Comedians Prove Rockers Don't Have All the Fun at Bonnaroo

Posted on Jun 14th 2009 9:30PM by Benjy Eisen
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Comedian-actors Michael Ian Black and Michael Showalter -- previously from television cult classics 'The State' and 'Stella -- continued Bonnaroo's great tradition of integrating comedy with rock 'n' roll at a festival, using their pair of shows on Bonnaroo's final day to promote their upcoming Comedy Central show 'Michael & Michael Have Issues.'

They told fans that the new show will be sketch comedy similar to what they did in the State and they even played a clip from the show before introducing fellow comics like Aziz Ansari and surprise guest Margaret Cho to the stage to take turns making the hippies and hipsters laugh, proving their own hipness in the process. "It's Sunday at Bonnaroo, which means that everybody who has jobs already left," joked Showalter. "The only people still here are here to see Phish." Black, meanwhile, admitted in a humorous manner that he would not be seeing Phish but he loved Bruce Springsteen last night.

Black, meanwhile, jokingly admitted that he would not be seeing Phish but he "loved" Bruce Springsteen last night. "I have one more thing to say about that," he added. "And that's that I wasn't here last night." The hipsters in the crowd certainly appreciated the irony