April 18, 2010
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This past night, I was at the “Bridges Auditorium” in Claremont College, to finally see stand-up comic Russell Peters live for the first time. Like most stand-up shows, I’m not going to do it justice trying to explain the jokes told to us; and there were tons of them. The majority of the jokes were pretty politically incorrect, but that’s just the way we like it right? Well here’s at least a brief recap of my night.
Parking for The Bridges Auditorium was a little different from the usual venues I normally go to, because it’s a “park wherever you can find parking” system there. I originally had my doubts about that fact, as Claremont is part residential neighborhood, college campus, and shopping district. Restrictions I figured would be abundant. I ended up parking a few blocks away and just walked it. Turns out that I probably could have parked closer if I wanted to afterall. Next time I’ll know better.
The Auditorium opened up it’s doors by about 7:30PM, and they had a strict no camera or recording policy. Good thing I didn’t bother to bring my camera. No alcohol was being sold though, but I did buy a t-shirt of one of Russell Peter’s known catch phrase; “Be A Man.” My seat was located near the center-stage left of the auditorium, and just waited until the show started… which was at 8:30PM.
The opening acts were Joey Medina and Travon Free. They were both pretty funny and had some good comedy to warm up the audience. Joey Medina‘s humor mostly revolved around Latinos, while Travon Free was mostly about Black People. Seemed kinda obvious I guess, but still pretty funny guys there.
When it comes to the main act, Russell Peters of course while being Canadian Indian, is all about humor involving many multi-cultural races, from India, Irish, Japan, Philippines, America, etc… He is like an anthropological comedian, that’s able to do some awesome impersonations of cultural accents as well. He is also quick on his feet and plays with the audience a lot. In fact, the majority of his stand up this past night, was by picking on certain individuals at the front of the audience, and then create comedy from the answers he gets, which could be as simple as somebody’s name. He’s got tons of stories about his many travels around the world, and he’s great for being able to find the comedy from his experiences.
Russell Peters is one of the most phenomenal stand-up comics currently out there, and I suggest that if you ever have an opportunity to see his act, go see it! I know I’m most likely going to see him again whenever he is in the area.
