When I tell you that the city should be super proud of how the talent and the audience showed up and showed out Thursday night at The Laugh Lounge for a special taping of an episode of “Hart In The City.” For those that don’t know, “Hart in The City” is presented by Kevin Hart and airs on Comedy Central. It goes to cities outside the entertainment meccas to spread some shine on the comedy talent around the nation. Listen, St. Louis tore it up so tough that show producer and Plastic Cup Boyz member Joey Wells got raw emotional and overjoyed. He said the last city was so rough that they questioned why they were even doing the show in the first place. Cleveland, we are forever grateful that y’all gave us Bone Thugs and Harmony – but what were y’all going through? A whole TV show almost got the chop because of y’all! I know that St. Louis has the unfair advantage of being a city full of “joanin’ specialists,” but still. Our folks were so on fire with the funny that I’m a bit nervous that it might look all wobbly on TV because the camera crew was probably cackling on the job. Princeton Dew, Tahir Moore and Vincent Bryant were chosen to rep the city and they did it to the fullest. Maurice G served as the host. Can anybody tell me how he manages to get finer every year? And I’m talking “somebody could catfish me with his picture and I would play along just to see his likeness popping up in my inbox on the regular” fine. He was phenomenal as a host. Out of full transparency, I must share that he’s such a joy to look at, I would have said the same thing if he had sat up on that stage and read the jokes inside of Laffy Taffy square wrappers! Princeton and Tahir did their thing as I expected. But I was thrilled that this fresh-faced Vincent got up there and killed it with his unassuming self. I stay out in these comedy streets and had never heard of him. How is that possible? And “P. Diddy Bad Boys of Comedy” alum McGriff hit the stage and showed everybody STL “been had jokes.” Anyway, Jessie and Ant over at The Laugh Lounge for rising to the occasion that “Hart in The City” presented. St. Louis left a major impression on the comedy scene thanks to y’all. Now let me offer a moment of silence for Cleveland.
