No More Hired Wangers!

So Judy God was just that: GOLD! A fabulous show. We were 4th row stage right on the isle... a PERFECTLY unobscured view of the stage.

She sang, she 'danced' ok, not so much, and she did her schtick.

What I loved is she referred back to her early stuff like the Kiss Curl and " It's the Judy Show!" which I so loved, and the totally took on the Mormons and Prop-Hate.



What disappointed me was this... and I'm talking from experience... the Queer shows bring out the cutest fags this city has to offer... even the audience for Lea Delaria years ago (I met her back stage, she's a total teddy bear!) was full on BEEF CAKE... a veritable Sausage Fest... tonight... was... more of a KugelFest. I think we were one of only a half dozen gay couples and by far the youngest and cutest. The rest were Jews from the old country, minimum age 97!

Anyway my favourite part was the picture she showed of her 8 year old son Ben holding a sign that said "My Two Moms can Totally Kick Your 14 Wives Butts" When they went to a Prop-8 protest in New York. That just totally rocked!

So yea, a fun time was had... Didier even got a couple of the jokes. ;-)

No More Wire Hangers!?

We're off to the Queer The-a-tah tonight Kittens. *

This evening it's Miss Judy Gold in "Mommy Queerest" **

I hope she's serving up more than cake! ***

* But isn't ALL theatre queer?

** Special Thanks to my own personal Fairy Ticket Godmother! *Mwah!*

*** Award winning comedian Judy Gold hates one-person shows… that’s why she’s doing her second one, Judy Gold is Mommy Queerest! The star of the 2005 Just For Laughs hit G-d Doesn’t Pay Rent Here has a lot to say about being the mother of two boys and an out lesbian comic. There is no stone unturned: her mother, anti-depressants, nursing homes, parenting, gay marriage, and of course what she truly thinks about her kids (they are annoying, expensive, and they better pluck out her chin hairs when she’s in the Hebrew Home for the Aged). Gay or straight, black or white, Jew or non-denominational neurotic, Judy will make you laugh your ass off. And with the high rate of obesity these days, that’s a good thing. *PHEW* Well that's a relief!

Just For Laughs: Le Grand Charivarir

So we decided to go see the night parade for the closing of the Just For Laughs Festival. They are usually interesting (to say the least) if not a tad on the overly artistic... and by that I mean, you generally don't really understand what your looking at... This year was to be no exception..

But before the parade we walked through the Festival Grounds and saw three humongous red ants... I'll never say another disparaging work about cockroaches and NYC again...

Then we made our way up to Sherbrooke and waited for the sun to set. Unfortunately because of the high humidity in the air AND the fact that the parade route was partially lit by flairs, there was a lot of smoke and so these pics are not of the highest quality...

And so let it begin.

Gimmie a beat...



Princess TP?!...



Oh dear deer...



Umbrella, ella, ella, ella, eh, eh, eh, eh...



A pack of little christers...



CELINE!...



Feel depressed?...



YEA!!! Snow!!!



Mooooooooooooooooooose!



Banshee.. banshees... banshai???



Um, yea, I dunno either...



the magical forest?!



Rose de Nantes. I swear, that's her name...



When penguins and nuns mate...



Um, yea.. butterflies..



...and fish...



...a 30 foot high praying mantis...



...not to be out done by a 50 foot tall animated blow-up (castrated) doll...





...nice ass though...



The End.
(giggle)



And so another Festival Just Pour Rire comes to a close... Until next year...



Shawn & Didier.
oops,
I mean Victor et Rose de Nantes.
:-)

Just For Laughs Gala

Back in May I won tickets to one of the Just For Laughs Galas. After a couple of months waiting, the night finally arrived.

The host was Craig Ferguson, whom I have to say I find rather a dish. I love a Scottish accent... I try as often as I can to watch the Late Late Show, but also most nights I'm asleep on the couch before it starts. When I do manage to stay awake however, Ferguson always makes me lol. So I was super stoked to see him live...

The first comedian was good. An Asian guy names Stephen something r other. (I forgot to get a pic of him) I think his best line was how his mother couldn't pronounce his own first name... "Stee-been. ... Stee-been", "How can you not say my name? YOU gave it to me?" I dunno but this amused me greatly...

