Friday, April 25, 2008

Show 39: Party Like It's 1990

Photography by Aemiessence Fine Arts

Del

We had an informal theme of the 90's (so informal, none of the other comedians knew about it), and the show was radical!
Carolyn Castiglia was a big hit as the host and Honey, she shrunk these kids:

Randy Epley
Del
Luke Thayer
Polly Pyne
Josh Homer
and improv by I Eat Pandas (Glennis McMurray and Eliza Skinner)

with special guest Marybeth Goodwinn reporting the news.

Abbi & Luke opened the show, and Abbi was decked out in her Kids In The Hall t-shirt, her tribute to the 1990s. Luke tried to explain that they started in the 1980s. She argued that she watched them growing up, and they, like Karate Kid, are as 90s as The Brady Bunch.
Luke Thayer and Abbi Crutchfield

Carolyn Castiglia was in on the bit and played a musical tribute to Wilson Phillips.
Carolyn Castiglia
She then went over the absurdity of flashback pop-culture shows. "Remembering the '90s is like reminiscing about YESTERDAY." Then she and Abbi parodied Frangela for no other reason but to give crazy looks to the audience.

We welcomed Randy Epley to the show for his first time, and he regaled us with the woes of his childhood. Not in the '90s.
Randy Epley

Making her public debut, Marybeth Goodwinn spoke on being the only black member of Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
Abbi Crutchfield as Marybeth Goodwinn, sole black member of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

Then she alerted the room that their oracle is missing. If found please contact them at the eleventh wheat silo off Highway 10.
Abbi Crutchfield as Marybeth Goodwinn, sole black member of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

Del shook up the room with stories of relationships gone bad. Like Milli Vanilli.
Del

Luke discussed the dangers of being lured into social work by posters that use reverse psychology.
Luke Thayer

Abbi returned with her fake one-woman show, "She-Lebrity", making a horrible attempt at accents and disguises. Here she is as J-Lo, nursing twins who only LOOK like cabbages in comparison to her beauty.
Abbi Crutchfield

All the way from Europe, the lovely Irish lass Polly Pyne treated us to jokes and a workout regimen of 15 "press-ups"!
Polly Pyne

It was our first show with a toddler (Carolyn's), our first show featuring a girl in striped tights (Polly's), and our first to feature the quick wit of Josh Homer. He worked his magic by detailing "things that have happened in the show so far" and topped it off with the other stuff he's working on.
Josh Homer

Completely having forgotten any notion of a theme for the show, Abbi shouted, "Pickles" as a suggestion for our very first visiting improv troupe, the immensely talented Glennis McMurray and Eliza Skinner of I Eat Pandas.
Glennis McMurray and Eliza Skinner of I Eat Pandas
In a tiny space they created scenes of farmer's market sales-turned-one night stands, a park rendez-vous-turned-baby hunt, and a make-up refresher in a ladies room-turned-battle of the minds.

Perhaps it was this gift of invention that caused the Hat of Chance to randomly choose them as the week's winners! Listening to their Barbara Streisand record will inspire new improvised musicals with their pianist Frank Spitznagel!
Winners!  I Eat Pandas

Closing the show in her classic way, in such a manner that would make Queen Latifah proud, Miss CKC freestyle rapped while Abbi beatboxed.
Carolyn Castiglia and Abbi Crutchfield

Bring your Mom to our next show on May 9th, right before Mother's Day!
Carolyn Castiglia and daughter

Friday, April 11, 2008

Show 38: Interracial Extra Special

Photography by Aemiessence Fine Arts

Emily Epstein and Jay Nog after the show
Emily Epstein hosted a splendid lineup:

Jay Nog
Abbi Crutchfield
Lance Weiss
Elon James White
Kyle Fincham
a sketch by Delusions of Spandex

With special guest Chef Pepe Le Mans, and an exclusive sketch by Luke and Abbi!

Abbi and Luke opened the show with observations about interracial unions. Observations in the form of an improvised musical that made Luke uncomfortable.
Abbi Crutchfield and Luke Thayer

Emily Epstein picked up where Abbi left off remarking about her own couple with a comedian of color. She is committed though. She lives in Bed-Stuy.
Emily Epstein

Jay Nog took the mic and never mentioned the race of his girlfriend. Just the benefits of an alias and the cruelty of kids.
Jay Nog

Chef Pepe Le Mans (et oui, that Le Mans!) hosted a brief cooking show while giving us our current events between chopped vegetables. A few peas, a few carrots...
Luke Thayer as Chef Pepe Le Mans
and voila! A coffee cake.

Luke Thayer as Chef Pepe Le Mans

Abbi returned to the scene of her hate crime (having earlier accused guests of having pasty, white kids), and bared her soul, stand-up style. Philosophizing on the true value of a Greyhound dog, a bearded friend and a Morgan Freeman.
Abbi Crutchfield

Lance Weiss is back at The Living Room to confide in the audience about his tattoo desires and his fear of flying...when the plane is repaired by morons.
Lance Weiss

Like Ashford and Simpson, Luke and Abbi worked together to make magic. Friends Teri and Ramon discuss their friend Antonio's confession of being straight, and decide how they feel about it.
Luke Thayer and Abbi Crutchfield

It was the same old story of acceptance vs. intolerance and just like all tales of friendship, it ended with choreography to Color Me Badd.
Abbi Crutchfield and Luke Thayer

Living Room regular Elon James White played match maker to a young guy and gal in the first and second rows. Were they interracial? Yes. Did they hit it off? Time will tell.
Elon James White

Surprise guest Kyle Fincham took some time to check out the show and ended up checking it out from the stage!
Kyle Fincham

Phaea Crede and Becca Jones of Delusions of Spandex brought a Ladies News segment to present more current events, but this time from a woman's perspective. A loud, sensitive, conniving and violent woman's perspective.
Phaea Crede and Becca Jones

The Funniest Comedian of All Time award went to first-time recipient Elon James White! He became the proud owner of this presumably African and decidedly potent Fertility Statue.
Winner!  Elon James White

Join us for another melting pot of hilarity on April 25th!