Daniel Tosh: People Pleaser

Viewers have two choices to watch this standup routine by Daniel Tosh: the cleaned-up version originally broadcast on Comedy Central or the uncensored version, which is longer, dirtier, and, well, funnier. Tosh has a smart way of hooking an audience with rapid-fire one-liners and quick hits on a million different topics. But late in his show, he shifts to long stories with a lot of funny asides and a rich payoff, such as his edgy tale of deliberately stoking a driver's road rage and then getting trapped on a freeway exit with the fuming guy right behind him. Tosh also gets into some pretty dark material about the Make-a-Wish Foundation: “Dying kids have the best sense of humor. Their parents, not so much.” He also has a solution for the issue of racist police: “Only black people should be cops. Problem solved." And, of course, there's global warming: “How to solve the environmental crisis: stop having kids. Then we can have a party for 60 or 70 years burning through every fossil fuel.” Other funny observations include his take on art hanging in your neighborhood coffee haunt (“Has anybody ever not walked up to a piece of art for sale on a café wall and thought, who the fuck do they think they are?”). Naturally, there's also material about relationships (“Ladies, men have sick, twisted thoughts all day, and you snuggle with them at night”). “I didn't get here because I work hard,” Tosh says in a moment of reflection. “I have a gift.” Indeed, he does. Recommended. Aud: P. (T. Keogh)