Comedy Series, Day 15 : The REAL Inspector Hound
Well, there’s a bit of drama in every show, I guess. Although this wasn’t the gossipy, I-hate-this-person kind of drama… it can be considered drama nonetheless.
But I’ll get to that in its time. I’d first like to say that Daisy Pulls It Off was great. This was quite surprising, because I had had cast members tell me repeatedly that the show was quite crap… and wasn’t going to be any good. If that’s the truth, then why was I applauding so wildly? Congrats especially to Cate Monster, Steffie, and Babs.
After Daisy, we all started to get collected on the 5th floor, seeing as Inspector Hound played the MM at 3PM, and we weren’t allowed to watch it (nor would it be an intelligent idea, I guess, although I really wanted to see it). Anyway, we all collected in room 52, which was strangely vacant, yet air conditioned (on this 90-degree day). Cary had a little “naked party” of his own in the corner of the room, foregoing the usual “Gun show,” as everyone else spent time warming themselves up a bit. Joel and I practiced running through our laughing routine a couple of times, until I had a brilliant idea.
Although it’s quite repulsive to watch, Will Ferrell had a great bit with Chris Kattaan on SNL when the two of them were imitating 80’s band Air Supply. At the end, the two wound up making out, which was absolutely hilarious and revolting at the same time. I thought it would be a funny touch for the end of our laughing bit. I mean it’s so over-the-top, why not go to the next notch? And, in the name of good comedy, all’s fair. So, the two of us decided to try it out, with the majority of the cast looking on. Now, keep in mind, we were full of nervous energy because of the impending show, we’d never done this kind of thing before, and it’s quite an awkward situation to be placed in, but we got the reaction from our castmates that we were looking for.
Problem was, I remember feeling a sharp pain during the process… which was strange, I thought. When we looked back up in the mirror, we saw that Joel was bleeding. Turns out, during the kiss, we had collided so violently that Joel’s tooth had managed to penetrate his lip. So, here we were, an hour before showtime, and Joel required stitches. Shortly thereafter, my lip started to swell, but it’s really nothing in comparison.
Joel is a fucking trooper, though, trying to make me forget about it from the moment that it happened. He went upstairs to the 6th floor to get a temporary fix, as we all headed down to the MM. Joel joined us soon after, still bleeding, but with a bandage of sorts over the wound. Amazing.
He did bring up an interesting point though — how they could not let him back into the second year after he performed while in need of stitches is beyond me.
Anyhow, the show went off without a hitch. I absolutely loved peforming in it, the crowd absolutely loved us (especially Joel — the laughing bit came off extremely well). We didn’t really miss any lines of dialogue or planned bits, and it was just an amazing experience. And after the show was over, the entire place erupted — not just for the end of our show, but for the end of the school year.
Pizza party tomorrow! Woo!
I’d also like to thank Greta and Stacey, who were very very a-sneaky in their laying low and penetrating the security forces of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in order to get in to see the show. Thanks, you two! And thank you for dinner!
