J.antie Lissow- knocks Starbucks, offers funny anecdotes By Jessica Besack has been steadily rising. stuff. If you take out a whole said, you might find "Daddy's bright !)ink T -shirt with the Staff Writer He is now signed under the shelf, it will only cost you $20." Little Princess" upon closer sparkly words "Daddy's Little Gersh Agency, which handles Starbucks' coffee was another reading. Princess" emblazoned across the Comedian Jamie Lissow other comics such as Dave object of Lissow's humor. He In conclusion to his routine, front. entertained a small audience in Chappele, Jim Breuer and The warned the audience to be cau­ Lissow removed his hooded You can read more about the Wolves' Den this past Friday Kids in the Hall. tious when ordering coffee there, sweatshirt to reveal a muscular Jamie Lissow at evening joking about Starbucks Lissow amused the audience since he has experienced torso bulging out of a tight, http://www.jamielissow.com. coffee, workout buffs, dollar with anecdotes of his experi­ mishaps in the process. stores and The University itself. ences while touring other col­ "I once asked 'Could I get a Lissow, who has appeared on leges during the past few weeks. triple caramel frappuccino "The Tonight Show with Jay At one college, he performed pocus-mocha?"' Lissow said, Leno" and NBC's "Late Friday," on a stage with no microphone "and the coffee lady turned into a opened his act with a comment after an awkward introduction, newt. I think I said it wrong." about the size of the audience, only to notice that halfway Lissow asked audience what saying that when he booked The through his act, students began the popular bars were for University show, he presented approaching the stage carrying University students. "certain demands." hot dogs and hamburgers. When one student called out, "I need to perform in a room He then realized that he was "Cockeye's," Lissow embarked that can fit about a hundred peo­ sharing the stage with a upon a comedic spree. ple," Lissow said, "but only let microwave and a condiment "It's called 'Cockeye's?" he about ten in." table. asked. "Is the owner cockeyed? Later, when an audience When The University audi­ What if all the bartenders were member rose to grab a handful of ence laughed, Lissow looked cockeyed? Is the bouncer cock­ pretzels, he remarked, "You around him, realizing that he eyed? That way he could check know you're kicking ass in a was, once again, sharing_ the you and your ID at the same room when you can actually hear stage with the Wolves' Den's time." someone getting pretzels!" microwave and condiment table. One of the main jokes in Lissow was intrigued by Hilarity ensued. Lissow's act lampooned upon stand-up comedy after perform­ Lissow presented an oddball workout buffs. ing at an open-mic night in theory concerning dollar stores. Lissow stated that guys who Canada seven years ago. He feels they can be utilized to want to appear as muscular as He attended law school for promote world peace. possible simply squeeze into the one day, and dropped out to pur­ "Next time you're really smallest shirt they can find. sue comedy full-time. mad," Lissow advises, "just go Lissow joked that if you actually Photo courtesy ofwww.jamielissow.com Since then, Lissow's career to the dollar store and break asked such a guy what his shirt Comedian Jamie Lissow. Snipes, del Toro deliver the action in ''Blade II" (Luke Goss), the Reapers feed quickly. humanity to the horrific Nomak on vampires and humans alike. Only the characters of which few screen villians con­ At the Movies With their existence in danger, Reinhardt and Nyssa leave a tain. "Blade II" the vampire nation turns to lasting impact. "Blade II" knows what kind Blade, known to them as the There is a great amount of of film it is and as a result, it suc­ (PG, 1:47) * * * Daywalker, for help. chemistry among these actors, ceeds. It will not win any Reluctantly allying himself and that allows us to believe awards, but it was never meant Wesley Snipes, Ron Perlman, with a group of vampires named every over-choreographed fight to. Luke Goss the Bloodpack, Blade continues scene, contrived plot device and The action is unrelenting. Its his hunt to battle the undead. any elements that appear bor­ imagery of nighttime Europe has before a sequel was made.· Of course, the allegiance is rowed from other films. a dark and modernistic look that By Sal Rome "Blade II" is a kinetic and styl­ only temporary. Blade has to The appearance of the adds t0 the film's tension. Staff Writer ized spectacle of action and vio­ watch his new teammates, who Reapers is the film's master­ The film is not for the squea­ lence, improving on the original were originally trained to kill stroke. mish, as the director never backs Films based on comic books while staying true to its spirit. him. They include Reinhardt As the leader of the Reapers, down from the character's vio­ have become rather trendy in the Directed by Guillermo del (Ron Perlman), who takes spe­ Luke Goss brings a shred of lent nature. past few years. Adapting a comic Toro, the film is made exactly as cial pride in his ability to beat book into a movie is one thing, it should be: fast, fluid and fun. any adversary, and the mysteri­ but getting the film right 1s Once again it stars Wesley ous and attractive Nyssa (Leonor something else entirely. Snipes as Blade, a half-human, Varela). Often, characterization is half-vampire. As a child he was Wesley Snipes returns. to the replaced with fancy gimmicks raised by Whistler (Kris role of Blade, the brooding anti­ and merchandizing products that Kristofferson), a vampire hunter hero, with ease. He plays Blade, only trash the source material. who kept Blade's vampirism not as the confident hero, but as For every Superman there are under control and trained him to a confused and haunted figure several Batman and Robins. fight the Nosferatus. with the sole purpose of killing "Blade" was one of the few that Time has . passed, and his prey. got it right. Whistler has been captured Blade has a resonance which Based on the Marvel comic while Blade still prowls the most modern actions heroes book of the same nature, the film streets in his lonely war. lack. Unlike the first film, he told the story of a vampire hunter The film opens with this con­ brings humor to the role. in modem day America. "Blade" tinued search for his long lost The characters that make up stayed true to the source materi­ friend. the Bloodpack, however, are al, giving it the respect it The plot is simple but works. rather ineffective. The introduc­ deserves. A new breed of vampires has tion of the team shows much The gothic thriller was a hit, emerged called the Reapers. Led promise, yet once an actor makes and it was only a matter of time by the enigmatic Jared Nomak an impression, he vanishes rather .