Hello ... Shovelhead member Greg Johnson, A&S '03, hosted a night of stand-up comedy last Friday in Fulton 511, which he called "the Vegas of BC." He was joined by FNX morning show host Kenny Z, and comics LaMont Price and Tony Moschetto.
As one would imagine on a college campus, the themes were vulgar, ranging from masturbation to large-breasted women. The already drunk crowd (and some were still drinking heavily) loved the other comedians, yet anxiously awaited Greg Johnson, "the person we all came to see," as Misetta put it. And Johnson did not disappoint, even though he needs to perfect his act.
The night started with a skit recycled from the fall Shovelhead show, a television commercial for a "Freshman Myths" CD, featuring Johnson as the host. This skit, wildly popular during the fall show, once again brought the crowd to a roar, especially when Johnson admitted, "uhh ... I forgot my lines."
Kenny Z, the night's host, then came onstage, giving the crowd his brand of painfully vulgar humor. He went straight for the lowest common denominator, with his preoccupation with masturbation and the vagina. This humor was in fact, however gross and stomach-turning, very funny.
When a microphone malfunction broke his rhythm and timing, Kenny Z became noticeably upset. This microphone kept acting up well into the night, and had to be turned off completely, so that the comics had to rely on their voice alone. This malfunction was very unfair to the comics.
Next was African-American comic LaMont Price. He did not waste any time in informing us that he was black, as his racial humor was not inventive whatsoever. While he did have a couple of truly hilarious jokes, like his distrust of Aquaman, he was by far the least-liked comedian of the night. He took forever to set up his punch lines, which more often than not registered only a few laughs. He then completely lost the audience with a series of nasty homeless jokes and then followed that with a pointless gay dog joke that seemed to ramble aimlessly. He spent the rest of the night belly-laughing loudly offstage, diverting attention from the other comedians.
Spring Break
