Houston-bound Flight 297 was taxiing on the runway when a crew member asked a passenger to turn off his phone. The passenger refused after being asked several times, and as a result the aircraft went back to the gate and the passenger left the flight.

Has this ever happened to you? Would you have kept talking? Were you on this flight?

The 58-year-old comedian stormed through a 90-minute show before a sold-out crowd at the Fox Theatre Friday, guzzling water frequently and pausing for breath seldom.

He had returned to make good on a date he postponed when he had his aortic valve replaced March 13.

“The last time I was here Lake Lanier was empty, Atlanta was on fire and I had a leaky heart. Now Lake Lanier is full, the fires are out and my heart is okay,” Williams said.

His delivery was pure machine-gun, and non-stop blue. (The F-bomb was the fifth word out of his mouth – and seemingly every fifth word after that.)

His best unprintable material was probably his extended improvisation on the battle between the heart and the penis when an open-heart-surgery patient takes Viagra.

But among the repeatable bits, some great lines:

Atlanta’s rain:

“The weather will continue to be moist and unstable. That sounds like a weekend with …

To celebrate its 75th anniversary, the show is holding auditions in New York and Atlanta (details below). Rhone is hoping to see how auditions have gone for previous contestants, who faced the infamously vocal audience hoping for a shot at stardom.

If you were ever featured on the show or tried to audition, email Nedra Rhone (nrhone@ajc.com).

INFO

Apollo Theater Amateur Night Audition

10a-6p Saturday @ Rialto Center

www.apollotheater.org or 212-531-5370 for more details

RULES

• Arrive early, first 300 acts will be judged

• Each contestant has 90 seconds to perform

• Singers can bring track or sing a cappella

• Musicians must bring instruments

• Dancers should bring cassette or CD

• No profanity; comedians and spoken word artists must keep it clean

• Children under 18 must be with an adult

I shot this video at 8:00 this morning in Buckhead where Peachtree Creek passes under Peachtree Road, near the intersection of Peachtree Hills Ave.

I shot this video while walking down to the back gate at my apartment complex around 4:00pm on Sept. 21, 2009. The back gate opens onto Azalea …

Our creek sits back about 80 feet from the grass line and down about 4 feet into the creek bed. You can’t even see the top of the creek from our …

The lake was just back to a great level then the unthinkable happened. The dam burst…again. This lake is draining like a big bath tub. It took a …

My downstairs after draining the water.

Late September we recieved 23″ of rain in 24 hours. It has rained for 7 days leading up to this event and it is forcasted to rain for the next 4 days.

This WAS NOT a fake video. There was no acting. I was …

We want to hear your tales of heroes — neighbors and neighborhoods coming together, rescue units going above and beyond, even strangers who lent a hand where it was needed. Post your stories and simple thanks below.

How often do you visit your local library? Are you more likely to buy books  than to check them out at the library?

If you won the Big One, how would you spend the money? Would you divide it among the family? Give to charities? Buy a mansion? Get a super car? What else?

What would be your first big purchase if you won that kind of money? What charitable organizations would you donate to?

Do you have any out-of-this-world dreams that you’d make come true with that out-of-this-world money?

If you win, will you get your dog something special with all that loot?