Pikes Peak Center to host comedians Brian Regan, ‘Dude Dad’ this weekend
It’s all laughs at the Pikes Peak Center this weekend.
The venue will be hosting comedians Brian Regan and Taylor Calmus on Friday and Saturday evenings, respectively.
Calmus, who is also known as “Dude Dad,” is a Colorado-based video creator whose content centers around being a parent. Regan, whose comedy career spans more than three decades, is a regular on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” and has released eight hourlong comedy specials, including two that appeared on Netflix.
Regan got his start in comedy during college — after finding he wasn’t interested in accounting classes, he switched his major to communication and theater arts. From there, he started emceeing events, and found that making people laugh was what he enjoyed.
“I started wondering if I could do something like this for a living, and then I started watching comedians on TV, and all of a sudden, I just had this eureka moment where I was like, maybe I could do that, and it was a pretty audacious thought for me, but I decided that I was going to do whatever I could to do that,” Regan said.
“I like making people laugh. It’s a pleasurable feeling.”
As for the show, Regan says he takes on a range of subjects during his sets. And for Regan, just as important as the material is the delivery.
“I talk about guns and I also talk about Barbie dolls, so I throw a wide net,” he said.
“To me, it’s not so much what is being talked about. It’s how you talk about things. I always use the expression of a painter paints a bowl of fruit — it’s not the subject matter that makes the painting good, it’s how he paints the painting that makes it good, right? I feel that way about comedy.”
For those who attend Regan’s show, he hopes you share lots of laughs.
“One thing I love about laughter is that you can’t feel bad while you’re laughing. In that moment, you feel good, even if you have other problems in your life, at least for that moment, you’re feeling good,” Regan said.
“If somebody’s doing a long show, which is what I do, then you can laugh for an hour and take somebody out of their, you know, maybe challenging circumstances sometimes, and it feels good to be able to provide that.”







