Tuesday, January 2, 2007

Order 12.29.06

Here's your precious order from your precious secret show that I am apparently in the dark about. I copied the post from the regular No Shame blog, which seems to be getting more and more useless. Anyway, now you're free to comment on the show to your hearts' delight, either here OR there. I'd still like to know what the hell this was all about, though.

1. Fuck You Adam Hahn, You Control Freak Faggot by Jimmy Stewart
2. Poop Helmet by Jamal River
3. Brian and Jake Make Weird Noises by Brian and Jake
4. So A Dinosaur Walks Into a Bar by Nick Clark
5. Airline Safety with Jesse Blaine
6. Canyon, Chapter 1 by Arlen Lawson
7. Fire Safety Tips with 2 Firemen by Chris Stangl and Michael Tabor
8. Untitled Monologue by Timm Sitzman
9. Russian in McDonalds by Chris Stangl and Arlen Lawson
10. JIMI by Jamal River and Chris Stangl
11. The Fancy Women in: Whose Family is Better? by Chris and Michael
12. My Halloween at the Beach by Aprille Clarke
13. Do You Need Anything Else? by Chris Stangl

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

1. Fuck You Adam Hahn, You Control Freak Faggot by Jimmy Stewart

So so mean and funny

2. Poop Helmet by Jamal River

Don't worry: smashing poop into your hair is fine. Michael says it's alright.

3. Brian and Jake Make Weird Noises by Brian and Jake

I love when it looks like Brian's about to take a really painful dump (not just in this piece but in general)

4. So A Dinosaur Walks Into a Bar by Nick Clark

Cute and clever, like a baby monkey.

5. Airline Safety with Jesse Blaine

Those were some hard ass-hitting airline safety tips. Shame folks aren't allowed to talk about them, cuz I would LOVE to "squirt the beans," as it goes!

6. Canyon, Chapter 1 by Arlen Lawson

Woodblock musta studied hard and furrowed he brows. No for really: he had that shit down. There were like a cagillion lines and rhymes, hardly room to breathe, and he had the whole smorgasborg memorized like a baby. A monkey's BABY, Styles.

7. Fire Safety Tips with 2 Firemen by Chris Stangl and Michael Tabor

More good ass-safety tips in the same show? How can a people BE so lucky?

8. Untitled Monologue by Timm Sitzman

Timmm said he threw this together at the last minute. Well perhaps you can explain then, Timmmm, why was it the most funniest thing ever? This was probably my all-time favorite Timmmmm monologue of all time.

9. Russian in McDonalds by Chris Stangl and Arlen Lawson

Oh, that poor Russian. He doesn't know WHAT'S going on, and he looked like a goofy riding around on Stangl's shoulders.

10. JIMI by Jamal River and Chris Stangl

I thought this was one of the better performances in the history of the "JIMI", due largely to Chris' new interpretation of Mr. Hendrix.

11. The Fancy Women in: Whose Family is Better? by Chris and Michael

So so gross and funny.

12. My Halloween at the Beach by Aprille Clarke

I seen it before, but I think I liked it even morer this time.

13. Do You Need Anything Else? by Chris Stangl

That girl gone be so mad when she finds out C.Stang talked about her rouged nips! And wetted pooner! And testiball-gripping handfingers! Like it say: "Look out for anger!!!" POWWW!!!!

Best No Shame ever? I don't know. Really frippin good, though.

Anonymous said...

That show was awesome.

Aprille said...

It was the most very fun time I've had at No Shame in freaking years. What a good show.

Michael Tabor said...

>It was the most very fun time I've had at No Shame in freaking years. What a good show.

Aprille, don't get to excited. According to Padam Hahn, this may not have actually been a No Shame! Can you believe that? I mean...it sure felt like one to ME! But I guess he has to approve them, or something, in order for them to be official.

Michael Tabor said...

>1. Fuck You Adam Hahn, You Control Freak Faggot by Jimmy Stewart

A little horrifying. Many of us in the audience got to watch this go on for a long, long time the previous evening. The performer of this piece would call Adam over and over again pretending to be Jimmy Stewart. It was really hilarious! This performer said hilarious things, but I think everybody would agree that it got a little out of hand and that Adam got harassed a little too much. In the name of comedy!

>2. Poop Helmet by Jamal River

When Stangl and I went to the Salvation Army to buy dresses, we stopped by the brick-a-brack room and came across this. I knew that some use could become of it, and Jamal came up with a good one!

>3. Brian and Jake Make Weird Noises by Brian and Jake

So good! A No Shame staple! I love it when they do this!

>4. So A Dinosaur Walks Into a Bar by Nick Clark

Very clever. I liked it so much! It was nice to see the Clakster again!

>5. Airline Safety with Jesse Blaine

Pretty funny!

