Lakeland Mirror

Issue date: 3/1/07 Section: Arts & Entertainment

Media Credit: Brian Moser Chris "Boom Boom" Johnson performed on Feb. 27 in the pub.

The first thing Chris "Boom Boom" Johnson did on stage was take the microphone off the stand and set the stand off to the side. It was a great idea because he would have walked, danced, staggered, and even jumped into it many times during his performance. His act involved him acting out many situations, which added to the jokes.

Johnson started out with some usual Lakeland in the middle of the nowhere jokes, but they were more original than other comedians.

"I tried to get service for my cell phone and it said I don't think so," Johnson quipped.

For the first ten minutes, Johnson bantered with the audience about many things such as me shooting pictures. He even posed for a few pictures.

The style of Johnson's humor seems more audience driven and less scripted. He picked on one side of the audience because they were more quiet than the other side. Before long, he was explaining things to the quiet side to belittle them and make everyone laugh.

Johnson started his act with some Mexican and midget jokes that afterwards he said were probably offensive, but he said they are just stereotypes.

One of his most heartfelt parts of the night was when he explained that some people will find his jokes funny while others will think they are unfunny and offensive but that is what makes it a joke.

"A joke is supposed to make you think," Johnson said. "If the joke doesn't make you think at all, then it isn't a good joke."

The story about Johnson and his buddies stealing an ostrich was hilarious. They were drunk and didn't realize how tough or how fast ostriches can be. He was so animated during this part of the act that it seemed as if he were actually reenacting the task.

Once Johnson got rolling onto dirty topics that he doesn't usually talk about during college acts, the whole crowd burst out laughing and almost couldn't stop.

"Usually when I come to colleges, they have all these restrictions of what I can talk about," Johnson said during his act. "Having the freedom to talk about anything makes for the best atmosphere that I could possibly imagine working in. This is like the pinnacle of my career."

After the comedian was done with his act, I talked to many people who all commented that he was the best comedian of the LC-CAB sponsored Funny February. Johnson also had the same type of thoughts about the audience and atmosphere.

"Hey, write this down for your article, this is the best college I've ever done," Johnson said.

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