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...Breuer? The comedian who’s bringing his show to Harvard on Oct. 21 is an accomplished one, no doubt. He spent four years on Saturday Night Live (SNL) and gave a hilarious performance as Brian in the 1999 comedy Half Baked. But at $14 per ticket for Harvard students and $19 for regular admission—in addition to the $15,000 subsidy being put forward by the Undergraduate Council, bringing the total cost of the performance to $30,000—Breuer is a tough sell...
...Chappelle, Farrell or Ali G—that’s a painful check to sign. If the council succeeds in filling up 1,166 seats in Sanders Theater it will be because students are in the mood for some stand-up; Breuer is not the draw (that is, outside the realm of the SNL devotees out there—and there are fewer of you than you think). So, as long as we’re not paying for a name to sell seats, why are we paying so much...
Still a tough sell? No problem: Ticket prices could have been slashed to levels that don’t make students think twice about paying for a laugh. Or we could have made the whole event free—and for the same cost as Breuer, ran a second one in January when we really need a laugh to break the ice on our noses. Gaffigan and Swardson are at the top of the comedy circuit today and few could make a convincing case that Breuer offers a better show...
...friends who’ve seen him live say he’s definitely good. Not incredible, though,” said Kollmer, who hasn’t seen Breuer live, but has seen...
Trey L. Kollmer ’07, a member of the On Thin Ice improv comedy group, said that Breuer had performed before at his high school in New Jersey...