Can you describe the show and/or your character? 

Mike Albo: It’s almost like being shot out of a cannon. We’ve been working together for many years and we keep adding new costumes and crazy places to change. We make fun of basically everyone.  My personal favorite thing in the show is to make fun of delusional people. 

Nora Burns: It’s going to be very fun, crazy, naughty and smart. We don’t think there is anything like it. We sort of make fun of everyone; from people taking too long to order, to mommy culture, to Latin queens, to Republicans. You name it we make fun of it. This will also be my first time in Fort Lauderdale, so I’m very excited about that. 

David Ilku: They can expect to be tickled, shocked, challenged and enlightened.

How does the dynamic of the group work and has it changed over time?

Nora Burns: Over the years of working together we have just as many group pieces as we do monologues. We usually agree on what works and what doesn’t work.  It’s very seldom that we have a disagreement.  

David Ilku: We take meetings with each other and discuss what's going on in the world, what's bothering us and work from there. Some are big things but most are little things, which I think people can relate to more.

Do you ever worry that you might offend audiences, or is it always your intention to just be funny?  Do you ever feel that some audiences just need to lighten up?

Mike Albo: That’s such a good question.  I honestly think I do worry at times; we get controversial.  But that’s what comedy is—to kind of put people in uncomfortable territory.  I’ve always thought of comedy as a massage—almost a release.  I think audiences should leave trying to find humor in life. 

Nora Burns: We definitely offend audiences.  Things are sometimes too crass or too sexual; but that’s the risk you take when you do sketch comedy.  We just hope that when we make fun of people the audience sees that we are making fun of ourselves just as much as anything else. I hate when people come to the show for the sake of  just coming there.  They have to come for amusement and to hear something funny.  

David Ilku: The old adage, "tragedy plus time equals comedy," is true, however, some things just aren't funny to certain people. We try to open people’s minds to looking at certain things from our own personal slant. One thing for sure is: we are not precious.

When you are out in public are you always looking for that next joke from some random occurrence around you?

Mike Albo: Definitely.  I’m always writing stuff down and thinking of sketch ideas.  It takes a long time to actually put something together to bring to the stage from an idea, but it’s always good to get ideas from all over the place.  

Nora Burns: Absolutely. Things always seem to come to me when I’m out in public.  

David Ilku: No, I am never looking; it just finds me. It's usually something that I find disturbing or annoying and then I think, “Oh wait, I think I can use that."