I had been waiting for weeks to see Gary Owen at The Pageant because I knew that I was going to be gagging with laughter. Sadly, after the show all I could muster up was an “I guess…” I know y’all don’t believe me, but the Jon B./Robin Thicke of comedy was underwhelming at best for my first time catching him as a headliner. In lieu of an introduction, Gary played a video intro long enough to be a Showtime special by itself that featured every single cameo, performance and standup snippet of his entire career. My seat neighbor leaned over and was like, “Honey, is this the show?” In hindsight, if it had been that would have been fine with me. I don’t know if he was having a bad night or what. Every time he’s on an urban comedy revue, he kills it. Maybe he’s one of those people who needs some sort of competition to hit it out of the park. He had one little fan that lovingly heckling him over the course of his set. The best thing about it was that it was quick. I will say that I’m fortunate to have gone because I had the chance to run into some of my favorite peeps up in there – mainly from the 100.3 The Beat family. BJ The DJ, Osei, Jesse, Mousie, Meredith (good to see you again, girl) and Tammie Holland. I also had the chance to catch a kee-kee catching up with Kevin C. Johnson from the P-D – which is more than I could say for Gary. I’m going to charge it to the game of him being a ball of nerves as he waits to find out if his reality TV show is renewed.
