Here's what the critics say:
"Now let me point out that there is funny and there is funny. There's the regular funny, the kind where you go ha–ha for a while and feel good afterward. And there's explosive funny, the kind where people scream and roar and maybe hurt a little.
Some comedians manage to be explosively funny for spurts. Baum continues it for a half–hour or so. He is, very simply, the funniest person I've ever seen, funnier than even Steve Martin. It was the show business rarity – a total triumph. "
"He makes us laugh every time."
"No one in the audience was ready for the wild, physical style or the rapid–fire punch lines that Baum delivered, but by the end of the evening, obviously in comedic shock, they were either begging for more or were pleading for the legalization of Euthanasia."
"At no point in Bruce Baum's act could one safely take a swig of his drink without fearing that it might suddenly come out his nose."
" Although Baum is a first–rate performer on stage, I suspect he is just as funny off–stage. With his shaggy hair, mustache and casual getup plus a whimsical manner, he simply radiates a comic presence."
"A master of sight gags"
"Keeps his audience in total laughter."
"Now let me point out that there is funny and there is funny. There's the regular funny, the kind where you go ha–ha for a while and feel good afterward. And there's explosive funny, the kind where people scream and roar and maybe hurt a little.
Some comedians manage to be explosively funny for spurts. Baum continues it for a half–hour or so. He is, very simply, the funniest person I've ever seen, funnier than even Steve Martin. It was the show business rarity – a total triumph. "
– Michigan State Journal
"He makes us laugh every time."
– Gentlemen's Quarterly
"No one in the audience was ready for the wild, physical style or the rapid–fire punch lines that Baum delivered, but by the end of the evening, obviously in comedic shock, they were either begging for more or were pleading for the legalization of Euthanasia."
– Craig Heath, The Aardvark
"At no point in Bruce Baum's act could one safely take a swig of his drink without fearing that it might suddenly come out his nose."
– Dave Voelker, Scene
" Although Baum is a first–rate performer on stage, I suspect he is just as funny off–stage. With his shaggy hair, mustache and casual getup plus a whimsical manner, he simply radiates a comic presence."
– Sacramento Union
"A master of sight gags"
– Cleveland Plain Dealer
"Keeps his audience in total laughter."
– Chicago Citizen