LOL WITH IT: Tony Woods @ Laff House, tonight and tomorrow

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LOL WITH IT: Tony Woods @ Laff House, tonight and tomorrow

POSTED: Friday, September 16, 2011, 3:00 PM

Filed Under: Comedy LOL With It

Every Friday, Ryan Carey takes a look at who and what’s giving Philly the giggles …

On the spectrum between Bill Cosby and Richard Pryor, Tony Woods is probably at 70/30 on the Pryor side for his debaucherous stories, and occasionally colorful language. But Woods has a unique light-hearted vocal delivery that suits his generally unagressive and universal point of view. He tells stories, for instance, about what a pain it was to be in kindergarden, and the inherent absurdity of the Little Red Riding Hood tale.

While never unaccessably cerebral, Woods has no problem sprinkling some philosophy into his act. "You can't laugh unless you've been hurt before. If I tell a joke about getting tazed, and you've never been tazed, and you've never seen anybody getting tazed, than it doesn't mean [anything] to ya!"

You may have seen Tony's hilarious Comedy Central Presents special or his appearences on VH1's I Love The '90s, the Friar's Club Roast of Chevy Chase, Showtime at the Apollo, BET's Comicview or Conan O'Brien — but this weekend, the D.C. native is playing Philly.

Tonight, 8:30 p.m. & 10:45 p.m. and Sat., Sept. 17, 8 p.m., 10 p.m. & midnight, $20, Laff House, 221 South St., 215-440-4242, laffhouse.com.

(ryan.carey@citypaper.net)

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