Everyday I'm Hustlin'

Wezly Barnard

Katt Williams opens his act with his favorite song as he walks out with his swagger. He takes off his coat and acknowledges the cheering audience. He refers to his song, “The Hustle,” as being “his shit!” This song makes him so excited that he has to ask the DJ to turn it off. He uses this unique technique throughout the show which makes it comical. He acts like he doesn’t want to hear it when he actually really enjoys when it is played. He is able to relate to the audience by explaining that when any person any where hears their own favorite song, it changes their mood for the better almost immediately. He does this by portraying real life situations that people experience every day by actually acting it out. This enables the audience to connect with Katt’s message causing them to find it comical. The first situation presented is an impression of a librarian at work. This job is known to be boring and quiet. Katt Williams pokes fun at this idea by playing his favorite song and pretends to grab books off the shelf and flip through books to the beat of the song. In the second situation Katt explains that “If you were to get to heaven” and hear this song, “you would know there was about to be a party up in heaven!” The humor in this example works because it breaks what we traditionally think of as heaven. The last three examples are the most funny because they are the easiest to relate to. Katt describes grocery shopping, having sex, and working to this hip hop song. These are things that most of us do on a regular basis, so watching Katt Williams portray these situations was extremely comical. Katt Williams is a successful comedian in this clip because he is expressive and can easily engage the audience.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLDitGAUrno