After repeatedly watching the same comedians perform night after night, local open mic hosts Caitie Hannan and Westword's own Byron Graham can readily list a comic's favorite jokes, as well as their unconscious verbal tics and gestures. With their monthly showcase Designated Drunkard: A Comedy Drinking Game, Graham and Hannan mine the obsessions and mannerisms of local standups for a rib-tickling and liver-pickling hybrid of comedy show and drinking game. the format is fairly simple: Hannan and Graham write down their notes about each comic on a large easel pad and prompt the audience to drink each time the comic on stage says or does something on their list. Throughout the show, one of the hosts remains on stage in the role of Designated Drunkard to guide the audience and generally make a drunken spectacle of themselves. Inspired by "Wait, What?" a similarly boozy brouhaha run by New Orleans comics Geoffrey Gauchet and Isaac Kozell, few shows achieve the same level of bacchanalian abandon in audiences and performers alike. A first Saturday staple of El Charrito's Comedy RoomRoom (2104 Larimer St.), the next round of Designated Drunkard welcomes a holly jolly lineup including Geoff Tice, Timmi Lasley, Harry Baber, Allison Rose, and David Rodriguez. Seating begins at 7 p.m. on Saturday, December 2.
Saturday, December 2, 2017
7:00pm - 9:00pm MST-
Comedy RoomRoom at El Charrito
2100 Larimer St. , Denver, CO 80202