Bottoms Up "Very Merry Sketch Comedy Show" review by Piddums

 

Christmas Sketch Comedy Show a Merry Delight
Rating: 5

A Very Merry Sketch Comedy Show 

Bottoms Up Sketch Comedy

This has got to be about the best kept secret in town. The year old Bottoms Up Sketch Comedy troupe has a Christmas show running at the Living Room. The talented troupe consisting of Emerson Rapp, Briana Marxen-McCollum, Dan Hillaker, Emily O'Dell and Joshua Gleeson goes through a series of Christmas related sketches that hit the funny button each time out.

The framing device for the show is an in-the-doghouse Joseph trying to backpedal explain to Mary why he forgot to make reservations at the inn. Mary gets more combative as they go to seedier and seedier places. Other highlights include Emerson Rapp as a suburban Dad buying son Dan Hillaker his first Christmas hooker ( a hilarious Briana M-M). Amy Hurrelbrink has a pair of great pieces: in the first, she ruins a Christmas party by dying of trenchmouth ("I guess I got too far into my WWI re-enactment group," she says.) In the second, she plays a murderous six year old who raps to "I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus." Emily O'Dell and Josh Gleeson have a nice scene where Ms. Odell plays a Salvation Army Bellringer passive aggressively refusing to wish Mr. Gleeson a merry Christmas.

This troupe will start breaking big very soon, so catch them at the Living Room for Their Christmas Comedy show.