King of the Crash

Don’t call him a shitty driver just because he crashed a rare Enzo Ferrari while taking a practice spin during a 2007 charity racing event. Er, he meant to do that. Call it comedic license or someone-should-revoke-your license, but comedian Eddie Griffin wasn’t harmed in the expensive accident, so it...

By Raina McLeod

August 20, 2009

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Don’t call him a shitty driver just because he crashed a rare Enzo Ferrari while taking a practice spin during a 2007 charity racing event. Er, he meant to do that. Call it comedic license or someone-should-revoke-your license, but comedian Eddie Griffin wasn’t harmed in the expensive accident, so it simply must have been shenanigans courtesy of a man whose life work is to make us laugh, right?

He has laced us with so many laughs as Deuce’s pimp in the Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo films that we really don’t care what he does in his off-time, but this Friday and Saturday he will appear at the Miami Improv, and we’re kinda hoping he has a driver. Both nights, Griffin will grace the stage for two shows (8:30 and 10:45), so that’s four chances to see a guy whose comedic chops have been confirmed onscreen and off. His driving record is another story.
Aug. 21-22, 8:30 & 10:45 p.m., 2009

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