Video: Ben Kronberg gets Slap Happy in Hollywood

Denver comic Ben Kronberg shows us what he's been up to since heading to Los Angeles: getting the shit slapped out of him for telling jokes. In his online video series, Slap Happy, Kronberg has to make random people on the streets of Hollywood laugh or else they get to...

By Jared Jacang Maher

May 1, 2009

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Denver comic Ben Kronberg shows us what he's been up to since heading to Los Angeles: getting the shit slapped out of him for telling jokes.

In his online video series, Slap Happy, Kronberg has to make random people on the streets of Hollywood laugh or else they get to smack him across the face.

Comedy + violence + hot chicks + fart jokes = online perfection. Check out another video after the jump.

Jared Jacang Maher

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