Wayne Brady’s song titles are generally pretty straight forward.

Whether he “Saw Your Mom at the Strip Club,” “Was Molested by a Turkey,” or is mocking “The Fat Kid in Dodgeball,” the comedian is never shy about combining his cheeky, low-brow (but curse-word free) brand of humor with the ability to sing and improvise original lyrics that has made him famous.

Headlining the Homecoming Pep Rally and Student Entertainment Event’s Comedy Show last night, Brady closed out a range of productions that featured introductions from the pep band, cheerleaders and even a few star football players singing his tunes.

Although kick off for the homecoming game against North Carolina State isn’t until noon tomorrow, more than 5,000 students, alumni and family members braved an inexplicable sweltering heat inside Cole Field House that jumpstarted homecoming weekend.

“It’s homecoming, I’m a freshman, I want to be a part of this,” said freshman psychology major Claire Balkam. “The band’s out and everything. It’s just like a pre-game.”

Though the show began with splashy 92.3 WERQ-FM DJ Pork Chop predicting an absurd 758-0 final score tomorrow, a group of swaggering football players promised a somewhat more attainable domination of future opponents. Once the players and Pork Chop cleared the stage, however, it was Brady who owned the crowd.

Throughout the introduction, students screamed his name, momentarily forgetting the homecoming celebrations in favor of a moment of starstruck fervor.

“It seems like they’re kind of sneaking it in,” junior computer sciences major Andy Tiffany said of the homecoming revelry. “I’m not too into that. I’m just here because Wayne Brady’s a funny guy.”

Brady opened with one of his signature hip-hop parodies, where he improvised a rap incorporating random words yelled out from the audience that ranged from “biology” to “gefilte fish.”

The comedian also displayed an impressive knowledge of local news: In a sketch on College Park crime, Brady mocked robberies in a scene where he gets stuck up and then befriends his aggravator, as a random student pulled up on the stage peppered the act with sound effects.

“When he brought people up on stage, it was always very funny,” sophomore physics major Andrew Fuecher said. “It’s people who have no idea what they’re doing, but Wayne makes it funny.”

Not shy about hitting some of the low-brow themes so popular on the college scene, Brady received a standing ovation that rivaled Terps quarterback Sam Hollenbach’s when he went into an skit depicting a cross-dresser in different scenarios that included a police infomercial, a Western gun fight and a Bollywood dance.

For SEE officials, the night exemplified the reputation that the pre-homecoming comedy show has developed over the years, which they plan to continue, envisioning “an Art Attack for the fall,” SEE Public Relations Director Michelle Rattner said.

“It’s been getting bigger and bigger every year,” Rattner said.

Contact reporter Ben Slivnick at slivnickdbk@gmail.com.