Comedian Sean Anderson walked away with a $250 check after winning the Laugh the Knights Away final round Friday night in front of a sellout crowd at the Castle Bridge Winery in Kent.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was awesome,\u201d Anderson said after the show, sponsored in part by the Kent Reporter, that featured four comedians. \u201cIt was tough competition.\u201d<\/p>\n
The crowd ranked the comedians from 1 to 4 to determine the winner.<\/p>\n
Anderson, 26, of Federal Way, barely beat out Kane Holloway, of Puyallup, for the victory. The other finalists were Andrew Rivers and John Gardner, both of Kirkland.<\/p>\n
Rivers replaced Rodger Lizaola, of Seattle, in the finals. Lizaola won the third round earlier this month, but withdrew from the finals to compete in a San Francisco comedy competition. Anderson first performed as a comedian two years ago. He works at a coffee warehouse in Renton, but would like to turn comedy into a full-time gig.<\/p>\n
During a portion of Anderson\u2019s stand-up routine Friday night, he sat down to play the guitar to sing a funny love song that kept the audience laughing and included a refrain that cannot be repeated in a family newspaper.<\/p>\n
Anderson about about his dating adventures. He said he doesn\u2019t have a drivers license right now, so he picks up his dates by riding a Metro bus.<\/p>\n
\u201cI tell them I\u2019ll pick them up at 7:34 p.m. or maybe 8:34 p.m.,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The challenges to be manly and macho while doing certain activities were another part of Anderson\u2019s routine.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s no manly way to try to put on ChapStick,\u201d Anderson said as he tried to demonstrate. \u201cAnd there is no way to look manly changing a diaper. Besides, I\u2019m far too busy trying to get my grandpa to sit still.\u201d<\/p>\n
Anderson said a new law should be passed in connection with tattoos.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnyone with their girlfriend\u2019s or boyfriend\u2019s name tattooed on their body also must get their IQ tattooed on their forehead,\u201d Anderson said.<\/p>\n
The crowd reaction at the wine bar pleased Anderson.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe crowds are great here,\u201d Anderson said. \u201cThis is my fifth time here and the crowds are always great.\u201d<\/p>\n
Holloway, the runner-up, performed a routine that had the most vocal interaction with the crowd, including a lady in the front row he joked with several times.<\/p>\n
Holloway received a lot of laughs with impersonations of actor Christopher Walken and comedian Gilbert Gottfried. The bit about Gottfried included what Gottfried thought about a recent protest by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) against the Pike Place Fish Market fish throwers.<\/p>\n
Gardner, who led off the comedy finals, described what he thinks of big businesses and small businesses during his routine.<\/p>\n
\u201cI hate big businesses,\u201d Gardner said. \u201cBut I don\u2019t support small businesses because I don\u2019t want them to become big businesses.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rivers said that he recently went with his parents to the Snoqualmie Casino and that he walked out with $50 he made on a gamble.<\/p>\n
\u201cI asked my parents for $50, which always is a gamble,\u201d Rivers said. \u201cBut hey, they gave it to me.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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