"He said the F-word. Seven pounds, four ounces, and now he says the F-word at the dinner table." The way Bruce keeps trying to eat the ham even while Mark has him by the wrist. The way they're all drinking soda out of tall glasses with no ice for dinner. The screamer in the audience at 1:25. This is a longer one, but stay with me. Trust me. This is worth the investment of your…
The "Hotel La Rut" sketches are perfect for a multitude of reasons: the dead-affect flat delivery of both Mark and Scott's characters, Dave Foley's filthy and unrestrained louche (who I can only imagine is a dissipated Pig-Pen), the indolent gasp of shock from Scott at :52, and the fact that Mark McKinney makes one of the most enchantingly beautiful women I have ever seen (something I have discussed at length previously). This is exactly…
Oh God, oh God, Nicole let me do this week's Kids in the Hall Monday and I have SEVERE performance anxiety. We haven't done Ham of Truth or 30 Helens or These Are The Daves I Know or Hotel La Rut or any of the Buddy Cole monologues or even Mr. Stevenson (Mr. Stevenson!). I am hot and cold with indecision. But decide I must; I choose the secretaries. It agonizes me to have to pit "Is…
