At this point in his performing career, at least in the Quad-Cities, Ron White doesn't need any introductions.

The 52-year-old Texan, whose career was catapulted thanks to the "Blue Collar Comedy Tour," has in this decade alone played the Adler Theatre in Davenport three times - the most recent Saturday night - and Penguin's Comedy Club once before that.

His persona - the shoot-from-the-lip, rebellious raconteur with a taste for expensive Scotch and cigars on stage - has ensconced him as one of the more reliable current characters in comedy.

White's performance in front of about 2,300 fans Saturday night at the Adler only served to reinforce the reputation, with crowd members getting into the constantly profane and occasionally profound White's 70-minute set.

Concentrating on newer material, White went into detail on his arrest in Florida last September for pot possession - 7/8 of a gram of medical marijuana - and verbally shot down the former pilots who alerted police.

Flying came into play in some of the rest of his act as well, leading off a recanting of a horrible day that went from an obese airline seatmate to a fancy hotel with no hot water in the shower to a lawyer and then dentist appointment.

Hotels also came into play in White's first few minutes, where he went into graphic detail about a toilet that offered a thorough personal cleansing.

But sex took up much of the conversation Saturday night, from details that would likely make his wife blush to his own retelling of "Brokeback Mountain."

White is a master of his own style of comedy, and from all appearances Saturday is at the top of his game.

Much - heck, almost all - of his material couldn't be repeated in a family newspaper's Web site, but he got some impromptu laughs while trying to light one of the several cigars he puffed on through the night.

When one lighter didn't work, he pulled another out of his pocket.

"When it comes to smoking and drinking," he proclaimed, "I've always got a backup plan."

Comedian Todd Sawyer opened the show, again with a largely sexual-themed 25 minutes, but with a certain charm and fresh delivery.