LIVE Laughs: Patton Oswalt @ Troy Music Hall, 03/18/2022

Patton Oswalt achieved almost, but not quite stand-up comedy from his perch on all-terrain Knee Scooter (complete with basket and bell) on the Troy Music Hall stage on Friday night.  He explained that his broken foot resulted from two things: slipping off a curb and turning 53 years old.  

“After 50 if a pinecone falls near you, your entire rib cage explodes!” The comedian/actor/writer joked, “I won’t say that it’s great to be here in Troy, because you know that’s a lie!  Oh my God, what is the vibe here?  H. P. Lovecraft would run screaming from this town!”  Oswalt’s hilarious extended riff on collecting a barn full of clown pubes had to be witnessed in person to be appreciated fully.

The wife and wife team of Eman El-Husseini and Jess Salomon opened, first separately and then together dispensing tales of their cultural differences as a Jewish and Muslim couple trying to decorate their first Christmas tree together and explaining how they were grateful to Saddam Hussein for inadvertently being their matchmaker.

Photo Gallery by Leif Zurmuhlen