Tuesday, September 1, 2009

When Kevin Broccoli Played the Blue Hotel

It was disgusting
Absolutely disgusting
Can you believe
That we paid money
To see the filth?

First, he comes out
In what can only be described
As a giant zebra costume
Walking on stilts
While fire-eating Czechs
Swallow flames
And sing The Bangles

Then, he came down off the stilts
And the monkeys started running across the stage
At least, we thought they were monkeys
But it turns out they were small children
There to act out that book
With the monkeys and the guy with the cap

Thennnnn, he played the oboe
And poorly, I might add

THEN, the juggling begins
He's got all these panda bears juggling
Don't ask me how he did it
But I don't think they did it willingly
Because they didn't look happy
And I know a happy panda
When I see it

THENNNN, Bernie Taupin comes out
And we knew that's who it was
Because he had a t-shirt on that said--

Well, I can't really say it

But it said something to the effect of--

'Bleep Elton John'

So we think we're getting a song

Maybe Bennie and the Jets
Maybe Your Song
Maybe Piano Man

What?

Oh, Billy Joel
Well, nevertheless
We got nothing

NOTHING

The two of them played ping pong
And Bernie won
And it was horrible

Up until this point
It had merely been a waste of time

We were irritated
But we were hoping
That at some point
This idiot named Kevin Broccoli
Would do something significant

After all, he was playing the Blue Hotel
The legendary Blue Hotel

On the very same stage
Where Garfunkel had first sung without Simon
Where Culture Club performed--sober
Where Debbie Reynolds saw Yanni

And here he was
Desecrating it

By...By...

Well

He...

Well

He performed scenes from 'Step by Step'
The 90's sitcom, made popular on the TGIF line-up
And to see him
Mocking Suzanne Somers
And Patrick Duffy like that

It was...repulsive

I'll tell you one thing
If I hadn't won free tickets on the radio
I'd never be going back

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