I saw The Kids In The Hall last night! They came to the State Theater in Easton, and of course, as any truly rabid KITH fan, I'd had my tickets since they first went on sale a month or so ago. Julie and I rode my awesome new fun machine (i.e. motorcycle) out on route 611 to go see them.
Let me start out, right off the bat, by saying that they were awesome. They are, of course, among the greatest comedy troupes of all time. They had a TV show which lasted for four glorious seasons, and a fifth merely great one. For the last decade or so they've done various things on their own, NOT as a group, which always seemed insane to me. Their particular brand of comedy never seemed like it could function apart from each other, and their checkered solo careers bear that sentiment out, I believe. Dave Foley was the most successful of them, having a leading role in the sitcom News Radio and I think he's hosted Celebrity Poker as well (actually, the Head Crusher made fun of him for that in a very funny encore skit), and the others have had various degrees of success themselves... Scott Thompson had a bit part in Mickey Blue Eyes and a stint on Larry Sanders' show, Bruce McCulloch directed a few movies and had a couple of guest appearances on the Gilmore Girls, Mark McKinney was in Saturday Night Live for a bit and starred in some movie with Isabella Rossellini, and Kevin McDonald had four measly lines in Galaxy Quest, and has done various cartoon voices and other guest appearances.
They are all very funny people, but together, they're gold. I'm extremely happy that they finally figured that out. They got back together and wrote a bunch of new material, and last night's show was fucking hilarious. Pardon my potty mouth, but that's how funny they were. Here's a video which they used to open their show:
The part where Bruce mouths something and then Mark is like "Oh yeah those guys are crazy", they voiced over in a very Price-Is-Right announcer-like voice; "Easton, Pennsylvania!" It was funny live, in an easy joke kind of way. Then at the end when they all run out, they all run on stage chasing Kevin in his underwear with an apple in his mouth. They did some really funny new material, including a sketch about two men fighting over an imaginary girlfriend, Bruce as a superhero called Superdrunk, a great Hitler/beer/blowjob/time machine bit, and even one with an evil soul-sucking baby. Of course they brought out some of their beloved favorites, Chicken Lady, Gavin, Head Crusher, and the two Kathies, (with one of them on a new diet plan called "tweaking on crystal meth") but they used new punchlines for them, so it was all good. No, brilliant. Anyway, guess you had to be there.
Okay okay, I'm done now. I'd post them all, if I could. They're so awesome.
Scott Thompson had a bit part in 'Mickey Blue Eyes'
Highlight of his career! That movie totally still exists!
Who is this 'Julie' you keep referring to? I know her not.
Posted by: Dusty Gozongas | Monday, May 05, 2008 at 12:18
Some cool chick I know that wrote a book.
Who is Dusty Gozongas? I know it not.
Posted by: messiestobjects | Monday, May 05, 2008 at 20:00
Who is Dusty Gozongas? I know it not.
They should invent some way to ferret out this stuff on the internets. Perhaps some sort of dedicated answer-generating device of some kind...
Dusty
Posted by: Dusty Gozonga | Tuesday, May 06, 2008 at 00:12
Not bothering to copy and paste into the google search bar because it's a tiresome chore is the new sloth.
Posted by: messiestobjects | Tuesday, May 06, 2008 at 09:10
You're not crushing my head because I'm blocking you out.
Posted by: Miss Luongo | Friday, May 16, 2008 at 13:08
I believe that the correct terminology is "There's nobody Home!"
Posted by: messiestobjects | Friday, May 16, 2008 at 15:07
I love the Kids in the Hall...got to meet Mark McKinney on the SNL set about 10 years ago and he's a really nice guy.
Posted by: quiet rockchick | Monday, May 19, 2008 at 17:48
Lucky!
Posted by: messiestobjects | Monday, May 19, 2008 at 17:49