PREVIEW: Ministry of Secret Jokes returns to Fergie's Pub tonight

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PREVIEW: Ministry of Secret Jokes returns to Fergie's Pub tonight

POSTED: Wednesday, January 26, 2011, 5:00 PM

Filed Under: Comedy | Critical Mass | Events Stand-up

UPDATE: Due to the snowlocaust, this show's cancelled, according to Ministry of Secret Jokes' Web site. The Ministry of Secret Jokes is back tonight, upstairs at Fergie's Pub (1214 Sansom St.). This esoteric gathering of young Philly comedic minds abounds with positive post-hipster energy and serves up comedy with a hearty side of weirdness and dancing bears. Telling jokes will be Chip Chantry, Luke Cunningham, Carolyn Busa, and Mayo. A free show from 8-10 p.m., come prepared to be entertained by comedians in suits, backyard wrestling, sketch comedy by the side-cleaving Feeko Brothers, and of course the legendary Omniana battle. What's Omniana? It's a structured verbal debate over which of two fictional characters would win in a fight to the death. Sounds important, right? It is! Perhaps most important is the celebrity status upgrade of host Doogie Horner. In addition to his book, Everything Explained Through Flowcharts (Quirk Press), he spent the past summer tearing through NBC's "America's Got Talent," making it to the top 48. Don't let his successful run on an uber-mainstream reality show fool you, though. Doogie's comedy is not filled with typical middle-America, Two and a Half Men-esque premises. He clearly belongs in some literary-minded sideshow, fueled on absurd word play. Says Doogie about the experience, "Performing on the show made a profound impact on my personal outlook. I was able to appeal to a mainstream audience while maintaining my comedy's integrity, and I didn't know I was capable of that."

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