Halloween humor from the Boyz

On Halloween, funny was the new scary at Baruch. Comedians from the New York Boyz of Comedy took over the Multipurpose Room where a large student audience gathered. The word had gotten out and about the Baruch Comedy Night through Jessica Baptiste, vice president of Sigma Alpha Delta Honor Society.

Before this Halloween event, the student comedians had taken comedy workshops to overcome their stage fright and practice their routines. When the lights dimmed and the focus was on the center stage, it felt just like a real comedy club without the two drinks minimum. In fact, the entire event was free.

The emcee for the night was Brenton Lang, who warmed the crowd with some jokes and light banter. He then introduced Danny Slodynsky. He started off by saying he had just come back from studying "a broad [and] boy were his thighs tired." It took a few moments for the audience to comprehend the joke, which set the precedent for the rest of Danny's set. Afterwards was Victor Chu, who came on strong and had the audience laughing right away.

Chu compared himself to a cup of noodles - cheap and done in three minutes. The latter turned out to be true, as he lost his flow as well as most of the audience halfway through. Towards the end of Chu's set, he did imitations of his professors and got some mild laughs ending his set with applause.

In his shocking entrance, Alex Celea stated that he couldn't stand crippled people. As the unanimous gasp echoed throughout the audience, he finished his sentence by saying that it was really difficult to keep them standing upright. Celea's clever use of wordplay had the audience roaring. As he finished of his set, Celea left the audience wanting more.

Max May, next up, faced quite a challenge, as Celea was a hard act to follow. May, a recent graduate of the college, opened with jokes about the transition he made from being a student to joining the workforce. May made a convincing Godfather impression that led the way for the final comedian of the night, MC Lang.

From a custom change of a one- armed ninja to just jeans and a T-shirt, Lang had jokes on a variety of topics including the boroughs of New York. He also did improv and took topics from the audience, showing his skill. At the end of the event, the audience got to vote on which comedian was the best by using the RaveWireless system through text messages on their cell phones.

For more information on the event as well as to sign up for the future comedy workshops and updates on New York Boyz of Comedy, please visit their group page on Facebook or contact Chu at victric@victric.com.