If laughter is music for the soul, then consider Lavell Crawford a virtuoso trained in the art of comedy! With multiple shows this weekend, renowned stand-up comic Crawford took the Punch Line comedy club by storm. The headliner has appeared at The Comedy Festival and LAFFAPALOOZA, America's longest-running annual urban comedy festival. Fans familiar with his work have seen him on NBC's “Last Comic Standing," "Martin Lawrence Presents 1st Amendment," "Showtime at the Apollo," BET's “Comic View," "Russell Simmons' Def Comedy Jam" and most recently “Shaquille O'Neal Presents: All Star Comedy Jam: Live from South Beach.” His impressive record has built a diverse fan base. Audience members

Lavell Crawford is one of the biggest comics standing. No, really. He's big! I got a chance to talk to Crawford as he was preparing to leave his southern California home for a series of shows in Sacramento and the Bay Area. Much of Crawford's act focuses on his childhood, his weight and about people's misconception of larger size people. "I just talk about the adversity and funny things about being a big guy." My mom was like a mother and father. She did a lot of funny things and a lot of contradictory things... I was a chunky kid and she would tell me that I couldn't fit into my school clothes but then told me I had to clean my plate! When I hurt my leg, she would give me a cookie inste