Last night, I caught Flip Orley at the DC Improv. I've seen Flip pretty regularly, about two or three times a year for the last eight or nine years.

Flip is a comic hypnotist — he gets a large group of people (like twenty or so) on stage at once, hypnotizes as many of them as possible and then takes them through a number of humorous things. But that really doesn't do his show justice. He does do some straight ahead stand-up, but I think it's more as a warm-up to the hypnosis.

One of the things I really like about his shows is that they are never the same twice. He can do the exact same bit, but it's never the same — even with the exact same people on stage, they will respond differently. It's one of the main reasons why I can enjoy his show time and time again.

Tonight, he had one of his smaller shows. Only about five people stayed under for the duration of the show, but they were rather good and interesting.

Flip will be in town at the Improv for the rest of the week. After that, it's Destin FL, Baltimore MD and Addison TX for a few trips.