One thing you've got to credit comedians for is their work ethic. No, seriously, hear us out on this one. While it's true plenty of well-known comedians over the years have made the job synonymous with debauchery, partying, reckless excess, chain smoking and basic, unabashed indulgence of all kinds, the fact is most serious comedians work their asses off - touring from town to town (often to unglamorous locales like Tacoma), and getting up on stage night after night. Comedian Neal Brennan - who most folks at this point associate with the bullet point on his resume that says "co-creator of Chappelle's Show" - returns to Tacoma and the Tacoma Comedy Club this week. Basically six months after his last stop in Tacoma, Brennan is obviously a hard worker.

He's also hella funny. We know because we YouTubed a bunch of his shit prior to his July swing through T-town. We wouldn't use a word like "hella" if we weren't serious.

[Tacoma Comedy Club, Thursday 8 p.m., Friday-Saturday 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m., $15 advance, $20 door, 933 Market St., Tacoma, 253.282.7203]