Totally J/K with Joe and Noah 1.14.09

It's been really cold lately and when it's cold I prefer not to go outdoors, unless it is absolutely essential, but I made some exceptions this week because I was really missing my favorite activity: watching stand-up. So this Wednesday, I headed down to my favorite place to go for free, and wonderful, stand-up comedy, Sound Fix Lounge.

Every Wednesday at 9:30 PM, Joe Mande and Noah Garfinkle host a show, appropriately titled, Totally J/K. And this week was no different. The BFFs opened the show with the "Totally JK List of Nothing", which never fails to entertain. If I had to pick, my favorite item on the list of nothing is probably "Clarrissa Explains it: Balls", which, Noah explained to me, was originally intended to be a sexual education series, starring Melissa Joan Hart, until they realized it was nothing. Although I think that Clarissa (I like Clarrisa Darling, much better than Melissa Joan Hart, so I'm going to call her that) would probably be up for the idea considering her career has amounted to nothing more than Sabrina the Teenage Witch reruns on ABC Family. Anyways, I'm getting off track. My favorite "List of Nothing" item that they actually discussed during the show was "Nut or DoughNut", which is supposed to be a spin off of Deal or No Deal and is much funnier when they explain it, so thats where I stop explaining this. Moving on..

The first performer was Roger Hailes. Hailes has written for Comedy Central, VH1 and probably a whole lot of other things that I don't know off-hand, but more than likely would recognize. Hailes' jokes are mostly observational; he spins an everyday occurance into something relatable, but also hilarious. This is my second, or third, time seeing his stand-up and each time he has brought something new to the table and has never failed to make me laugh

After Hailes, Noah came onto the stage and made jokes about his professor dying. It probably doesn't sound funny when you're reading this thinking "OMG, it's like totally not cool to make fun of dead people", but you're wrong because it is funny to make fun of dead people, especially when it's coming from Noah. So suck it. Anyways, the next act to hit the stage is one of my personal favorites: Gabe and Jenny! This boy and girl duo did jokes, for both, people with a "hangey-downey" or a "puseta" and stayed true to their promise to "entertain 100% of the audience". Also they showed a short video, from their series "Besties by Bestie", highlighting aspects of their BFF-ness, and also brought on many laughs from the audience.

Also Wyatt Cenac, from 'The Daily Show' and Baron Vaughn of Comedy Central were also there that night, but I was with friends I hadn't seen in awhile and by the time they came on I was pretty drunk so I don't want to pretend I remember specifics from their sets. I do remember that both were very funny and I guess I'll have to see them again, with a little less beer in my stomach, to fully be able to give any sort of review. Sorry about that.

All in all, I had a great night and hopefully will be back next Wednesday. For those of you who don't know, the show is every Wednesday at 9:30 PM at Soundfix Lounge in Williamsburg (110 Bedford Ave.) and the show is free, and while there is no drink minimum, there is a bar. Everyone should go to it!