Brad Williams Brings Robinson Center Show to Little Rock
brad williams is bringing his stand-up to Little Rock’s Robinson Center this weekend. He says he always has a good time in Arkansas, and this stop gives local audiences a live set from a comic who built his act on self-deprecation, not politics.
Robinson Center This Weekend
Brad Williams said, “I’m obsessed with Waffle Houses,” and added, “I love them, and they are not in Los Angeles, where I live, which is one of the great travesties going on in our country.” That post-show ritual is part of the draw here: “I love going there. A: to perform, but then B: to go to Waffle House afterward, because that’s where I get my show.”
Williams’ own description of the night is blunt. “The people that buy a ticket get see my show, and then I go to Waffle House, that’s where I get to observe a show.” For a local buyer, that means the evening is not just a club set or a theater date; it is the combination he says he prefers, one on stage and one after it.
From Disneyland To Dwarf Jokes
Williams said his comedy start came when he was pulled on stage during a comedian’s set that included dwarf jokes. “And I just 'yay', raised my creepy little hand in the air, and I got caught up on stage, and he started asking me questions, and I answered the questions,” he said. “I answered them honestly, and wasn’t trying to be funny, but my honest answers got laughs, and that’s when I knew, like, oh, this. This feels amazing.”
He also said, “I worked at Disneyland,” and recalled an early joke that landed: “Shut up. I’m not one of the seven.” That origin story matches the act he says he still builds around himself. “I kind of make fun of everybody because I make fun of myself, but then everybody else,” he said. “So if you laugh at the jokes about me, you’re allowed to laugh at the jokes about you.”
Half A Million Dollars
Williams said he and others raised half a million dollars for anti bullying charities in both Australia and the United States and for First Nations people over there. He also said, “One thing you will not expect is, and you won’t get is, is jokes about politics,” before adding, “I do not. I am not smart enough.”
For ticket buyers, that leaves a straightforward expectation for Little Rock: a show built on personal material, not political material, and a late-night Waffle House stop he clearly treats as part of the package. That is the kind of comic brand that travels well on the road and gives Robinson Center audiences a specific reason to show up this weekend.
