Ava Schmidt

Comedian Steve Soelberg, as seen on many social media platforms, brought laughter and joy when he performed Down Under at the UC Live event Thursday night, February 6, 2025.

In for a night of laughs and storytelling? Well, Steve Soelberg filled the room with laughter at the University Center’s Down Under. Soelberg was engaged with the audience by telling some memorable moments and hilarious stories that some may relate to. From the brain telling us that love and fear are the same emotion to mirroring people, Soelberg gave us a performance to remember.

Stories of adventures when Soelberg did a show in Australia highlighted by his storytelling ways with a good accent.

He engaged with the couples in the audience asking how they met and complimented them for staying together. Explaining how single people have lots of time on their hands to look up the weirdest things but told us that loving yourself is the most important thing.

He asked a question to the audience, “Anyone have a permanent retainer?” A lot of people in the audience answered and he performed a hilarious and true partnership between a finger and tongue. He pointed out the finger is not good at spotting the permanent retainer but the tongue can spot it dead on. Like how you get a retainer your tongue will go crazy on the fact that it’s there.

Soelberg moved the performance to his job in the ER and told funny and interesting stories about his ER career. He mentioned a relationship between how ER staff want to become comedians and how comedians work in the ER.

“I am crossing that line somehow,” Soelberg said.

Continuing, Soelberg went from a lava lamp story to a story about two chestnuts. The audience found it hilarious and the room was filled with laughter.

He even did well on the characters he portrayed in the story. His character told the absolute truth about two chestnuts. Soelberg put in a very nice Southern accent but still made it a very funny performance. That left the audience giggling with laughter. Other stories throughout the show were some of the funniest yet like the ones on his childhood.

Soelberg performed a couple of stories about him and his dad. They went to a hoarder’s house and he had to sit on his dad’s lap. Since there was no place to sit anywhere in that house.

“The hoarder’s cat came up to us and… Bleh!” Soelburg paused, “We were the only people in this house that smelled normal and the cat made us smell just the house.”

As a child, he lived in a “swear-free” household and told us of an outdoor adventure he had of sledding.

“In my house, it was a rule to never say the word ‘butt,’” he said.

Soelberg had to get creative when telling his dad he landed on his butt while sledding because he couldn’t say “bum” either and that left the audience the laughing storytelling experience.

Soelberg performed very well and audience members really enjoyed his presence. They got a taste of home, adventure, humor and self-love. He gave the audience a good night at the UW-Whitewater University Center and had many stories to tell and many laughs to give.