Emmett Hall is something of a comedy overachiever. He is one half of heavy metal band Knights of the Night, performs with the Sunday Service and is featured on their monthly podcast (A Beautiful Podcast), and still finds time to hang out with Sad Mag when he’s not illustrating My Little Pony. You’ve probably seen him all over town, but tomorrow night you can see him on the magnificent Cobalt stage. Read on!
Jeff Lawrence: Tell me a bit about yourself and what you do when you’re not being funny. Or are you always funny?
Emmett Hall: I am a British Columbian by birth who’s been working in the animation industry for about 8 years. Currently storyboarding on My Little Pony. My face is crooked, so I am always funny.
JL: I heard you are in a band called “Knights of the Night” where you play metal dressed as actual knights. Discuss.
EH: Comedian Ken Lawson and I realized we had a mutual love for heavy metal. Ken’s an extremely accomplished guitar player and I can fake my way through the bass and sing. We figured we could convince people to watch us play metal so long as we mince about in a jocular fashion. It’s tricky because we want to stay true to the glory of the music itself, but never stop taking the piss out the bombastic chivalrous personae blasting it out. Our armour consists of long -johns and altered dresses.
JL: What do you like about doing comedy?
EH: I like that I can invent contexts that are completely unacceptable and incoherent in any other form of expression. Comedy is also a very entertaining way exercise/exorcise my personal confusion and ego.
And most importantly, in the end times…when there’s nothing left, there will still be something funny.
JL: What do you dislike about it?
EH: The lack of satisfaction in performing, I guess. When people laugh at something I do, then I settle on the objective that that was merely the intended response. Generally nothing more. When I bomb, the weight of the all the work and effort I put in topples down in the wake of humiliation I subjected myself to.
How dramatic! Nontended response [sic]!
JL: What kind of humour do you find the funniest?
EH: Mine. Done properly. So not by me.
JL: On a scale of 1-10, where do you place your feelings on Valentine’s Day and why?
EH: I’d give it a 2 because Valentine’s Day is so important.
Sad Mag Comedy Show: Valentine Edition
February 9th
The Cobalt (917 Main Street)
Doors at 8:00PM, Show at 9:00PM
$10 cover, includes a 1-year Sad Mag subscription and dance party admission