The story so far…
I managed to drag myself out of bed in time to drive up to the hotel this morning and do some practice run throughs of the K’Abbott and Kostello routine with Patrick. This was critical as it was the first routine in this year’s skit, and the only one in which I played a major role (my choice). I also worte the darn thing, and Patrick was the logical choice to perform it with me as it grew out of some spontaneous kidding around at previous meetings. We made several passes at it, and felt comfortable with our prformance. It was now time to set up for the real thing.
The crew loaded up the gear and hauled it down to the mainstage and set up.
Patrick and I then made a run through the con in “guerilla theater” mode, doing spontaneous stuff to attract people to our performance. During this little adventure, we rode up to the 11th floor with Richard Biggs, who made a passing joke, saying “and at 3, some uy on the main stage.” He was refering to himself. (I regret not being there, however, I had to drive home to let the dogs out…and it’s an hour each way! Sorry Richard.)
It was now show time. A small group of fans had gathered, and by the time we were finished, most of the room had filled up.
Overall, the performance went very well. Some of the routines included K’Abbott and Kostello: Who’s your Doctor”, “Red Shirt Survivor”, “Klingon Eye for the Feddie Guy”, among other choice tidbits.
Later on, I ran into Richard Biggs, our GofH, and gave him a packet of photos I took of him and Jerry Doyle at a con some years ago in Sacramento (since I found the pics, I’ll post some of them).
That’s it for this report. More later.
