One of my favorite quotes from stoner comic Ngaio Bealum reads, "Instead of saying ‘smoking wet,' I suggest we call placing hash on top of weed "putting a bird on it."

Anyone who has seen Portlandia can appreciate that joke.

Anyway, Bealum, who got his start as a street performer at San Francisco's Pier 39, then smoked his way to ABC, MTV, BET and Comedy Central shows  - most recently on The Sarah Silverman Program - brings his hilarity to Tacoma Comedy Underground Friday and Saturday as a fundraiser for the Seattle Hempfest.

Read Nikki McCoy's interview with Ngaio Bealum and their discussion about Tacoma, weed, writing, weed, cooking and weed in the Weekly Volcano's Bars & Clubs section.

COMEDY UNDERGROUND, 8:30 P.M. FRIDAY, MARCH 29-SATURDAY, MARCH 30, $15, 100 S. NINTH ST., TACOMA, 253.272.2489