Has anyone seen Chris Rock's current tour?

[Ben E Lou]

My wife surprised me with two tickets for this Friday night. It should be fun regardless, but I was just wondering if he's doing new stuff, or should I expect "Niggaz vs. Black People", etc. I saw Jeff Foxworthy in concert once, and it seemed like 90% of his stuff I had heard before.

[cthomer5000]

Knowing Chris Rock's approach to comedy, I would definitely expect most of it to be new material. He takes his stand-up far more seriously than most, and it shows.

[Maple Leafs]

I can't imagine he's still doing material from three years ago. Although that it one of the all-time great standup routines, so who knows?

[cthomer5000]

I can't imagine he's still doing material from three years ago. Although that it one of the all-time great standup routines, so who knows?
"Bigger & Blacker" is probably the funniest stand-up routine I have ever seen. 95% of his material has me laughing out loud.

[lynchjm24]

A guy I work with went a few weeks ago in Wallingford Connecticut and said it was great.

[Barkeep49]

I read a review of it in consideration of getting tickets and the review made it sound that while he tackles similar themes, as you would expect, it is new material.

[Ben E Lou]

I read a review of it in consideration of getting tickets and the review made it sound that while he tackles similar themes, as you would expect, it is new material.Cool.

[Ben E Lou]

Bump...great show...probably not quite as funny as the two specials, but *very* entertaining.

My favorite line:

(after talking about having been around the world and concluding that America is the best place in the world to live--even if you're black...)

"If you're black, America is like the uncle that paid your way through college.............








...............but he molested you too!"

:D

[AgPete]

Bump...great show...probably not quite as funny as the two specials, but *very* entertaining.

My favorite line:

(after talking about having been around the world and concluding that America is the best place in the world to live--even if you're black...)

"If you're black, America is like the uncle that paid your way through college.............








...............but he molested you too!"

:D

Man.... I envy you. I love Chris Rock stand-up! He's a genius. Really approaches stuff that no one else dares to talk about. I guess you already know it's new material but I can guarantee it is because HBO is advertising another Chris Rock special. So I guess he's going on tour with this new stuff in his HBO special.

[sooner333]

So, SkyDog...how many other people do you estimate have been to both a Jeff Foxworthy show AND a Chris Rock show?

[AgPete]

So, SkyDog...how many other people do you estimate have been to both a Jeff Foxworthy show AND a Chris Rock show?

Me. :) Not really, but if I had lived in a city that had both, I probably would have gone to both. I'm a redneck by birth and accent but that doesn't mean I only listen to country music and Foxworthy jokes.

[sooner333]

Well, I would go to both too, I'm just saying...it's probably not all that common, you know?

[Ben E Lou]

In Atlanta at least, I don't think it is that uncommon at all. By most measures, metro Atlanta has either the largest or second-largest black middle-to-upper-middle-class population in the country. One of the results of that is that there is far more rubbing shoulders on more truly "equal" terms than in most places. (Not just the 19 white guys and one black guy in a middle management meeting, but maybe 12 and 8.) A result is a greater appreciation both ways for the "different" culture. The Foxworthy show I went to was probably at least 20% black, and the Chris Rock show was probably at least 35% white. Plus, with regard to Foxworthy, the many black folks who grew up outside of Atlanta (in the "real" South in other words ;)) can relate well to *lots* of Foxworthy's stories and humor. Growing up, I knew more black folks than white folks whose front porch could collapse and kill three dogs. ;)

[kcchief19]

In Atlanta at least, I don't think it is that uncommon at all. By most measures, metro Atlanta has either the largest or second-largest black middle-to-upper-middle-class population in the country. One of the results of that is that there is far more rubbing shoulders on more truly "equal" terms than in most places. (Not just the 19 white guys and one black guy in a middle management meeting, but maybe 12 and 8.) A result is a greater appreciation both ways for the "different" culture. The Foxworthy show I went to was probably at least 20% black, and the Chris Rock show was probably at least 35% white. Plus, with regard to Foxworthy, the many black folks who grew up outside of Atlanta (in the "real" South in other words ;)) can relate well to *lots* of Foxworthy's stories and humor. Growing up, I knew more black folks than white folks whose front porch could collapse and kill three dogs. ;)Not to stereotype here, but this is EXACTLY why most of us who don't live in the Deep South think you're all hicks and make fun of NASCAR. :)

[Ben E Lou]

Not to stereotype here, but this is EXACTLY why most of us who don't live in the Deep South think you're all hicks and make fun of NASCAR. :)The whole paragraph, or the front porch thing? :confused:

[AgPete]

The whole paragraph, or the front porch thing? :confused:

I have no idea what he's referring to either. :confused: