After deciding not to pay $116 a ticket for a Cirque du Soleil show, my husband and I settled on $30 tickets to see Louie Anderson from the half price ticket booth on the Strip. I remembered him fondly from "Coming to America" and from the "Life with Louie" cartoon on FOX. I know he's had personal problems in the past (and one big problem in Vegas), but I didn't want that to get in the way of my experience.
I wasn't too keen on the seating arrangement in the Thunder From Down Under theatre, but my own seat near the front of one of the long tables was fine. My husband, who is tall, probably could have used more room.
I'm not a huge fan of stand-up comedy, but because Louie wasn't crude, I enjoyed the show. He did talk about his family a lot and I loved it when he changed his voice to talk like his dad or someone else. "Louie!" My favorite joke was when he talked about Krispy Kreme donuts-- "a dingo took my donut!" Some of his humor was for the older set though and I didn't really think that part was funny.
Although I think we would have enjoyed Cirque du Soleil more, I'm glad we ended up seeing Louie. He's kind of a classy comedian.