“Are you ready for the best night of your lives?” Adam DeVine said as he made his grand entrance, yelling at the crowd while fist pumping.
Typically associated with Half-Christmas, bear coats, and perfecting the art of being a tight-butthole, DeVine is the co-creator, writer, and leading actor of Comedy Central’s "Workaholics." The 31-year-old comedian has also appeared in ABC’s sitcom "Modern Family," his own stand-up comedy show "Adam DeVine’s 'House Party,'" and the musical comedy "Pitch Perfect," which will return to theatres this summer for a sequel.
DeVine performed an hourlong comedy routine at Goldstein Auditorium Wednesday, Feb. 27 at 8 p.m, as part of his tour, which started at the beginning of the month with a show in Austin, Texas. According to his Twitter, there are 22 scheduled performances, two of which are located in New York: New York City and Syracuse.
Tickets for “A Night With Adam DeVine” went on sale at the Schine Box Office Thursday, Jan. 29. Tickets, priced at $5, were available to all Syracuse and SUNY-ESF students, staff and faculty.
Marking University Union’s fourth and final performing arts event for the academic year, Adam Ray, guest star on “Workaholics,” “Two Broke Girls,” and the cop comedy “The Heat,” had the pleasure of warming up the crowd before DeVine hit the stage. He poked fun at Chuck’s, impersonated typical white girls, recalled psychedelic shroom consumption, and read 20 of his favorite Yik Yak posts.
After Ray riled up the crowd, he handed the mic over to DeVine, which only intensified the laughter riots. The headliner noticed the flood of photographers and took five minutes to pose. “They need to get me from all sides,” he said rolling on the floor and receiving roaring applause.
DeVine had the audience doubling over their seats when he mentioned being recognized for the first time while stopped at a red light. He threw his fan a “double-backwards peace sign,” which was ultimately a “total douche move.”
“It’s like I turned into Justin Bieber,” Devine said about his reaction.
The comedian mentioned his auditions for Pitch Perfect, which he believed to be a movie about baseball, and NBC’s late-night sketch show “Saturday Night Live,” where he poorly impersonated Paul McCartney in front of producer Lorne Michaels, a Beatles fan. After each joke, he mumbled “that’s stupid” and “that’s dumb” under his breath, essentially making fun of his own humor.
Coming to a close, the two comedians opened the floor to a lengthy Q&A session, moderated by Ray. DeVine signed a fan’s bear coat, played a game of “f--k, kill, marry” with a student, and took about 25 selfies with two female roommates while they were in a full split (ouch, that must have hurt).
Below are five of our favorite Adam Ray jokes from the night:
And, last but not least, here are 10 of the night’s most “DeVine” jokes:
Post new comment