Lots to laugh about at Yangamania

From as early as the second act featuring "Nuts Landing" (Andre Jilkes), the audience was tickled with his piece "Ah Kyar Tell." That was the response he gave to each of the following questions: Who is responsible for drugs coming into the country? Who is responsible for Bernadette Jones’ death? Who killed Selwyn Richardson? Who got Wendy Fitzwilliam pregnant? And who put the missiles in Sadiq Baksh’s water tank? His session also included topics such as obeah, "hornermen" and shooting.

Before him, calypsonian Flashy Dan opened on a serious note with "Don’t Molest The Children," which was well received by the audience. He was one of only two Calypso artistes on the cast, the other being the youngster Mark Eastman who gave the crowd "I Got To Sing" and "Calypso Manifesto." These two selections also won the approval of the audience.

Since the tent is primarily a comedy tent, however, the night belonged to the comedians. And following Eastman was Adolphus (Clevus Charles) and Mabel (Gail Lord) who joked about how they were planning to go to Germany to support the Soca Warriors, the blimp, Mabel’s lost coca cola shape, and punning on the name Bahrain when Mabel announced that she was pregnant.

Birdman (Yosef Gibbs) was up next to sing his take on "bird flu" that left the audience in stitches, before making way for Dr Choonkie Ting (Michael Gonzalves) and Beulah (Beulah Bobb). Their 15-minute skit placed Beulah in Dr Choonkie Ting’s store where the former kept stealing undergarments and stuffing the items in her pockets.

After Flashy Dans performed his next song "Man and Woman," there was a short intermission.

Lord returned as "Jenny" for an act with Roy (Learie Joseph) who accused her of being passionately challenged, but eventually gave her a bracelet to cool her down. However, when her husband, played by Peter Joseph, knocked on the door, Roy was ordered by Jenny to freeze. Then questioned by her husband about Roy, Jenny explained that the human statue was sculptured art, leaving the audience in peels of laughter. That was the signal for dance group Electric Crossovers to do their thing and allow the crowd to catch themselves.

Following the dance routine was comedian Louis Antoine with a one-man skit on jail life. It was entertaining, but bringing the house down was Dr Pee Wee Radio Station (Clyde Alexander) who delivered Gregory Ballantyne’s "Gas" in oratory form. He told the audience to imagine eating doubles with pepper and peanut punch with a fig, then entering a maxi-taxi as a middle front seat passenger for a lengthy journey. His stern facial expression throughout the piece had the audience doubling over.

Emcees for the evening Peter Joseph and Sonny Bling (Keron Sealy), kept the smiles on the faces of the patrons for the most part, but Joseph may be well advised to keep his offerings shorter.