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Las Vegas: Literally Fucked Up
04/20/2003 9:43 PM *Deep breath* Im back. Oh boy, Im back home. Even though I was only gone for a day and a half, it seemed like much longer. Im going to delay my report on the show and my trip for a tiny bit. Or actually, I might wait to update about it tomorrow. I know I'll regret it because my memory will fail me tomorrow and I wont remember anything good. I must announce my new celebrity crush. :-) It is official. I now have a crush on Jonathan Mangum. Ive always thought he was cute, but seeing him on stage last night was breathtaking. There's only one problem to this crush. You know it. C'mon, say it with me. He's married. When the show was starting, the band walked out and started to play. Everyone clapped. Finally the show was going to start! Then a voice came out of the speakers, introducing the show and I figured it was the warm-up guy from the Wayne Brady Show tapings because he had come out earlier to pass out some papers and such. But it wasnt him. Two guys ran out and I immediately recognized the guy on the left as the warm-up guy, but I didnt make any effort to look at the other guy. I was too busy wondering who was talking and where they were. So my eyes scanned the stage and happened to pass over the guy on the right and it turned out he was the one talking. "It's- oh my God, it's him! It's him!" were the words screaming in my head. The guy on the right, the guy who was talking, was none other than Jonathan Mangum! I just gasped and waited anxiously for Wayne to come out so the show could begin. I couldnt wait to see both Wayne and Jon preform together right before my eyes, live. Jon asked how many fans of Whose Line were at the show. I, along with many others, wooped and hollered. He told us (like we Whosers didnt already know!) how most of the games would work. "Throughout the show we'll be asking you for suggestions and when we do you just shout out anything that you think will be good. Let's try it out. Let me hear your favorite color! Alright, now name your favorite movie! Good. Okay, name your favorite book! Hah, not many book readers out there tonight," I remember him saying.
Jon went on to explain the first game that would be played. Take note that Wayne was still backstage. Jon and the warm-up guy (damnit, why cant I remember his name?? I'll just call him DeVry Man for now since Wayne and Jon later joked about him needing to go back to school 'cause he cant spell) went around the audience and got various words for Wayne to sing about when he came out. I'll try and remember them.... I can remember: Well, Wayne came out and there was a big roar of applauding. That's 12 hundred people applauding. He, Wayne, got through the song successfully with lots of laughs. Good job Wayne! :-) It was time for the next game. The game was to be like one from Whose Line. Wayne and Jon would act out a short scene and then they'd cut it off and act it out again from the beginning with a different genre. The audience was asked to call out their favorite type of movies, television, or theatre. After many suggestions for genres, the scene was decided. It was to be set in a prison. Wayne started it off. He paced back and forth like he was looking through jail bars. After pacing a bit more, he looked around as if to make sure no one was looking, and then he started digging. He dug a tunnel and came out on the other side of the jail bars. Jon took that as his cue. He drove in on what seemed to be a motorcycle. He got off and walked over to Wayne, who was looking around to see if anyone was around. I dont remember much else of the rest of the scene. Not enough to write about. Well, that scene ended and a genre was placed on the scene. I only remember three genres with their scene. I'll mention two. The first genre I'll mention was "action movie". Wayne steps out and looked all buff while walking left and right behind the jail bars. Finally he speaks. "I have to get out!" he said. The audience burst out laughing. Why? Because he was impersonating Arnold Schwartzengger! Throughout the whole scene I was cracking up. So was the audience. It was just so funny to hear Arnold's voice come from Wayne Brady! The next genre I'll mention was "Joe Millionaire". Wayne stepped out with a dumb look on his face. "Uhhhhhh, uhhhh..." was all he said, in a deep voice. The audience burst out laughing again. It actually did sound Joe Millionaire's voice. Wayne just stood there for little while, continuing to make the "uhhh..." sound. Then Jonathan stepped out. Apparantly he was a shy girl or woman. He walked over to Wayne (or "Joe Millionaire") and giggled. Wayne laughed with the deep voice, pointed at Jonathan's chest, and said,"Boobies!" The scene ended there. That was probably one of the funniest parts of the night. I laughed so hard I cried. Apparently, so did the rest of the audience. Including my mom. :-)
The next game is where Wayne and Jonathan make up a fairy-tale one word at a time. Someone gave the suggestion 'French soldier' and Wayne took it because "in reality there is no such thing as a French soldier". Haha, go Wayne. I dont remember the whole story (of course) but the last line was this: The next game I remember is where Jonathan is a documentary person or whatever, and Wayne acts out what he's talking about. The suggestion taken from the audience was "dinasaurs". The scene started -- Jonathan started talking about dinasaurs. There was one point where Jonathan said "white" and Wayne pointed to his skin, shook his head, and pointed to his calm, which was considerably lighter. Not many got this joke. I felt kind of foolish to laugh when I didnt hear anyone else laughing. Well anyway, towards the end of the scene, Jonathan said,"...and the front-flipping, flying dinasaur." Wayne gave him one of those looks that he ususally gives Drew Carey whenever Drew gives Wayne sometime impossible to do on Whose Line. Wayne did a front flip, then flapped his arms as if to fly, right over to Jonathan. He hit Jon in the arm, and flew back to his spot. Jon, who was giving one of his priceless grins, was laughing and holding his sholder. I loved that part. (June 27th, 2003) Im finally finishing this entry, even though I cant remember barely anything now. Im just going to be brief in telling of some things that happened. When the show went into the musical portion, there was a part where Wayne had to sing a song as the Rolling Stones. While Wayne did his normal impression of the lead singer (Im guessing), which is a wonderful impression, Jonathan was in the background acting along. He had rolled up a piece of paper, stuck it in his mouth like a cigarette, and was hunched over with old age, wearily pretending to play a guitar. That's all I remember right now. I'll add stuff as I remember it. By the way, this is my 200th entry! Woo hoo!!!
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