Thursday, September 17, 1992 Randy Riggle to perform at Bruno’s It's not just his name that's funny!!! by Liam O'Mahon; The Collegian Erie is set to welcome its third comedian of the fall season to Bruno's. This Friday Randy Riggle of the Pittsburgh Comedy Club continues his college circuit tour. He is pippared to make any audience laugh with his hilarious impersonations and humorous commentary on everyday life. Randy has been performing at regional colleges and clubs as well as several "hot spots" in New York City and Los Angeles. He has done shows with Henry Cho and regularly writes jokes for Jay Leno to use on The Tonight Show. An avid comedy fan, Randy has enjoyed making people laugh since college. He had dreams of playing football for Penn State, but a serious knee injury ended that dream shortly after it started. He worked as a manager at a restaurant in his hometown and, when he was twenty years old, he tried an Amateur Audition saying, "I <Steve Binder i Co-Editor 898-6977 THE lION’S PDIDE YEARBOOK bombed it." He wrote new material and eventually won an Amateur Night in Pittsburgh. From there he took off into a new career working hard to improve his material and expand the versatility of his performances. Randy usually likes to open about college life and lead into sports, news, dating, and impersonations. He feels it is important to know his audience so he can relate to what they might find amusing. He performs at Banquets, conventions, and holiday parties and he has found some jokes don't go over well with older audiences; while others don't seem appropriate for the younger crowd. Randy is constantly improving his. material by practicing and retouching material: both old and new. He took a comedy acting class at the University of Pittsburgh, and is currently working on Cher and Roseanne impersonations. When he perfects these outrageous women he may shock the audience by appearing on stage The 6taff of the 1992 -1993 lion's Pride Yearbook Is Now Taking Orders for This Year's Book. today ... we’ll captureydur memoiy toiodrioww well capture your memory . 4 ; with the book; ' The Collegian Comedian Randy Riggle will be performing Friday Night at 9:00 at Bruno's. Oil. Maty Magestrc Co-Edit op 898-6942 in a picture... k l ; in drag. Randy has goals of being in a situation comedy and appearing on cable shows or The Tonight Show in the near future. Presently he enjoys opening for major entertainers and touring colleges and Hwsrßetzl Horoscope H by Ruby tUyner-lo BBy ft. P. B. P-certified ftstrolog er Aries: (March 21—April 19) You will continue to be the scape goat of your friends’ and family’s problems. However, if you listen carefully, you will be able to ma nipulate and exploit them for vast personal profit. Taurus: (April 20-Mav 20) Your misshapen body offends others. Wear baggy clothing and social ize at night. Gemini: (May 21-June 21) Look for a more slowly paced day. Your spinal chord will be cleaved at the medulla. .. Cancer: (June 22—July 22) A long term bout with flatulence will render you sodibl disabled. Fo-*- cus on yard work. Leo: (July 23-Aug. 22) Any at tempt you make to voice your opinion will be met with public rjdicule and excommunication. tV&go: (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) You will be damned straight to hell. Libra: (Sept- 23-Oct. 23) Your , .romantic life continues on its typically dull path. Expect to Page universities throughout the east coast A few of his favorite comedians are Robin Williams, Red Skeleton, Jerry Lewis, and Johnny Carson. Having been in the business for ten years now, Randy has begun to receive more national respect and recognition from fans in the past year. His dedication as well as his experience is paying off when confronted with hecklers. One example of this is an instance when an inebriated heckler attempted to verbally persuade the comedian to leave the stage. Randy cooly followed him to the bathroom with the fifty foot microphone cord and held an interesting conversation in the urinals; unbeknownst to the heckler that the entire audience was listening to their hilarious banter. You can catch Randy's hilarious act this Friday at 9:00 at Bruno's. Randy will occasionally have the audience participate, but don't heckle him! Listen for his routines on dating and watching sports, as well as some great impersonations of Johnny Mathis, Bullwinkle, Ronald Reagan, Macho Man Randy Savage, and Elmer Fudd. m * * spend the rest of your life com pletely alone. Scorpio: (Oct. 24-Nov. 21) Mat ters of refrigeration will be of the utmost importance. Send a loved one a box of dried apricots. Sagittarius: (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) While you slumber, criminals will steal every item in your home, including your water heater. Capricorn: (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Brighten a co-worker’s day. Put on an. impromptu puppet show in the employee lounge. Aquarius: (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Saturn will come crashing to Earth, pulveruing.your house. Pisces.’ (Feb. 19-March 20) Concentrate on career matters. Focus on shelf-stocking, cash register operating, and Slurpee machine cleaning. , • •; : $ On the surface, Ruby WynJr-lo's column may seefh tokemerewhim sical speculation, it is, however, meant to be taken as fact.
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers