Eugene Mirman

God Is a Twelve Year Old Boy with Asperger's

(Sub Pop)

Eugene Mirman is a 35-year-old comedian who was born in the Soviet Union and settled in Boston, Mass., when he was four years old. Mirman began his comedy career while attending Hampshire College and developed a strong indie following which led to opening slots for The Shins and Yo La Tengo among others.

God Is a Twelve Year Old Boy with Asperger's is Mirman’s third CD and second with Sub Pop Records. The 11-track release kicks off with a mish mash of short comedy bits with Mirman’s impeccable delivery. Then he goes into a hilarious true story about his gas being shut off and Mirman’s crazt retorts when he finds out the gas company made a mistake.

Mirman has the crowd roaring with laughter in “Vancouver, Detroit, and Bears!” where he interacts with the crowd about how to defend yourself against a bear attack. In “I Found an iPod,” Mirman talks about finding an iPod in a cab and calls Apple to report it missing. He tracks down the owner and treats the situation like a hostage negotiation. “The Will to Whatevs Book Tour and an Amazing Boy with Asperger’s” is Mirman’s comical take on religion (“Religion is like high functioning Autism”) thanks to a boy at a book store while on tour.

The CD ends with Mirman scewering an airline company who lost his luggage in the final two tracks. He tape records the phone calls and turns them into a hillarious skit to show the airlines incompetance in ““Sex, ??? AirLIES, and Videotape: A Three-Part Radio Play Very Based on a True Story.” Then writes a crazy letter to the airlines in “My Letter to ??? Airlines, Your Postcard to ??? Airlines.”

Eugene Mirman’s God Is a Twelve Year Old Boy with Asperger's is a short, but very quirky funny comedy release with a lot of one liners and jabs. There is no doubt Mirman has a wickedly artistic and funny mind and it plays out on several moments in his third comedy disc.