(MENAFN) A packed house erupted into applause as Fred Kerr walked on stage during a warm, mid-August evening at Yuk Yuk's Comedy Club in Calgary. He was the first featured comic, liquor was flowing and everyone was eager for a good time.
"Folks, like a lot of Calgarians, I lost my job," the former oil patch worker said, reaping his first, tentative laugh. "Yeah, I appreciate the sympathy," Kerr continued. More laughs.
"But I won"t be unemployed for long because I have a bachelor of arts degree." More laughs. "In French Literature." More Laughs. "From the University of Calgary." More laughs.
Fred Kerr when he was vice-president of investor relations at Pengrowth Energy. Kerr was laid off in 2014 at the start of the oil price downturn.
He then covered the newsiest topics in his five-minute skit (Donald Trump, marijuana legalization, North Korea) kept the language clean and the political criticism mild to avoid misfiring with the young audience.
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