A pair of expert double daters used humor to help the campus' dating scene last night in Pruis Hall.
Dave Ahdoot and Ethan Fixell used comedic songs, dance, re-enactments and audience participation to show the do's and don'ts of dating in a campus setting.
Ahdoot and Fixell joked about the popular social spots where students spend time. They let the audience know that Scotty's Brewhouse is not a romantic restaurant to take dates, Carter's hot dog stand is not a good place to pick up women, and when there is nothing else to do on campus, "you can dress a creepy baby."
The pair also joked about the Village's attempt to include younger students.
"If you have a lovely 15-year-old girl in mind, you could take her to Madhatter," Fixell said.
The two joked that students in fraternities try to lead girls into their bedrooms as soon as they meet them and that students who participate in human versus zombies have strong forearms.
"Humans Versus Zombies is a woman repellent," Fixell said after the program. "It's like anti-cologne."
Ahdoot and Fixell said isolated schools are easier to find things to joke about and that Ball State is culturally rich.
"There are issues here, like Carter's hot dog stand," Ahdoot said. "Like, that's a pick up spot for guys."
The duo pulled students from the audience to show mock dates, to play The Dating Game and to get material for an example of a bad date.
When they asked a student in the audience about a bad date he had been on, the student replied he made a "your mom" joke to a girl who's mother had died. The night ended in tears, he said.
Through a reenactment, Ahdoot and Fixell showed the audience to "make appropriate excuses to roll things over" by blaming the "your mom" joke on Tourette Syndrome.
Junior music education major Rachel Hellman said she was expecting the program to be more about dating advice than actual comedy.
"They don't seem like experts, but I wasn't actually looking for advice," she said. "But they had more relatable material than other improv groups I've seen on campus."
Sophomore music education major Alan Hinshaw said he thought Ahdoot and Fixell did a good job of relating Ball State culture to the program.
"I would rather have something funny than someone telling me what to do," he said. "They made normal situations funny."
Top Lines of the Night
"If you have a lovely 15-year-old girl in mind, you could take her to Madhatter," Fixell said.
"Looking at Frog Baby was the most disturbing experience I had [at Ball State]," Fixell said.
"There are issues here, like Carter's hot dog stand. Like, that's a pick up spot for guys," Ahdoot said.
"Humans vs. Zombies is a woman repellent," Fixell said.
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