4.5 solid stars! \nEarly Dec 2007\n\nHeadliner : Mitch Fatel \n\nI would review Mitch in Las Vegas but since he's not a regular here, I'll review the venue. Headliners change every few days, but we certainly lucked out! \nWe had a GREAT night out at the ol' tropicana (locals 2 for 1 night, it was Tuesday), includes one drink... the casino itself is very 'old school' but charming nonetheless. \n\nWe *loved* it. OMG, in reading about the Vegas Slayton show by a fellow Vegas Yelper, I'm so glad we chanced upon this place as we wanted a 'quiet night' in Vegas. (I listened to 2 minutes of that Slayton's schtick and had to close my browser. [1] What a yahoo.. is that comedy?? I get bigger laughs sitting at the family table during the holidays.) \n\nBut back to the Comedy Stop: \n\nAt first.... the very first intro-'warmup'- comedian cracked a 'joke' referring to a trio of Asian women sitting at the end of the room as 'lotus blossoms' which kind of made my eyes roll, but thankfully we weren't heading in that direction (phew!) Can't remember his name.. but... yeah, notsofunny. \n\nThe 2nd comedian was good too- he was an SF native (?) who used to juggle apples and bite them in his youth as a street performer but i can't remember his name, sadface. His act was half comedy, half performance, which included a bit of him riding a unicycle and asking a middle aged gentleman to help him balance. awkward but funny. \n\nSo we get to: \nMitch Fatel\n\nGoogle it, youtube it, google video it. [2]\n\nHe's one funny dude.\nDeadpan, smart, witty.\n\nKinda like Brent Weinbach, with the awkwardness of Demetri Martin.\n\n\n\n\n[1] Slayton Comedy show on youtube: \"Joke\" #1 These people come from all these third world countries.... Mexico, Guatemala and Haiti and Cuba.... I understand why they come here........These are dirty filthy disgusting countries..... And you'd think with all the ****ing cleaning ladies that come out of there................\"Joke\" #2: The cabdriver says to me in haiti I was a doctor.... I says in ****ing haiti I could be a doctor .....What does it take to be a doctor in haiti? What do you need, a chicken foot and a band aid? Boola Boola..... I'm a doctor ......Oh shut up, voodoo man, Take me to my hotel. (That was at 1:53 on the youtube video. I had to turn it off, it was so ridiculously NOT funny... dude, you're no George Carlin.) \n[2] video.google.com search term: Mitch Fatel
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