THE ANITA GOODMANN HOLIDAY SPECIAL

Each year for one night only, Miss Anita Goodmann produces a crazed holiday extravaganza starring a rotating cast of drag queens, comedians, aggression, burlesque dancers, boobs, filthy songs, and uppity glory holes. It's a show for people who are already exhausted with the season's saccharine holiday celebrations and yearning for a quiet place to suck down a Big Gulp of rumnog, stare at some line-dancing boobs, and give Santa Claus's healthy libido a firearm salute (rhetorically speaking). Hosted by Gary Gloryhole, the living bathroom wall, and guest-starring Courtney Stodden as Santa's girlfriend. Rendezvous Jewelbox Theater, 8:30 pm, $10, 21+.

NICK THUNE

Nick Thune called me from his house in sunny LA to talk about jokes, how he was "discovered" by poets, and who the unfunniest comedians in the world are.

First off, tell me a joke.

I just bought a pair of camouflage underwear to support my troops.

Who's barking at your jokes?

The French bulldog I rescued from a high-profile breeder. His name is Mikey. He looks like Petey from The Little Rascals.

People tell me that you're Christian. If that's true, you might be the first funny Christian comedian I've ever interviewed. Please explain.

That's partially true—I was raised Christian. I learned how to play guitar at church. Then I moved to LA and slowly grew away from believing in God or the church. So no, I wouldn't call myself a Christian comedian—that sounds like the worst comedy in the world. What if I told a joke about 69ing? I'd immediately feel really bad about it, or half the audience would tell me I should feel really bad about it. I'd be asking for forgiveness all the time for telling jokes.

What was your first experience with standup?

I was taking a class at Bellevue Community College and I was supposed to do a sandwich feed as a community service project. I ended up writing a song about peanut butter sandwiches. It was fun, everyone liked it, so I started taking it to poetry open mics (instead of comedy open mics).

So you were a Christian comedian singing about peanut butter sandwiches and you were "discovered" by poets.

You could say that. I liked how seriously people take themselves at poetry open mics; I wanted them to take my peanut butter sandwich song that seriously.

Intiman Theatre, 8 pm, $20, all ages.