Few artforms are as hit or miss as standup comedy. And by hit or miss, we mean mostly misses. Anyone can tell a joke, but to keep an audience of hundreds or thousands grinning for a half-hour routine is tough, tough stuff. That’s why it helps to have an expert curator like Marty Riemer. Best-known for his exploits as a longtime KMTT disc jockey, Riemer has always carved out timebe it during the Mountain’s long-running 5:20 Funny segment or by booking touring comics as guests on his morning podcast (martyriemer.com)for laughs. Now in its seventh year, his :20 Funny Festival features the uniformly hilarious lineup of Tom Papa, Gary Gulman, Dan Naturman, and Owen Benjamin, with a portion of the gate benefiting Operation: Sack Lunch, which provides outdoor meals to the homeless and hungry. But perhaps Riemer’s greatest claim to comedic credibility is that he hails from Auburn, which boasts the highest per capita rate of crass mudflaps in King County. And is there anything funnier than a mudflap with a stripper silhouette on it? No, there’s not. MIKE SEELY
Fri., June 17, 8 p.m., 2011
