Weapons of Self Destruction

More "introspective" but still hysterical!
I had the privilege of seeing this show live. We were originally supposed to see it in March but it was postponed because right before our original date because he had his heart surgery. As a result, we saw the show in October.

I had been laid off for the second time in a year the day of the show and I almost was too depressed to go. But I had been waiting soooo long to see him and spent so much money on the tickets that we went.

The show is definitely different than some of his earlier shows -- he worked in a lot of material about his heart surgery and aging in general and it made him seem more "human". However, in typical Robin manner -- it was so frenetic and off the wall that I still laughed so hard I ached by the end of the show. Most of the audience seemed like we were all around Robin's age so we are all on a similar journey in terms of aging.

Most of the material in this show isn't about the wild and whacky early days of youth where you...

Robin Williams is back.
A small side note to start this off: the CD/DVD combo includes the actual DVD of this product, not just highlights... so if you like comedy CDs, shell out the extra couple bucks and buy the CD/DVD.

The performance on this DVD is very good; this is Robin Williams doing what he does best, which is stand up comedy. I have seen many reviews about his post surgery shows all saying that he is toned down: wouldn't you be after having open heart surgery? Now that we have the no brainer out of the way, let's continue.

There is plenty of profanity as there ALWAYS is in a Robin Williams stand-up special, this is not a special you watch with your young children. The material is mostly fresh, besides a few jokes re used from his 2002 special, but he changed them a bit to where it wasn't simply old hat. He is still quick thinking and very energetic and any nay sayers need only look up the video of Robin on the Craig Ferguson show to quickly silence themselves.

Some...

An hour and a half of side splitting laughs
I watched this on a Delta flight. I was laughing so hard, I had tears running down my face. All the flight attendants came by to see what i was watching. Like the laughter therapy where one person starts laughing and then everybody starts laughing too, people around me were smiling and laughing even though they weren't watching the show.
Yes there was an abundant use of "F*" word, but if you looked past that... you get an hour and a half of really cleansing laughter.

Robin Williams doesn't deliver a punch line then spend the next minute repeating and "explaining" it like most of the standup comedians do.

The other one on the flight was a Carrie Fisher stand up autography. This was good too.

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