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Date Posted: 09/27/03 1:55pm
Author: Meego
Subject: Re: Brad Sherwood and Dave Bushnell in Cleveland
In reply to: Bix 's message, "Brad Sherwood and Dave Bushnell in Cleveland" on 09/26/03 5:40pm

Glad you had fun, Bix!

BTW, how's that move of yours coming along?

*G*

M
~who hopes to see a Brad/Dave show at least ONCE in her life

>Ah, I forgot to do a little report on this past
>weekend's shows with Brad and Dave. They were in
>Cleveland, Ohio from Friday, September 19th to Sunday,
>September 21st doing shows at the Improvisation Comedy
>Club there. I only went to the Sunday night show,
>where they gave one performance; on Saturday, I
>understand that they did three! Talk about a busy
>evening.
>
>There were three stand-up comedians that came on
>before Brad and Dave--the M.C. (a rather large man
>circumference-wise), another guy (somewhat smaller in
>size but overaverage in the waist), and a third
>comedian (a bit overweight but not bad). When Brad
>took the stage and introduced his partner, Dave, he
>also cracked a joke about how each comedian that came
>up on stage was progressively smaller. In case you
>don't know, Dave is both short and slim.
>
>I didn't take notes and it's been almost a week, not
>to mention that I'd just been on a long-ass drive from
>Maine to the Midwest, so excuse the lack of details on
>the performance. They went and played Superheroes,
>Sound Effects, that game with a horn/bell where the
>improvisers act out the life of a married couple, a
>rap number with a middle-aged man from the audience
>("M.C. Rob"), and a few other games.
>
>They also did Translation, where Brad was translating
>an explanation of someone's job into sign language.
>This one gave them the most difficulty, as nobody
>seemed to have an interesting job. At one point Brad
>was standing in line with my table and was all but
>begging me to speak up (he knows that I'm a Navy
>photographer), but I couldn't do it; I was very
>exhausted and I didn't want to be a "ringer" in the
>audience. I also had no desire to be onstage that
>night; my time in the spotlight was Monday, when I
>attended the Improv's stand-up comedy auditions. Brad
>finally settled on two women who allegedly sold sex
>toys. Allegedly.
>
>For those of you who've never seen Dave, he is a
>strong second banana in the act, and he unselfishly
>lets Brad take the announcing duties and prepare the
>games. He is a very solid improvisor, albeit a quiet
>one.
>
>And of course, we all know what Brad can do with
>improv!

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