{LOL! comedy slam}

This past Saturday, I was fortunate enough to attend the "LOL! Comedy Slam" which was held at Pier 11 in the Aloha Tower Marketplace. I first "met" Lanai Tabura (who is a HUGELY popular media personality here in Hawaii) through the social network Twitter. For all you "tweeps" out there - be sure to add him! @LanaitheDJ. We chatted a little bit about photography, and he invited me to get some shots of his comedy show.

I've heard Lanai on the radio before and have seen him on television - so finally getting to meet him "IRL" (twitter term for "in real life") was nothing short of AWESOME. He's one of those people who exude "je ne sais quoi." He's confident, sophisticated, and classy all rolled into one. Yet, he is still very humble and extremely down to earth. With his recently launched new wine collection ("Look Me In The Eye"), he will no doubt add another notch in his belt of success. He's like the Hawaiian Midas - everything he touches turns into gold.

Okay, back to the comedy show. The show itself lived up to it's name plus a gazillion times more! In the acronym slang of today's generation it was a total LOL!/LMFAO!!-fest and made me wanna ROFL!!! The entire show was THAT funny. It featured Lanai, Shawn Felipe, Kaleo "K.P." Pilanca, with special guest appearances by Andy Bumatai (tweet him too! @AndyBumatai), and the insanely awesome, Kennyhune. My sides are still sore from all the laughing I did!!

Here's a short recap of that night.


This just goes to show you how much Hawaii LOVES to laugh!
Pier 11. WAS. PACKED!


Shawn Felipe takes the stage.


The living legend, himself.....Mr. Andy Bumatai.




Kennyhune & Kaleo - so funny together!




Kaleo & Lanai.


And lastly, Mr. "Omg-I-just-might-pee-my-pants-because-he's-THAT-funny," Joey Guila.

Lanai, congratulations again on all your recent achievements!
I hope we can work together again very soon! :)