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Traci Skene; Brian McKim

A A A Comments By Bryan Miller Wednesday, Feb 11 2009

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Laughter is a great aphrodisiac, and unlike oysters and green M&Ms, it won't give you food poisoning or make you fat. So take your sweetheart to the Joke Joint this weekend for the Valentine's Day show featuring Brian McKim and Traci Skene. Both sexes will get their say when McKim and Skene split the bill, and these two know a little something about comedy and romance: They're married. McKim met Skene working the circuit in Philadelphia in the '80s, and a few years later they got hitched and went on the road together. (They also co-write the excellent online comedy journal Shecky Magazine). McKim doles out rapid-fire jokes with a deadpan delivery, while the more expressive Skene is all wry grins and sarcasm. They've toured all 50 states, been featured numerous times on TV, and have gently acerbic but clearly differentiated styles that wonderfully complement each other, though McKim and Skene don't go onstage together. "Doing some sort of duet is an entirely different animal than a solo act, and something we've never put any energy into trying to figure that out," McKim says. "My wife likes to say that the 40 minutes she spends onstage is the only time she gets away from me." 18+.
Feb. 12-13, 8 p.m.; Fri., Feb. 13, 10:30 p.m.; Sat., Feb. 14, 7:30 & 10 p.m., 2009

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