I'm not much of a review writer, but I'm gonna do it anyway. Hope you like it.
The Delocated Witness Protection Variety Show. April 14, 2012. The Bagdag Theater. Portland, OR.
. . . was excellent! The show started well over an hour late and Jon came out strong. After his insane and
super silly intro song he said, "F**k Yes. That's how you f**kin' start a show that's an hour late. F**kin' come out strong,
put yer foot on the gas and you don't let up!" Then he tore into a rap about his boots ( video linked in above post ).
After the boot talk and some other hysterical banter he introduced the first guest, Kurt Braunohler.
Kurt was the 'Warm-Up Guy" on the show. His set was really great. I'm not sure what I expected, but I enjoyed him much more than I would have thought I would. Toward the end of his set he did a bit I really thought was funny. He started talking about 'sad-snacks'. Then he pulled out a hard boiled (already peeled) egg about of a plastic bag. "The saddest of snacks". He then proceeded to pour some salt over the egg and then do what he does while he eats his sad-snack. Read to himself his Twitter Tweets that failed or nobody replied to. So sorry. SO FUNNY. Good bit. When he finished and left teh stage he left behind the plastic bag the egg was in. That pissed "Jon" off. Jon got angry for a minute. He told Kurt that the bag "smells AND stinks". Funny. After Kurt took the bag Jon riffed for a bit again, as he did in between every performer. There were lots of boot references throughout the whole show.
Next up was Amy Schumer. She was also very, very funny. My wife and I both really enjoyed her set. She is pretty brutal and gets pretty dark. I'd go see her again. After Jon came back out and goofed around he introduced the next guest,
"Sand Box". That being Brett Gelman. His act was a bit shorther than the others. Sand-Box is a dude who wears too short shorts and a cheesy floral beach shirt. All of his jokes are puns involving the word sand. During almost every punchline he grabs a fist full of sand and dumps it on the floor. Afterward trying to clean it up with a useless floorsweeper thingy.
Jon started busting his chops about it not working out and taking too long. Sand-Box got really angry. Hahaha.
A lot of people did not really dig it. I thought it was funny. Watching the video earlier I was again laughing.
Next up, Todd Barry. As always. Todd killed. He decided to switch it up and read an article from some hip rag and added his own comments. It was kind of short, but very funny from what I remember. I have not yet looked at the video from his set yet. After Todd came Janeane Garofalo. She was super. Her set was tailored to her day and what she was doing and seeing and feeling in Portland. She was right on the money. She is still awesome.
The last act was the Corin Tucker Band. Although I am not at all a fan, they were fun. They all wore orange ski-masks and Corin's voice for both songs played sounded just like "Jon's". Cool. Jon came up one more time and closed the show out on a great note. What a fun show!
We hung out late-night and chatted with Jon and Steve and Ali and Yung-I and then again on Sunday.
They are all such nice and sweet people. We had a blast talking about the show with them all. Especially Steve.
I'll write more later. I'm thinking this is a bit too long . . . .
" I'm using the chicken to measure it " - Dom DeWilde
Jon was cool with me recording. Sweet!
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