The Second comedian up, was CUTE with a capital Q! HAWT! Scottish as well, and his first name was Craig as well, Sorry I can't remember his last name. He came out in a leather kilt dancing to to Madonna's "Hung Up"... no surprise then that he was a big old Mo! And a cutie-pahtootie!

The majority of his routine was slash and burn on celebs. Joe, you'd have loved his comments on Mariah... I swear you two could be related!

Next was "that Canadian Guy" He's always amusing...

Then came some slight of hand / pick-pocket dude from I think, Eastern Europe... cant say for sure, and I cannot recall the guys name... At any rate he took my watch, which as it was happening I realized but then thought, "I'll go with it cause I'll probably end up on stage..." And lo, only moments later after he emptied HIS pockets on stage he asked all those missing watches, wallets etc to join him on stage.

As I took the stage he asked which was mine., I pointed to my watch and he commented "oh the cheap one" to which I replied, "That's true but then you missed the digital camera sitting on my lap when you took it" (The audience liked that!) Later I got to tie him up... heh. So look for me on next season's Just For Laughs...

While on stage I thought, what the hell... and took a pic...

Next was Elvira Kurt. I've seen her I think 4 times now, and she never fails to entertain.

This pic sucks but it was the best I got of her... she's a little hyperactive so they were all a blur.

Then came Bruce Bruce. Yup that's his name... well stage name at any rate. And from the size of him, it's no surprise you say his name twice. He was a flippin riot! Very good stuff.

Then there was another dude. Very funny in fact. Mike Birbiglia (also doing a one mane show at the fest: "Sleepwalk with me" HE did a routine on being a hypochondriac, but actually having cancer. I swear I damn near wet myself. (no blur-free pics here either)

Then there was some other from "The Office" (US) He was ok, singing a medley of songs adding the lyrics "Take your panties off" into all of them, including the Canadian National Anthem. -he should stick to that schtick, cause his regular stand-up was dullsville with a capital Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

And then, before I knew it, the night was over... save for Craig Ferguson doing one last routine... a no-holds barred number on why Scotland rules and everyone else sucks!

...haggis and highland dancers...

...men in kilts...



...drinking...



...Scotty from Star Trek (even though he's Canadian, not Scotish)...



...Sean Connery...

And last but not least the finale...

(Please note Shrek at the top of the stage, and the Loch Ness Monster immediately below him, both waving Saint-Andrews Flags.)

I had a Bee-last and cannot wait to see myself on TV. lol

Didier's Birthday.

As mentioned yesterday, I took Didier out for a light dinner at Mi Burrito (Honestly, I don't know why they continue to bring us a menu, we've been there so many times and we always, ALWAYS get the same thing.) We had a great meal, Burritos, his shrimp, mine chicken with mole sauce (what else do you expect... their name IS Mi Burrito!) and of course... Margaritas.

We then walked down to the Just For Laughs site. Strolled around, watched some buskers, got an ice cream. Caught a cute pair of fire swallowers in Tiger and... wait for it... LEOPARD PRINT! You so know these were MY kinda preformers... Called FUEGO! (Am I the only one that didn't know that Fuego means Fire in Spanish!?) Anywho they were fun... the crowd enjoyed.

Now you KNOW... I HAD to get my pic taken with em...

We then headed down to St Laurent and De Maisonneuve to watch the festival's opening night parade.

It was all 'big heads' Didier was excited about this because a troupe of 'big heads' from his hometown, Nantes, France was there.

The Three Stooges...

Laurel and Hardy...

Charlie Chaplin...

Yea baby, yea!

It was short, and sweet just like that we headed up to the Just For Laughs Museum Cabaret for our main event...

When we got to the Museum the line up was around the block... LUCKILY ( we saw a couple we knew very near the front of the line) We bee-lined for them and kissed their cheeks (as if we were SUPPOSED to be meeting them...) and stayed with them in line. HA! I have never done that before and I know it cost me some Karma points, but ya know, sometimes you just gotta be that person. It WAS Didier's birthday, he NEEDED to have a good seat!

The venue is not big, there was a little round stage in the middle with seats ringing it for a few rows, and then there were two balconies. We were able to get into the 2nd row from the stage. It was an intimate setting, and you were at moments only inches away from the action.

(to be continued...)