The SAC kicked off their premiere of the 909 series at the Watkins Auditorium last night.

There wasn’t an empty seat in the house as the first performer came on the stage. Pat Brown from Kansas City, Miss., was the first to take the stage. One of Brown’s other appearances includes the soap opera, All My Children. Most of Brown’s comedy routine was centered on the differences between races, mainly blacks and whites. One of Brown’s main points was the difference in how black and white people act in different climates. Brown also pointed out that the comedians were instructed by some member of the university not to use curse words. Although Brown let a few slip herself, the audience could definitely tell the difference between the HBO version and the UTM version of the show.

The second act to take the stage was “Nard” Holston from Atlanta, Ga. Holston began his segment by shouting out to the fraternities and sororities in the audience. Holston spotted the ladies of Delta Sigma Theta on the first row and was quick to make them the target for his entire routine. Holston touched on one topic that almost all of the performers mentioned: R. Kelly.

According to Holston, you could tell R. Kelly was a child molester by the car horn sounds he chose for Ignition: The Remix. Holston also got the crowd fired up with a joke concerning African-American functions. Holston said that one sure way to tell that something is going to go wrong at a black function is when you hear a black person say, “On everything I love…” Holston ended his segment with one last shot on Delta Sigma Theta.

After Holston performed, Brown came back on stage to introduce the next performer. Prescott, a Memphis native used his first chance to take a shot at someone by mocking the way rapper 50 cent raps. According to Prescott, if you watch 50 cent, it never looks like he’s singing. Prescott also had race as a main topic in his comedy segment. As Prescott tried to explain just how poor his race is, he told the story about wanting a poodle, but not being able to afford one. He said his mom soon took over and curled his German Shephard’s hair. And, as Prescott said, he was the only boy in the ‘hood with a dog who had a jerry curl. Another one of Prescott’s shots at his own race’s financial woes included the statement that they couldn’t afford Captain Crunch cereal.

According to Prescott, all they had was a lieutenant. Brown came back on stage once again to introduce the last act of the night, Damon Williams. He began his segment by asking who was actually from Martin. At that time, no one in the audience claimed to be. However, later in the show, one person finally owned up to being a Martin native. As part of his routine, Williams said that you could never expect terrorists to come to Martin because the only thing they could blow up is Wal-Mart. Williams was even able to shed some laughter on a very serious subject. Williams discussed the possibility of a draft for this war. However, Williams said there are two things you can’t do if you want to be drafted. According to Williams, you can’t be gay or a drug-user. Williams said that if they come to his door, he’d be dressed in drag with a pipe in his hand.

Williams also brought up the subject of R. Kelly and asked the audience to show R. Kelly some love on the music side of all the scandal. After getting some shots in on many other celebrities, Williams began a theme of “laughing at things that aren’t supposed to be funny, but they are.”

One example of William’s idea is two deaf people in a heated argument. Williams also proposed a solution to road rage: printing everyone’s cell phone number on their license plate.

The next portion of the 909 series will be on Oct. 23, featuring Dell K., hypnotist and comedian.