The phrases “off-color comedian,” “sexual progressive” and “God-fearing Christian Republican” wouldn’t usually describe the same person, but busty Sheryl Underwood happily describes herself as all three. The road-warrior comedienne and host of BET’s Comic View stomps on lefty politics and dishes out raunchy sex humor in the same set. An early impetus for Underwood’s comedy career was a failed stint as a lingerie model. “I was so self-conscious about it that I couldn’t do it,” she told BET.com. “To get out of it, I started telling jokes.” We’re sure that the men in the audience shifted their attention accordingly. 8 p.m.

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Bob Ruggiero has been writing about music, books, visual arts and entertainment for the Houston Press since 1997, with an emphasis on Classic Rock. He used to have an incredible and luxurious mullet in...