Simon King the fast-talking outrageously funny Comedy Network star is coming to Nancy O's Thursday, July 7 and Friday, July 8, for a double shot of fun.
For King it's all about the stream-of-consciousness monologue in hyper drive.
"When people tell me I talk too fast, I tell them maybe you think too slow," King said.
He doesn't like to censor himself so he doesn't slow down, he added. It's just how he talks.
"I do cover a lot of ground pretty quickly," said King. "I'll do hundreds of jokes in a 45-minute set. I move pretty quick. It seems to work and I enjoy it."
King said it doesn't happen often where he's stumped.
"My mouth seems to operate independently from my brain most of the time," he laughed.
King used to be a child actor. He moved from acting to sketches, to improv, to stand up when he walked on stage at a Vancouver club's amateur night at the age of 22.
Since then the Vancouver-based comedian has travelled far and wide and goes to Los Angeles often, getting his face out there.
"Stand up seemed to offer the least amount of hassles, the least amount of rules," said King. "There is the least amount of space between me and the audience, there's no props, there's no costumes, nothing -- just flat out talking directly to them. I always say it's the fastest way to get the drug to the people because there's no middle man."
Watching King on YouTube videos, he preempts a zinger by saying "You're not going to like this joke." What?
"Well, I warn them!" he said. "I give them half a second to get out -- Get out! -- It's like firing a warning shot but firing the warning shot AT someone."
He just says what's on his mind at the time. And sure, he's got his bits too.
"But I never really know what I am going to say until I am actually saying it," said King. "I am very much that sort of person. I never know where it's going to go. So I just kinda do whatever I feel like doing."
By the end of a set, there's no doubt that King speaks his mind.
"I don't shirk away from anything," King said. "I don't hide from what I believe and I don't keep my opinions to myself. I am not serving a meal, I am serving a buffet and people can take what they want from it. As long as everybody gets something. And I just ask that everyone tries it, that's all."
The show is $20, starts at 8:30 p.m. at Nancy O's, 1261 Third Avenue.
Check out his comedy at www.thisissimonking.com.
