Entertainment Unlimited starts out the year with comedy

Comedian Alex Thomas comes to Ferris.

The Rankin Center Dome Room will be filled with jokes and laugh­ter tomor­row, Sept. 17, from 8 to 9 p.m.

Alex Thomas, both a come­dian and an actor, began his enter­tain­ment career right after high school.

Coming from a tal­ented fam­ily, his mom a pianist and his dad a mem­ber of the band Earth, Wind, and Fire, Thomas went straight to the pros when Keenan Ivory Wayans and Damon Wayans saw him in the hit com­edy show “In Living Color.”

Once his career started bloom­ing, Will Smith saw Thomas per­form­ing at the Laugh Factory Comedy Club in Hollywood and hired Thomas to write for his show “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.”

After writ­ing for Smith’s show for three sea­sons, Thomas kept up with his com­edy career by star­ring in two one-hour com­edy spe­cials, Showtime’s “Straight Clownin’” and BET’s “Alex Thomas Live.”

Thomas also opened up for famous stars like: Sinbad, Jamie Foxx, Mark Curry, Damon Wayans, and Bill Cosby.

He also guest starred in famous tele­vi­sion shows, such as “The Jamie Foxx Show,” “Martin,” “Girlfriends,” “The Wayne Brothers,” “Moesha,” “The Parkers,” and “All of US.”

Thomas starred in such movies like, “The Players Club,” “Two Can Play That Game,” “Just Married,” “BAPS,” “The Wash,” and more.

Television and movies weren’t his only act­ing gigs. He also per­formed in music videos made by artists like: Kanye West, P. Diddy, Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent, and Bow Wow.

Alex Thomas is well known in the com­edy world and has met a lot of well known musi­cians and actors through­out his career.

With a lot of expe­ri­ence under his belt he is sure to leave us with a few laughs.

These facts about Thomas are from black​com​e​dy​tour​.com.

For more infor­ma­tion on this event con­tact Leanne Day at dayl@ferris.edu or x2610.