Happy Monday, all. I hope that those of you who aren't going to hell had a wonderful Easter and all that baby Jesus ham that you devoured isn't repeating on you. Personally, I had my baby Jesus with a side order of Easter bunny on a spit.
But really, this was a weekend of larfs. The Walsh Brothers show at the Jimmy Tingle Off Broadway theater in Davis Square was so freaking nice that I had to see it twice. The boys really brought it. It's tough to describe what it is exactly that they do, but as a general rule - if you're into child molestation humor, these are your guys. Even though their Davis Square shows are over, you can still catch the fellas every Thursday at ImprovBoston in Inman Square and most Fridays at the Comedy Studio in Harvard Square. It's true - there are other shows to see in Boston besides Scamper.
The only downside of the Davis Square shows was Jimmy Tingle himself. Apparently, his brief stint playing the "Andy Rooney but not actually funny" role on 60 Minutes 2 for 6 weeks really got into the guy's head. He's obnoxious as fuck. He stood at the box office, asking everyone to get on the email list. Incessantly. I tried to strike up a conversation about future shows, the documentary he was in, but he was like a robot: "Uh huh. Did you sign the email list?" So I signed the fucking email list. Jesus. Don't you hate when someone's opening a theater in your neighborhood and you want to root for his success, but he makes it really really hard by being a dick? Yeah, me too.
Speaking of funny - I caught this show on MTV last night called Wonder Showzen. It's staged as a children's show, featuring animation, puppets and all child actors. But it's really sick and demented. It's the only show I've ever seen with a disclaimer at the front saying "If you let your child watch this show, you are a bad parent or guardian." Very good stuff. My favorite bit was a ten-year old kid dressed as Lincoln, perfectly delivering the line "I didn't plan on shaving my beard and freeing the slaves. I did, however, plan on shaving the slaves and freeing my beard," followed by a little dance. Again, tough to describe why that's funny, but trust me - it was.
Anything else funny out there that I'm missing?
But really, this was a weekend of larfs. The Walsh Brothers show at the Jimmy Tingle Off Broadway theater in Davis Square was so freaking nice that I had to see it twice. The boys really brought it. It's tough to describe what it is exactly that they do, but as a general rule - if you're into child molestation humor, these are your guys. Even though their Davis Square shows are over, you can still catch the fellas every Thursday at ImprovBoston in Inman Square and most Fridays at the Comedy Studio in Harvard Square. It's true - there are other shows to see in Boston besides Scamper.
The only downside of the Davis Square shows was Jimmy Tingle himself. Apparently, his brief stint playing the "Andy Rooney but not actually funny" role on 60 Minutes 2 for 6 weeks really got into the guy's head. He's obnoxious as fuck. He stood at the box office, asking everyone to get on the email list. Incessantly. I tried to strike up a conversation about future shows, the documentary he was in, but he was like a robot: "Uh huh. Did you sign the email list?" So I signed the fucking email list. Jesus. Don't you hate when someone's opening a theater in your neighborhood and you want to root for his success, but he makes it really really hard by being a dick? Yeah, me too.
Speaking of funny - I caught this show on MTV last night called Wonder Showzen. It's staged as a children's show, featuring animation, puppets and all child actors. But it's really sick and demented. It's the only show I've ever seen with a disclaimer at the front saying "If you let your child watch this show, you are a bad parent or guardian." Very good stuff. My favorite bit was a ten-year old kid dressed as Lincoln, perfectly delivering the line "I didn't plan on shaving my beard and freeing the slaves. I did, however, plan on shaving the slaves and freeing my beard," followed by a little dance. Again, tough to describe why that's funny, but trust me - it was.
Anything else funny out there that I'm missing?
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Oh, I meant to add - I thought the American version of The Office was crap. Why would they use the same script as the original? Makes no sense to me.
Did anyone see it that HASN'T seen the original? I'd be curious to get your perspective.
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Was anyone else at the first Walsh Bros. set on Saturday? Felt like Smith College and my grandmother walked into Jimmy Tingle's and fucking exploded. Tough to laugh at assrape jokes when half the kids in the audience probably marched against the Archdiocese of Boston at some point. And mind you, I LOVE assrape jokes.
Wrong crowd, they KILL at the Hong Kong.
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Yeah, you must have been with a bad crowd, Vin. I saw the Friday show and the late show Saturday. The crowds were hot for both. Dave Walsh said the early Sat crowd was a bit on the blue-haired side.
Sorry about all the deleted posts, everybody. Strangely enough, blogger is being a bitch.
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