Impress These Apes Back For More Hilarity

By Marcus Gilmer in Arts & Entertainment on Sep 16, 2009 6:40PM

One of our favorite local comedy troupes - Impress These Apes - is back for another go-around of fun-filled shenanigans. Eight new contestants are back to compete for the prize - being declared "least pitiful human" - by making three apes laugh which is no easy feat. Each week brings a difficult challenge and this year is sure to be no different. Before tonight's big debut, be sure to first catch up with this year's contestants. You can do this by checking out their auditions and then their audition call-backs in which they had to tell their life story in two minutes. All of this has hopefully prepared them for tonight's challenge: lyrical karaoke, in which each contestant has been given a song except they have to write and perform the song with new, original lyrics.

One bonus this year: if you can't make it to the live show for whatever reason, each show will stream live on the Apes' website so you can stay caught up on the fun and funny. But, if you can, be sure to make it because it's a worthwhile trip.

Impress These Apes, Every Wednesday, Sept. 16 through Nov. 11, 8 p.m., ComedySportz, 929 W. Belmont, $10