Quality Breu

Jim Breuer once daydreamed of buying a kangaroo, naming it Roosie and getting it high. He was once on the verge of beating up Joe Pesci and grew up addicted to Metallica -- obsession complete with mullet and cross earring.\nWhat makes Breuer's oddities so outright hilarious? The fact that they are odd, and quite frankly, he doesn't give a damn. \nBreuer's comedic genius lies in his talent to break outside the cookie-cutter comedian mold. During his show at the IU Auditorium Friday night, there were no props, no cheesy backup performers with mediocre songs and definitely no dull moments.\nHis signature Beavis and Butthead-esque giggle was just an added bonus to listening to his two-hour storytelling rant about everything from his first days on "Saturday Night Live" to his views on relationships.\nBefore the show, Breuer said relationships are something he touches on routinely because family is the most important thing to him.\n"They're the most real people I know," he said. "Relationships are tough."\nDuring his act, Breuer kicked up a frenzy on stage, mimicking an argument with his wife.\n"It's going to be hard," he told his fans. "When you find that person, you'll fight a lot. But once you make that commitment, hang in there."\nThe movie star and stand-up comic has appeared in such films as "Half Baked" and "Dick," as well as having been a regular personality on Comedy Central's "Premium Blend." He said he wouldn't be on stage if he didn't want to be. \n"I'd not only be wasting everyone else's time, but I'd be wasting my own," Breuer told the IDS. "I talk about whatever I want to. Ninety percent of the time, I go with whatever the crowd is."\nOf course, Breuer had to delve into what has quite possibly played the biggest role in paving his road to fame: His famous SNL Joe Pesci impersonation and his Goat Boy routine. \nBreuer said he used to drive around stopping at zoos for fun and realized he couldn't do it without getting "baked" first.\n"Dude, I'd want to stare at a giraffe for an hour and a half," he told the audience. "I was baked out of my bird, so then I saw these goats and started imitating them. Then a couple responded and I just stood there stupid. When your baked man, this is huge!"\nSwitching from animal antics, Breuer spoke of the beginning of his Joe Pesci talk show on SNL.\nThe idea behind the skit was to have Pesci and Robert DiNiro characters mock a talk show where they beat up on their guests with bats.\nHe reflected on the day an SNL intern gave him the news that Pesci and DiNiro wanted to surprise him on the set. Pesci was there to speak to him, which scared Breuer into thinking he'd done something wrong.\n"It was so unreal meeting him," Breuer said. "[Pesci] said, 'You gonna thank me for giving you a career?' I was just so stunned. I thought, 'Is this guy fucking with me?' He said, 'You make me sound like Mickey Mouse'"\nBreuer's tour not only serves to humor the masses but is also a promotional journey for his recently released DVD and CD, "Smoke 'n Breu."\n"There's some great stories on there," Breuer said. "Forty-eight Dollar Firework and Fatman. There's the story about how Goat Boy came about, too." \nBreuer noted the CD has live acts on it that he's not able to perform on television. Upon the completion of his tour scheduled to wrap up in December, Breuer said he plans to head back to the studio to shoot a film pilot for Comedy Central.