Reese Waters’ ‘The Content of My Character’

Comedian Reese Waters has been expanding his name in comedy with various late night talk show appearances after working as the hilarious co-host of Versus Network’s The Daily Line. (He’s known for a segment called “Tea with Tyson” where he sits down with former heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson for a somewhat romantic and awkward breakfast.)

Now he’s released his debut album in conjunction with Rooftop Comedy Productions entitled, The Content of My Character. With this album Waters has finally revealed his prized material using a very dry and calm demeanor. What we have here is a young, great comedian, waiting to take off.

In Reese’s bio page at reesewaters.com, he mentions that one of his first comedy memories includes sneaking Martin Lawrence cassettes into his walkman, being careful not to get in trouble for listening to “such vulgarities.” His set clearly shows the inspiration from Lawrence’s material but Waters’ delivery is something of his own. He’s not as vulgar as Lawrence and, as an avid fan of comedy, I truly appreciate this.

Throughout his set, Waters talks about growing up with an insecure mother, getting screwed over by cigarette bumming, and how to make it in a strip club with only $1.75 on hand. His ability to make any relatable experience funny is the key to gaining a widespread audience where everyone is able to understand and share the laughter with him. I would love to share my favorite bit with you, but that would ruin the surprise.

I have always been a fan of laid back comedians, and Waters is no different. He doesn’t try too hard to be loud and obnoxious or discuss outrageous topics just to get attention. All he wants is to explain the ridiculous events that occur in his mundane life.

On the track “Bummin’ Chips,” he complains about the cons of being a severe nicotine addict: “I always wonder why it is okay for a complete stranger to walk up to me and ask me for a cigarette like they don’t cost money…. I can’t see a guy making out with his girl and say, ‘Can I grab a piece of that? I’ll trade you for a cigarette.’”

The audience thoroughly enjoys Waters’ presence; however I feel they did not give him the amount of laughter and applause that he deserved. There needed to be sounds of people falling out of their chairs and gasping for air from laughing so hard. At least I did while listening to his CD.

Waters takes the basic topics all comics go over (breaking up, being a nerd, strippers, etc.) and mixes it up a bit by taking his jokes in a completely different direction (Equal Opportunity strip clubs). This is only the beginning for Reese Waters, and I’m looking forward to hearing and seeing him more on stage as well as on television.

To preview some of Waters’ comedy you can follow him on Twitter @ReeseWaters and visit his website ReeseWaters.com.

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