Comedian pokes fun at Charleston

This weekend offered no vacation from comedians joking about the lack of activities in Charleston.

Kevin Bozeman, a 26-year-old comic who recently graduated college, started his routine Friday night at 7th Street Underground by noting his surprise over how many people came out to see him.

Bozeman joked there wasn’t anything else to do on a Friday night in Charleston for the crowd of around 150 people.

Bozeman’s routine relied on numerous stabs at the college experience, such as video games and the ever popular “ramen noodles.”

He commented on his own college experience.

“I got one thing out of college – bad credit,” he said.

The audience roared with laughter at Bozeman’s sex-and drug-oriented jokes.

“I thought he was raunchy, but hilarious,” Ifraj Watts, a junior sociology major, said.

However, some of the audience members thought his jokes crossed the line. At one point in the routine, a female audience member stood up and verbally attacked the comic, criticizing his sense of humor and his style of clothing.

Bozeman, not missing a beat, responded with an off-color remark and the crowd was responded in an uproar. He later apologized and said he wanted to be friends with everyone.

The audience also enjoyed Bozeman’s jokes about Charleston life.

When a member of the University Board, which sponsored the event, brought Bozeman a glass of water, the audience laughed, to which he responded, “How bad can the water be in Charleston?”

He found out when he took a sip. After sampling the water Bozeman made a face and said, “It is that bad.”

Eastern students know if one lives in central Illinois, corn is unavoidable and Bozeman noted the amount of corn he saw in traveling to Eastern.

“I love corn. Corn is indestructible,” he said. “Corn is like the Freddy Kruger of vegetables.”

Bozeman also found humor in his childhood, making fun of the experiences of growing up in a large family. He was the youngest of 10 children.

Bozeman’s laid-back attitude and stage presence lended to a fun-filled evening of comedy students seemed to enjoy.

“He was very talented and funny,” said Whitney Tarbutton, a freshman undecided major.

Bozeman is currently on tour, but has been featured on HBO, Comedy Central and has opened for Aretha Franklin.