Tuesday, February 10, 2009

End the Weekend

There is a new comedy showcase in Milwaukee called Funny First Sundays, uh, at Comedy Sportz on 1st Street right south of downtown. You get a little taste of BET Comic View because its hosted by Damon Williams. What? You're supposed to know him. No not Damon Wayans, Williams. Okay lets be serious, you get a little taste of Comic View in Milwaukee. That means they could have used the pudgy referee with the glasses in real life. The funny part was that the first thing Williams said was, "I heard about y'all [in Milwaukee]." The show couldn't even get started before some fool, in the very first row cackling at himself, is yelling 'tomatoes' at a poet who was introducing the event with too many bitter rhythmic words about some pretty light-skinned girl he doesn't think is pretty since she was unreceptive to his advances, or should I say what she thought were his advances.

If you didn't figure it out by now, Blacks now have a reason to be late on Monday mornings, that's if you are working anyway. Straying from its improv roots, Comedy Sportz better retain some security and metal detectors. You got audience members that try to upstage the show by yelling slick comments like they're in MPS again and get mad when the comedian starts roasting phantom hecklers they can't see through the spotlights. That's the best part though, everyone in the room is fair game, even one of the servers got caught "looking like Jack Black". You might get lit-up for just getting up to go to the restroom with the wrong walk or too big of a booty, or especially if you are a raffle winner who has the nerve to come out the house and get on stage with a wrinkled shirt. It went something like this. Between acts Williams goes "...Congratulations man, you won a cd. You got a choice of India Arie, India Arie, ah India Arie. Oh, yeah that's right she got a new album coming out. That's the one you want?... okay good choice Chris, give it up for Chris y'all," (Chris steps of the stage, Williams under his breath) "Man, if you going to use the iron at least turn it on." Aaah, got him! You might even get a glimpse of a couple of, we'll just say, ladies wearing butt length silk napkins. Funny First Sundays is a good way to celebrate the end of the Sunday sabbath. You get to people watch, hear professional laugh artists and get a few chuckles off of both.

Wondering about the 'Aahk' in the title (oh yeah, I changed the title)? Williams let us know that is the sound you get when you do something in bed with your boo that she's not comfortable with (or to refer to you if you're that kind of dude). Funny First Sundays is First Sundays until you see different at 10 o'clock sharp on channel 6 news. I forgot to mention the comedy starts on the flier with 'show starts promptly at 9pm'. If you have 10 bucks and a little tolerance for a dab of tactlessness its worth checking out once.

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