We, the Stanford Robber Barons, are celebrating our second birthday with our seventh all-new sketch comedy show, Robber Barons: Olympic Athletes. The comedy is pure gold, and after watching us perform, we’re sure we’ll at the very least place in your hearts. Does this last sentence not [Olympic] ring[s] true? Feel free to torch a building in protest. We suggest one of the international houses, or perhaps Escondido [Olympic] Village. We’ve shown a lot of promise at previous outings at the Laugh Factory and our recent San Francisco SketchFest exhibition, and we’ve been training all Winter quarter for the big event. In the comedy world, we’re proud to represent ourselves, to represent Stanford, and, most of all, to represent America. USA! USA! USA!

For the first time ever, you can reserve your seats in advance–make sure that you have a spot! We’ve sold out before, and we could well do it again.

Here’s a poster:

Insert heavy handed metaphor about grace and comic timing here.

The exact schedule has not been set, but we will likely be performing one 30-minute set at a venue in San Francisco towards the latter part of January. If you around, stay tuned for details and be sure to check out our performance!

The sketches from our Fall 2009 show are up!

These are our promo videos for the Fall 2009 show. Again, the info:

ROBBER BARONS EXPOSE THEMSELVES!!!
4 shows–8 & 10 PM,
November 13th and 14th,
Campbell Recital Hall
Free for students, $5 faculty & staff, $10 general

More hilarity than you can shake a stick at–seriously, we’re working round the clock on this to make it our best show yet. Stay tuned for bigger site updates, posters, etc. In the meantime, join our Facebook fan page or follow us on Twitter! Hope to see you soon,

The Robber Barons

The Robber Barons get some questionable advice from a GPS unit.

We’re experiencing some technical difficulties, but check out the links at right, and you can still download our application (due Sunday at 11:59) here.

Thank you for your patience!
Robber Barons

Ian went on a date last night.  The Barons debrief.

First time we did three shows on campus. Here’s the review.

You can call shotgun. Or you can call something else.

The advertisement for our Spring show.

Lyrics:
go, go, go, go, go, go, go barons
it’s our spring show and we gon party like it’s our spring show
we gon sip bacardi like its our spring show and you know you don’t wanna miss out on our spring show
you can find us up in braun,
we got it goin on
on the 28th of may in Campbell recital hall
we in there tellin jokes, we ain’t up in there to fall
so come show us some love,
if you like crackin up x2

When we pull up out front the marguerites on dubs
When you roll 20 deep its so much drama on the bus
Now that we got 3 shows, everybody better come
When you sell out Campbell Hall, you get plenty of groupie love
And Homie ain’t nothing changed Rolls down, G’s up,
Axe and palm we in the cut, hey man, roll dat sushi up
If you watch how we move you mistake us for a player or Simp
Been hit with a few reviews, but we don’t walk with a limp
In Da Hood, In L.A., They saying Barons you hot
The girl with the funny hat she like Olivia a lot.
But, Holla, on the farm, the pregnancy theme was loco
When the plan is to put the joke game in a choke hold
we full of focus, man, got funny on the mind
Got a meal out the deal and we still on the grind
And shorty said she feelin’ the style, she feeling the show
Her girlfriend willin’ to laugh, and they ready to go (okay!)
you can find us up in braun, we got it goin on
on the 28th of may in Campbell recital hall
we in there tellin jokes, we ain’t up in there to fall
so come show us some love, if you like crackin up
don’t try to act like you don’t know who we be neither!
We got shows on the 29th and 30th too, So pop pop off!
Robber Barons, haha!

Sometimes, you can have too much of a good thing.

Finally, a medicine that does everything. EVERYTHING.

In life, you generally get what you pay for.

This was our fourth show, and our first where we 1. performed multiple nights, 2. performed free for students, and 3. ran out of seats for audience.

A parody of Ashton and Demi’s obnoxious celebrity “I Pledge” video. Ours is more accurate.

This was our third show ever, and our first with a brand new class of recruits.

The video that took Best Picture at 2008’s Stanford Campus Movie Fest.