Every year for Parents’ Weekend, our campus is blessed with the presence of a comedian. This year, Connecticut native Eric O’Shea will grace our grounds. He will play at the Quick Center this Saturday night.
“I went to Fairfield Prep, I was one of the nerds in the blazers and ties. To make matters worse, I was a 14-year-old chubby freshman with no facial hair …that makes things even better,” O’Shea said.
O’Shea is a very experienced comedian, especially in terms of college student audiences.
“I’ve been doing this for about 13 years, been playing to colleges for 11. I absolutely love it,” he said. “I average about 75 to 80 schools a year, which is quite a lot.”
Many know O’Shea from his YouTube videos. In particular, one where he does an extremely impressive impersonation of Elmo.
“I have 2 million hits on YouTube and break.com,” he said.
This YouTube fame has paid off for O’Shea in many ways.
“Steven Spielberg saw it and he flew me for a screen test for him in July. That was very exciting,” he said
O’Shea is always excited to come back to Fairfield.
“I played Fairfield about a year ago and just loved it. Just loved it, had a great time,” he said. “We will have a great time with the moms and dads.”
O’Shea said Jerry Seinfeld, Paul Riser, George Carlin and Bill Cosby were his comedy influences.
“I started to develop a little style of my own,” he said. “That’s what happens as you keep going forward in this business. You develop your own little niche.”
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