"Hey, suck a bag of dicks!" ...And with those few words, Louis C.K. blazed his way to number five on my top ten comics list. I've only recently become familiar with C.K.'s work - caught him on a few late night talk shows and thought he was pretty funny, but when I saw his HBO sitcom, I just wasn't digging it.
That all changed when I tuned into Comic Relief late last year.
After what seemed like a hundred hours of mostly tepid comedy, Louis C.K. opened his act with the bag of dicks and within a few seconds blew every comedian who came on before him away. (As you may have guessed, his material is not safe for work, so if I were you, I'd watch the video above later, or at least wear headphones.)
It's funny, comedy about married life is pretty standard and tired, but hearing Louis C.K. talk about the saddest hand job in America brought tears to my eyes...the man has managed to reinvent the wheel and the world is a better place for it.
At any rate he had a special a few months back on HBO and given the cyclical nature of cable television, you should have plenty of opportunity to see it again down the road. Check it out, you'll be glad you did.
