Rating: 14/20
Plot: A comedian tells some jokes, plays the piano, and messes with his hair. Sometimes, distractions.
I like the comedy of Steven Wright and Mitch Hedberg, and Galifianakis, with his odd stage presence and one-liner delivery, fits in with those guys. I thought the material was very funny although a lot of people might watch this, think, "About 1/3 of this is him staring into the camera or being mad at himself," and be turned off. You really don't know where this is going most of the time, and I'm not totally sure he does either which makes it a little more fun. It's possible that inebriation is involved or it might just all be part of the act. But whatever it is, it works. Galifianakis has a little Kaufman in him for better or for worse, especially at the end when he uses some handwritten jokes and a children's choir. Like most comedy routines, it's not all going to work ("funny" mispronunciations seemed like something I'd do to try to make people laugh), and I'm not sure how much I liked the intervening interview snippets with his "twin brother" Seth. Not a bad way to pass the time though.
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