Comedian Arvin Mitchell had students laughing from his jokes, stories and voices during his stand-up set in the Student Center Ballroom on Thursday, Oct. 29.

The event, hosted by the Student Activities Board, featured lots of audience interaction as Mitchell made jokes with students.

“This feels like an intervention right now,” Mitchell said about the relatively small crowd.

Before beginning his set, Mitchell faced away from the crowd and introduced himself, calling himself “almost funny” in a high-pitched voice.

Mitchell recounted his cab ride from the airport in Little Rock to Conway as one he would never forget.

“[The dash] looked like a spaceship,” Mitchell said about the warning lights on the cab’s dash.

In response to laughs from the crowd, Mitchell said, “You think that’s funny? It gets worse.” Mitchell said the driver was speeding, asking for directions and that, since the cab did not take card payment, the driver had Mitchell pay by filling up the gas tank.

While Mitchell could hear the crowd laugh, he was not able to see people’s reactions due to masks. “I wish I could see your mouth. That sounded weird,” Mitchell said. He described the audience as looking like a group of almost-surgeons.

Throughout the show, Mitchell would interact with students in the crowd, asking their names and where they were from, often asking them questions later on.

Mitchell also discussed comedian Dave Chapelle’s recent stand-up special on Netflix and how he was able to relate as a comedian. “Our art depends on people liking us, and the moment somebody doesn’t like what you do they can cancel you or just make you seem like the worst person in the world just because you don’t agree with them,” Mitchell said, as well as describing Chapelle’s special as profound but hilarious.

Freshman Eli Thompson had some interactions with Mitchell during the show. After Thompson had been laughing for a while, Mitchell asked what was making him laugh so hard, and Thompson explained he was still laughing from an earlier joke.

“I liked how interactive he was with everybody. I thought that was pretty funny. I liked that he made himself feel personable,” Thompson said.

“I loved how engaging the crowd was and the end — I didn’t plan on doing that, but the answer and response was really organic for me,” Mitchell said. He is also writing a television show called “RV Arv,” where Mitchell drives around performing pop-up comedy with a food truck and live band.

Mitchell is on Studio C, a clean sketch comedy show in Utah. “All of my castmates are amazing,” Mitchell said. Alongside his show, sketch comedy and stand-up, Mitchell said, “I’m in a movie, and I can’t tell you the name of it.”

Mitchell can be found on Instagram @arvincomedian. “You can find me there and see some good, clean content you can watch with your parents,” Mitchell said.