Saturday night Eilene and I went to see Joel McHale from The Soup on E Network.

I had no preconceived notions as to the nature of the performance, since I had no idea he did stand-up prior to the announcement of the show, or if it was even going to be stand-up at all. I was pleasantly surprised, his performance was part stand-up and part storytelling. A lot of material referenced his family and various odd things his children have done, some material was behind-the-scenes stories about celebrities he’s dealt with, who he’s received legal threats from and the like.

He pulled it off first because he kept his same semi-awkward joke backpedaling demeanor he uses on The Soup, and second because he would randomly do and say weird shit with no lead-in. The first thing he did when he came out on stage was to walk straight up to the edge, grab the microphone, and bellow, “Let’s put all minorities into CAMPS.”

I confess I’m having trouble calling it “The Soup”, since I’ve been a fan since it was “Talk Soup” hosted by Greg Kinnear.