Jolly ‘Canadian’ wraps up caravan

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By Emily-Kate Cardwell
features@kykernel.com

The Holiday season is finally here, and many say December is the season to be jolly.
Gabe Kea, winner of the “Funniest Person in Cincinnati,” will be appearing on campus  Wednesday for the Comedy Caravan series in  hopes of spreading some holiday cheer.
Although he is a St. Louis native, Kea often boasts of Canadian citizenship. Following his college days, he embarked on a solo expedition to Europe where he found it was best to identify himself as “Canadian” rather than “American.”
It was on this trip that he found a knack for comedy by sharing stories with his foreign acquaintances.
Kea has previously performed in Lexington, but Wednesday will be his first performance on UK’s campus.
“I like college campuses because I’m younger than most comics, so my humor seems to go over well,” Kea said.
Author of his own material, Kea says his comedy comes from everyday life.
“It’s true up to a point, and then maybe a little lie—a believable lie,” he said.
Kea said his humor has a rating of PG-16-and-a-half and that his comedic idol is Ryan Singer, his opening act at UK.
The two often play off each other by poking fun at one another. When Singer was asked who his comedic idol was, he jokingly assured that it isn’t Kea.
Singer said that he is looking forward to this show and he advises students to, “take a break from studying, err, drinking, and live in our really weird world for an hour and a half.”
The duo will hit the stage on Wednesday at 8 p.m. for the last Comedy Caravan show of the semester. Admission is free and open to the public. This week for Comedy Caravan the Cat’s Den is offering $1 sub sandwiches to the first 150 attendants.