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Douglas McIntyre
Issue date: 12/9/04 Section: Feature
Last Thursday night Montclair State University was the host to "a kick-off event to what could be an amazing thing," said Avi Gilbert, a producer at Relevant Entertainment. Relevant Entertainment, along with collegehumor.com, hosted the first show of their debut College Humor Comedy Tours in the Student Center Ballrooms. According to sophomore Jamie Dresher, Commercial Recreation major and a member of College Life Union Board (C.L.U.B.), over 100 tickets to the event were sold.
Even at 8 p.m. there was a line from the revolving doors of the SC to the Ballroom entrance with people waiting to get into the show. The show was sponsored by C.L.U.B. and Class One Concerts.
At 8:30 p.m., Dresher took the stage, introducing the first comedian, Kyle Grooms, who would emcee the remainder of the night. Grooms, who has appeared on Premium Blend and Straight Plan For The Gay Man as the "Information Guy," began his show by commenting, "Where's the rest of the students?" His act featured jokes about the drug problems of America and political humor.
Grooms has also appeared on The Chappelle Show and Tough Crowd With Colin Quinn. According to his act he is from New Jersey and commented on the cultural diversity of the school. Part of his act focused on gender roles. "Men, we gotta hide it. We can't cry...women can cry to get out of a speeding ticket." The audience was laughing hard from the beginning of his act until the end.
Next to take the stage was Christian Finnegan, from VH1's Best Week Ever and like Grooms has appeared on The Chappelle Show. He is notably from The Mad Real World as Chad, the white roommate.
He is "aware that he looks slightly like Biff from Back To The Future." He shouted the word "McFly" to prove his point. He asked the audience if MSU was a party school and received minimal response. Noted lines include referring to dorms as "Eight by eight prison cells" and North Jersey as "New York Lite."
This 31-year-old New York native has also been seen on Premium Blend. He mentioned the chemical in turkey that makes you sleepy, but relied on the audience for its name, tryptophan. His membership to the gym is "not so much a gym membership as I pay an $85 fat tax." One of his first comments, however, was, "I'm going to be honest. I am hoping to sleep with one of you after the show."
Even at 8 p.m. there was a line from the revolving doors of the SC to the Ballroom entrance with people waiting to get into the show. The show was sponsored by C.L.U.B. and Class One Concerts.
At 8:30 p.m., Dresher took the stage, introducing the first comedian, Kyle Grooms, who would emcee the remainder of the night. Grooms, who has appeared on Premium Blend and Straight Plan For The Gay Man as the "Information Guy," began his show by commenting, "Where's the rest of the students?" His act featured jokes about the drug problems of America and political humor.
Grooms has also appeared on The Chappelle Show and Tough Crowd With Colin Quinn. According to his act he is from New Jersey and commented on the cultural diversity of the school. Part of his act focused on gender roles. "Men, we gotta hide it. We can't cry...women can cry to get out of a speeding ticket." The audience was laughing hard from the beginning of his act until the end.
Next to take the stage was Christian Finnegan, from VH1's Best Week Ever and like Grooms has appeared on The Chappelle Show. He is notably from The Mad Real World as Chad, the white roommate.
He is "aware that he looks slightly like Biff from Back To The Future." He shouted the word "McFly" to prove his point. He asked the audience if MSU was a party school and received minimal response. Noted lines include referring to dorms as "Eight by eight prison cells" and North Jersey as "New York Lite."
This 31-year-old New York native has also been seen on Premium Blend. He mentioned the chemical in turkey that makes you sleepy, but relied on the audience for its name, tryptophan. His membership to the gym is "not so much a gym membership as I pay an $85 fat tax." One of his first comments, however, was, "I'm going to be honest. I am hoping to sleep with one of you after the show."