Comedy festival to tickle Sac State student’s funnybones

Michael Sibley

Get ready for a comedic thrill ride as the “I Believe It’s Not Comedy Troupe” and “Free Hooch Comedy Club” entertain you at the first Sacramento Sketch Comedy Festival held in the University Union’s Ballroom at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.

The “Free Hooch Comedy Club” is made up of six actors whose comedy style can be described as a combination of “Saturday Night Live” and “Whose Line Is It Anyway,” according to Brian Crall, “Free Hooch Comedy Club” director.

They will provide the audience with five acts that include four sketches and one improvisation.

According to Crall, two of the acts include “Ragtime,” which surrounds a group of friends of people attending a baseball game and end up fighting over their opinion of the winner as well as “Dueling Bumps,” which students must attend to find out what it’s all about.

Only a year old, “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Comedy Troupe” is made up of eight actors who will be coming to Sac State to perform four live sketches, one video component and one drag number with a female impersonator.

According to Syd Heberger, the troupe’s producer, the group brings a very intelligent, sarcastic human nature look to its comedy.

Heberger explains that the comedy produced by ICBINC is different than the traditional comedy, due to the number of comedic elements involved in their acts.

ICBINC’s comedy is compared to Second City Television, a station based out of Canada and home to the early years of “Saturday Night Live.”

Admission to the event and parking are free.