2008 Woodie Awards
Vegas does Princeton
By Allison Singer
Issue date: 4/11/07 Section: Entertainment
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After being introduced by Steve Travelise, the club's manager, Lancaster sauntered up to the stage with a music stand in tow and proceeded to surprise audience members by unexpectedly shouting the lyrics to rap artists Juvenile and Mario's "Boom."
"My name is Vegas Lancaster," he then said, "and it is never appropriate to rap in public."
The rest of his act consisted of new material as well as material he performed in Atlantic City at the College Comedy Contest finals, such as jokes about evolution and intelligent design.
Lancaster felt that both of his performances went over well. "I was worried about what would happen at the 10:30 show because my friends and family weren't there and it was my first time performing in front of a completely unfamiliar audience," he said. "But even strangers enjoyed my act, and that's something to be confident about."
Becoming more confident with his material is something Lancaster feels he has to work on after watching the performances of professional comedians Will Vought and Eddie Clark. "Both (Vought and Clark) had a certain battle-hardened confidence to them, and I'm going to need a lot more experience on stage before I can get to that level," he said.
Fresh off the set of the upcoming film "Flying Scissors," which is set to be released in July, Clark showcased his "battle-hardened confidence" when he reacted to the antics of some rowdy audience members. According to Lancaster, Clark threatened to slap one of the audience members across the face with a certain private body part if he didn't settle down.
Vought, who took the stage directly after Lancaster, is a writer for NBC's "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" and has been featured on radio shows and in national commercials. He began his act by complaining about his driving experience on New Jersey highways, as many out-of-state comedians do, and kept the audience laughing from start to finish.
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