Patton Oswalt make funny
by Crowmancer on 1/15/11HOYT SHERMAN PLACE - Des MoinesRating: 5 out of 5Great opening act, great headliner. Patton was awesome and interacting very well with the crowd.

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Patton Oswalt continues to leave his distinctive imprint across all areas of entertainment, from his award-winning comedy specials to his many guest roles on television. His most recent comedy special We All Scream (which also marked his directorial debut) launched on Netflix last September and Oswalt was recently nominated for a Grammy for his comedy album. Last year, he starred in the Magnolia Pictures comedy I Love My Dad, winner of the Grand Jury and Audience awards at the 2022 SXSW Film Festival.
Oswalt was nominated for a Critics Choice Award for his performance in Jason Reitman's film Young Adult, starring opposite Charlize Theron. In 2009, he also received critical acclaim for his performance in Robert Siegel's Big Fan; the film was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award and Oswalt earned a Gotham Award nomination for his performance.
Oswalt has appeared in many films, including The Circle, alongside Tom Hanks, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty and Zoolander, both directed by Ben Stiller, Steven Soderbergh's The Informant with Matt Damon, and alongside Seth Rogen in Jody Hill's Observe and Report, as well as Paul Thomas Anderson's Magnolia and Todd Phillips' Starsky and Hutch.
Oswalt's past television work includes memorable roles on Parks and Recreation, which brought him a TV Critics Choice Award, A.P. Bio, Veep, United States of Tara, Seinfeld (his TV acting debut), and many more. He is also very well known for playing 'Spence' on The King of Queens for nine seasons. Oswalt is also the narrator on ABC's hit comedy The Goldbergs. He provided the voice for 'Remy' the rat in Pixar's Oscar® winner Ratatouille, and his other voice credits include 'Max' in The Secret Life of Pets 2, Sorry To Bother You, the SYFY series Happy!, Rick and Morty, Archer, and BoJack Horseman.
In 2020, Oswalt's Emmy nominated Netflix special I Love Everything was widely applauded upon release, and he received a Grammy nomination for his comedy album of the same name. In 2017, he received Grammy and Emmy nominations for his album and Netflix special Annihilation, which addresses his own devastating loss and dealing with the unexplainable, while making it all painfully funny. In 2016, he won the Emmy for 'Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special' for his sixth comedy special Talking for Clapping and a Grammy Award in 2017 for his comedy album. He has been nominated for a total of six Grammys and four Emmys. Oswalt has shot eight TV specials and released seven critically acclaimed albums -- in 2009, Patton received his first Grammy nomination for his album My Weakness Is Strong.
Great opening act, great headliner. Patton was awesome and interacting very well with the crowd.
heckler in audience might have been planted, but otherwise very funny!
Excellent show! A++. Patton was hysterical! Constant laughs! Opening act was great also!
fantastic, i was in tears of laughter many times. i give patton 10 stars on a 5-star scale.
The entire show was hilarious!!! The comedian that opened for Patton was really good, I wish he would have stayed on longer. I've never heard any of Patton's stand up before, I only know him as Spencer and Remi. He kept me laughing the entire time, I would go see him again.
Funniest show I have ever seen! Patton was amazing!
It was a great show with pretty consistent pace throughout but felt really short at just over an hour and no encore. The last time he was in town the show was twice as long. Unfortunately though it was mostly new material, I did feel somewhat ripped off that the show was so short. With the ticket price and associated fees it was about $1 per minute of comedy. Patton is top-notch, and I guess one solid hour of laughing is better than 2 hours of just so-so comedy. Just a little spendy for the crowd he draws. The Pantages is a great theater and the sight lines are fantastic. The rows of seats are a little close to each other so there is some knee/shin bumping, but overall the venue is pretty nice.
The opener, Cy Amundson, was a huge hit -- a great storyteller with good timing. Patton was as funny as I expected, and less hostile than he was in his early career, which I found refreshing.
