Bobby Lee at Pechanga

“The man will tell you the worst thing that has…”

Somewhere in the middle of the set he will say the worst thing that has ever happened to him — out loud, on purpose, to a room of strangers — and you will leave lighter than you arrived. That makes no sense until you have sat through it.

The MADtv veteran and TigerBelly host has been running the same trick for years: an entire act built out of the confessions most people take to the grave, committed to completely, every awful detail intact. The more uncomfortable it gets, the funnier it gets. This is a man who decided long ago that hiding was more exhausting than simply telling you, and the relief of watching somebody live that way is most of why a room stays with him.

Temecula is nearly a homecoming — he is from San Diego, and a crowd that already knows the stories changes what a show can be. One night at the theater inside the resort on Pechanga Parkway.

Bring the friend you are comfortable being seen laughing that hard with.