Archive for January 24th, 2007

January Guests: Janeane Garofalo, Seth Rudetsky, John Mulaney

I love this show!!! It was really the funnest. I have never seen a show at Mo Pitkin’s before. This show was in the upstairs theater. It was small but cozy and the place was packed.

I was very excited because I love Janeane Garofalo and have never seen her live and in person. She waxed obsessive about Rome. Not the place, but the TV series. I am in awe of her.

An added bonus was John Mulaney of Oh, Hello fame, who I have seen before and who is not only funny but totally crush-worthy. He gave a hilarious history lesson, both informative and silly.

Seth Rudetsky brought proof that the 70s was really the most surreal time in network television. You’d believe me if you saw Tony Randall’s appearance on the Brady Brunch variety show.

I have to say that Julie & Jackie were the highlight of the show for me. They were awesome together. The night started off with a slideshow of things they are currently obsessed with like Carly Simon & James Taylor as a couple and OJ: the drink and the man. There was also some talk of Screech’s sex tape and for that, I don’t think I’ll ever be able to watch Saved by the Bell again. Thankfully, they didn’t show any footage. Julie ended the show with a rousing rendition of Carly Simon’s Let the River Run while a slideshow of photos of Carly Simon who looked like she may have been peeing ran in the background. Jackie has a special place in my heart because she wore a New England Patriots jersey and kept checking the score throughout the show. As a fellow Pats fan, I appreciated this. Julie won me over with her Carol Channing dummy. I read an article in Vanity Fair recently about how women aren’t funny. I’d like to invite the author of that to come see this show because Julie and Jackie are effortlessly funny and now I’m obsessed with them.

Next show is Thursday, 2/20 at 9 pm. You should totally be there.
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