My husband took me to see Sinbad in concert last Saturday, December 6, 2008 for my birthday gift (my birthday is December 10th) and I still laugh when I am reminded of some of the jokes he told. I have never been to a comedy concert and I do not watch too many of today’s so-called comedians because the majority of them use too much profanity, tell sexually explicit jokes, or make fun of audience members in order to get laughs. In other words, they are NOT funny.
I have always been a fan of Sinbad’s because he is very funny and he does not use vulgarities during his stand-up routine. On Saturday night, Sinbad talked for two hours straight and I did not hear him use one word of profanity nor did he use any vulgarities. My husband is convinced that he said at least one word of profanity, but since he could not tell me what it was, I am standing by my statement. 
During the two hours of his routine, there were not 5 minutes of that time that we were not laughing, most of the time wiping tears from our eyes because we were laughing so hard. Most of his jokes were about his personal experiences and his family and near the end of the evening, he started taking questions from the audience and made jokes that related to the questions asked.
After the concert ended, Sinbad was nice enough to hang around and greet the audience members who had walked up to the stage to shake his hand and take pictures with him. He was very nice because he mentioned that he recently had knee surgery and he walked with a slight limp during his routine. Nevertheless, he still reached down to shake hands and even helped a few people get onto the stage so that they could take pictures with him. This had to be painful and as we waited for the crowd to exit the theatre, we watched him doing this and some of the facial expressions indicated that he might have been in a little pain. He is such a great guy for doing that.
The only bad thing I can say is that I was really upset that we were not able to purchase any CDs of his stand-up after the concert ended. I searched online the following day (unsuccessfully) for contact information for him because I have a proposition for him: if at all possible, please enlist one or two people who would be willing to record your concerts and sell them to those in attendance either immediately following the concert or online at a later date. I thought about this on Sunday morning because each Sunday after service, we wait an additional 15 to 20 minutes after service ends in order to get a CD of the sermon/message that we heard that day. Surely, the equipment used to make CDs so quickly comes in a “portable form” and would be easy for a non-technical person to operate to accomplish this.
Sinbad, my brother, I would be more than happy to take this challenge the next time you are in Houston, Austin, or Dallas because I know at least 10 people who would have loved to receive a recording of Saturday night’s concert as a gift and I would love to have been able to give it to them. I am a strong believer in the scripture that says a merry heart (laughter) does good like a medicine, and we all received a very hearty dose of both last Saturday night. Thanks for all of the laughs!!
