OU student wins comedy regional
Michael Burnett, an advertising major at the University at Oklahoma from Roseville, Calif., emerged the winner at one of the 16 regional semifinals of RooftopComedy.com’s National College Comedy Competition 2008.
Seth Joseph, an Oklahoma City native and OU journalism grad student, was the runner-up in Monday night’s contest, according to a news release.
The guys were among eight OU students who took on students from the University of Arkansas in a head-to-head stand-up contest at the Loony Bin Comedy Club in Tulsa.
The semifinals are the latest step in the comedy Web site’s quest to pick The Country’s Funniest College Student.
Joseph will compete against the 15 other regional semifinal runners-up for the “fan favorite” slot. A special round of online voting for fan favorite will take place April 15-20 at www.RooftopComedy.com.
Burnett moves on to compete against the other 15 regional semifinal winners and the fan favorite in the online voting round April 21-30. Four finalists will emerge at the end of the online voting stage.
The four finalists who will compete in a live Web cast May 30-31 in Aspen, Colo. Viewers and judges will pick who will get the title of The Country’s Funniest College Student.
-BAM
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