Tonight I went to see Russell Brand tryout new material. The venue was the Masonic Lodge at the Hollywood Forever Cemetary (don't ask, I don't book his venues)
It was an intimate gathering of no more than 180, if even that many. I sat along the side, on the couch a mere 6 inches from the stage. Russell was funny and insightful as usual with a bit of shock to go along with it.
His bit in the beginning where he set his boot on fire was unexpectedly funnier than intended because dear Russ could not put it out! He had to have his bodyguard Danny run up on stage and douse the flames with water.
Russell regaled us with tales of his drug-fueled sex binges with prostitutes when he didn't have money to pay them (nearly pissed in my pants), his travels to Cuba and experiences with 2 Cuban prostitutes there (Dental Nurses by day) who approached him on his way to meet Castro's son and he didn't make it past the parking lot when these two vixens grabbed his attention and so blew off his scheduled meeting with the dictator's son.
He is currently filming a documentary on consumerism and happiness with Oliver Stone. Russ's impersonation of Stone is spot-on "So tell me Russ, when you travel do you bring clothes with you?". He wasn't able to go into his bit about Donald Trump because unfortunately someone without his knowledge filmed his previous night's performance where he talks about how stupid Trump was when he interviewed The Donald for the Oliver Stone documentary and Trump's attorneys threatened legal action because of his remarks. (PumpkinHead is what Russ calls him)
I look forward to seeing Russ's documentary which was filmed in part at Angola State Penitentiary in Louisiana (the grounds are the size of Manhattan) and where Russell mistook one of the prisoners sent to make sure that Russ and company had all their needs attended to for being a personal butler, rather than a prisoner, leading to some awkward moments. (Russ: Can you go out and gets us some Cashews? Prisoner: No, because I am in here for murder)
Next year look for the comedy film "Get Him To The Greek", where Russell reprises his role of Aldous Snow, (from Forgetting Sarah Marshall). It should be even funnier.
Toodles for now, Russell is waiting in the limo for me!
Veronica
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