Laugh out loud with Howie

“I’d like to be a woman for a day,” said comedian Howie Nave.

Conversation with Howie never seems to lack in humor. As a special UNIQUE performer, Nave is coming to CSUS to star in today’s “nooner.”

Nave has been a comedian for over a decade and has traveled throughout the nation bringing laughter to each stop.

Nave finds the very idea of majors in college to be amusing. “One day a philosophy major is going to look down when he is flipping burgers and ask ‘Why?’”

Nave attended San Jose State for the first two years of his seven-year college career before transferring to Humboldt State. “For my first two years in college I majored in ‘registration.’ Finally, after getting past all of the lower division classes, I moved to Humboldt,” said Nave.

Nave incorporates his musical talent in his stand-up routines. Having earned his degree in music, Nave plays the guitar both seriously and for laugh’s sake.

When asked what he thinks about Sacramento, Nave replied, “Sacramento is kind of a mind twist. Outside of the college campus, it is way more conservative than people would imagine it to be.”

Nave visits our campus once or twice a year amidst his busy travel schedule. He has served as the opening act for Johnny Cash, Neil Young, Trisha Yearwood, Weird Al Yankovic, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Howie Mandel, and many others.

Along with comedy performances, he teaches comedy traffic school classes and also owns Bear Tracks Promotions, which allows him to help out aspiring performers. When asked of his thoughts on traffic school comedy, Nave said, “The reason I enjoy doing it is because it helps me to get over the obstacle of hecklers.”

Nave is currently working on two books. One is a compound of humorous bumper stickers he has seen on the road. The other will be titled “The Worst Jokes I’ve Heard on the Road.” Nave plans to organize these books geographically so “everyone can see where the rednecks live.”

The Comedy Jokeoff will happen today at 12 p.m. in the University Union Auditorium.