Comedians make Gorloks laugh Big-Easy style
New Orleans funnymen Corey Mack and Howard Hall joke about St. Louis weather, Prince and maxi pads with wings
By: Megan Connelly
Issue date: 3/29/07 Section: LifeStyle
"I enjoyed the Mario-drug bit," said Ben Simon, a freshman broadcast journalism major. "We (Simon and friends) were actually just singing the Mario song the other night."
Hall also described his experience visiting the St. Louis Gateway Arch and an accidental trip to East St. Louis with the event's organizer, sophomore legal studies major Dorothy Colyer.
"We got lost a little bit," Colyer said. "They wanted to see St. Louis for what it was. They talked about how Nelly always portrays it in his songs and they expected it to be all ghetto, but they were surprised by how nice everything was."
The event was free to students with a Webster ID. Non-Webster students were charged $3 admission and the funds went to Campus Activities, the organization that sponsored the event, Colyer said.
Colyer met Mack and Hall last fall break when she volunteered to help with rebuilding efforts in New Orleans with other Webster students. Colyer said the comedians did a free show for the volunteers and asked her afterwards if they could perform at Webster. She said she was impressed with their performance and decided to work with Campus Activities to bring them to Webster.
"They said they want to rebuild the city, and they will do it through the gift of laughter," Colyer said.
Colyer said she gave the comedians a tour of both St. Louis and the Webster University campus.
"I had a great experience with them, more as people than as comedians," Colyer said. "They're great comedians, but they spoke to me on a personal level."
Both comedians have been doing stand-up for about four years.
"Our styles sort of complement each other," Mack said. "They're both that childlike, physical-type comedy, so people told us we should perform together."
The performers experienced some hardships after Hurricane Katrina in August 2005. Hall said his schedule dropped from performing once a week to once a month. The pair decided to take their talents on the road to perform for college audiences. Colyer is already making plans for Mack and Hall's return visit to Webster. A date has yet to be determined.
"The best thing in the world is when you get a whole group of people together laughing," Hall said. "You get away from your problems when you're laughing, you know. The best times in my life are when I'm on stage."
Hall also described his experience visiting the St. Louis Gateway Arch and an accidental trip to East St. Louis with the event's organizer, sophomore legal studies major Dorothy Colyer.
"We got lost a little bit," Colyer said. "They wanted to see St. Louis for what it was. They talked about how Nelly always portrays it in his songs and they expected it to be all ghetto, but they were surprised by how nice everything was."
The event was free to students with a Webster ID. Non-Webster students were charged $3 admission and the funds went to Campus Activities, the organization that sponsored the event, Colyer said.
Colyer met Mack and Hall last fall break when she volunteered to help with rebuilding efforts in New Orleans with other Webster students. Colyer said the comedians did a free show for the volunteers and asked her afterwards if they could perform at Webster. She said she was impressed with their performance and decided to work with Campus Activities to bring them to Webster.
"They said they want to rebuild the city, and they will do it through the gift of laughter," Colyer said.
Colyer said she gave the comedians a tour of both St. Louis and the Webster University campus.
"I had a great experience with them, more as people than as comedians," Colyer said. "They're great comedians, but they spoke to me on a personal level."
Both comedians have been doing stand-up for about four years.
"Our styles sort of complement each other," Mack said. "They're both that childlike, physical-type comedy, so people told us we should perform together."
The performers experienced some hardships after Hurricane Katrina in August 2005. Hall said his schedule dropped from performing once a week to once a month. The pair decided to take their talents on the road to perform for college audiences. Colyer is already making plans for Mack and Hall's return visit to Webster. A date has yet to be determined.
"The best thing in the world is when you get a whole group of people together laughing," Hall said. "You get away from your problems when you're laughing, you know. The best times in my life are when I'm on stage."
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