Hi people, another one of these.

The great Louis Anderson has passed away and I just wanted to say a few words about my

first experience with him when I was a dormant at the comedy store in the late 80s.

I obviously knew who Louis was but he was already pretty big by then.

He was definitely a very well-established comic, a very authentic voice and a very funny

guy for sure.

But I had never seen him before and I was working the door.

But when I watched him, it was one of those lessons in stand-up where you realize it's

not just about the joke.

Louis Anderson was this amazing joke craftsman but he was also this, he was a guy that had

this whole physicality sort of timed out and it was almost lyrical.

I mean he was able to, you know, not just deliver a joke but then physically accentuate

the punchline.

He had a way of phrasing things, he had a way of moving, he had a way of pacing his

act that didn't change.

And it was amazing to see as a young comic because I certainly, I don't work that way.

Yeah, I guess, you know, I'm, I'm sloppy but to see somebody as meticulous and articulate

in his style, in his structure and in his physicality was really mind-blowing.

He really was the whole package and it was tight and it was unlike anything else.

It was old school in a way.

He was an amazing, amazing performer.

It would be that funny and have that much pace and build without really, you know, appearing

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