Robert Mac performs stand up

What would the first day in April be without some jokes and laughs?  Robert Mac visited PVCC to provide the necessary jokes for April Fools’ Day. I had looked him up on Google before going to PVCC because I never heard of him. I saw some of his stand-up videos on YouTube, so I sat in my seat and hoped to see a good show. 

It started out with an opening act, just like a lot of comedy shows do. Colby Knight came onstage and told a couple of jokes that made me chuckle. Some of his jokes got laughs out of the crowd. His joke on inclusiveness seemed like jokes I have heard before because of the “Me Too” and “Black Lives Matter” movements. Plus, his jokes on making fun of how to pronounce Charlottesville were funny. When you tell people that are not familiar with Charlottesville that you are from here, they think it’s the city in North Carolina. After the show, I asked Knight who he thought was funny, and he said, “Bill Burr.” 

 Robert Mac started his act with what comics call one-liners, like “I went to a sperm bank in Alabama, now I have to fill out 3 million child tax credit forms.” This group of short jokes might have been the best part of the act for me. He had a back-and-forth exchange with an audience member, an immediate response out of the crowd, and Mac randomly plugged his comedy special and website that were well placed. 

After the show I asked Mac, who inspired him to be a comic, he said, “Steve Martin.” I also asked him if there is any comic now that he listens to that makes him laugh, and he said, “No, comedy has become too watered down, and I just don’t see anyone that I think is funny.” 

There was no better event to go to on April Fools’ Day than a comedy show. The trip to Dickinson Building was worth the trip. Mac and Knight had some good jokes with well-timed punch lines. This was one April Fools’ that the audience will never forget.