Comedian Geoff Keith brings the laughs at USFSP
Written by Joe Castagna, Sep 8, 2011, 0 Comments
Comedian Geoff Keith’s performance on August 31 in Davis Hall brought a wildly hilarious end to Welcome Week 2011.
Since 2003, Keith has been performing comedy anywhere he could find an audience. He has been featured on “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson,” “Chelsea Lately” and has also toured with comedian Pablo Fransisco. He is best known for his appearances on the MTV hidden camera dating show “Disaster Date,” which he plays characters like The Homeless Guy or Mr. Romance in attempts to horrify his unsuspecting dates.
“It’s like ‘Punk’d’ but with a dating twist,” Keith said.
The Harborside Activities Board, which uses various booking agencies to find acts, planned the event. Each member picks out a different act and board members then vote on their favorite.
“When I first saw videos of Geoff, I thought he was hilarious,” said Alaura Mattiorr, director of stage acts. “I almost started crying it was so funny.”
The board hosts comedians at the beginning of both spring and fall semesters.
Keith included the audience as much as possible in his act, especially the front row.
“Why do you guys keep pointing at each other over there?” Keith said to some members of the audience after making a marijuana related joke. “You guys smoke before you came here or something? Don’t worry, I’m not going to tell anyone.”
When one student left the room to take a phone call, Keith asked the student’s girlfriend to whom he might be talking.
“Probably his mom,” she said.
“You sure? Because I keep all my mistresses under ‘mom’ on my phone,” Keith said. “Trust me, that was not his mom.”
The student came back to report that it was someone who was interested in buying his car.
“Oh, well while you were gone I tried to convince your girlfriend that you were cheating on her,” Keith said.
By the end of the show Keith had a joke about nearly every demographic and stereotype in the room. The audience was a good sport throughout the whole show.
“I don’t think anyone was offended at all,” said student Jon Ericson. “It’s a comedy show. If you’re worried about getting offended you should stay home”
Student and stand-up comedy fan Israel Weaver found out about the event through his friends, who helped put it together.
“I’ve gone to a lot of stand up comedy shows and this was one of the better ones,” Weaver said.
Photo by Daniel Mutter
