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Saturday, May 31, 2025

Hilarious to the hilt

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20090722

Breath­tak­ing scenery, end­less eats and drinks and in­tense en­ter­tain­ment for the en­tire fam­i­ly were the dis­tinct fea­tures seen at the first com­e­dy fes­ti­val and pic­nic, held on San Fer­nan­do Hill, on Sun­day. Mas­sive traf­fic pile-ups led to the venue�as scores of pa­trons with tents, blan­kets, cool­ers, bas­kets and even chairs wait­ed ea­ger­ly for the shut­tle to take them up to what was dubbed by YMG pro­mot­ers as, "The great­est com­i­cal event to hit the south­land."��

Af­ter a re­lax­ing ride to the venue, pa­trons were greet­ed by an abun­dance of food stalls, face-paint­ing booths, bars and a mas­sive stage where a bunch of com­ic acts would be per­formed to the au­di­ence's de­light. The show start­ed prompt­ly at 6.15 pm and it was an in­stant hit. The first seg­ment show­cased sev­er­al acts by Gi­na Par­ris, Bernard Bere­ton, Ke­ston Kee­gan, "Su­per­woman" Cleavus Charles as Joe Jack­son, al­so Dr Pee Wee as Michael Jack­son and Nuts Land­ing as his body­guard.

Cleavus Charles and Dr Pee Wee had the au­di­ence in a laugh­ing trance as they tried to mim­ic Jack­son's well-known dance moves and unique chore­og­ra­phy. And if that was not enough, the sec­ond seg­ment sure­ly quenched the au­di­ence's thirst for laugh­ter. As the show pro­gressed, it grew more and more in­tense and pa­trons could not con­trol them­selves any longer, no mat­ter how hard they tried. Fic­tion­al African co­me­di­an Abono Ade­bal­ashe, Dr Pee Wee, Gary Ja­groop and Pe­ter Joseph per­formed like mas­ter­minds in this art form.

But, stand­ing out of the bunch were Ken­neth Seep­er­sad and Nuts Land­ing, who had the crowd go­ing on and on. It was joke af­ter joke af­ter joke. Tom­my Joseph al­so stunned pa­trons with his Michael Jack­son im­per­son­ation. Need­less to say, as the sec­ond seg­ment end­ed, so­ca, retro and ca­lyp­so mu­sic blast­ed through the speak­ers, in­stant­ly cre­at­ing a Car­ni­val at­mos­phere. Waist­lines be­gan to move se­duc­tive­ly and pa­trons be­gan to sing to the songs be­ing played. Every­one seemed to be in a fren­zy.�

Then as the sky start­ed to lose its bright­ness and the stars be­gan to peep out, Learie Joseph graced the stage. It was hi­lar­i­ous. Those sit­ting in the back hur­ried­ly ven­tured to the front just to cap­ture Learie at his best. Learie, to­geth­er with his cast, per­formed full out. Ev­i­dent­ly, it was a suc­cess. It was a cre­ative idea that brought a lot of smiles to peo­ple's faces. This was an event hun­dreds would nev­er for­get.


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