Louis CK is one of the best working stand-up comedians today, and has been putting out the most consistently excellent comedy specials in the past decade or so. Plus his red hair gives me a bit of a vested interest in his success. In SAT analogy terms:
LOUIS CK : CARROT TOP :: EMINEM : VANILLA ICE
Recently Louis CK was on a USO tour and has been writing about it on louisck.net . The following is an excerpt from his latest update that I found particularly inspiring: