For my mom's birthday last month, it ended up that both my dad and I bought tickets for my mom to go see Carol Burnett. Great minds think alike, right? So my aunt joined us for a fun evening of "laughter and reflections with Carol Burnett." It was really great!
She shared some clips from her show, and of course the most famous is her "Went With the Wind" spoof.
The focus of the evening was audience members asking Carol questions about anything, basically. My favorite interaction went like this:
Guy in audience: "What happened to all your wonderful dresses? Did you keep any?"
Carol Burnett: "Why, do you want one?"
She was brilliant.
But this is not the story for Funny Friday! Nay, this is mere context. Now let me set the scene.
Carol is on the stage. I'm sitting with my aunt on my right and some older dude {probably 60s} on my left. Throughout the evening and the clips Carol showed us, this dude keeps making comments to me and the girl on the other side of him. At first I thought they were together, but then I glanced over at her and she looked like she was a) my age and b) not amused by this guy's commentary. I was getting a little annoyed, too, so I tried to just ignore him and give him - literally - the cold shoulder.
When the evening had first started, I noticed two people dressed oddly {even for downtown Seattle} and wearing what I thought were white sombreros. They had something to ask Carol, so when they got their turn at the microphone, I was really intrigued. It turned out they were two men dressed as nuns for some order or society that probably has a session at ComiCon.
Sister-Who-Is-Really-A-Brother: For all your work and life, Carol, and for bringing light into the lives of so many, we have a proclamation of canonization.
Audience: *applause applause applause*
Carol: Thank you, really, thank you.
Guy next to me: "That's so cool! They're going to make her an honorary citizen of Canada!"
Me: ...
SWIRAB: We hereby canonize you as a living saint, Saint Carol Burnett!
Audience: * applause applause*
Guy next to me: *wild applause because he's so excited to be in the same room as Carol Burnett that he has no embarrassment over his error*
True story, peeps.
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