Late last night, somewhere between a midnight gettucing session and the perfect almond butter-banana smoothie, I stumbled across a broadcast of Zach Galifianakis' stand up show at The Purple Onion, only to find, minutes later, my poor, delicate head caved in from the sheer force of his comic genius.
There I was, entirely alone, save my delicious smoothie, scrambling frantically to jot down each minute syllable issuing from Galifianakis' knowing mouth.
Come morning, I returned to review my written leavings, only to discover several sheets of lined paper, doused in a bevy of thoughts, quotes and earth-shattering realizations. "Zach Galifianakis is a fucking genius, and a perfect person," I had written. "I want to capture everything he says in a capsule!"
By the time I'd reached the end of the program, I had firmly concluded that Zach Galifianakis knows a great deal of important things concerning modern society and how people operate in the world. More importantly, he subverts these insights by giving them a comedic twist that is undeniably effective, without blatantly betraying the breadth of his cultural knowledge and comprehension (even the beer belly, Grizzly Adams-esque beard and complete lack of shame seem perfectly constructed to mask/complement his extensive wisdom!). It is this particular quality, I believe, that firmly establishes Mr. Galifianakis' comedy as a "thing that really makes life worth living."
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