Bailey Hall echoed with laughter when Louis Szekely, otherwise known as Louis C.K., performed last Sunday, October 24th in Bailey Hall. Comic Todd Glass opened the show, warming up the crowd. His scattered comments didn't seem to flow together, but this just added to the hilarity of his act.

"Louie" came out on stage in his simple black garb and started his act. Once the laughter started, it didn't stop! C.K. made cracks about everyone and everything, including comments about us "spoiled rich kids," here at Cornell, the vast differences in a man’s mind (and other parts), American eating habits, the challenges of raising children, and even himself!

He opened with a bit about what he coined the spoiled generation. According to C.K., we've been taking and taking for two entire decades. We are apples still on the tree, rotting away from taking too much. He also insists that we have nothing worth saying to anyone. He went on to say that he, just by the sheer fact of time, has more interesting things to say.

In another humorous bit, C.K. mused that he loves his daughter with all of his heart, that their love is profound, and that still he regrets "every moment that led to her being born."

Now, this is where my play by play will end because the level of paraphrasing I can do without throwing around profanities is limited.  Although some would call him vulgar, C.K.’s comedy was received well within the crowd. "He said nothing a guy of 20 years old wasn't thinking," said Gary Cohen.

After the comic ended his bit, the audience's cheers got him back out on stage for a little while longer. An intended short session of Q&A turned into his poking fun at multiple audience members, some who deserved it for mixing up his routine with Glass’s.

The night was sidesplitting in the best way and C.K.’s visit will definitely be talked about around campus for a quite some time.

Photo by Justin Salman