Maybe our man Katt Williams has a line on The Simpsons’ crystal ball, because he announced his World War III Tour last year, and well, here we are.
And if nuclear Armageddon does happen, Williams can probably use the survival skills he’s built up, given that he emancipated himself at age 13 and got by as a street vendor.
In addition to standup comedy, Williams has appeared in a range of projects including TV’s NYPD Blue and has provided voiceovers for The Boondocks and Grand Theft Auto IV, although he’s arguably best known for his turn as Money Mike in Friday After Next.
His stand-up specials have included HBO’s Katt Williams: Priceless: Afterlife, directed by Spike Lee, and Netflix’s Great America.
Williams struggled to deal with hecklers through the years, which has become both a source of laughs and trouble. In one notorious 2011 incident — for which he declined to apologize — the comedian yelled at a Latinx heckler “…so if you love Mexico, bitch, get the fuck over there!”
$62-$353, 8 p.m. Saturday, March 19, Freeman Coliseum, 3201 E. Houston St., (210) 226-1177, freemancoliseum.com.
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This article appears in Mar 9-22, 2022.