Mel Cooke, Freelance Writer

Dwight Samuels was voted the club rocker once more. - Photos by Winston Sill/Freelance Photographer

When Comedy Buss host Christopher 'Johnny' Daley emerged from the stage vehicle's automated doors in a puff of smoke at TVJ's Lyndhurst Road, St. Andrew, studios on Sunday afternoon, he soon connected matters of the liquid kind.

"Rain fall. Me get de message. JLP (Jamaica Labour Party) win cause a pure shower, shower," he said, to laughter.

There would be more politics at the taping of the week's show, though - eight minutes of it, in fact - as the eight remaining contestants were required to do a minute on politics before presenting two minutes on matters they wished later in the show.

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Gabre Nelson said if Pearnel Charles went to a black and white party, he would not have to dress up. - Colin Hamilton/Freelance Photographer

There was no comment from judges Peter Lloyd, Audrey Reid and Winston 'Bello' Bell in the political segment, their observations being reserved for the freestyle.

Bertrand Williams was first out, dressed for the political part in a dark suit. He said that he would be responsible only for the parishes of St. Elizabeth, St. Catherine and St. Mary where "I will personally go out there, plough their land, lay the pipe and let the water flow."

And, as the person solely responsible for 'Pathole', he would not use concrete to do the necessary patching.

"I will use rubber, so there won't be any young ones running around," he said.

Carlos Austin straddled the political divide in attire, with a orange shirt over a green one, but put all politicians in one hamper.

"I think politicians should be changed like a pampers - regular and for the same reason," he said.

Dwight Samuels, who eventually took the prize for rocking the studio with a scorching second stint, was among the less funny the first time around, saying politicians were like doctors keeping corruption on life support and refusing to let it die.

There was laughter when Gabre Nelson said if Pearnel Charles went to a black and white party he would not have to dress up, while the 'concerned citizen', Dalton Spence, told the tale of a boy who rescued Bruce Golding from drowning.

When Golding asked him what he wanted as a reward, the boy said a glass coffin and 'hero' on his headstone, because "when my mother fin' out who I jus' save she gwine kill me".

Dufton Shepherd said the People's National Party went up, down, in and out, weaving in tales of K. D. Knight and family as he outlined the movements.

"Dem need fi change de fis' to a han'. Like when Christmas a come dem a go love Boxing Day," he quipped of the opposition party.

Rocked the house

Tashawna Gayle is the sole female left in the competition. She rocked the house on Sunday with a new take on 'fairy tales'.

Tashawna Gayle rocked the house as she said a father told his daughter that people have stopped starting fairy tales with "once upon a time"; the choice of start is now "if I am elected ..."

Dwayne Smith was last up, bringing the segment to a resounding close as his hand came down gradually with his slow, emphatic speech that "the government will put plans in place to bring down crime and violence".

And politics was also on the mind of surprise guest Leighton Smith, who opened the show.

He recalled when a JLP politician said that a certain pothole was 'Portia hole'.

"Like how de rainfall mash up de road, yu no tink Bruce a leak?" he asked, to howls of laughter.