Black Coffee and Ice Water

1. Artificial intelligence as an internet-fed baby

   After meeting a tech worker whose job is keeping AI from becoming racist because it has access to the internet, Oswalt argues that society is raising AI like meth-head parents letting a baby play with a gun and watch a racism machine all day, suggesting it would make a great premise for the next Terminator movie.

2. Parenting a teenage daughter

   Reflecting on how his daughter hangs out with him but remains consistently and slightly disappointed in him, realizing the comedic full-circle nature of turning into an embarrassing parent.

3. Inadvertent comedy in Halloween and post-apocalyptic Hobby Lobby

   Analyzing unintentional humor in the original Halloween film and exploring survivalist possibilities at Hobby Lobby.

Tone

Candid, witty, self-effacing, combining personal sadness and cultural confusion

On stage

Polished, literate, erudite, loose, and self-deprecatingly observational

Pace

Relaxed and conversational

About

religion, wolves, parenting a teenager, musical theater, artificial intelligence, pop culture and horror movies

Praised as one of the most polished, literate, and erudite stand-up comics working today who appears relaxed and sincerely appreciative of his audience.

In the room: Warm, enthusiastic, and loving, with mutual appreciation between Oswalt and the theatre crowd.

Summed up from reviews, articles and listings. Sources: audible.com, playbill.com, newyorktheatreguide.com, broadwayworld.com, cracked.com, forbes.com, today.com, cbsnews.com.