His hair does its own 20-minute opening set.

Josh Blue hit it big in season 4 of Last Comic Standing when he walked away as the grand prize winner after beating out 11 other finalists, including veterans Gabriel Iglesias and Bill Dwyer. He has played on the U.S. Paralympic Soccer Team and has sold his paintings. Before his Last Comic win, the comedian, who suffers from cerebral palsy, rung up a huge win in 2004 at the Las Vegas Comedy Festival’s Royal Flush Comedy Competition. We’re still bitter we didn’t win that year. Despite not being, you know, in it. Or existing as a website. Don’t bother us with these details.

Blue hits the stage tomorrow night at 9 p.m. at the House of Blues inside Mandalay Bay. You could pay the $25-$37 ticket price like a total chump, or you could win them from us.

The first five people who e-mail tips -at- dailyfiasco.com will win a pair of tickets and a pony*. In the meantime, we caught up with Blue to find out just what was so funny about cerebral palsy, anyway.

LA was the scene of your Last Comic Standing win in ‘06, Vegas in ‘04 for $10,000 at the Las Vegas Comedy Fest. Settle it once and for all, which city is better? I can’t say really. They’re all fun. The Last Comic thing boosted my career a little more than the Vegas thing but you can’t mess around with winning in Vegas. I think I’m the only person ever to leave Vegas with money.

Did it bother you when people said you only won Last Comic on a sympathy vote? Yeah, you know, of course that bothered me. If you really saw me and watched what I was doing and heard my jokes, you’d know I wasn’t just getting sympathy. I was making people laugh. I think that was an excuse for people who were jealous

What’s the weirdest thing that’s happened to you in your career? Every day is pretty damn weird. Being on Last Comic, I forget that I’m famous sometimes. I go outside and it’s like everybody knows my name. I’m like, “Man, this is weird.” It’s cool to make somebody’s day just by them seeing you. I can make somebody’s whole day just by them seeing me on stage. It’s a cool feeling, but it’s weird. I’m just a dude. Sometimes people forget you’re human.

Now that you have a son, you’re not going to turn into one of those parenting comics, are you? I turned my whole act into jokes about kids and diapers and shit. No, I’m sure it’ll have to be in there sometime. I’ve already got some jokes, but I’m not going to bore the audience with baby jokes.

What’s the funniest thing about having cerebral palsy? I think people think I’m dumb because I’m disabled. It leaves the door wide open for me to take advantage of people. “Well, you’re the one who offered to carry my books.”

I’ve pushed the envelope pretty far. I’ve had my friends say “Dude, you’re a dick. You shouldn’t do that to people.” It’s definitely interesting. People if they don’t know you, interact in a weird way. They don’t know how to do deal with it.

Would you rather be famous for being a comedian, painter, soccer player or death-defying carnival tightrope walker? I’ve done a lot of shit. I’ve definitely done more than most. It’s one of those things, just grab life by the nads. Just try to live every day to the fullest. It sounds cheesy as shit, but it’s true. If you want something, why not just do it?

*Pony not included.

By Jason Scavone

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