It’s nearing the end of February, and for DePaul students, another exciting event is about to take place: Big Comic. Every year, the DePaul Activities Board (DAB) hires a comedian for a night of humorous entertainment.
Last year’s guest was Jo Koy, who is known for his stand up comedy featured on Comedy Central. Koy has also performed on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” as well as “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.”
This year’s canidates were Mike Birbiglia, Hannibal Buress, John Maloney, Nick Kroll, Anthony Jeselnik, Amy Schumer, Nikki Glaser, Marc Maron and Chelsea Peretti.
DAB comprised a video of all the canidates and the students were able to select their top three choices. This year, two comedians were chosen because each of them was in the top three choices of 30 percent of students. The finalists are Hannibal Buress and Amy Schumer.
Buress, originally from Chicago, now resides in New York. His work includes “The Awkward Comedy Show” on Comedy Central, “Louie”on FX and “The Eric Andr’ÛΩ Show”on Adult Swim. In 2009 and 2010 Buress wrote for “Saturday Night Live” as well as “30 Rock.”In addition, Buress made