It was a full day for me. One of the events I went to was Grand Old Day in St. Paul, I walked the entire route. I was pleased to get free photos at Nathan's hot dogs, they are known for their hot dog eating contest. Notable was stopping at the roller girls tent and they misheard a word about how I have comedian friends. One photo I got was of two young men in Batman shirts and pig masks. I liked hearing 'Edge of Glory' by Lady Gaga on one stage. There was mechanical bull rides as well. The first event of the day was the Children's Festival, also in St. Paul. I parked my car downtown and walked to the festival, then to Grand Old Day, and yes my feet hurt by the time I got back to my car. At the Children's Festival I got a photo of a stilt walker. I also spotted an usher-tainer from the St. Paul Saints baseball games, found out he is a magician. We exchanged business cards.
I wasn't home for long after these two events, long enough to check email and eat dinner. Then it was on the road again, to The Turkeys comedy show in Minneapolis at a gentlemen's club. They did have their regular show after the comedy show, and I didn't stay around for long but I saw a few of the dancers on stage. I laughed a lot much like at the Friday shows. The voice impressions really work for me, especially the Ricky and Joe show. The diner skits were shown, I am in the last of the 3. It was fun to see the dancers introduce the comics. The big dog got a lap dance at the end of the show, and his bride-to-be got to watch it on stage. It sounded like it was unexpected that she would be a part of it. It was my first time at this kind of establishment in years. But I found out the term does apply, as I was treated with respect. This started with the bouncer being courteous with me when asking for my ID and this continued into the regular show when I was asked if I needed a drink more than once. Even a manager or maybe owner said he wanted to make sure I wasn't being ignored.
I will do my best to cover as much of the show as possible. Self checkout did stand-up after the Gorilla Finger skit. There was Macy's and Walmart, all bananas, wrong clan, then saying something was like 3 sports movies- Hoosiers, Miracle, and Rudy. The final one was how his wife needs to drink. Grizzly Adams was introduced as the 'Little hairy man'. He did ones about walking cats, stay in for the ending, thumbs up at car wreck, and the ultra-sound clinic. There was the one about the Mike Jackson hologram, which led to Metallica, U2, and Dave Matthews. He called it 'And Justice for all, beautiful day, and crash into me'. After the diner skits was the 'Ball Rock' skit, or 'Ballads'. The erotic novelist bit was next, but it was not the video. The Oklahoma native was next, saying it was the nicest place where I could make his mom cry. He has a Craigslist car, did the wearing a hat bit, and the 'boobless' joke. There was also 'after party/adversary', then the 'Ranch' diner skit, followed by the third jewelry skit, and log busting. Then the red-faced comic went on. Have you been running? Can you not tell? There was the fake $10 bill bit, and seeing someone at a metal show, the shirt said 'Not dead yet'. There was more skits, the conference call, followed by doing lines, and the bathroom buddy. The big dog said the dancers introducing the comics were Peyton, Rachel, and Lexi. He did jokes about bad porn, seven years with the same woman, a Bruno Mars song, and suicide by cop. The final segment before the lap dance was the red-faced comic in gold pants, as Dick Guy. Grizzly was doing the drumming.
The final event was unexpected. I was planning on taking the light rail home, and I did. But there was a 20 minute delay as I saw a drunk driver get arrested. His car was blocking the track. I pulled out my camera and got 7 pictures, it looks like others had the same idea. And to think it was going to be a big deal to have found the source of a searchlight while waiting for the train! I know this day, especially the comedy show, made me think a lot about my life. I have accomplished some heady things considering I was just an 'Aw-shucks' shy, scared kid from little Newton, Iowa. Somehow I have found a way in the big city. Eventually I thought of a song lyric that summed it up, it was by Pitbull. I've lost a lot, learned a lot, but still undefeated like Shula. The song was 'Feel this moment', and Christina Aguilera sings part of it.
I wasn't home for long after these two events, long enough to check email and eat dinner. Then it was on the road again, to The Turkeys comedy show in Minneapolis at a gentlemen's club. They did have their regular show after the comedy show, and I didn't stay around for long but I saw a few of the dancers on stage. I laughed a lot much like at the Friday shows. The voice impressions really work for me, especially the Ricky and Joe show. The diner skits were shown, I am in the last of the 3. It was fun to see the dancers introduce the comics. The big dog got a lap dance at the end of the show, and his bride-to-be got to watch it on stage. It sounded like it was unexpected that she would be a part of it. It was my first time at this kind of establishment in years. But I found out the term does apply, as I was treated with respect. This started with the bouncer being courteous with me when asking for my ID and this continued into the regular show when I was asked if I needed a drink more than once. Even a manager or maybe owner said he wanted to make sure I wasn't being ignored.
I will do my best to cover as much of the show as possible. Self checkout did stand-up after the Gorilla Finger skit. There was Macy's and Walmart, all bananas, wrong clan, then saying something was like 3 sports movies- Hoosiers, Miracle, and Rudy. The final one was how his wife needs to drink. Grizzly Adams was introduced as the 'Little hairy man'. He did ones about walking cats, stay in for the ending, thumbs up at car wreck, and the ultra-sound clinic. There was the one about the Mike Jackson hologram, which led to Metallica, U2, and Dave Matthews. He called it 'And Justice for all, beautiful day, and crash into me'. After the diner skits was the 'Ball Rock' skit, or 'Ballads'. The erotic novelist bit was next, but it was not the video. The Oklahoma native was next, saying it was the nicest place where I could make his mom cry. He has a Craigslist car, did the wearing a hat bit, and the 'boobless' joke. There was also 'after party/adversary', then the 'Ranch' diner skit, followed by the third jewelry skit, and log busting. Then the red-faced comic went on. Have you been running? Can you not tell? There was the fake $10 bill bit, and seeing someone at a metal show, the shirt said 'Not dead yet'. There was more skits, the conference call, followed by doing lines, and the bathroom buddy. The big dog said the dancers introducing the comics were Peyton, Rachel, and Lexi. He did jokes about bad porn, seven years with the same woman, a Bruno Mars song, and suicide by cop. The final segment before the lap dance was the red-faced comic in gold pants, as Dick Guy. Grizzly was doing the drumming.
The final event was unexpected. I was planning on taking the light rail home, and I did. But there was a 20 minute delay as I saw a drunk driver get arrested. His car was blocking the track. I pulled out my camera and got 7 pictures, it looks like others had the same idea. And to think it was going to be a big deal to have found the source of a searchlight while waiting for the train! I know this day, especially the comedy show, made me think a lot about my life. I have accomplished some heady things considering I was just an 'Aw-shucks' shy, scared kid from little Newton, Iowa. Somehow I have found a way in the big city. Eventually I thought of a song lyric that summed it up, it was by Pitbull. I've lost a lot, learned a lot, but still undefeated like Shula. The song was 'Feel this moment', and Christina Aguilera sings part of it.
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