Ron White is Not My Father; Ron White Has a Sense of Humor

I was watching Comedy Central and they were replaying "The Blue Comedy Tour Rides Again," which is a good thing, because this time, on its (oh, I don't know) 500th lap around the network, I finally got to see Ron White's performance. I had somehow missed Ron White's and Bill Engvall's performances the other 75 or 80 times I'd seen the show (yes, I do have a lot of free time to kill -- and do other things), but not this ride. I had seen Jeff Foxworthy perform without his 5th grade entourage (he's funnier without those difficult questions interrupting his jokes) and Larry the Cable Guy's "git 'er done" routine, but had missed Ron White (which is inexcusable, really, considering all the free time I have -- I think I mentioned that...), who happens to be, in my humble opinion, one of the funniest comedians I have ever seen.

(Well, except for George Carlin, Bill Cosbly, Chris Rock, Richard Pryor, Steven Wright, Lewis Black, Wanda Sykes, Dennis Miller...)

Ron (I hope you don't mind me calling you Ron, Mr. White) is introduced by Bill Engvall (I hope you don't mind, either, Mr. Engvall, that I call him "Ron") and he comes out on stage, regular cigar and drink-in-glass in hand, and immediately, without any fanfare, begins making fun of the Chinese space program. And he really shouldn't have, because at least the Chinese are trying. But I digress... Ron White launches (pun totally intended -- I hate it when people don't take credit for their stupid "unintended" puns) into his schtick, which is very funny and has only a couple of rehashed jokes from his earlier routines (gotta keep the regulars happy, you know).

(...Rodney Carrington, Dave Chapelle, Denis Leary, Patton Oswalt, Bobcat Goldthwait, Christopher Titus, Bill Maher, David Spade...)