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The comedian looks stoned. His eyes droop. Sometimes he slurs when he speaks.

He can slump his shoulders and lumber about with a few well-choreographed drag steps and you will be convinced he鈥檚 three sheets to the wind.

鈥淚 look whacked, which is great because everyone鈥檚 expectations are below zero,鈥� Breuer spouted out during a phone call two weeks ago to talk about his show tonight at the Fox 蜜柚直播 Theatre.

Actually, Breuer doesn鈥檛 really drink.

And he doesn鈥檛 curse.

Which is surprising to people who remember his 鈥淪aturday Night Live鈥� days or the stoner role he played in the 1998 cult classic film 鈥淗alf Baked.鈥�

He was that character the last time we saw him on a 蜜柚直播 stage, at Laff鈥檚 Comedy Caffe in 2000. He slipped into his signature 鈥淕oat Boy鈥� persona and talked in animated terms about the changes in his wife鈥檚 body after she gave birth months earlier to his first daughter. He apologized to the couple in the front row who were eating and advised them to eat fast; it was only going to get worse.

But not long after that Laffs show, he and his wife welcomed daughter No. 2; No. 3 came a couple years after that. Then a few years ago, his 90-year-old father moved in with him when his dementia got to the point that Breuer鈥檚 87-year-old mother couldn鈥檛 care for his father.

Breuer鈥檚 comedy grew up.

鈥淚 always talk about what鈥檚 in my life, and what鈥檚 in my life now is 20 years of marriage and three daughters and a father that lives with me,鈥� Breuer, 46, said from his New Jersey home in early November. 鈥淭he material changed dramatically, but my attitude and how I perform it hasn鈥檛 changed.鈥�

His comedy falls squarely under the category of 鈥渃lean,鈥� which means you won鈥檛 hear him curse or speak explicitly about sex. But that doesn鈥檛 mean you are in for an evening of Disney purity or corny comedy. Breuer likes to describe himself as 鈥渁 modern-day Cosby but with a Metallica shirt鈥� 鈥� a description a fan coined several years ago.

鈥淧eople leave my show going, 鈥業 don鈥檛 think he cursed. It鈥檚 amazing.鈥� You think I should have been dirty, but I鈥檓 not,鈥� said Breuer, who released a documentary, 鈥淢ore Than Me,鈥� in 2010 that chronicled his travels with his father as his dementia was kicking in. 鈥淚t鈥檚 just this whole attitude. I鈥檓 still a storyteller; I鈥檓 still animated. I still put up a lot of energy. I still love it.鈥�

Among the things we can expect to hear tonight:

Kids don鈥檛 need cellphones: 鈥淢y 14-year-old does not have a phone. Some people would call that barbaric in this day and age. But I鈥檓 like 鈥楴o, I鈥檓 not giving you a phone because all your friends have one. I鈥檓 not doing that.鈥� It goes right to Internet, right to pornography. Kids don鈥檛 even use the phone; you can use an iPod. They don鈥檛 even talk. They Snapchat. That鈥檚 how they communicate.鈥�

Father of the year? Maybe: 鈥淚鈥檓 fun. 鈥� When I鈥檓 home, I鈥檓 home. I鈥檓 not running around. I love being with my kids. I love being with my family. We travel a lot together. I make sure we are entertained every summer because I know family is not around forever. 鈥� I won鈥檛 say I鈥檓 a great dad, but I鈥檇 say I鈥檓 pretty kick-butt.鈥�

A lesson in compassion: 鈥淢y dad has dementia right now and it鈥檚 really, really entertaining. He thinks we鈥檙e in 1947, but he knows who I am, which is the weird part. 鈥� He can recall specific details from his World War II experiences and he knows me and he knows I do shows. We traveled a lot together. He鈥檚 always asking 鈥榃hat time鈥檚 the show tonight?鈥� He knows that, he knows baseball, but if I were to ask him what he had for breakfast, he would have no clue.鈥�

Breuer said he gets the biggest laughs when he talks about taking care of his father.

鈥淚 have so many people come up to me after the show and say, 鈥業 take care of my mom or my in-laws. I see it in a whole new light鈥�,鈥� he said.

鈥淎 lot of people struggle with (caring for their elderly parents). We weren鈥檛 taught that. We went through this bizarre stage in this country where it was be all you can be, make all you want and tune everyone out because they don鈥檛 deserve it,鈥� he said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 an unhealthy and reckless attitude that we鈥檝e taken on in the last 20 years. 鈥� The end of life is the most important thing in the world.鈥