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August 2010
The 80s weren’t that Weird, were they?
OK, I know what you’re thinking. You’re
thinking, “Jim, I know that last year you went to see 12 different
bands, and that was well documented. And THIS Year, you are on a
quest to see 12 different comedy shows.”
And the next logical step in your correct
thinking, is, “can you, somehow, someway, combine these two
facets, music and comedy, into ONE show, that would constitute an above-and-beyond
unplanned “BONUS Show?”
And the answer, readers, as you may have
already guessed, is:
Yes. It can.
Imagine the following, if you will.
Imagine having a video library of every
single clip from the last 30 years or so, of each time someone
mentioned your name on a talk show, commercial, cartoon or sitcom.
Imagine having a complete costume change
for every song, with the props to match. Like one of those
motorized Segways, or a giant keyboard-guitar, cheerleaders, and
an acoustic guitar that you can smash on stage.
Imagine creating your own TV talk-show,
where you can edit the guest’s footage to say whatever you want
them to.
Now, imagine this. An encore song, that
features a Darth Vader character in full costume, six back-up
dancers wearing full-on replicas of the iconic white Star Wars
Stormtrooper outfits* -- while the lead singer struts the stage in
a Luke Skywalker robe singing to the tune of Don McLean’s
“American Pie.”
(*It’s so the reason why tickets cost $42
now-a-days)
Are we in the twilight zone yet?
Not quite, but it sure is weird, isn’t it?
Weird Al Yankovic
Roseland Theater, Portland
Aug. 3, 2010
So, it’s about
7:35 p.m., and I’m sitting in the Deschutes Brewery
over on 11th. I decide to start walking over to the
Roseland, over on Burnside.
I can’t believe I’m going to this show. I
mean, this is a guy who hit the FM airwaves in about 1982, when we
were cracking up over “Another One Rides the Bus.” To this day,
one of the best lyrics is “I think I’m missing a contact lens, I
think my wallet’s gone, and I think this bus is stopping again, to
let a couple more freaks get on.”
Anyway, I’m heading over to the show,
saying to myself, “I should be able to get up to the front, no
problem.”
So I get there, and lines really aren’t
too long. And I’m thinking, “Well, maybe this show won’t have too
many people…..that would be a bummer….”
So I’m heading up the stairs. And I get to
the ballroom.
And it’s a
SEA
OF CHAIRS.
AND THEY’RE ALL
FULL. OF PEOPLE.
I go to the bar. They don’t have beer.
It’s an all-ages thing.
As I unscrew the cap to my water bottle a
man in a Hawaiian shirt with an accordion hits the stage.
It’s gonna be a fun night.
An updated version of Polkas on 45 (Gaga,
Bieber, Pink, Perry)
Frank’s 2000 Inch TV
The world’s shortest drum solo.
You Don’t Love Me Anymore (smashes acoustic
guitar in frustration)
A tribute to the Simpsons - Video
Smells Like Nirvana
Interview with Robert Plant - Video
George of the Jungle
Interview with Jessica Simpson (AL
TV)
You’re Pitiful
Wheel of Fish Video
Madonna Interview Video
Dare to be Stupid
Charles Nelson Reily
Let Me Be Your Hog
Canadian Idiot
Interview with Avril/Movie on germs
Wanna B Ur
Lovr
The Official Weird Movie Trailer
Money For Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies
I’m In Love with the Skipper
Confessions
eBAY
Yabba Dabba Do
Another One Rides the Bus
Spiderman Song
Trapped in the Drive Thru
Gump
Eat It
Micheal Stipe (REM)
interview-video
Craigslist
Snoop Dog Interview
Amish Paradise
Celene Dion interview
White and Nerdy (rolling around on a Segway
machine)
Be nice to your teeth movie
Fat
Band intro
ENCORE
We All have Cell Phones
The Saga Begins
Yoda (with Yoda Chant)
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