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Kenny Howell is naturally ignorant!
 After listening to a couple of stand up comedy routines by
Kenny Howell, it becomes clear why he's known as being "naturally ig'nant."
Howell is a gifted storyteller that makes even his experiences of growing up in
a Chicago Project and having hemorrhoids knee-slapping funny.
"I'm from Robert Taylor, Illinois. It's a little suburb in the middle of the
city," said Howell during his headliner performance at Fourth Funny Friday's
Comedy Jan at the Holiday Inn in Matteson, Ill Sept. 24.
Though from Chicago, Howell now lives in St. Louis. Howell has been seen on The
Parkers, Comic View and Live at the Apollo, and Tell it to the Judge.
Much of Howell's comedy that night centered around his childhood and according
to Howell, being funny him runs in his family. "I'm the youngest of nine and
everybody in my family is funny, especially my father. He is a fool." For about
40 minutes, Howell kept the crowd laughing as he described his mother's
parenting techniques, his father's dance skills, and his sibling interactions.
Howell attributes his comedy skills to his unique observation skills. "I'm
left-handed and many great comedians were left-handed. We see things
differently. Bernie Mac, Adel Givens, Chris Tucker, Steve Allen, Seinfeld and
Steve Harvey are all left-handed."
During his routine, Howell explained how he saw his own case of hemorrhoids
differently. He wanted to see what was causing all his pain, so he took a
mirror and looked. "My (butt) looked like a red, capital letter Q." For about
several minutes he had the audience howling about his bout with hemorrhoids.
When he asked the crowd if anyone in the audience ever had them, no one raised
their hand. "Now I know I can't be the only one because in Walgreens they have
a whole section for hemorrhoids."
Like many comedians, Howell's passion is driven by his desire to give joy and
take away people's pain and problems if not for but a moment while he has the
microphone. "I love to see people happy," he said. "Comedy is pain and to make
pain come across funny is great."
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