Let me precede this by saying I'm a big fan of David Allen Grier, aka DAG. One can only truly appreciate the man's genius if you've been following him since "In Living Color" days. And I must admit I really dig his new show.

I happened to catch it the other night during one of my much loved graveyards and it made me chuckle, out loud, several times. This is usually pretty hard to do. Most stuff just isn't that funny to me unless I've been partaking of left-handed cigarettes. Or eating pop rocks. Pop rocks make me giggle too. And people on acid. They're hilarious. I digress...

DAG's opener about the death of hip hop was spot on and something that I've felt for a while now: and he put it in words eloquently, with humor to boot. The rest of the episode was pretty intelligent, some might disagree but it did bring up social issues in an interesting way, and watching a true character actor in his prime is a boon.

I met Mr. Grier a few years ago at a house party in Colorado during the Aspen Comedy Festival. Now, admittedly, that is a bit of a weird coincidence, and it was given the sub prime real estate the party was at. I intoxicated-ly told DAG that I was a huge fan and was interested in his new work. The gentleman was three sheets to the wind, but he told me that he would "let me know" when his new show was coming out.

Fast forward four or five years...I never saw DAG again, but Comedy Central was the one to let me know he had a show, and by golly, it was worth the wait. I'm looking forward to more episodes, and fingers crossed they don't cancel the shit, cause that guy has talent with character acting. Most definitely.

-jp