Students got the chance to get wild and out of their residence halls April 25 to see comedians Chico Bean and Rip Michaels from the MTV show Wild ‘N Out during Griffapalooza.
Wild ‘N Out is an American sketch comedy and improv television series. Chico Bean and Rip Michaels have been part of the series since its season five revival. Last year, the comedians visited Western with other comedians to film a show.
The Center for Student Involvement hosts the annual Griffapalooza Comedy Show that is free to students. It occurs the week right before finals just in time for students to relieve some stress before their heads get in the books.
Isaiah Collier, assistant dean of Student Development, said that it is a good break for finals to get students to laugh.
“It gets students outside of their residence halls and get onstage and laugh with one another,” Collier said. “Everybody loves to laugh so why not bring a comedian to campus?”
During the show, students got the chance to go onstage and play some games with the comedians. For example, one game from the show called “Let Me Holla,” is played by using a funny pick-up line on a girl.
Clarissa Blakely was one of the girls who were onstage during the game. She got “hollered” at by the comedians and other fellow Griffons that attended the event.
“It’s just nice to relieve some stress because we are all freaking out for finals and it is nice to come and make new friends,” Blakely said. “That guy, I’m going to be with English class tomorrow, he called me a ‘tall white tree’ so whenever I’m doing a presentation I’m just going to stare at him.”
While the show brought a smaller audience into Spratt 101 than their previous visit in the Looney gymnasium, the room was still filled with laughter and applause from the audience.
“I hope they [the comedians] come back and I hope the smaller audience didn’t scare them,” Blakely said. “It’s probably just because we’re close to finals that there wasn’t as many people.”
Bean and Michaels both said that they have enjoyed the students and their experience on campus. They also said that they like the diversity of our students.
“I can see that the comradery on campus is unified and you have a lot of diverse students here, and people seem to get along with each other,” Bean said.
