Simply Put

Steve Bruner suggests installing full-length gym mirrors along the line at pizza parlors so customers have to confront their reflection before ordering. It is a straightforward, low-friction grievance built on everyday consumer habits. He questions hotel slogans that promise a home away from home, arguing that travelers stay in hotels specifically to avoid domestic chores, and wonders who actually buys jars of pickled pigs’ feet from convenience store shelves.

Taped at the Dry Bar Comedy club in Provo, Utah and released in 2018, the 43-minute set catches a longtime club regular relying entirely on craft. Bruner spent decades working cruise ship lounges, corporate banquets, and late-night cable spots on shows like An Evening at the Improv. That background shows in how mechanically sound the set is: tight setups, reliable punchlines about marriage, and clean material calibrated to cause zero offense.