August 27, 2008
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Here I am @ TCU for the Howdy week show w/ CNAR. Oldest person here. Surrounded by literally hundreds of college kids! Auntie Em! Auntie Em!
It was fun, though. We – Dmitry, Carolyn and I – were there to see “Uncle Joey” from “Full House”, and most importantly, his opening act, the improvisational group, Curtis Needs a Ride.
From left to right are Flu, Steve, Austin, and Grayson.
Bless their hearts, the opening segment turned out to be tough as nails, with Steve supposing to guess from the clues put forth by the others: salt and battery, Reykjavik (the capital of Iceland), and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Normally Steve can figure them out fairly quickly, but not this time.
That’s what makes it fun, I’m sure.
After their performance appeared Dave Coulier:
He was very amusing, indeed, at one point having me laugh so hard I was in stitches, gasping for breath. Dmitry and Carolyn laughed like loons, too. Dmitry was most impressed by his facility at various voices and foreign accents; I was impressed by his skill with a harmonica:
It was also a pleasure to learn of his newest endeavor, which is a show for Fox, from the producers of “Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?”, called “Clean Comedy” or something like that. Coulier does not rely on foul language for his humor (though some of the humor was a bit crude for my taste, but I’m a fuddy-duddy) , and the premise of the show is he challenges foul-mouthed comedians to see if they can pull off a funny comedy routine without using those words. He said look for it sometime next year. ;^)
Comments (4)
You do get used to being the oldest person in a group. But think how much wiser the oldest person in the room is than all those whippersnappers. Wet behind the ears is what they are. Just who do 65-year-olds think they are anyway?
That’s a neat idea Dave Coulier has. I hope it flies, but if they don’t market it right, it might not take off. They will REALLY have to push it as a family thing — maybe put it on American Idol off-nights, since that’s considered family viewing also.
OK, I give up. What’s CNAR?
[shocked] Why, just the coolest, most talented improvisational comedy group west of the Mississippi, m’dear!
Curtis Needs a Ride. :flirty:
They’ve got a MySpace site and a Facebook fan page. :wink-wink: