Wyatt Cenac is bringing ‘Brooklyn’ to Atlanta
Former “Daily Show” writer/correspondent falls through the Laughing Skull on Sun., Nov. 13
Comedian Wyatt Cenac once turned down a job with Saturday Night Live. It’s true, but it’s not as presumptuous as it sounds. The job was office receptionist. After interning for the famous sketch comedy show while in college, he had the gig in the bag, but as he tells 90.1’s Lois Reitzes, “I kinda found myself thinking, I don’t know how many people go from receptionist to being on-screen.”
He wound up taking an alternate route to the small screen, which ultimately landed him a gig as writer/correspondent for “The Daily Show.” Definitely a step up from receptionist.
His second comedy special, Brooklyn, which began airing on Netflix in October, should translate well when he comes to Atlanta’s Laughing Skull this Sun., Nov. 16. Despite the geographic specificity of that title, he dishes on some universal themes, like “his problems with gentrification,” according to A.V. Club reviewer Vikram Murthi.
Hopefully that doesn’t mean he’ll be abandoning his earlier material on pretentious pseudo-intellectual neighbors that like to brag about not owning a TV while blasting NPR through their stereos: “Just calm down. Ok, I get it. You all hate TV. That’s fine. But you know where else you can find terrible stuff? In books. You think Snooki’s a piece of shit? Read her book.”
Wyatt Cenac. $15-$20. 6:30 p.m. Sun., Nov. 16. Laughing Skull, 878 Peachtree St. 877-523-3288. www.laughingskulllounge.com.