CollegeHumor Provides Comic Relief
By Rachel Davidson
As the midterms, papers and late nights typical of Week 5 made their presence apparent around campus, the Activities Programming Board offered students the chance to take a break with a healthy dose of laughter.
Nearly 130 students crowded into the Locatelli Student Activity Center on Monday night to watch stand up comedians Thomas Dale, Josh Rabinowitz and Streeter Seidell from CollegeHumor get raunchy with jokes and stories that certainly appealed to the college audience, but perhaps would not gain as much applause from young children or parents.
"I'm so glad that I went," said sophomore Jennifer Barsanti. "It was nice to have this little break after finishing all my midterms last week to get back into the swing of things."
CollegeHumor is a comedy website based out of New York City with original videos, pictures and articles regarding campus life. They ran a television series on MTV that starred members of their editorial staff, Seidell included. In addition to an impressive YouTube following online, CollegeHumor has made waves on and off the internet with books, clothes and other merchandise.
It's not surprising that a great deal of students on campus know and love CollegeHumor and were excited to get the chance to see some of the most popular comedians in an up-and-close performance.
The three comedians hosted by Santa Clara centered their dialogue around their own lives in college, remembering naked runs in the dorm hallways and failed attempts to pick up girls.
Rabinowitz recalled a time when he stalked his friend over the internet with cat noises and Seidell shared his woes of gaining the "freshman 15" - every single year of school. Other taboo jokes centered around sex, drugs and alcohol made up a large portion of the performance.
The group was sent off with a wild round of applause and an impressively long line of students hoping to meet the comedians and snap a picture together.
Crowds left the room with tears in their eyes and cramps in their abs from buckling over with laughter.
This event was the first to kick off Bronco Week, which will continue through Friday. If you missed the show or just want to get in some more laughs, check out more from CollegeHumor on their website or YouTube channel.