Comedic talents in reserve

Towson University students got a chance to meet him last semester at "Towson's Last Comic Standing." They got to get to know him better when he opened for "Reno 911!" and now they will be reunited with the recent graduate next Thursday when he opens for Sebastian Maniscalco.

Will Carey, who graduated in May with a degree in theatre, said that he had always been into stand-up but first investigated the matter for himself in one of his classes.

"When I took a comedy class here, there was a section on stand-up. I really got into it," he said.

Carey said that humor has always been more his forte, since he was not gifted with any notable athletic ability.

"It's what everybody says, but I really like making people laugh," he said. "I've always been interested in stand-up."

Last semester, Carey tied for first place at "Towson's Last Comic Standing" contest, which earned him the opening gig for "Reno 911!" a few weeks later. He said it was one of the most fun experiences he's had doing comedy so far.

"That was extremely validating to win, since all of my friends were there and people kept congratulating me," he said. "The guys from 'Reno' were really cool and doing that show was a lot of fun. People were really receptive."

Next week, Carey will return to Towson to once again open for another comedian when the Campus Activities Board brings Sebastian Maniscalco to perform at Paws in the University Union on Nov. 20.

Earlier in the week, Carey will be traveling to New York to perform at a club in the city. Previously, Carey has only traveled as far as Delaware to perform.

"I've never even gone [to New York] for vacation. I've always thought as New York as my destination to really pursue my entertainment career, just because there's so much going on there," he said.

Though Carey has experienced some high points in his comedy career between "Reno 911!" and Maniscalco, he has also had some low ones. He said his worst experience so far was in Arbutus at Penguins Fine Wine and Spirits. He was supposed to do 10 minutes, but after three, he had enough.

"It was in the basement of a liquor store that used to be an S&M club, but you couldn't talk about that because they'd get offended," Carey said. "The seven people that were there kept heckling me. Even the guy who was running the show was heckling me. So I get off stage and I'm about to leave and they were all 'great job man, you really made us laugh.'"

Carey said that he draws most of his inspiration for his comedy from the styles of Mitch Hedberg and Demetri Martin.

"I really like comedy that's thought-provoking and interesting, instead of just recycling the same subject matter over and over and not bringing anything else to it," he said. "You can't just rehash the same racial and ethnic stereotypes over and over again. It's just been done too much."

Carey can be seen outside of Towson, performing regularly at open mic nights such as the one at Damon's Grill in Hunt Valley.

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