globe, the seasoned comedic veteran has plenty of film and television appearances under his belt. And he’s familiar with Denver: Attell recorded his first live stand-up-comedy CD, Skanks for the Memories, last November at the Comedy Works in Larimer Square. “Denver is a good drinking town,” he recalls. Though no new CD or Insomniac episodes are planned, Attell is hoping to encounter a surge in comedy groupies here. “All I get is the same guys driving from one show to another to see me,” Attell laments. “There haven’t been any girls outside the theater with ‘Dave’ painted across their chests, waiting to flash me.”
With or without flashy fans, Black and Attell make an interesting duo. Attell notes that the only common thread between their material is that “we both say ‘fuck’ a lot,” yet anyone familiar with their work knows that there’s something oddly perfect about their performing together. Black’s malcontent outrage at the sheer insanity of the world complements Attell’s twisted-Everyman musings. They’ll be stitched together tonight in a tailor-made stage show starting at 7:30 p.m. at the Fillmore Auditorium, 1510 Clarkson Street. Tickets are $35 to $40 and are available at the Fillmore box office or www.cc.com. Call 303-837-0360.
And ladies? You might want to start painting your chests — just to show that you care. — Adam Cayton-Holland
THURS, 10/9
