Russell is very, very funny
If you read this site, you’re probably already my mom. But, in the off chance you’re somebody else, you may not know that
- Valerie’s brother Russell is very, very funny, and
- He was picked to open for Lewis Black at the Carolina Comedy Festival a couple of months ago!
And thanks to his buddies, we can now all hear this recording of his performance, after which The Daily Tar Heel called him “an outstanding young talent with a delivery that was at once spastic, awkward and oddly endearing.”
He’s fantastic—enjoy!

This routine gets a 9.5 on the 10-point Risibility Scale. We will leave it to others to figure out from which side of the family he gets the “odd” and which the “endearing.”
Days later, I’m still loving the word “Risibility”—in itself oddly endearing. :)