Prepare for an night of belly laughs Wednesday as the cast of WCRD's Sunday Night Revival puts on a free comedy show at 7 p.m. in Pruis Hall.
John Moore, Jason Quick and Vince Eagan will switch gears from sitting behind a switchboard to performing stand-up comedy in front of a live audience. The event is sponsored by WCRD, and will be emceed by Revival's newest cast member, Reese Leonard. Though she has yet to make her on-air debut, she has already impressed the returning cast.
"Reese is a real funny girl," Quick said.
Moore said Leonard's sense of humor was exactly what they were looking for. Leonard will make her debut on Sunday Night Revival's season premiere Sept. 10.
Quick said the cast wanted to welcome students back to school and give them a break from the hectic start of classes.
"We figured [the show] would give people something to do at the beginning of the school year," Moore said. He said the idea for a stand-up comedy show also came from the cast members' love of stand-up. Quick said the show is another way to get the word out about Sunday Night Revival.
"Jason Quick and I have been friends since first grade, and we've always wanted to do [a radio show]," Moore said. He and Quick began their radio careers in 2001 as cast members of Cardinal Coffee with Russell Toof.
"Cardinal Coffee started off as a sports show, but we got sidetracked and started making fun of people on campus," Moore said.
In 2003, the decision was made to move the show to Sunday nights in an effort to gain a larger audience. Moore said the name change to Sunday Night Revival was a play on the religious connotations of Sunday. The show is not religious by any means, he said.
The "safe harbor" of late night, in which edgier material may be presented, was also a factor in the move. The cast of Revival are not strangers to controversial subject matter, and the stand-up show on Wednesday is not for the easily offended.
"On our radio show we have to be sensitive," Moore said. "We still push the envelope, but with our stand-up we can tell jokes we'd never get away with on the radio."
Quick said with stand-up comedy you can go outside the box and there are no rules as to what you can say.
Moore said the possibly offensive material in his act is meant to broaden people's horizons.
Some of Moore's and Quick's influences include George Carlin, Lewis Black, David Cross and Dave Chappelle, the men said.
"I hope everyone comes out [Wednesday] with an open mind," said Quick. "Our goal is to make people laugh, not feel uncomfortable. If we can do that, the show will be a success."
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