Yuk
      Yuk’s
      Review
     
     
      Yukky
      or
      not?
     
    
   
   
    
     
      On
      September
      9th,
      Yuk
      Yuk’s
      put
      ona
      performance
      at
      the
     
     
      Barn.
      There
      was
      a
      long
      line-up
      at
      the
      door,
      and
      by
      nine,
      the
     
     
      place
      was
      packed!
      People
      waited
      impatiently
      for
      the
      show
      to
     
     
      get
      on
      the
      road
      as
      the
      room
      got
      warmer
      and
      louder.
      Half
      an
     
     
      hour
      later,
      the
      spotlight
      went
      on.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      There
      were
      three
      comedians,
      all
      totally
      different
      from
      each
     
     
      other.
      The
      first
      guy
      cracked
      mostly
      political
      jokes,
      with
     
     
      topics
      ranging
      from
      Rodney
      King
      to
      Canadian
      patriotism,
      as
     
     
      wellas
      violence,
      war,
      Quebec,
      Newfoundland
      and
      Canada’s
     
     
      ties
      with
      the
      States.
      Some
      of
      his
      lines
      are
      ‘‘What
      do
      ya
      think
     
     
      of
      Quebec
      joining
      the
      States?
      And
      ya
      think
      that
      we’re
      giving
     
     
      them
      rough
      time!’’
      and
      ‘‘Canada
      -
      we’re
      a
      nation
      of
      drunks!”’
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      second
      guy
      was
      funnier.
      !
      applaud
      him
      for
      staying
      away
     
     
      from
      those
      political
      jokes.
      This
      guy
      whipped
      up
      some
      cool
     
     
      jokes
      that
      were
      neutral
      and
      light,
      for
      example:
      ‘‘A
      man
      with
     
     
      a
      cold
      tends
      to
      have
      a
      whistling
      nose...
      a
      little
      bit
      later,
      you
     
     
      can
      start
      to
      recognize
      Roger
      Whittaker
      tunes;
      I
      picked
     
     
      Flowers
      for
      my
      girlfriend,
      from
      the
      cemetery
      I
      passed
      by;
     
     
      Smoking
      is
      the
      cause
      of
      whining
      and
      bitching
      among
      non-
     
     
      -smokers’’,etc.
      To
      top
      it
      off,
      he
      even
      sang
      a
      song
      about
     
     
      broken-hearts
      and
      dishwashing.
      It
      was
      a
      country
      song
      witha
     
     
      twist
      of
      heavy
      metal
      interlude
      in
      between.
      Oh
      yeah,
      he
      had
     
     
      to
      say
      something
      about
      “‘stomping
      Sinead
      O’
      Connor
      dancing
     
     
      like
      a
      hair-dresser
      milking
      a
      cow.”’
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      I
      had
      been
      warned
      not
      to
      sit
      zight
      in
      the
      front
      because
      I
     
     
      would
      get
      picked
      on,
      so
      I
      didn’t.
      When
      the
      third
     
     
      comedian(who
      will
      remain
      nameless)
      came
      on,
      he
      made
     
     
      some
      rough
      jokes
      (if
      you
      can
      call
      those
      jokes)
      on
      the
      atti-
     
     
      tudes
      of
      drinkers
      and
      non-drinkers
      in
      the
      room.
      He
      definitely
     
     
      picked
      on
      the
      people
      in
      the
      front,
      and
      he
      was
      without
      mercy.
     
     
      At
      first
      people
      found
      it
      funny
      when
      he
      told
      everyone
      to
     
     
      ‘*shut-up,’’
      but
      he
      did
      that
      at
      least
      twice
      every
      five
      minutes
     
     
      (he
      should
      have
      told
      himself
      to
      shut
      up).
      Is
      it
      safe
      to
      say
      that
     
     
      he
      whined
      and
      complained
      his
      way
      into
      the
      audience’s
      heart
     
     
      and
      laughter?!
      Some
      of
      his
      lines
      are
      ‘‘Do
      ya
      know
      anything
     
     
      about
      Canada?
      You’
      ve
      got
      lots
      of
      moose
      there
      right?
      Yeah,
      |
     
     
      ran
      over
      them
      in
      Toronto!,’’
      ‘‘There’s
      too
      much
      enthusiasm,
     
     
      ya
      like
      it
      but
      it’s
      sooo
      disruptive
      -
      shut
      up!,’’
      ‘“East
      makes
     
     
      fun
      of
      West,
      vice
      versa,
      but
      everyone
      makes
      fun
      of
      New-
     
     
      foundland,’’
      on-non-drinkers-
      “‘If
      you
      can
      unbutton
      your
      top
     
     
      button,
      then
      perhaps
      you
      can
      get
      your
      laugh
      out,’’
      *‘
      I
      think
     
     
      alcohol
      is
      the
      coolest
      drug
      in
      the
      world,”’
      and
      ‘‘I’d
      like
      to
     
     
      make
      you
      smile
      and
      make
      you
      hate
      me
      again.’’
      By
      the
      time
     
     
      he
      was
      done,
      the
      room
      was
      almost
      empty.
      Is
      it
      any
      wonder
     
     
      that
      someone
      threw
      ice
      at
      him?!
      Enough
      said.
     
    
   
   
    
     
         
     
     
        
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
          
     
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Overall,
      the
      show
      was
      both
      yukky
      and
      funny.
      It
      is
      worth
     
     
      $4.00
      for
      the
      experience,
      but
      I
      wouldn’t
      go
      back
      to
      ita
     
     
      second
      time.
      ;
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      UPEI
      X-P
      RESS
     
    
   
   
    
     
      September
      17,
      1992
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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