Learn about Comedy at the College of Lake County

Ha! You fell for the old "sure sounds like a PR stunt to get us to sign up for a comedy class at CLC" trick. Works very time.

Sound funny? Well, on Friday, January 26th, "the first ever" night of comedy, dubbed "Lancer Laughapalooza", came to CLC with performances by Rosie Tran, Arnold Avevedo (Latino Laugh Festival) and Wyl Sylvince (HBO's Def Comedy Jam). The show was to begin at 8 p.m. in the C- 005 Auditorium. It proved, in this reporter's ears and eyes and belly, to be rather successful over the usually daunting and nerve-racking venture - even for 4 year college! But, as I hinted, the show's start would not be until 8:25pm.
Not to worry, however, as my very own finger dance kept people amused and distracted from the casual start time.
I say "usually daunting", as above, due the casual (professional) delivery of the decidedly liberal comic material - not too far afield from what you might hear at NIU or UofI at their comedy club nights these days! (Remember, back only 5 years ago Dennis Miller himself said in many interviews that playing colleges then was a sure way for even the best comic to lose his or her confidence in a barrage of conservative heckling - causing the intellectuals such as Garafalo, Miller, Miller, Martin, Rock, etc. all Liberal powerhouses to resort to dick jokes or cancellations - no joke.)
Also, like the Big Colleges, Felicia Ganther designed the night ala HBO Comedy Specials, playing her part as DJ Felli-Fell (?) while playing the talent on and off stage just like Master P do, with amusing R&B selections from her personal library. The microphone adjustments were well tuned to the room (which in comedy is either s crap-shoot or serious item on a contract rider!). The lighting suited well as both stage and audience were well lit (normal for comedy). As well the show plot was professionally done, starting with the usual suspects of Music, introducing the MC, then the "Opener', to MC, the "Middle", MC again, then the Headliner, then back to the MC (this last bit is unusual, as most MC endings following the Headliner is usually customarily a final bow of all the comics, with little rebuttal from the MC, but in this case, being amused further by him was well received).

Now to be sure, delivered was very liberal material over all at the "first ever" Lancer Laughapalooza, and there were the usual "toe dip" amount of dick jokes as well as vag jokes (hey don't bitch at us, CLC is doing presenting, "The Vagina Monologues") - but, who really cares? We sure don't care of such things here in the CLC Radio Really Local News Bed. We look forward to many more Knights of Comedy such as was the caliber of tonight' s performance. CLC is college, we are adults, and we deal with adult issues all too few in a faux PC world. Anyway, even the opener could sense when she went "too far, did I go to far?".
However, one technical thing that bothered me of the night's performance was the M.C.'s consistent plugging of the show in the following light: (paraphrasing) "Tonight is CLC's first-ever comedy night...". Well, looking at the process that would certainly ring true in comedy law. But, in comedy spirit, absolutely not true. Only 4 years ago the CLC Program Board presented Carlos Mencia in the JLC, on his way up the Brown Comedy Ladder then and hugely, now with his own show. CLC has been host to the designer of the Ministry of Silly Walks from heyday of Monty Python's American TV re-airings. We have had others in between.
So, although not The First comedian, definitely A First FULL Night of Comedy! And a good one!

BTW, if you found this article to be offensive, then good, and you better attend the CLC Theatre Department's presentation of "The Vagina Monologues" - if only to complain how "raunchy" it was, afterward! And, if you just found this article on the web - offensive or not - congratulations!
So to quote one of the talent tonight, "Hey, it's comedy, get over it!".
Yep, we're all for gettin' over and gettin' over IT.

Disclaimer: the liberal use of the words "dubbed" and "caliber" and the apparent misspelling of the word Knight in the article above are really just veiled attempts at humor: Medieval Style.

BTW, the M.C. of the night could be arguably the best comedian of the night, as with every entre to the stage, he just kept getting better. His deft use of feigning hearing, he would take what an audience member was clearly mumbling, and then twist the words to his own comic desires - soon to become our comic desire to see this comedian up on the HBO soon! His handling of hecklers was impeccable (as we know, RSVP to hecklers can always be a nail-biter).
Really, the only awkward moment was "the Opener's" comment of simulating ardor for too-young highschool-aged man-sex for her! Yipes! Sort of a local NIGHTMARE.