‘Most comedians do one type of comedy. We do it all.” That’s the goofy boast at the top of this show by visiting American comics Carmen Christopher and John Reynolds, and they go some way to fulfilling it. You won’t find a more ragtag collection of act-ups, gags and antics than this. No Tengo Escuela (it translates as I Don’t Have School) finds the duo collaborating on a loose, semi-improvised hour, delivering solo sets and doubling up for oddball sketches, all in sort-of character as two slacker bros only dimly aware that time has been called on this kind of unchecked masculine self-indulgence.
It feels like the kind of palate-cleansing hangout two buddies might contrive between higher-pressure projects – which may be the case, given both have big-hitting TV CVs. Christopher featured in Disney+ hit The Bear; Reynolds starred in the great Search Party as beleaguered Drew Gardner – fans of whom will be blindsided by his emphatically silly and expansive persona here. The show also accommodates a special guest (tonight, Lolly Adefope), with whom the pair perform so-bad-it’s-funny improv.