I see lots of comedians. Some well known, some not. Patton's show this weekend was one of the best I've ever seen. He takes the quirky/nerd guy to a whole new smart and sophisticated level.....if that possible. He is very witty when it comes to on the spot situations, which tells you how truly smart this guy really is. My only negative thing, which isn't really that negative, is when an over zealous fan got involved in the show, it went on a little too long. It was pretty funny and Patton was pretty quick witted for sure, but I know he had some fantastic material prepared that we all missed out on. I came to hear Patton Oswald's crazy thoughts and ideas, not the kid from the U of M working on his nutrition degree.
There is no denying that Patton is a funny comedian. I’ve seen him on prior occasions and have a few of his CD’s and he is hilarious. I was however disappointed in this event. He was on for about 50 minutes, 10 of which he spent talking with some annoying heckler, not making fun of him, just talking with him. While there were some very funny moments that show was overall very forgettable.
Patton never disappoints. He always has fresh bits and nothing is sacred. He handles annoying fans with instant comebacks and his real life situations as a parent are hilarious.
Great event! Very funny. Am I at the minimum character limit?
Patton Oswalt had a great opening lineup to start the evening off... Alex Koll was very funny and amped up the crowd for Patton's entrance. Patton had been sick during this performance, but did not let you down for a lack of giving it all he had. He rolled with his set through it all and interacted with the crowd, making it feel more intimate despite his sold out crowd. I laughed emphatically when he poked at himself and incorporated how he was "in control of his chest cough" and kept us laughing until the end. His audience interaction was genuine. Watching his improvised humor as the audience gave him new material.... and it is awesome to see talent right before your eyes ...which proves his comedic talent. I was very pleased with this show, and the tickets were reasonably priced :) I will definitely see Patton again. On a side note: The venue (Cobb's Comedy) was very nice. They have a pretty good "bar" menu and several Beers on tap...but the well drinks were a little pricey. You could definitely make this a date night place with the menu and comedy act all at the same time.
This show was great from start to finish, the MC was excellent, a local comedian, I don't remember his name. Alex Koll followed with a great set, nearly bringing my friend to tears. I would definitely see him again. Patton Oswalt was in top form despite getting over a cold. He had the whole place roaring all night. Great show, great crowd, couldn't of been better.
Patton was sick, but performed the show anyway, and was even better than when I've seen him before. The bizarre tangents were even more strange, and the his self-deprecation and loathing hit a little harder because he was actually miserable. That all said, get better soon Patton!
I've never laughed so hard in my entire life! I would go back to see Patton in a heartbeat. If you have a chance, definitely go!
Oswald & his opening act were hilarious! I appreciate it that he pushed the envelope for the Atlanta crowd. He bashed the Bible Belt with style. I love the cozy little venue of The Tabernacle in Atlanta. It is just perfect for comedy.
Simply one of the funniest and most underrated comics touring right now, Patton Oswalt's show was easily some of the funniest stuff I've ever seen. He does a nice long improv stint in his show in which he riffs on any topic thrown at him from crowd interaction and somehow made a boring sales job (as told to him by someone in the front row) hilarious. But what's a powerful comic without a strong opening act? Well, you don't have to answer that question since Patton's opener is Eddie Pepitone of The Sarah Silverman Show fame. Eddie's material is loud, oftentimes obnoxious and offensive and a little creepy but manages to be pure comic bliss. The man is funny and knows it and that type of comedic confidence is hard to come by in an opening act. Go to this show, sit in the front row if you can, you shall not be disappointed.
What I don't get is how the dude can pack so much hilarity into such a small body. Killed me.
Eddie was a great opening act, he is Sooooooo funny! Love the eating shirt bit! Patton was incredible for Atlanta, he is a riot and gets the people here and embraces our culture. Yeah for Pittypat's - they both loved it. I haven't been there in 20+ years, so now I have to make a trip because they both made it sound so good! Loved the death by eating bit. But the best is still KFC and the new megaleg - scary, but too f'reaking funny! Thanks, Patton and Eddie - hope you'll be back again soon!