Laugh until it hurts. Every week.
That's the guarantee at The Comix Cafe, a comedy club located in Tonawanda, right off of the Youngman Expressway. The Comix Cafe offers its customers an eventful evening filled with laughs from its top quality comedy acts. In addition to great entertainment, The Comix Cafe also presents its guests with fine dinning, a feature unavailable in any other comedy establishment in the Buffalo area.
The Comix Cafe is open on Tuesday through Sunday and a different performer is featured there each week. This past week comedians Freddie Stone, Paul Murphy and Linda Oshenski performed to a packed house each night. The crowd was filled with locals and UB students who were looking for a good time. These three comedians filled their promise.
Things got rolling right away when Oshenski took the stage. Oshenski, admittedly a big girl, told the crowd that her favorite day of the year is Groundhog's Day "because if I see my shadow, I know that I will be fat for another six weeks."
Paul Murphy, the edgiest performer of the night's lineup, came next. He kept the audience on guard for a razzing, making fun of a kid for wearing a shirt that resembled Charlie Brown's signature yellow and black outfit. Murphy then had a witty exchange with a heckler that got the crowd roaring.
"Look, it's Humpty Dumpty," said the heckler, noting that Murphy's feet didn't touch the ground when he sat down.
"And when I fall, you'll know it," said the rotund comic, playing along.
Murphy also did a bit about what to do when getting pulled over for driving under the influence.
" If a cop approaches you and says 'Roll down your window' and you're not ready, tell him the truth. 'Yeah, right after I put these Altoids in my mouth,'" he said.
Freddie Stone, a prop comic who has performed with Martin Lawrence and appeared on Comedy Central, was the evening's featured act. He's a screamer along the lines of Dane Cook.
Stone came out shooting Nerf arrows at the crowd and sang a few funny songs to close things out.
He joked about his own frightful mannerisms, explaining that his parents are to blame.
"When I was baby, my parents fought and yelled all the time. It was horrible. In fact, they fought so much my first words as a child were, 'Do you realize how much I am paying for this mortgage?'"
The comics perform only a few feet from the front tables, so it is suggested to get one in the back to avoid being the butt of a joke.
Alex Stevens, the man who was joshed for wearing the Charlie Brown shirt, said the ribbing might become a pleasant memory.
"It's all in good fun and now when I look in the mirror when I am wearing this shirt I can laugh at myself too."
The audience also has the option of ordering from a menu of appetizers, entrees and drinks. The menu ranges from $20 for a steak to $6.99 for chicken fingers. Tickets cost $8 online and $10 at the door, and reservations are recommended. The location is convenient to UB students, at 3163 Eggert Rd., approximately five miles from South Campus and a quick thruway jaunt from North Campus.
Photo: Courtesy of Matthew Messina, from the RMBERS' Instagram page
