St. Louis is about to get a little fluffier.
Gabriel Iglesias, comedian, is coming to the Peabody Opera House on Friday, Feb. 17 as part of his Stand-Up Revolution Tour. Iglesias was previously in St. Louis in 2010, performing at The Pageant.
Iglesias is a well-known comedian who tells jokes about his weight, food, voices, sound effects and everyday experiences. Iglesias is also known for wearing Hawaiian shirts and claiming that he is “fluffy” instead of “fat.”
Before starting his official tour around the nation, Iglesias filmed a few television shows under the same title, with a few veteran comedians aiding him in this endeavor.
“I always wanted to have my own comedy show because, for the most part, I enjoy all the stand-up that’s on TV, but I wish certain things would [be] different,” Iglesias said to Laughspin Magazine in an October 2011 interview. “A lot of the shows seem generic.”
Before he was a comedian, Iglesias worked for a cell phone company, but always wanted to do comedy against his family’s wishes.
In 2000, Iglesias got his first break when he was on the sixth season of the Nickelodeon sketch comedy series “All That.” After working for “All That,” Iglesias made several cameos in television and film, but not enough to sustain a career.
Iglesias then became more recognized by the public when he was a contestant on the NBC show “Last Comic Standing” in 2006. Iglesias became known for his impressions and sound effects on the show. One of his more famous routines recounts how he was pulled over by a police officer after making an illegal turn out of a donut shop.
Iglesias said the cop was taking a long time, so he began to eat from the box of donuts he had purchased and then, the cop came to the car and said, “You know why I pulled you over?” Iglesias quickly responded “Cause you can smell it!” pointing to the box of donuts.
Iglesias got to the final round of the show, but was disqualified after illegally smuggling in a phone to speak with his family and friends. Fortunately for him, this did not derail his comedy career.
The following year, Iglesias got his first Comedy Central special entitled “Hot and Fluffy.” In the special, Iglesias commented on several topics including using his voices and impressions for “evil,” the ills of drinking and driving and the various misadventures that he has with his comedian friends.
“Hot and Fluffy” was a very popular stand-up special and is still shown on Comedy Central.
In 2009, Iglesias had another Comedy Central special entitled “I’m Not Fat . . . I’m Fluffy.” In this special, Iglesias commented about his relationship with his girlfriend, the six levels of fatness and interacting with his fans after his shows.
Iglesias has been touring all over the nation after doing a television stint in Phoenix.
One of Iglesias’ most recognizable jokes is his joke about the six levels of fatness. Originally, the joke had five, but Iglesias changed it to six in 2009 after seeing a noticeably obese man in Texas. The six levels of fatness are, “Big, Healthy, Husky, Fluffy, Damn, and Oh Hell No.”
Another popular joke of Iglesias’ is about his experience through drive-thru windows at fast food restaurants. Iglesias will go through the drive-thru again, but use one of his voices, usually a female voice, and say the order again. When he drives up, he says that they will hand him the food, and then “he will let them have it” by repeating the female voice that he just used. The video from his “Hot and Fluffy” special has collected over 11 million views on YouTube.
Iglesias’s show will bring the fluffy for all of the city of St. Louis, and tickets are available for purchase through the Ticketmaster suite at peabodyoperahouse.com.
