When playing our cookie baking weekend, Stacy said we should
have time to do some exploring. I asked her a few days later what she came up
with and one of the suggestions was Comedy Sportz. Stacy specifically looked
into Comedy Sportz because she thought it was still on the bucket list and the
last time we tried to go it was closed. The plan became to go to Comedy Sportz
after making the cookie dough for the 7 PM show.
Sign in the Lobby of Comedy Sportz
Comedy Sportz is an improv comedy show where 2 teams compete
against each other for points based on the audience’s response. I’ve seen
Comedy Sportz road show while at college but I wanted to see an actual match. A
match consists of 2 halves of comedy routines. Each half is broken down into 3
skits that each team has to perform. Sometimes the opposing team chooses the
skit other times they get to pick what they want to do. Either way there will
be a ton of laughter
Stacy made reservations for the 7 pm show since they wanted
to charge us a $1 to order tickets online. When we got there, the ticket guy
picked up the ringing phone and said something like “Hi this is Mike. Today’s
my birthday. Can you hold?” Then he turns to us and said “You’re supposed to
say Happy Birthday.” Stacy said Happy Birthday. He goes it’s not really my
birthday. Even the ticket guy is a comic. Instead of handing you a ticket with
your seat on it, they give you a wristband with your seat number scribbled on
it.
In case you need a pick me up in the bathroom
Inside the theater there are 3 sections which are color
coded with about 7 rows of seating and several tables on the floor in each
section. We found out seats and it was a tight squeeze between the people on
either side of us. Each row has a counter with chairs behind so you can eat and
drink during the show.
In case you need to know how much you weigh while in the bathroom
The show begins with the referee explaining the rules and
fouls. He explained that it was audience driven and no two shows were a like
since all the suggestions came from the audience. He then brought in the
players who came bearing gifts. After all the players were introduced, it was
time for the match to begin. We were laughing from the beginning. One skit had
us provide Christmas movie lines that they had to pick up and use in the skit.
The last skit of the night had us all rolling on the ground. Two players acted
out a scene and then the referee would call freeze. The players would freeze in
whatever position they were in and the next 2 players would have to come and
take over the scene starting in the frozen position. Let’s just say the tiny
guy had lift up the big guy in a fancy dance move when taking over for the
frozen players.
For $12 it was cheap, clean fun. They make sure there is no
profanity or anything since it is a family show but it isn’t strictly a G-rated
show more like a PG-13 show. Too bad the closest one is in Milwaukee because I
would go more often if one was closer.
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