The Bob and Tom Comedy All Stars hit the very windy ICT for an appearance at the Cotillion Ballroom last night. The evening was sponsored by KTHR 107.3 FM The Road which airs the nationally syndicated Bob and Tom Show Monday through Fridays from 5 am to 9 am central time in Wichita. http://www.bobandtom.com/ The mood of the crowd was festive as many saddled up to the bars for $20 buckets 'o' beer, assorted strong drinks and normal concert hall food. The crowd was an eclectic array of biker types, red necks, middle aged drunks, comedy nerds (like me) and even some senior citizens. The show was slated to start at 7:30 but was about 15 minutes late. Chick McGee kicked the evening off with a bit of a mean spirited joke towards the very Santa Claus looking JT, the host of KTHR's All Request Saturday Night. http://www.1073theroad.com/ Considering all the abuse that Chick has taken from Tom all these years a guy is bound to snap once in a while! Chick sparred with the audience for a few minutes which culminated with an in depth search of a ladies purse! Chick is my very favorite person on the radio show as we have very much in common; we are fans of losing NFL teams and have a need for anti-depressants! First up we had the infamous Donny Baker with his well known booze, mountain dew and weed infused rants about his Kentuckiana, boat selling, mullet and zumbas colored life. I "swear to God" the crowd really loved Donny Baker (played by B& T show member Ron Sexton).
Shane Mauss then hit the stage with a cerebrally witty, tight and pretty funny set. Highlights included a story about his girlfirend playing with his butt in public places, homophobia, dogs, sex and a very funny one liner about...cancer! This young man is moving up in the ranks of stand-up comedy with a recent cd that Punchline magazine has rated as one of its Top 10 in 2010. http://www.punchlinemagazine.com/ We then had a visit from one of Bob & Tom's well known characters, Kenny Tarmac (also played by Ron Sexton) who "just landed at ICT, shooter". Kenny is that stereotypical annoying business traveler who is always talking the ears off of his fellow air travelers and using his cell phone as soon as the plane hits, well...the tarmac.
The stunningly beautiful and talented April Macie graced the stage next. Her photos on the Bob and Tom website are well known but do not do her justice. She is way more attractive in person. April is a very very naughty girl! Her set consisted entirely of jokes on relationships, oral sex, male and female masturbation and the skunk head colored mohawk dude in the 4th row as well as some other victims in the 500+ crowd! Her set was a huge favorite of all the women in the crowd. The guys also laughed along begrudgingly. April's facial expressions during her set were priceless! I could easily see her as a cast member on Saturday Night Live sometime in the near future. She is that talented! http://www.aprilmacieishilarious.com/ We were then treated to a visit by Floyd The Over The Road Trucker (again played by the very talented Ron Sexton). Floyd is a stereotypical redneck trucker with an affinity for lot lizards, Charlie Daniels and the movie Urban Cowboy. Floyd told some his well known corny jokes and led us all in an accapella version of his hit song "Turtles and Whores". Floyd then introduced the headliner for this show, Tim Wilson. Tim is a big southern gentleman with a BOOMING voice and a LOUD acoustic electric guitar. Tim's set was nothing short of brilliant humor. I don't really go for the Blue Collar/Southern Fried Comedy tour type stuff, but Mr. Wilson is one of my absolute favorites! This man is a talented comedian and musician. Tim has also co-written a non-comedic book about the serial killer Ted Bundy entitled, "Happy New Year, Ted. http://www.timwilsonamerica.com/ . Tim delighted the crowd with his intelligent commentaries about American culture, history and "the way things used to be" that included his tale about "Uncle B.S." Mr. Wilson had a wonderful give and take with the boisterous crowd that included a naive 16 year old boy that according to Tim "don't know nuthin" and "the guy in the back row tryin' to fuck up my comedy show". Mr. Wilson also had a very funny tagline that he used throughout his set, "your gonna learn something tonight". Tim sang many of his best known songs such as " The Sarah Palin Song", "Church League Softball Fist Fight" and "I Could Be Wrong" as well as his many dead-on musical impressions of Neil Young, Greg Allman and Lynyrd Skynyrd. Tim could easily be headlining bigger venues than the Cotillion but I think he enjoys the intimacy of the smaller venues. In my opinion this was the best set of the night! After the show ended the entire cast made themselves available for a meet and greet. It is always nice to chat with your comedic hero's, buy some of their "merch" or get an autograph or photo taken. Thanks Bob and Tom for a really great Friday night in ICT!
