By Adam Tulloch, Special to The Recorder

Central Connecticut State University received a visit and performance from Sheng Weng, a stand-up comedian recently featured on the Comedy Central network.

Weng performed a very original and unique set. While a few of Weng’s jokes needed to be thought about, the majority of his jokes were basic and understandable and often tapped into his life experiences. He used one of his experiences in Los Angeles as the basis for a joke which ended up receiving a couple of extra laughs as he managed to surprise the audience with witty punch lines.

Weng was able to focus his jokes around insightful observations on society all the while maintaining a strong variety in style, a nice change of pace that helped keep the audience hooked on the majority of his routine.

Proving his veteran stand-up status, Weng’s comedy was a brand that allowed everyone to be able to relate to something, making him universally hilarious to the audience. His stage presence was one of a solid veteran confident in his jokes.

One of Weng’s most impressive jokes of the night was a commentary on automatic paper towel dispensers. Weng said, “I’m drunk at the club and I’m in the bathroom. I finished washing my hands but it seems you can’t just get a paper towel anymore you got to work for it nowadays with these motion sensors [waving his hand]. You know, got to bust a little dance getting jiggy with the machine, bust a move to get one paper towel. I’m like man I know I’m not that drunk. By the end of my dance I’ve got a party behind me in the men’s room. Then the night gets weird.” These types of humorous and real life situations are what kept the audience laughing all night.

Weng closed his act with another type of relatable joke. “Life to me is like a big box of condoms,” Weng said. “It’s full of hopes and dreams but in reality, I think I just bought entirely too much condoms. I don’t know what I was thinking. I got excited but I have no business in buying bulk because I don’t do it in bulk. At Costco they label the box as ‘Family Pack’. Well I don’t want that, this is why I’m buying condoms. I want the ‘No Family Pack’.”

“I liked the way things went. The audience was great and very welcoming. They were into my jokes,” Weng said of his performance. “It’s good to network with places like this, I had a great time.”

With intense honesty and logic, comedian Weng provided CCSU a night of great fun and stand-up comedy.