Laugh till you pee yourself should be the motto of Just for Laughs Bermuda.

With three international comedians Finesse Mitchell, Jo Koy and Derek Edwards and one rising local star, Jonathan Young, the laughs were so hard at the Fairmont Southampton Mid-Ocean Ampitheatre on Friday that some audience members needed their asthma inhalers.

Mr. Young kicked off the show. He was the winner of the Digicel Fresh Faces Competition held at the winter Just for Laughs Bermuda event in January.

"Are there any tourists here tonight," Mr. Young said to the audience.

There was dead silence. Not a peep from anyone.

"Thank you, Dr. Brown," was Mr. Young's quick reply.

This was the third Just for Laughs Bermuda event and the first summer show.

The show was largely in keeping with the standard of former shows. This time around there was all reserved seating.

The evening's star player was Finesse Mitchell who led the event.

Mr. Mitchell is a graduate of the University of Miami, where he said, "We had the best professors Cuba had to offer."

He appeared on Saturday Night Live from 2003 to 2006.

In 2005 he was made a member of the Saturday Night Live cast.

He has also appeared on BET's Comic View, The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, and The Late Show with Conan O'Brien, among many others.

His routine was funny, but there were times when it deteriorated into name dropping. Brad Pitt whispered sweet nothings in his ear, he met Halle Berry in her dressing room. Well good for him, but the truth is success isn't all that funny. He should possibly stick with George Bush, because in Mr. Mitchell's own words, "George Bush never lets you down when you're looking for material." And if anyone proves the rule about failure being inherently funny...

Canadian Derek Edwards appeared to be older than the other comedians, seemingly less urban, and had a funny Canadian accent. He brought the house down.

Mr. Edwards has appeared frequently in Just for Laughs comedy festival events in Canada and was the winner of the Vail Comedy Invitational in Vail, Colorado. He recently filmed his own one-hour special for The Comedy Network's 'Comedy Now' series entitled 'Blood, Sweat & Beers'.

Mr. Edwards: "Can you believe Canadians won a medal in trampoline? Look out for bouncing Canadians."

On describing turn down service in a hotel, "Thank God you were here, I thought the bed was locked."

On the need for a 24-hour sex toy shop near his house in Toronto, Ontario.

"What possible emergency would require such a shop," he said. "My God, I'm all out of plastic genitalia."

The show had a slightly top heavy feel with three comedians on before intermission and one on afterward.

Jo Koy closed up the night. He was recently named one of the 10 comics to watch by Daily Variety, and received an almost unheard of standing ovation on the Jay Leno show.

And during the Just for Laughs Bermuda summer event. Mr. Koy's routine about his five-year-old son, and the son's obsession with his private parts was funny.

"He calls it his 'Ting Ting'," said Mr. Koy. He went on to describe how his son coloured his Ting Ting with green permanent marker.

Unfortunately, Mr. Koy was completely thrown by a heckler in the audience who appeared to have thought the phrase 'Just for Laughs' was a euphemism for strip joint.

The lady kept yelling, "'We want to see yours', and 'take it off'." After that things fell apart a bit for Mr. Koy.

There seemed to be no plan in place to deal with rowdy audience members on the part of the Just for Laughs Bermuda organisers. If they want to keep the big names coming, perhaps they should get a heavy man on the double.

In the end, Mr. Mitchell got up and had a word with the lady. So that's how you get to meet a Saturday Night Live celebrity.

At this point Mr. Koy got very aggressive and threatened to cut off his own 'ting-ting' (not his actual words) and shove it down her throat if it would shut her up. The heckler held her ground for another minute and then left. It took Mr. Koy a few seconds to get back in the game.

"I don't need the assistance of a retarded lady, I have my own son," he grumbled. "I was going to do a joke about complimenting women, but now I can't do that one."

Before doing Just for Laughs Bermuda comedians are told to tone down their routines for "sensitive" Bermuda audiences. Thank goodness they quickly give up trying on that score.

If you're looking for sensitivity, clean language or nude male dancers, this probably wouldn't be the show for you. If you're looking for a good laugh then it's worth the $55 ticket.

For information about future Just for Laughs Bermuda events go to www.comedyevent.bm/