BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Find Local//findlocal.community//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f3ffd2b1-e77b-4057-ab4d-c24bb45a284b@findlocal.community DTSTAMP:20261012T002108Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261018T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261018T210000 SUMMARY:Brad Williams: The Tall Tales Tour DESCRIPTION:Pound for pound\, Brad Williams is the funniest comedian in t he country right now\, and has become one of the most in-demand comedian s working today. Williams started doing stand-up comedy as a teenager an d has been touring successfully ever since\, routinely selling out prest igious venues all over the country and world. Williams has parlayed his live performances into a multitude of stand-up television appearances\, including The Tonight Show\, Dave Attell’s Comedy Underground\, and Jimm y Kimmel Live. His first one-hour special\, Fun Size\, was the highest r ated special on Showtime\, and a year later\, he followed that up with h is second one\, Daddy Issues\, which was even more successful than the f irst. His third special in three years was an uproarious one\, hosting s ome of the edgiest comedians in the country from the prestigious Montrea l Just For Laughs Festival. His last groundbreaking special on Netflix\, The Degenerates\, garnered more huge ratings and rave reviews. Also an accomplished actor\, Williams has appeared on numerous TV shows and feat ure films\, including FX’s Legit\, Sam and Cat\, Mind of Mencia\, Pitbos s\, a recurring role on the Hulu original show Deadbeat\, and memorable roles in a plethora of movies\, including Little Evil\, produced by Scot t Stuber (Ted)\, as well as the Netflix original Christopher Guest film\ , Mascots\, and most recently Reno 911: It’s A Wonderful Heist. Recently \, Brad became the first stand-up comedian to headline a Cirque de Solei l show in their 30 year history\, when he agreed to launch—and do a thre e month run of—their newest show Mad Apple\, at the magnificent 1200 sea t New York New York Theater in Las Vegas. The show became an immediate s mash hit to rave revues\, singling out Williams for his incredible abili ty to captivate his audiences with his extraordinary performances. In ad dition to stand-up and acting\, Williams co-created and co-hosted one of the most successful podcasts in the world\, with friend and fellow comi c Adam Ray\, entitled About Last Night\, which was always a mainstay on the iTunes charts during their five year run. Additionally\, he is also a regular contributor with a series of incredibly funny appearances on s everal national radio and podcast platforms\, including KROQ’s Kevin and Bean Show and The Adam Carolla Show. Williams’ humorous and inspiring o bservations on disability\, relationships\, sex\, and race consistently win over audiences\; proving anyone can overcome their shortcomings. His high energy live performances frequently produce standing ovations from audience members\; which prompted the late Robin Williams to call him “ Prozac with a head.” Pound for pound\, Brad Williams is the funniest com edian in the country right now\, and has become one of the most in-deman d comedians working today. Williams started doing stand-up comedy as a t eenager and has been touring successfully ever since\, routinely selling out prestigious venues all over the country and world. Williams has par layed his live performances into a multitude of stand-up television appe arances\, including The Tonight Show\, Dave Attell’s Comedy Underground\ , and Jimmy Kimmel Live. His first one-hour special\, Fun Size\, was the highest rated special on Showtime\, and a year later\, he followed that up with his second one\, Daddy Issues\, which was even more successful than the first. His third special in three years was an uproarious one\, hosting some of the edgiest comedians in the country from the prestigio us Montreal Just For Laughs Festival. His last groundbreaking special on Netflix\, The Degenerates\, garnered more huge ratings and rave reviews . Also an accomplished actor\, Williams has appeared on numerous TV show s and feature films\, including FX’s Legit\, Sam and Cat\, Mind of Menci a\, Pitboss\, a recurring role on the Hulu original show Deadbeat\, and memorable roles in a plethora of movies\, including Little Evil\, produc ed by Scott Stuber (Ted)\, as well as the Netflix original Christopher G uest film\, Mascots\, and most recently Reno 911: It’s A Wonderful Heist . Recently\, Brad became the first stand-up comedian to headline a Cirqu e de Soleil show in their 30 year history\, when he agreed to launch—and do a three month run of—their newest show Mad Apple\, at the magnificen t 1200 seat New York New York Theater in Las Vegas. The show became an i mmediate smash hit to rave revues\, singling out Williams for his incred ible ability to captivate his audiences with his extraordinary performan ces. In addition to stand-up and acting\, Williams co-created and co-hos ted one of the most successful podcasts in the world\, with friend and f ellow comic Adam Ray\, entitled About Last Night\, which was always a ma instay on the iTunes charts during their five year run. Additionally\, h e is also a regular contributor with a series of incredibly funny appear ances on several national radio and podcast platforms\, including KROQ’s Kevin and Bean Show and The Adam Carolla Show. Williams’ humorous and i nspiring observations on disability\, relationships\, sex\, and race con sistently win over audiences\; proving anyone can overcome their shortco mings. His high energy live performances frequently produce standing ova tions from audience members\; which prompted the late Robin Williams to call him “Prozac with a head.”\n\nTickets: https://www.ticketmaster.com/ event/0600636BCA1DDE7A\n\nhttps://findlocal.community/event/f3ffd2b1-e77 b-4057-ab4d-c24bb45a284b LOCATION:Stephens Auditorium\, Iowa State Center\, Ames\, IA 50011 URL:https://findlocal.community/event/f3ffd2b1-e77b-4057-ab4d-c24bb45a284 b STATUS:CONFIRMED SEQUENCE:0 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR