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 If there's one thing I love in this world, it's Christ. If there's two things I love in this world, it's Christ and David Cross's jokes! (If there's a third thing, it's my mocha-frappuccinos, but don't tell Weight Watchers!) But seriously, if you like good, clean, God-fearing comedy, this is the album for you. He does this one "bit" (or "joke") about the twelve apostles being like a professional basketball team that had me and the Mrs. in stitches -- I had to pull the Expedition over for fear of a wreck! What's great is that David can do "edgy" religious material without offending Our Lord -- like the one he does about Heaven being like a really big picnic, except the mayonnaise never goes bad. Where does he get this stuff?! This CD is a treat for anyone with a good, Christian heart and a sense of humor (sense of humor not included! ;-)). What would Jesus do? He'd buy this album... AND LAUGH! Praise the Lord, Praise David Cross and God Bless America.
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Listening to David's latest album, a number of this struck me awed that did not from his previous works. The most major of which is that he did not repeat ANY of the material from his massive last album, which is uncanny with most comic albums. Usually with concerts released within a few years of each other, the best jokes will pop up and overlap. Not here. The other thing that amazed me was how much more fluent his speaking and segues were. David's style of stand-up is the self-admitted "drunken-ramble", in which he stands on stage with a beer in hand and just talks. On his first CD, there were a lot of static "y'know"s and "um"s, but much less so here. Maybe he wasn't drinking as much, maybe he had a better planned set, but whatever the case, it feels like he's sitting with you at a bar having a conversation. This is very admirable and makes the album feel more personable than some other comics'. The material now is in a similar vein as his other stuff. Stupid people, racism, new products ("THERE'S GOT TO BE A BETTER WAY!!"), and, of course politics. I might get lynched for saying this, but I think I see another Bill Hicks budding in this bespeckled man. His political views are harsh, somewhat conspiritorial, and always witty and cunning. Oh, and backed by facts. David's a very smart man and researches his material carefully. Unlike a certain government he admonishes about thier terrorisms detectoring skills. Nearly everything had me in stitches, even his non-sequitors and improvised material. (My favorite bit on the whole CD was when a fan invited him to a concert, to which David replies, "I've got to stay in my hotel cut out up a few newspapers. A recipe for brown betty, a really funny "Family Circus". P.J. Mispronounces 'spaghetti'. He calls it 'pasketti' and -- get this -- he calles 'meatballs' 'meatBULBS'!! That's why it's going up on the fridge!" The whole thing came off the top of his head and is so fluid and seriously-delivered it slays.) Also of note is that the CD contains a newspaper article about a Howard Dean benefit for which several anti-Bush comics performed. The article is biased and slanted (the reporter obviously is a member of the GOP) and David annotates it with clarity, cutting through the rhetoric and lies with grace and humor. A very nice touch. If you liked this CD, try David's previous release "SHUT UP, YOU (Naughty Word) BABY!", Bill Hicks's "Rant in E-Minor", or Dennis Miller's "The White Album" (before he became Bush's pony boy). Vice versa, if you liked any of the above albums or comics, try this release. If you DIDN'T like it ... well, perhaps you should be concentrating on the economy and the gas-prices so high that one would think it was Yahweh's sweat, Mr. President.
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I bought his last boring "comedy" CD and gave it away. The person I gave it to bought this one, and demanded I give it a try. Being open minded, I did. And I got the same result. His stand up sucks. By far, the worst delivery of any comic going today. He just stammers and babbles, and can't sell a joke to save his life. The only thing that offended me was the waste of my time. I see why 99 percent of people haven't a clue who David Cross is. He has absolutely nothing. Comics are supposed to be funny. This CD is placed in the comedy section at the local CD store, yet it contains nothing funny. The fact that this CD sits anywhere near George Carlin's CDs is an insult in itself. Maybe he should attend a comedy show, see how the pros do it and try again. If you have never heard the comedy albums of Dave Attell or Mitch Hedberg, do yourself a huge solid and buy those CD's right now. That is comedy. Not this. This is a test pattern with lots of "um" and "you know". I am starting to wonder why I thought he was funny in the first place.
