On the Thursday night before April break, a long line wrapped around Levin Ballroom as students eagerly awaited the sold-out CollegeHumor Live show, sponsored by WBRS, Student Union, Student Events and BTV. It provided students with a necessary comedic break from the rigorous academic stress that tends to cumulate right before breaks.

The show opened with Jake Hurwitz and Amir Blumenfeld jokingly going back and forth with punch lines that never failed to get Brandeis students to laugh. Amir then went into a slew of jokes about Passover, which, while funny to the Jews in the audience, were probably more on the confusing side to the non-Jewish Brandeis population, especially with references to the afikoman and Elijah's cup.

After Jake and Amir came Streeter Seidell, who, like Jake and Amir, kept the audience doubling over with laughter as he jokingly reminisced about his college experience. Although he went to a school that is more of a "party school" than Brandeis, he was still able to tell stories that related to life on Brandeis' campus.

Seidell talked about his experience with the freshman 15, and how he put on another 15 pounds for each year he was at school. He continued to discuss how this was cool in the college world but once you get into the real world, being overweight from overeating in college is not as acceptable-it just shows that you're lazy.

Perhaps most relevant and relatable to the Brandeis student body was when Seidell began talking about his digestive problems with the on-campus food. He made a lot of statements about his campus dining that, while hilarious, paralleled how students at Brandeis feel about their on-campus dining situation.

Some of Seidell's anecdotes about the way his body felt and reacted after eating on campus reflect many stories the students here at Brandeis tell about their experiences in Sherman Dining Hall. The audience went wild when a student shouted something out loud about Aramark, getting the biggest response of the night.

Although many of Seidell's stories about crazy times with drugs, alcohol and the many big parties that were happening every weekend in college did not relate as much to the Brandeis students directly, it was still fun to hear his stories. He spoke in a way that made everything he said seem hilarious, and the reaction from the audience proved that he was a huge hit on the Brandeis campus.

The show returned to Jake and Amir, who continued getting the audience to laugh with their ridiculous conversations. They then entered the last segment of the show called "shameful trivia" where they projected slides quizzing audience members on trivia that targeted one gender to answer questions that would be expected to be known more exclusively by the opposite gender.
But, being Brandeis, our diverse student body showed that gender bias in trivia questions was not so applicable here. One male student easily identified characters in Twilight, and a female student quoted Lord of the Rings perfectly. Another female student was asked to identify video game characters, and the audience cried out when she named the wrong Pok?(c)mon.
The show wrapped up with a karaoke rendition of Katy Perry with two students who seemed to represent the student body here at Brandeis-an Asian girl and a Jewish boy with a yarmulke on his head. It got the audience laughing and clapping along with the song.
Overall, the show was great. It was fun to listen as Jake and Amir ridiculously conversed back and forth and Streeter Seidell reflected back on his own experiences from college.
It was a great way to get away from academic stress and a great transition into April break.
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