2 Humans, Torronto
Toronto’s 2 Humans kicked off the 10:30 block of Friday night’s 7th Annual Sketchfest. Natalie and Michael are graduates of Second City Conservatory and performed last year along-side Philly’s Alley of Nightmares at the 10th Anniversary Torronto Sketch Comedy Festival, headlined by Kids in the Hall.
They got one of the biggest laughs of the night with a 15-second sketch where in Michael plays with Natalie’s chest for about ten seconds and then turns to the crowd and says, “Oh, I wrote this sketch.” (Props to the tech team for a perfectly timed blackout on that one!)
2 Humans showcased great sketches for the big, receptive crowd. Two nuns relocating to NYC (one to spread the Good News, the other to spread her legs)… A lady alone in the supermarket gets wooed by a stock clerk on the p.a. system…
Unisex, NYC
NYC’s Unisex — featuring Jason Messina and Tabitha Vidaurri of defunct Philly Favorite 6th Borough pedigree — brought funny and dark sketches about scary campfire stories, unreasonable burglary victims, and a disgruntled Walmart employee addressing the Black Friday mob with a megaphone.
One of their most memorable sketches showed the dangers of visiting houses haunted by Michael McDonald. The smooth sounds possess the husband while the wife tries to talk some sense into him.
A desperate Walmart employee pleas for sanity on Black Friday.
As usual, The Incredible Shrinking Matt & Jacquie fucking destroyed. Their opening skit showed a couple of flappers from the 20’s struggling to win the dance marathon while the rigors of a 24 hours straight of doing the Charlston takes hilarious tolls on their mind and body. This was one of the funniest skits I’ve ever seen from them. It helps that Matt and Jacquie are both such weird looking human beings — the physicality alone of their ridiculous dancing would have been hysterical even without a written context. They crushed.
Incredible Shrinking Matt & Jacquie
Another hilarious sketch that was new to me was their twisted depiction of hopelessly stranded astronauts floating into oblivion. Really dark. The sketch ended with an exaggeratedly slow fade-out of the lights, which added to the tone of pure gallow’s humor.
They ended their show with a weird reunion between a father and daughter, as she acts out his birthday speech with her hands in the style of Who’s Line is it Anyway. Dark secrets are revealed, contrasting the slap-stick. Belly laughs were had. Joe Moore helped play the sheriff.
