It's 12:40 p.m. on Friday and it's time for sketches about naughty congressmen and a good abortion joke. It's the Farce Side Comedy Hour.
English junior Kyle Coughlin knows how to get a crowd excited for the weekend - by bathing with another man on stage.
This week, SPM ventures to where the magic happens, and we don't mean Coughlin's bedroom. We wouldn't want to interrupt his pie eating.
SPM: Don't I know you?
Kyle: Yeah, you probably do know me. My name is Kyle Coughlin. I'm the director of Farce Side, which is a weekly sketch show on campus in the Memorial Union.
SPM: Oh, right. Is it nerve-racking to get up in front of so many people every week?
Kyle: It's a tremendous amount of fun. I think that's why everyone does it.
SPM: What's the funniest or weirdest thing to happen during the show?
Kyle: There has been so much. There was one sketch that I wrote called "Taking a Bath." Basically it was me and another guy in a bathtub and we were on stage taking a bath. Once we were sitting in the tub, wet, it was just the strangest experience I've ever had on stage.
SPM: I saw that one. It was brilliant. I'm also a big fan of the "Mark Foley: The Musical" sketch. What kind of research did you have to do to play a perverted politician?
Kyle: I was just a big creep. That was basically it.
SPM: What is the best inspiration for sketch ideas?
Kyle: I love to watch MTV. We always love to parody stuff that they bring out because it's so easy.
SPM: On to the random questions. What's the greatest thing in the world?
Kyle: Pie.
SPM: Who is the manliest man in the history of men?
Kyle: Burt Reynolds.
SPM: That's what the last guy said!
Kyle: I don't want to be unoriginal. Let's go with Tom Selleck.
SPM: Who is the worst television personality?
Kyle: Carson Daly.
SPM: Hands down, I agree. Do you think you could do a better job at being a host?
Kyle: Easily. I love watching his show late at night. Seriously, they have to write, like, three jokes a night. I could do that!
SPM: Totally. So what are you doing for Valentine's Day?
Kyle: I'll probably be sitting in my room in a wallow of self-pity ... and pie.