>6. Canyon, Chapter 1 by Arlen Lawson

I liked it a lot. Usually I don't go for this type of art, but I pretty much always like it when Arlen does it. Is this because when I usually see people do things like this, they are really really bad at it, but Arlen is actually good at it and that's why I like it when he does it? Yes, I think it probably is.

>7. Fire Safety Tips with 2 Firemen by Chris Stangl and Michael Tabor

This was really fun and funny!

>8. Untitled Monologue by Timm Sitzman

At first, I didn't like this monologue. But it one me over with the vagina strangling him and the beady asshole.

>9. Russian in McDonalds by Chris Stangl and Arlen Lawson

This was funny, but went on a little too long? Chris's song at the end was great, though.

>10. JIMI by Jamal River and Chris Stangl

I don't understand? Why wasn't Jimi Hendrix black? Was the joke that a white guy was pretending to be Jimi Hendrix?

>11. The Fancy Women in: Whose Family is Better? by Chris and Michael

This was AWESOME! This idea came because Chris and I realized that something would have to be done in order for people to feel bad that they weren't at the show. We thought that us in dresses and a cookie eating contest would do just that! We also were writing a thing about hunters that were mad because all of the deer feel into the river so there wasn't anything to hunt. I hope this piece gets performed more times.

>12. My Halloween at the Beach by Aprille Clarke

This was really, really good. I've seen it before, but I like it. It's one of my favorite Aprille's maybe.

>13. Do You Need Anything Else? by Chris Stangl

I saw that waitress that Stangl was talking about. I was in the restaurant with him and other people. Yeah. She was HOT.

Chris Stangl said...

OK maybe it wasn't the great of all-time but it sure was fun!

1. Fuck You Adam Hahn, You Control Freak Faggot by Jimmy Stewart

"Old Jimmy", as he called himself (WHY?), seemed very full of rage. Prank phone calls can be funny, but this was just venomous. I guess it made people laugh, but what about the poor guy he was calling? Jesus Christ, man.

2. Poop Helmet by Jamal River

This had many elements I like, such as: Misuse of a prop, a poop, Jamal, a man delighted to get to poop, Michael pretending to be a lady, a woman excited to do a lady thing such as a perm, people not realizing they are getting poop on them, and finally people OK about the poop and continuing to touch it. Jamal's matter of factness about his discovery, "Oh, great, a Poop Helmet", like Poop Helmets are something you find all the time, it was really funny!

3. Brian and Jake Make Weird Noises by Brian and Jake

B & J forgot to mention the noises were also hilarious and kind of musically interesting sometimes, too!

4. So A Dinosaur Walks Into a Bar by Nick Clark

So a bar walks into a bar, and orders a drink. And the bartender goes "I don't usually go home with customers, but tonight's your lucky night." And the bar goes "wha?" Bartender goes: "I can see myself inside you now."

5. Airline Safety with Jesse Blaine

Jesse's inability to keep track of the numbers of rules kept me in suspense about how many Rule #4s there would be.

6. Canyon, Chapter 1 by Arlen Lawson

This is a rap song I have heard before, but it was pretty good to hear Cordoroy Bear's flow without the fresh beats. The story is complicated, but if you open your ears, you'll start to get it. I wonder what happens to that car-driving lady? Wonder if she'll ever be happy.

7. Fire Safety Tips with 2 Firemen by Chris Stangl and Michael Tabor

This was educational, and I hope you got educated.

8. Untitled Monologue by Timm Sitzman

Reminds me of an ad they used to have in the '20s for radio station STITZ in Manhattan: "O what a pleasure to hear the Stitz!" As a writer I say to the Stitz, it's good that the gross-out joke was supported by good (and stupid) character stuff before and after. If you missed it, in the story this lady strangled a man with her pussy lips.

9. Russian in McDonalds by Chris Stangl and Arlen Lawson

This is a true tale Arlen's dad told him. Some of the jokes were old non-original jokes... sorry, NST Rule #1!

10. JIMI by Jamal River and Chris Stangl

This was my first time playing the Hendrix role in "JIMI", and I was pretty nervous! But I did O.K. in the end! Believe in yourselves, future Jimis.

11. The Fancy Women in: Whose Family is Better? by Chris and Michael

This violated the other two NST rules. OOPS!!!

12. My Halloween at the Beach by Aprille Clarke

Apes has a pretty clever reveal at the end where she's talking to the Supreme Court. It's good when you play idiots, because it makes any clever writerly tricks look effortless or accidental. Apes also talks about poops a lot in this, and in many different ways: wet, crusted, skeleton, and reverse. However, my favorite picture is Aly-B squatting on the beach with an armload of fresh hotdogs.

13. Do You Need Anything Else? by Chris Stangl

Sorry I smoked on stage; I was nervous, not trying to look cool. I know I'm cool!!!
This was partly a tribute to my friend Willie Barbour. He used to write sexy things about waitresses from the Mill. I don't like the Mill, but I like Hamburg Inn No. 2. That's why I wrote such a romantic story.