At least a comedian can get some material out of a turn in the social media idiot-storm. That's how Patton Oswalt approached the recent backlash against his decision to cancel a few shows in his first post-lockdown stand-up tour, anyway. Appearing on Monday's Tonight Show to promote the third season of his rescued-by-Peacock sitcom A.P. Bio , the comic, actor, author, podcaster , and occasional supervillain was typically self-effacing about the furor amongst a predictably vocal minority concerning his decision to cancel several shows rather than potentially lure fans into a state-mandated COVID trap. Advertisement "Don't roll the dice for that stuff," Oswalt told Jimmy Fallon while imagining a COVID-striken Patton Oswalt fan's last words being, "I'm so glad I got to see that fat nerd whine about The Madalorian ." (Oswalt noted that at least the poor guy should have held out for Lizzo .) Now, Patton Oswalt is a funny guy, certainly, but part of his appeal has always been his ability to cut through the nonsense in unique ways, and it's hard to imagine anyone who actually enjoys Oswalt's work objecting to the comedian killing a few stand-up dates rather than actual human beings in his audience…. Read full this story
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