From Chelsea Lately, comedian John Caparulo has a fan for life!

  The author and John Caparulo

As I ordered my "Sexual Chocolate" (a vanilla-vodka and chocolate infused martini) the host, Nery Saenz took the stage. He got the ball rolling with a bit of domestic relationship humor, including my favorite premise to a good joke, "Women are smarter than men." The synchronizing gods were spot on because right as my martini arrived, Dave Williamson took the stage to open for Caparulo. I will admit I had never heard of him, but I must say that I will now never forget him. He had the crowd roaring with laughter-and remember, this is before anyone had finished their first drink so you know he was really funny. Williamson gave those of us who did not know him a very insightful peek into his home life. He talked about his wife who is expecting their second child at any moment saying, "If this phone rings you will see me run off stage because I think she would be a little more mad at me for missing the birth of our child than you would for not finishing my set." Both he, and Saenz had some very funny material that I suggest you check out at the links below.

Finally, the moment I had been waiting for since he announced he was going to be performing in my area on a previous episode of Chelsea Lately: John Caparulo! Wearing a gray 'Kent State" t-shirt (yes, he attended the school, not like those of you who wear 'Harvard' and 'Stanford' t-shirts knowing good and well you don't even know where they're located), blue jeans and white Adidas, and of course his signature hat. Once the seemingly never-ending applause died down and Caparulo said his first words, it was clear that he came here to win. He began by commenting on how unbearable the Florida humidity is (considering he is originally from Ohio and currently resides near my homewtown in LA) and saying it, "Feels like I have a yeast infection." This would be the first of many times the guy sitting opposite me at the front-row table would say, "That's a visual." As I convulsed with laughter, I took this as a foresight of good things to come.

I was right about the good things to come because Caparulo had constant laughter, clapping, or a combination of both throughout his entire show. He touched on such subjects as hunting in Ohio, grizzly bear and shark attacks, taking stuff on planes, how he cannot live without TV, and his basset hound. When a woman in the audience attempted to shout something out about sugar water that went unheard by the comedian at least three times, he responded with, "If you hve to say it that many times it's your fault......shut up!" Caparulo also discussed his dad's chili, pepper spray, two-dollar bills, and how people pooping in their pants will forever be funny to him. All the while, he had his usual ear-to-ear grin, shifty posture, and (my favorite) he did throw his arms up in the air as I had predicted in a previous article! I had to agree with him about how people now days have to be some sort of, "Bathroom-Jedi, " with all of the motion sensored soap dispensers, faucets, hand dryers and especially, toilets. Caparulo credited his reason for not being able to ever be a principal to the fact that, "Teenagers are d***s." (Yet again, I agree.)

He finished up with two "nuggets, " as Chelsea Handler would say, of wisdom that I feel obligated to share with you. The comedian was talking about combining his desire to appear to be buying healthy foods while actually getting what he wanted and having to be ridiculed by the grocery bagger. He said, "You know, if you bag groceries for a living that's fine, it's honest work but........shutup!" My favorite thing he said all night was definitely, "Life's expensive when you're an idiot." After that he wrapped things up and was ever-so-kind about taking pictures and signing autographs immediately following the show. Personally, I would like to say a big 'Thank you' to John Caparulo for making this a memorable Labor Day weekend. I reccomend you see this or any of his shows and if you are a Twitter member, you can follow "Ft. Lauderdale Improv" for details on how to get free tickets to his show this evening!