Written by Shawn Scott at http://www.aircapitalcomedy.blogspot.com/
Shane Mauss then hit the stage with a cerebrally witty, tight and pretty funny set. Highlights included a story about his girlfirend playing with his butt in public places, homophobia, dogs, sex and a very funny one liner about...cancer! This young man is moving up in the ranks of stand-up comedy with a recent cd that Punchline magazine has rated as one of its Top 10 in 2010. http://www.punchlinemagazine.com/ We then had a visit from one of Bob & Tom's well known characters, Kenny Tarmac (also played by Ron Sexton) who "just landed at ICT, shooter". Kenny is that stereotypical annoying business traveler who is always talking the ears off of his fellow air travelers and using his cell phone as soon as the plane hits, well...the tarmac.
The stunningly beautiful and talented April Macie graced the stage next. Her photos on the Bob and Tom website are well known but do not do her justice. She is way more attractive in person. April is a very very naughty girl! Her set consisted entirely of jokes on relationships, oral sex, male and female masturbation and the skunk head colored mohawk dude in the 4th row as well as some other victims in the 500+ crowd! Her set was a huge favorite of all the women in the crowd. The guys also laughed along begrudgingly. April's facial expressions during her set were priceless! I could easily see her as a cast member on Saturday Night Live sometime in the near future. She is that talented! http://www.aprilmacieishilarious.com/ We were then treated to a visit by Floyd The Over The Road Trucker (again played by the very talented Ron Sexton). Floyd is a stereotypical redneck trucker with an affinity for lot lizards, Charlie Daniels and the movie Urban Cowboy. Floyd told some his well known corny jokes and led us all in an accapella version of his hit song "Turtles and Whores". Floyd then introduced the headliner for this show, Tim Wilson. Tim is a big southern gentleman with a BOOMING voice and a LOUD acoustic electric guitar. Tim's set was nothing short of brilliant humor. I don't really go for the Blue Collar/Southern Fried Comedy tour type stuff, but Mr. Wilson is one of my absolute favorites! This man is a talented comedian and musician. Tim has also co-written a non-comedic book about the serial killer Ted Bundy entitled, "Happy New Year, Ted. http://www.timwilsonamerica.com/ . Tim delighted the crowd with his intelligent commentaries about American culture, history and "the way things used to be" that included his tale about "Uncle B.S." Mr. Wilson had a wonderful give and take with the boisterous crowd that included a naive 16 year old boy that according to Tim "don't know nuthin" and "the guy in the back row tryin' to fuck up my comedy show". Mr. Wilson also had a very funny tagline that he used throughout his set, "your gonna learn something tonight". Tim sang many of his best known songs such as " The Sarah Palin Song", "Church League Softball Fist Fight" and "I Could Be Wrong" as well as his many dead-on musical impressions of Neil Young, Greg Allman and Lynyrd Skynyrd. Tim could easily be headlining bigger venues than the Cotillion but I think he enjoys the intimacy of the smaller venues. In my opinion this was the best set of the night! After the show ended the entire cast made themselves available for a meet and greet. It is always nice to chat with your comedic hero's, buy some of their "merch" or get an autograph or photo taken. Thanks Bob and Tom for a really great Friday night in ICT!
Written by Shawn Scott at http://www.aircapitalcomedy.blogspot.com/
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