Thanks perhaps to the Veterans' Day holiday, the Fairhaven Pub & Martini bar was PACKED to the walls. I mean standing room only, son. Probably somewhere around 200 people. Not only that, they were a hot audience (in so many ways); a great way to finish the week. Even the "snap sets" were funny. Well, to us.There was a tie for 1st place for the night between Tony Boswell and Randy Liedtke; Ruben Barron took a much needed 2nd place; Kevin Richard reached for the stars with a 3rd place finish; Marcus, in the one-hole, was 4th, and Martha Marion's high-larious, high energy set had her in 5th.
But in the long run, Randy, Kevin and Martha couldn't quite knock off Ruben, or Allyson Smith, who had the crowd howling but just enough love from the judges to withstand the charge.
Here are your semi-finalists from week 2, in alphabetical order: Ruben Barron, Tony Boswell, Marcus, Andy Peters, and Allyson Smith. They win a minimum of $500 and join Kyle Harbert, Andy Haynes, Key Lewis, Geoff Lott, and Leif Skyving for a week of Semis starting Tuesday.
The producers want to say congratulations and thanks to a great group of performers. We enjoyed working with all of them, and are looking forward to 2 more weeks of excellent comedy.
(FOR THE NIGHT L-R: Gabriel Rutledge, Kevin Richards, Martha Marion, Randy Liedtke, Marcus, Tony Boswell, Ruben Barron.)
(MAKING THE SEMI FINALS: L-R: Gabriel Rutledge, Allyson Smith, Ruben Barron, Andy Peters, Tony Boswell, Marcus.)