An evening with Colin and Brad

Though the Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood of "Whose Line is is Anyway?" fame kept the audience laughing Friday night at the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts, it was the imagination of the audience members that really stole the show.

Sherwood gave a brief introduction to the crowd explaining how everything they performed on stage really was made up before their eyes. There is no skit or pre-rehearsal.

"All right, let's make some crap up," Mochrie said as the show started.

The comedians picked two people out of the audience to participate in their skit "Moving Bodies." Mochrie and Sherwood stood still and could only move when the audience members tapped or moved their limbs.

"'Moving Bodies' was my favorite skit," said Amy Sierpina, a 4th-semester psychology major.

Another skit took place in Belgium on a made-up holiday - "Waffle Day," as an audience member shouted out. Another audience member decided a tree was necessary for this make-believe holiday.

An adventure took place with Sherwood, Mochrie and the two participants as they rode their imaginary moped into the woods to find the perfect tree for their "Waffle Day" celebration.

The audience was in hysterics throughout the skit, especially when one of the audience members on the stage kept hitting Mochrie's butt every time he wanted the comedian to walk.

Other skits through out the night consisted of some "Whose Line is it Anyway?" improvisation games such as "Questions Only" and "If you know what I mean."

"It may sound dirty, but it's your mind coming up with all the filth," Mochrie said referring to the "If you know what I mean" game.

During the "If you know what I mean" game, the comedians could be heard saying, "My wood is the biggest, if you know what I mean," could be heard saying, "My wood is the biggest, if you know what I mean." And "I have a very large staff, if you know what I mean."

"My cheeks hurt," said Dan Richards, a freshman at the Stevens Institute of Technology, during the brief intermission.

Sierpina was also satisfied with the performance.

"You can tell it's all improvised," Sierpina said. "I've been laughing non-stop. The show is really good."

The comedians also performed a skit called "Game Show." Two more audience members participated in a game of "Jeopardy." The only thing the audience members had to do was move their lips, and either Mochrie or Sherwood would provide their voices during the game show.

"You're just screwing Brad and I," Mochrie said.

One more skit consisted of making Mochrie guess the false crime he committed. Another skit called "Sound Effects" received full audience participation from a group of people sitting in the balcony area. A microphone was passed around from person to person, and each made a noise into the mic whenever a sound effect was needed on stage.

A mouse trap skit got the loudest approval from the audience. The comedians placed mouse traps all over the stage, put on blindfolds and then performed their skit barefoot while speaking in falsetto voices.

Mochrie made faces of anguish and pain every time he stepped on trap. When he could not take the pain any longer, he ripped off his blindfold and started hitting Sherwood, who was still blindfolded, with the painful traps. The comedians soon began shouting obscenities at each other.

"That's just stupid, Colin," Sherwood said when he realized his fellow comedian had taken off his blindfold.

"What a fun way to pass the time," Mochrie said.