“I go up to people and ask them what time it is, and they don’t answer.”īarr’s sarcastic humor and dry delivery earned him third place and $25.įreshman economics major Sean Delanoy closed out the night, winning second place and $50.
“People don’t really give me the time of day,” he said. Some of Barr’s jokes took a more literal turn. “I like Chicago style pizza a lot, but I’ll tolerate APA or MLA style pizza, as well,” he said. “But this is about me now.”īarr launched into a set that included everything from startling the audience with shock comedy to pizza puns. That was awesome,” he said upon taking the floor. Next up was senior economics major Tom Barr, who began his set by congratulating Broadwell. “My mouth got really dry and it was getting harder to breathe… this must be what a crush is like,” Broadwell said. She told the story of a pool party she attended in eighth grade, where her eyes landed on an attractive boy while she was sipping a piña colada in the hot tub. My favorite artist is Taylor Swift, which is a pretty straight girl answer, but not when I sleep with her.”īroadwell spun real-life anecdotes about discovering she is gay into hilarious jokes for the audience. Who is my favorite artist? Tegan and Sara. “What’s my favorite sport? All of them because I’m really gay. “I don’t know if you’ve met a gay in your life, but that’s kind of all we are,” she said. The first comedian of the night, freshman open options arts and communication major Lauren Broadwell, took home first place and $100 for a set that largely focused on her sexuality. The three student comedians who took the floor in room 210 of the Brower Student Center managed to keep the audience laughing throughout the entire hour-long event. From cheap jewelry to pool parties to overthrowing the government, no joke was was off limits at Lion Latenight's second annual comedy competition on Friday, April 22.