A Seattle-based comedian entertained Linfield students on Saturday night with topics ranging from love and death to meatloaf.

Emmett Montgomery, who was a contestant for NBC’s Last Comic Standing, said that he was glad to be on television even though he lost. “If I hadn’t been on TV, I may never have been noticed and been able to come to Linfield,” Montgomery said.

The word “meatloaf” went from food to funny when Montgomery made fun of its name. “It’s so much more than just a loaf of meat,” Montgomery said. Students laughed as he then told them about his own stressful, yet comical, experiences trying to cook meatloaf.

Montgomery added lightness to the topic of death when he joked about becoming a robot after he dies. He said his wife wants their ashes mixed when they die, but he has other plans. “I never plan on attending a baseball game while I’m alive,” Montgomery said.

Montgomery asked the audience to look deep inside and find that “joyous noise,” and to release it. What followed was an amusing assortment of animal noises from the crowd followed by laughter.

When the performance was over, students left the auditorium still smiling and laughing.