Comedy in Ghana!

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on December 7th, 2007

Editors note: A reader has pointed out that the folks in Ghana spelled Blackson’s name wrong. It has since been corrected. Blackson’s website is here.

Check out this item on Ghanabase.com, a website that mainly deals with the music scene in Ghana. It’s about the Night of 1005 Laughs and Music on December 22 in the capital city of Accra. And one of the featured comedians will be Michael Blackson, “is rated the King of Comedy,” whose “performances are often climaxed by tears of laughter often shed by those who listen to him!” (We suspect that part of his act might involve pepper gas!)

Our absolute favorite part of the review is “Michael began to develop his comedic talent in 1992 in the unkind comedy clubs of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania.” Say what? We weren’t aware that the comedy clubs of Philadelphia were “unkind!”

Also appearing with Blankson will be Klint the Drunk and Julius D’Agwu , comics who are in possession of “an amazing number of rip-cracking jokes”