Rare is a post where you find me talking about things I do, because rarely do I do things worth noting, but lately I realize I need to be doing it more due to the fact that, um…. Detroit is awesome.
That being said, Friday night I attended a show at GoComedy! in Ferndale, a school and performance improv comedy theater on 9 mile in Ferndale. It was a Yelp! Michigan event a friend invited me to, so of course it was badass (Yelp is another great community organization to get involved in if you’re looking for excellent community connections).
I have never before seen a live performance of improv comedy, but I was a big fan of “Who’s Line Is It Anyway?” back in the day, so I knew it would be entertaining. Not only were these performers funny, witty, slick and obnoxious, the whole time I was sitting there wondering “how in the hell do they do that off the top of their head? Why can’t I do that? These people are way cooler than me. Jerks.” The performance we saw was a “rock opera,” so about 90% of the performance was in the form of a song. The show didn’t get incredibly raunchy or inappropriate, but it ended up being themed around twinkie pizza, twizzlers and weight watchers so there wasn’t much perv to get into that. Now that I typed all that out, I’m sure there is actually. However, I can imagine other nights may not be so clean. The fact that these performers can get up there, ask for a few cue’s from the audience and create an entire opera blows my mind. A girl in the audience threw out the best advice she’d ever received as “don’t put twinkies on your pizza,” and it driveled into an entire song about a hefty girl taking a liking to a pizza shop owner who turns out to be gay. Had I been up there, it would have turned into “I put twinkies on my pizza and now I’m sick LOLOL!” Bad news.
They even managed to bring light to Detroit’s reference in the Journey song, and the fact that every time any Detroiter, no matter where they are, will stand up, scream and sing the “Born and raised in SOUTH DETROIT” part of the song because we’re from… near there…. you know. Where is south Detroit anyway? Windsor? Downriver? I’m sure someone is going to come on here and tell me the exact latitude and longitude of where specifically south Detroit is, so I await the response. We’ll just say it’s where the mile roads begin.
Anydontstopbelieving, Detroiters need to check this place out if you haven’t already. Also, I’m smelling a good place for another get together night… Sillygrrl? Rialeilani? Maeko? JenRem? Laureality? Supergirl? Let’s do it…
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March 1st, 2010 at 2:54 pm
Annnnd this is why I wish Tulsa had cool stuff to do. They’ve never heard of improv here in Tulsa.
Well, unless it’s in a police interrogation.
March 1st, 2010 at 2:55 pm
sounds good to me! and i think that’s the age old question…South Detroit, what? Clearly, we don’t care as long as Detroit is referenced in a song. I’ll have to stalk your comments for the longitude and latitude that some know-it-all will provide, because I want to be the awesome one that provides the answer to my coworkers
March 1st, 2010 at 3:24 pm
Aww, I love funny that isn’t gross! I think it’s so much wittier.
I’m excited because we’re taking Andy’s parents to Chicago in May, and I think we’re going to see a Second City show.
March 1st, 2010 at 4:43 pm
We have a place like that in Indy called ComedySportz. I have a picture WAY back on my Flickr where I’m wearing a fashionable suede fringy jacket and eating a make-believe sandwich.
Belive it or not, I actually was in the show, not just wearing my usual jacket and eating imaginwiches in the audience. It was a VERY cool thing to get to do. I totally think you can do it. Don’t stop beli… Ah, you know.
March 1st, 2010 at 5:07 pm
“don’t put twinkies on your pizza” is one of my MOST FAVORITEST (yep, i said it) lines from heavyweights!!! best movie ever!!!
and improv comedy is always a good time. woooo!
March 1st, 2010 at 5:35 pm
Wait. I’m still confused. I should or I shouldn’t put twinkies on my pizza? The crust is ready to go. Please advise.
March 1st, 2010 at 5:38 pm
I’ve always wanted to go to that place. I keep forgetting to check it out.
March 1st, 2010 at 7:02 pm
Yes! Somebody needs to start planning! I heard karaoke, game night and now we have to add this to the list.
March 1st, 2010 at 9:41 pm
Okay, FINE. I’m going to have to come to damn Detroit. But only if you promise to take me to the aerials place and put me in a harness and let me fly through the air with the greatest of ease.
March 1st, 2010 at 11:00 pm
Improv is hilarious! Wish I knew of a place here in Savannah that does that. It would be awesome.
March 2nd, 2010 at 12:57 am
Wait, so you mean to tell me that people still live in Detroit?
I thought they closed that place years ago.
March 2nd, 2010 at 11:44 pm
Every improv troupe needs at least one ginger. Who else is going to impersonate Conan O’Brien and giant walking matchsticks?
March 3rd, 2010 at 3:13 am
I’m always in for a good comedy night. I don’t think I even knew this place existed.
Also, no such thing as south Detroit. SouthWEST Detroit, sure. Clearly Journey didn’t know their Detroit neighborhoods. Or South Detroit just sounded good
March 6th, 2010 at 2:49 pm
I’ve been to Go Comedy a few times now and I LOVE IT. I’m absolutely in for a fun night on the town. Set a date and let’s get everyone together.
I’m ALL about this!
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