“What’s that place where people are on an island and they’re all slowly dying?” says the host of the comedy show Saturday night. “Lost! Lost!” the crowd yells. “Naw,” the host, Rob O’Reilly says, “It’s Haiti.”
At first the crowd wasn’t sure whether to laugh, but soon enough the crowd roared in laughter because after all, this was a comedy show to benefit Haiti, and there had to be at least one joke about the devastation. This comedy show took place on Saturday, February 6th, 2010 at 9p.m. Adrienne Allicon, a sophomore at UNH said “the Strafford Room in the MUB was almost full. About every seat was taken.”
The show was put on so that the proceeds would go towards helping Haiti in their time of need. The cost to see the show was $3 but it went towards a good cause. There were around 8 or 9 comedians total performing that night, not including O’Reilly, who also cracked a few jokes. Allicon even said that she thought O’Reilly was the funniest because of the crude jokes he made. The jokes the comedians told ranged from raunchy Haiti humor to jokes about computers. When asked whether or not seeing this performance was a good way to spend her Saturday night, Allicon said, “Absolutely. It was wicked funny and I wanted to support Haiti.”
Another student, also a sophomore at UNH, Tara Yeaton, said she wanted to go because, “my roommate told me about it and I heard the improve shows every week are funny.” She, alone with Allicon also said O’Reilly was her favorite comedian.
The show left students smiling and laughing, and Haiti just a little bit closer to being put back together.
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