Saturday, October 26, 2024
The Day of the Show, Y'all
Last night I hosted a fun show featuring several of my favorite performing friends. They all nailed it and I asked a few questions and then sat on a stool at the back of the stage watching them sing and looking awkward. It was great!
This is me hosting! The lighting people always do such a great job making me look like I somewhat belong there and am not just a crazy person.
Here's the whole crew! We did a couple of group numbers, including this "Fame" parody I wrote:
JAY: Baby, look at me
I am damn near fifty
Fighting gout, but back in the day
I was lead in six high school plays
And musicals.
I was in the local news
Next to ads for plastic shoes.
Celebrated by the Elks Club
They did not want no scrub!
I am damn near fifty
Fighting gout, but back in the day
I was lead in six high school plays
And musicals.
I was in the local news
Next to ads for plastic shoes.
Celebrated by the Elks Club
They did not want no scrub!
I learned to lack shame.
Fame!
I thought I’d win seven Oscars
Maybe be a samurai.
Instead I work at a desk job
And hope I don’t get pinkeye.
ALL: Get pinkeye, get pinkeye, get pinkeye, get pinkeye.
CARISSA: You don’t have to tell me
I played fuckin’ Annie!
Belting in a forty-pound wig
The school paper said I’d be big
Like Dawson’s Creek.
LINDSEY: I grew up in LA
Land of celebs and gays
I once danced with Hillary Duff
And she was nice enough.
I know it seems lame.
ALL: Fame!
CARISSA: People said I’d go to Broadway
Turn tricks and cry as Fantine.
ALL: Fame!
LINDSEY: Somehow I became a lawyer
Driving to court in Moline.
ALL: In Moline, in Moline, in Moline, in Moline…
MELISSA: I trained in opera, bro,
While my friends went emo.
My Pirates of Penzance did slay
Plus I learned my Titian and Klee
In AP Art History.
PETER: Not to brag, but see
I’m on IMDb.
People said my theater BA
Would definitely pay!
I thought I’d win seven Oscars
Maybe be a samurai.
Instead I work at a desk job
And hope I don’t get pinkeye.
ALL: Get pinkeye, get pinkeye, get pinkeye, get pinkeye.
CARISSA: You don’t have to tell me
I played fuckin’ Annie!
Belting in a forty-pound wig
The school paper said I’d be big
Like Dawson’s Creek.
LINDSEY: I grew up in LA
Land of celebs and gays
I once danced with Hillary Duff
And she was nice enough.
I know it seems lame.
ALL: Fame!
CARISSA: People said I’d go to Broadway
Turn tricks and cry as Fantine.
ALL: Fame!
LINDSEY: Somehow I became a lawyer
Driving to court in Moline.
ALL: In Moline, in Moline, in Moline, in Moline…
MELISSA: I trained in opera, bro,
While my friends went emo.
My Pirates of Penzance did slay
Plus I learned my Titian and Klee
In AP Art History.
PETER: Not to brag, but see
I’m on IMDb.
People said my theater BA
Would definitely pay!
But no one’s to blame.
ALL: Fame!
MELISSA: I could still be a contender
If I’d just lie ‘bout my age!
ALL: Fame!
PETER: I refused to do full frontal
For less than a living wage.
ALL: Fame!
LINDSEY: At least we’re all still performing.
ALL: Fame!
MELISSA: I could still be a contender
If I’d just lie ‘bout my age!
ALL: Fame!
PETER: I refused to do full frontal
For less than a living wage.
ALL: Fame!
LINDSEY: At least we’re all still performing.
CARISSA: I’m like a female Josh Gad!
ALL: Fame!
MELISSA: Day jobs are very fulfilling.
PETER: Nothing about this is sad.
ALL: It’s not sad, it’s not sad, it’s not sad, it’s not sad…
ALL: Fame!
MELISSA: Day jobs are very fulfilling.
PETER: Nothing about this is sad.
ALL: It’s not sad, it’s not sad, it’s not sad, it’s not sad…
Of course, we forgot to practice our bows, and they were messy AF, but I consider that to just be a metaphor for life.
