PORT ANGELES — Post-election comic relief is on tap as a pair of Seattle comedians take the stage of the Pirate Union Building, or PUB, at Peninsula College, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd., on Wednesday night.
Kermet Apio and Brad Upton, winners of sundry comedy festival competitions and travelers of the geographical and humor map, will step up at 7 p.m.
Tickets are $10 at the door, or free for Peninsula College students.
Born and raised in Honolulu, Apio moved to Seattle after finishing high school and attended the University of Washington.
In early 1989, he did his first open-mic night at the Comedy Underground in Seattle and enjoyed it so much he quit his job a year later to take the leap to full-time performing.
Stand-up comedy is, he says, still his only job skill.
Apio won the 2009 Great American Comedy Festival; performed at festivals in Aspen, Las Vegas and Vancouver, B.C.; and has won the Seattle Comedy Competition.
He also wants his audiences to know that he was Dishwasher of the Month at the Sea-Tac airport Denny’s in 1988.
Upton, a past winner of the Las Vegas Comedy Festival, appeared recently at Caesars Palace as part of the HBO Comedy Festival.
After 26 years and 5,000 shows, “Upton has mastered the nearly impossible task of appealing to people from the ages of 18 to 80,” The Seattle Times has said.
His comedy specialty is everyday life and his long-term marriage.
Upton has opened for a variety of stars, from Johnny Mathis and Kenny Rogers to Joan Rivers and Dolly Parton.
These days, he’s touring theaters and performing arts centers with the Masters of Stand-Up, a group that includes comedy stars Jimmy Brogan, Cathy Ladman and Maryellen Hooper. His new CD is titled “Smart Guy, Stupid World.”
For more information on Wednesday’s comedy night, visit the Peninsula College website at www.pencol.edu.
