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
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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
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Comedian Randy Riggle will be performing
Friday Night at 9:00 at Bruno's.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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meant to be taken as fact.