The trip I took to Skankfest NYC with a couple of my best friends was one of the defining moments of my comedic career. We were so excited to see the legends of dickfart comedy – Big Jay, Ari, Gillis, you know, real heavy-hitters. But what we got instead was better than anything we could have imagined.
Something seemed a little bit off when we first got to the venue; the Javitz Center didn’t seem like the ideal place for an underground comedy festival. We expected The Stand or something a little more intimate. But apparently, Legion of Skanks fandom had exploded, because thousands of people were crammed into this building.
The flyer said the opening act was Nick Mullen, but the first person to walk out was some kid named Charlie Kirk, and I’m telling you, he fucking killed! He can’t be a day over fourteen and he’s got a little meatball head, but he went on a rant about how any woman with a computer is a terrorist, and the crowd went wild.
Next, some old guy talked about how racism is actually good for the economy. Again, roaring applause. By this point, we had figured out that we weren’t at Skankfest, but at the Conservative Political Action Conference. And honestly, the longer we stuck around, the more we enjoyed ourselves.
The two acts we agreed were the most outrageous were Richard Spencer and some dude named Milo. Now I have heard some gross shit get said on stage, but these guys were the nastiest I had ever seen. They literally did Nazi salutes. I’ve never seen more gutsy, anti-P.C. comedy in all my life.
While I would like to describe the incredible time I had with my friends at Skankfest, I truly wonder if it would have been as much fun as CPAC. As a comic who hates progress, it was so great to be around people who see the craft of stand-up like I do. I will totally be going back next year.
By Tyler Dark.
The Bringer 