The Kids are all right

[vovat]

Yesterday, bethje and I went up to New York City to see a Kids in the Hall show. She's actually still up there and seeing two shows tonight, but I had to work today. Honestly, I'm not all that keen on seeing the same basic show multiple times anyway; it's a way in which Beth and I differ. We'll both be seeing the upcoming show in Glenside, though.

I have to admit that I'm not really that familiar with KITH, although it seems like pretty much everyone I know online is a fan. I do like sketch comedy (I got into Monty Python in high school, and Beth got me interested in Mr. Show), but I didn't have cable growing up, and probably never would have heard of the show even if I had. I did watch Brain Candy at the student union when I was in college, and caught the occasional rerun, but it didn't totally click with me. Beth has recently been showing me the episodes in order on DVD, and while we've only gotten through part of the first season so far, I do find it funny. I think the fact that there are a lot of recurring characters makes it difficult to start watching with any random episode. And I enjoyed the live show more than I thought I would (and it's not like I thought I would dislike it). It kept me laughing throughout pretty much the whole thing. Afterwards, both Scott Thompson and Kevin McDonald signed Beth's program, and I got to shake Scott's hand, which was cool.

Also while in Manhattan, we stopped at Books of Wonder, as I generally like to do when I'm up there. They really don't have all that much Oz stuff that I don't either already own or don't particularly want. I've only read one book by Roger Baum and nothing by Donald Abbott, both of whom are pretty well-represented at the store, but the reviews I've seen of their work have been largely negative. I ended up buying a copy of Gilbert Sprague's The Nome King's Shadow in Oz, a hardcover edition of Ruth Plumly Thompson's The Royal Book of Oz, and a Tik-Tok of Oz mug. I think they actually made these mugs for a lot of different books, but only the Tik-Tok and Merry Go Round in Oz ones appeared to be in stock.

Also, I might as well do this Friday Five that I took from slfcllednowhere:

1. Love at First Sight: Fact or Fiction? Fiction, at least in the way we generally think of love.
2. Fortune Telling: Fact or Fiction? It's a fact that fortune telling happens, but that doesn't mean it can actually predict the future. (Doesn't someone in Animal Crossing say something kind of like that? I know I've never been able to decipher what the fortune teller in that game is saying.) I've encountered no evidence that it's possible to tell what will happen in the future.
3. Other Life: Fact or Fiction? I'm not entirely sure what this means, but Quinn took it as asking about life on other planets. My take on that is that it's unlikely this is the only planet with life, but I don't think we're going to encounter any alien life anytime soon. The distance between stars is too great.
4. Afterlife: Fact or Fiction? Obviously I couldn't say for sure, but I don't think it's very likely. I can definitely see the appeal to the concept, but I find the idea that consciousness and personality can live on apart from the brain to be rather hard to swallow.
5. Bigfoot: Fact or Fiction? Fiction, but the Tooth Fairy is TOTALLY real!

Comments

[rockinlibrarian.livejournal.com]

My knowledge of Kids in the Hall is limited to a short/song about terriers that was stuck into a commercial break during an episode of Mystery Science Theater my aunt taped off Comedy Central and mailed to us many years ago (like when MST3K was ON Comedy Central, for instance). I occasionally feel the need to sing the terrier song at my parents' terrier mix when I see her still today. I feel this is worth sharing.

KITH

[(Anonymous)]

I've watched every episode of KITH from season 1-5. Would love to see them live. I had no idea they were doing live shows again.

Blair

Re: KITH

[vovat.livejournal.com]

The tour just started pretty recently. A quick Google search turned up a few lists of tour dates, but I don't know which one is the most accurate or up-to-date.