Once again, three comedians will be returning to Sacramento State to perform at the Nooner hosted by UNIQUE Programs today free of charge. Comedians Leo Flowers, Mike E. Wynfield and Mo Mandel will be making a stop on their college tour called the Good, Bad and the Ugly in the Redwood Room, located in the University Union.

Flowers, Mandel and Sac State graduate Wynfield were in Sacramento in September performing in the San Francisco Comedy Tour on campus. The turnout was about 450 people. The Redwood Room holds about 200 people.

Along with visiting Sac State, the three-member crew will be visiting other campuses around California. The event will last about one hour, and a big turnout is expected, said Zenia Diokno, UNIQUE Program Advisor.

Diokno has high expectations for the event, which is part of Black History Month.

“Expect it to be a good show and people will definitely have a good time,” Diokno said.

The three comedians decided to get together after the performance in September to contract the Good, Bad and the Ugly tour.

“UNIQUE volunteers really liked these three guys specifically, and they were excited about them returning,” Diokno said.

UNIQUE members aren’t the only ones excited about the comedians returning to campus.

“We are definitely excited to come back again,” Flowers said.

Flowers, who holds a master’s degree in counseling and psychology, grew up in Chicago and started performing five years ago at small venues. After his performance last September, he said he was able to hang out after the show in Sacramento. He wasn’t able to do that with other colleges. He said that his favorite college campus to perform on is Sac State. Flowers was one of the top three comedians in the San Francisco Comedy tour last September.

“We had such a great time, we decided we gotta come back,” he said.

Flowers described Wynfield’s skit to be personal, including topics like having a baby and getting married. Flowers selects his comedy ideas from his everyday life.

“Whatever I go through, that’s what I’m talking about,” he said.

His performances include topics such as relationships, race and politics.

“From working out to being a vegan to scary movies and crying in front of girls,” Flowers said when describing his comedy routine.

Flowers said he sometimes feels other comedians talk about crazy things to try to be “edgy.” He said if he talks about a serious topic such as cancer, then he would like a cancer patient in the audience to think his act was funny. “I feel like what I’m saying is coming from a true place,” he said.

Flowers said he talks about taboo subjects in his comedy act, but he does not want the topics to be portrayed in a negative manner.

Future plans for the three comedians are to continue their tour across California college campuses and build up footage from their performances to use for a promotional CD for next year’s tour. They plan on touring on college campuses across the country.

Freshman Panhia Xiong, a graphic design major, has never been to a Nooner before, but said she heard about the comedy show from her friends. “I haven’t been to any UNIQUE events, but I am going to try and go see the comedy act Wednesday,” Xiong said. Louis Ramirez, a freshman business major, also plans on going to the event. “I heard it was going to be a great show, and I am stoked to go see it,” he said.

Flowers hopes that their performance will have an impact on the students who see it.

“For me as a performer, the most important thing is (that) when you walk away from our show . . . you’re talking about it,” Fowers said. He said that he wants students to say, “I never thought about that.” Camilla Aceves can be reached at [email protected]