Comedian Brad Williams brings big laughs to Little Rock’s Robinson Center this weekend

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KATV)— Brad Williams is headed again to Arkansas, and he is already bought a post-show plan in thoughts: Waffle House.

Williams, certainly one of right this moment’s most in-demand comedians, is bringing his stand-up to the Robinson Center this weekend. He’s been to Arkansas earlier than and mentioned he at all times has a superb time within the state, particularly as a result of it provides him an opportunity to go to a restaurant he cannot get again residence in Los Angeles.

“I’m obsessed with Waffle Houses,” Williams mentioned. “I love them, and they are not in Los Angeles, where I live, which is one of the great transvestites going on in our country.”

For Williams, the night time would not finish when the curtain comes down.

“I love going there. A: to perform, but then B: to go to Waffle House afterwards, because that’s where I get my show,” he mentioned. “The people that buy a ticket get to see my show, and then I go to Waffle House, that’s where I get to watch a show.”

Williams additionally talked about how he bought his begin in comedy, a second he mentioned is “ingrained” in his reminiscence. He mentioned he was within the crowd when a comic on stage was making dwarf jokes, seen the response round him, and known as him up.

“And I just ‘yay’, raised my creepy little hand in the air, and I got caught up on stage, and he started asking me questions, and I answered the questions,” Williams mentioned. “I answered them honestly, and wasn’t trying to be funny, but my honest answers got laughs, and that’s when I knew, like, oh, this. This feels amazing.”

He mentioned one of many greatest laughs got here when he talked about his job on the time.

“I worked at Disneyland,” Williams mentioned. “And then I said, ‘Shut up. I’m not one of the seven,’ and they see you still get a laugh.”

Williams mentioned his comedy is rooted in making enjoyable of himself and conserving the intent in the suitable place.

“I kind of make fun of everybody because I make fun of myself, but then everybody else,” he mentioned. “So if you laugh at the jokes about me, you’re allowed to laugh at the jokes about you.”

He additionally mentioned he desires audiences to really feel just like the night time was price each little bit of the trouble it took to get there.

“No, if you spend money on my ticket and pay for parking and babysitter and pay for gas, my God, I’m going to give you an entertaining night,” Williams mentioned. “I will have you walking away from that theater going, ‘I laughed, I cried. I thought, mostly laughed and it was money well spent.'”

One factor audiences should not anticipate, he mentioned, is political materials.

“One thing you won’t expect is, and you won’t get is, is jokes about politics,” Williams mentioned. “I do not. I am not smart enough.”

Williams additionally mirrored on a fundraising effort tied to anti-bullying causes. He shared the story of a bullied youngster in Australia, Caden Bales, and mentioned he tried to ship him to Disneyland, however the household declined. The effort nonetheless grew into one thing a lot larger.

“We raised half a million dollars for anti-bullying charities in both Australia and the United States and for First Nations people over there, and we really did a good thing,” Williams mentioned.

As for his Arkansas go to, Williams stored it easy: come to the present, and in the event you’re nonetheless up afterward, you may spot him grabbing a late-night chunk.

“Catch me at the show, and then afterward, catch them at the Waffle House,” he mentioned.

A hyperlink to tickets is on the market here.