I've seen a lot thanks to Boris' Kitchen. I've seen the ravages that come with drinking pretend Four Loko. I've seen the pure, inflatable awesomeness that is a Jet Raptor. I've seen the glory of sandwiches. I also saw a man in a thong giving out those little Hanukkah chocolate coins to people sitting just one row away from me. I'm less excited about that last one. Loss of innocence aside, I saw a lot of entertaining stuff at Boris' Kitchen's 11th annual semester show last Friday, some of it from other colleges, some by classmates and all of it really funny.The night started off with The Fifth Humour, a student group from Yale University. Rivaling Boris' Kitchen in terms of size and with a name that's a pun on Galen's "four humors" (something I'm not sure whether I should be proud or ashamed of getting so fast). The group offered a solid and lengthy block of sketch comedy. There were a lot of sketches, and they were all good, but the standout was the one on the dangers of prom when "beers, wines" and a blood alcohol content of 3-not 0.3, just 3-come into play, and the tragedies that can occur.

After The Fifth Humour, it was time for Hello.Shovelhead! from Boston College. Responsible for the above-mentioned Four Loko sketch, this group had fewer members than The Fifth Humor but its material was just as good. Besides the Loko skit, its best was probably the one on The Sound of Music's Von Trapp family attempting to escape from the Nazis, and how breaking into song is not helpful when trying to secretly cross into Switzerland. All in all, these guys had some really tight sketches that would do Boston College grad Amy Poelher proud.

There was a short break in the schedule when a surprise video by Little Hands, a new video sketch comedy group from Brandeis, was shown. The group only had one video, but it reminded me of the better SNL digital shorts. Then there was The Miserables, a professional comedy group from Chicago that features Boris' Kitchen grads Matt Hope '09 and Sam Roos '09. Honestly, the group's material was great. These guys are truly professionals and offered up some of the funniest, most random and, at times, downright weird sketches of the night. This was the group that had one of its thong-clad members hand out chocolate to the audience, and it was also the one behind the sandwich sketch. What started out as a seemingly regular sketch that used withholding sandwiches as a metaphor for the gay marriage debate soon took a hard left turn. Sandwiches were found in the audience, sandwiches were being given out, sandwiches were thrown; it was a veritable flurry of sandwiches. It was, without a doubt, one of the most memorable, sandwich-filled moments of the night.

Finally, it was time for Boris' Kitchen to take the stage. There was some awesome stuff on display, and it was all written by Boris' Kitchen members. There was Jet Raptor, a commercial for the titular action figure that harkened back to the commercials of the '90s, which meant every word was delivered through the medium of screaming. Later, there was "Make Out Point," a look into the world of the multiple, competing and increasingly dapper Peeping Tom societies. The night ended with "Sexy Hospital," which is basically what the title says; a hospital that remembers that sexiness can cure just about anything-except massive internal injuries. The hospital doesn't really have anything for that. It was a long night with a lot of promising talent on display. I wasn't able to make the Saturday show, which featured Tufts' We're Major: Undecided, Cornell's Skits-O-Phrenics and the New York duo Two Fun Men. But if Friday night was any indicator, it was quite a show.