New York based comedian Victor Varnado is hysterical. Check out this Village Voice article to see for yourselves. He occasionally rolls into town courtesy of local comedian Gab Bonesso.
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Disclosure and update: Ledcat told me I wasn't being completely honest about this post. We saw Victor a few weeks ago when he came to town for the anniversary tour we had caught the year before. I introduced myself to him. He gave me the limp, damp handshake and barely mouthed "nice to meet you" before sighing deeply and turning away to talk with his friends. I was pissed. Ledcat was more compassionate and assumed that he has an on-stage and off-stage switch. I still say if someone shows up to see you perform, pays for it and learns that because of a screw-up on your end they have to wait an entire hour ... you could at least PRETEND to interact with them. Acting. Its called acting. I fake being interested in people all the time. At work. At family gatherings. Its called acting.
Thus, Victor is funny but not very well-mannered. It does matter.
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