Tea Bagging

August 28, 2005-5:45 AM-The Flat

Andy and I met up with Lisa and tried to go see a sketch comedy group called "Greedy" at the Underbelly. It was sold out. So we went to Gennaro's on the Grass Market and had a nice meal. By this time, it was 6:30 , so I headed up to Baby Belly to see if there were any tickets sold forP45 -there were not. I hung out with Rain a little bit at the Cave bar . Met up with Brian after his show. Again, it did not go well. Brian had got us tickets to go see Alex Dee's play "J.M. Barrie's Farewell Miss Julie Logan" at 10:30 at the Grey Friar's Kirk. Brian headed home and I headed for Tesco's to get a few more gorceries.
The play was at 10:30. I left before Brian, because it doesn't take him as long with his bike. I got there about 10:20. At 10:25-No Brian. 10:30-no Brian - but the venue was running late. 10:35 -I got a call from Brian, he got a flat tire and he was almost there. He was coming down the hill from the Grey Friar's Bobby statue. The show had already started when we just went inside. They caught us to take our tickets and we saw the play. The play is teh last paly that J.M Barrie wrote near the end of his life. It is mostly read in academic circles because of the arcane Scottish terms. It's about a young minister who sees ghosts in the winter in his isolation on the Highlands.
Alex did a great job. After the show, he had us escort his cousin, Donny, up to the Library Bar. I went and got my daily curry chips and cheese and just headed on down to Spank. Victor was arriving at the same time and he let me sail on in with him. I bought him a cold beer for the favor. Andy and Wendy had saved us a table. So, at our table it was -Lisa ,Wendy, Wendy's friend Liam, Victor and myself. James and Leon looked like they will be really glad when all this is over. Still, they did a great job.
The line-up was-Papa CJ, Peter Cain-who I had seen early on at the Free Beer show, our own Andy. I thought he did areally good job, though there was some feedback on the mic. Andrew Lawrence -the little ginger haired chap who I really couldn't stand. When I saw him at Phat Cave, I kept asking Rain "What is he saying ?" So , he was there, I don't understand his appeal to the guys putting together the comedy shows. Then Greg Whool, another Canadian Comic who looked like he stepped off a bus from the 70's -long hair, side burns, tight jeans and boots. He was funny, but I kept wondering to myself if all comedians from Canada look like they just came in from the 70's. I should add at this point, there was a fair amount of heckling going on. First, there were drunk obnoxious American girls sitting up front , then from the back were drunk deep throated Scots . Also, somehwere in here , the fire alarm went off and the entire Underbelly had to be evacuated, like the night we went to see Regie Watts.
So, there was the break and after, they did the "60 Second Naked Promo". They had no takers and then someone from the back yelled out for them to promo Spank (turns out it was Dean Cameron) the crowd encouraged him, he was hemming and hawing then Paul Provenza rushes the stage and rips Leon's shirt right off. Popping the buttons. After the crowd quieted down a bit, Leon said "I don't have any shirts with buttons left !" Then Dean starts yelling from the back "Do the joke!" meaning the Aristocrats joke. Paul Provenza lays down on stage and naked Leon sqats down over Paul's open mouth and tea bags him. the crowd goes wild ! Leon is standing onstage clutching his clothes to cover his nakedness and then , I don't know who said it-James or Leon- "Proving once again, never play gay naked chicken with Paul Provenza". It was not nearly as erotic as I would have thought it would be.
Then there was a cute little woman who's jokes weren't getting much of a reaction and then Stewart Lee. I am so glad I got to see him perform again. He finished the Ang Lee joke that he couldn't finish because of the box office heckler from last time. He basically did the same material as last time.
Afterward, I headed up to the Library Bar. Cal,Alex Dee and his cousin were there and offered me a seat. Alex was very greatful that Brian and I had come to see his play and his greeting to me was particularly affectionate. He wanted to know where I had been hiding myself . In fact , I couldn't be entirely uncertain that he wasn't hitting on me ! I hung out until they started kicking people out of the bar. It was so late that the lights were off in the Meadows on the way home.
I got home at 6 Am -GOOD WORK !