What a nice surprise when the Punch Line rss feed shows new gigs by the one and only Dave Chappelle. Notice this year, the late shows are at 11pm instead of 10.

I went last night on Tuesday and showed up at a cool 11:30pm, no line but had to sit at the bar. Those bar seats to the right of the stage are the worst I've had at the club, you almost have to half stand. And there are all the waitstaff walking in front + those who are using the restroom. There was a whole mix up thing with where we were to sit so they gave us 4 weekday tickets for non special events. That's not bad I guess. They have a nice selection on tap (Fat Tire for me) so go nuts with the two drink minimum (or one drink depending on the staff's attentiveness)

The opener was a bit crass but in general decent. The digs at Chinese people were NOT cool

Molly is still there, suffering Dave's crazy antics. He drank more than coffee this year, non-alcoholic beer. I applaud the man's sobriety though I saw him before his set and he looked a bit on edge. It was show no. 4 (or is it 5) for me so it's hard to get wowed though he almost did not do any material. It was all freestyle with DJ Fuse One providing some interesting music jokes. Kid loves the 80s. He took a pee break this time which was unusual

Some kids from a lawyer office went a bit too far and found themselves ejected. Harsh. That whole security thing is kinda uncalled for to me but I guess Dave is real paranoid

Dave actually starting setting up his "legendary" Houston rapist early on bit but he ended the set about how he eats his kids' sandwiches. Not bad though I think it was a bit of an off night which might explain the addition of another show for tonight (or it could have been planned all along, more shows were added all week)

Dave Chappelle June 2008 Punch Line dates

Tuesday June 9 2008, 8pm
Monday June 9 2008, 11pm
Tuesday June 10 2008, 8pm
Tuesday June 10 2008, 11pm
Wednesday June 11 2008, 11pm
Thursday June 12 2008, 11pm
Friday June 13 2008, 11pm
Sunday June 15 2008, 8pm
Sunday June 15 2008, 11pm

$65