Downtown Milledgeville hosts comedy show taping
Four guys took the stage Sept. 13 at Buffingtons as HBO filmed the documentary “Three Weeks.”
The show was taped in front of a packed house. Senior outdoor education major Andrew Markle hosted a show put on by comedians that have been featured on late night talk shows, such as “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon,” and on Comedy Central.
The four comedians were Jarrod Harris, an Atlanta native who was featured on Comedy Central, Rory Scovel, Sean Patton, who have been on Jimmy Fallon’s show, and Nate Bargatze, a Tennessee native who appeared on “Late Night with Conan O’Brien.”
Drake Simons | gcsunade.comSenior outdoor education major Andrew Markle hosted the event. Markel performed as Jem in “To Kill a Mockingbird” and was discovered as a stand-up comedian at a show in Macon, Ga. by Harris.
“I’m really excited. It felt really good to be asked. Jarrod discovered me at an open mic night in Macon one time, so I owe him for everything he’s done for me,” Markle said. He continued in saying that this footage will probably not be used in the actual documentary because this was a 10-city tour, and this was the smallest show on the tour, but it was still a big deal to have something like this here.
All of the performing comedians had performed in front of large crowds plenty of times before, but the more intimate setting of a bar was just different. The comedians shared their feelings on their performances for the night.
“These kinds of settings are incredibly fun, but they can be intimidating if one of your jokes doesn’t go over well,” Scovel said.
“I just hope that I can relate to the smaller crowds and not say something that offends them too much,” Patton said.
“Since I’m going on last, I just try not to get too drunk and excited before I go on,” Harris said.
“The pressure is a huge difference, but I tend to do my stuff a lot more loosely,” Bargatze said.
The crowd seemed enjoyed each performance thoroughly. Not everyone was safe from being berated by the comedians though. Bargatze was even poking fun at our school’s title.
“Yea I went to a community college in Tennessee. It was called Tennessee State College University. Not really though, I just added that stuff on the end,” Bargatze said during his set.
Scovel decided to get an employee of Buffingtons to turn one of the televisions on to Monday Night Football while he narrated the game for the crowd.
“‘Run, run, run.’ ‘Tackle.’ ‘Hey I got you.’ ‘I know, that was a good play, now I’m gonna slap you on the butt.’” Scovel joked.
The jokes went over well with the crowd.
“I’ve seen professional comedians in Atlanta before, and I loved them, but this was a different experience. It wasn’t better, it wasn’t worse. I knew a couple of the comedians, and the setting was more intimate, so it was a much more personal comedy show,” said senior psychology major Catherine Bixler.
“I enjoyed some of the comedians more than others and it was refreshing to have different styles of comedy in one show,” said junior art major Britta Gervais.
Buffingtons plans to do many more shows in the future, including one next month, and many to include some more local talent. They invite everyone to come out to the next show to come see what they have been missing.
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