I had seen Jon Stewart when he did stand up at Casino Rama in 2006, and I remember laughing so hard that my abs and cheeks hurt for the whole show. This time around at the Avalon Ballroom he had some exceptionally funny moments, but I found he fixated too much on the political stuff (that we already see regularly on his show). He went into detail about Bush and Cheney (which seemed out of date for June 2010).
The crowd was making comments about it, so he did talk to what the audience seemed to want, but I know when I watched him in the past I found him much funnier when he didn't discuss serious things, but rather mundane things of his everyday life, like the horribly hilarious bit he did about his dog getting ill from overeating... and I'll stop there.
He seemed empassioned (is that a word) and almost angry about the US government's inefficiency, but it would have been a funnier show with less serious topics and more just random funny tidbits.
Some unfortunate soul passed gas right at a silent moment, and that led to quite a long (but hilarious bit) as he talked about it. (What can I say, it was really really funny).
He also tried to get in a few local comments, referring to our popular national coffee chain, Wayne Gretzky, etc., but nothing too intense. It was funny when he talked about how polite Canadians are.
I heckled him (nicely) about wearing the ascot he mocked on his show... he did acknowledge the heckle but that was it.
Anyway, overall a funny show, too political but still a good time.
