Rent Party Wrapup!

another Schadenfreude "event"
I'm just sitting here, jobless, editing the first video from the June Rent Party. It's the best bit ever, which is our new name for each new bit. Last month, Nick & Zak as the valets, best bit ever, this month, Aaron as the bathroom attendant handing out razors and towels to everyone that walked in an calling them "chief." Best bit ever, but by far the best best bit ever was our rip-off of The Office quizmasters. You know it's the best bit ever when you dumbfound your audience, but you're so in love with the bit that you do it anyway. At some point you've just got to transcend your audience, "sorry guys, this bits for us." So Ryan, our brilliant videographer, shot the full ending to the quizmasters episode of The Office outside including Gareth (Justin) kicking a giant cock (provided by Triplette). Sandy got to live his lifelong dream of playing Finchy and we go one hell of a worthwhile homage to The Office, which got us through so many painful-ass long nights writing 60 sketch radio shows.

Another damn good show. Steve Edwards and Syvia Ewing, God how funny are they, plus the full pledge-drive bit was the best bit ever. These three shows have really been something else. Thanks to Ryan and Steve Delahoyde they've been shot very well, well lit, look for the Rent Party DVD for sale on the site as soon as I can get releases from all participants.

I got busted shoplifting at Aldi

So at the beginning of the show I play our riff on Jonathan Rosenbaum, Jonathan St. Judgefeld, and he's finally funny on stage. He used to be pretty funny on radio, pretty funny in text, but he's never been funny onstage. But I think we finally figured out how to funny him up. We made him basically homeless, covered in spaghetti sauce with a bunch of Aldi Bags and a FUP (Fat Upper Penis, that big sack of fat guys and girls get above their privates) and have him steal food in between decrying that he's not introducing Goalies Anxiety At The Penalty Kick at the Siskel Center.

To do this I had to go to Aldi. For the first time. If you've never been to the Aldi on Broadway south of Wilson, I highly suggest it, but know, you're not welcome. In fact you're not welcome in that area at all. It's not a black/white thing, there are plenty of white people in that area. But you are not welcome there.

So I go into Aldi and I immediatly figured out how they pass so much savings onto you. No shelves. Less overhead. Advantage - you. So I see these Aldi bags there. The bags have changed, they no longer have the classic homeless-guy bags, those are our of print and very valuable, so if you see a homeless guy with them beat him up and take them and sell them at the shitty judgemental used book store on Belmont.

Now If you're in any other grocery store, the bags are free. The line at the Aldi was long so I just grabbed some bags and walked out. All of a sudden there were shouts of "get him!" "Hey!" and a security guard was in my face and everyone in the Aldi was staring at the fucking loser. "I thought they were free." I said. "It's Aldi, nothing's free." the security guard shot back.

So I got caught shoplifting at Aldi.

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