The Daily Campus

Issue date: 2/2/09 Section: Focus

Media Credit: Nick Hart Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood from the show 'Whose Line is it Anyway?' get big laughs and participation from audience at Jorgensen Friday night.

Though the Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood of "Whose Line is is Anyway?" fame kept the audience laughing Friday night at the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts, it was the imagination of the audience members that really stole the show.

Sherwood gave a brief introduction to the crowd explaining how everything they performed on stage really was made up before their eyes. There is no skit or pre-rehearsal.

"All right, let's make some crap up," Mochrie said as the show started.

The comedians picked two people out of the audience to participate in their skit "Moving Bodies." Mochrie and Sherwood stood still and could only move when the audience members tapped or moved their limbs.

"'Moving Bodies' was my favorite skit," said Amy Sierpina, a 4th-semester psychology major.

Another skit took place in Belgium on a made-up holiday - "Waffle Day," as an audience member shouted out. Another audience member decided a tree was necessary for this make-believe holiday.

An adventure took place with Sherwood, Mochrie and the two participants as they rode their imaginary moped into the woods to find the perfect tree for their "Waffle Day" celebration.

The audience was in hysterics throughout the skit, especially when one of the audience members on the stage kept hitting Mochrie's butt every time he wanted the comedian to walk.

Other skits through out the night consisted of some "Whose Line is it Anyway?" improvisation games such as "Questions Only" and "If you know what I mean."

"It may sound dirty, but it's your mind coming up with all the filth," Mochrie said referring to the "If you know what I mean" game.

During the "If you know what I mean" game, the comedians could be heard saying, "My wood is the biggest, if you know what I mean," could be heard saying, "My wood is the biggest, if you know what I mean." And "I have a very large staff, if you know what I mean."

"My cheeks hurt," said Dan Richards, a freshman at the Stevens Institute of Technology, during the brief intermission.

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