Friday, April 18, 2003
Here is my KITH story to commemorate my KITH Anniversary! 1 year ago today the happiest day of my life occured!
My Dad, brother and me went to see KITH live at the Rosemont Theatre in Chicago on April 18. We arived at the theatre around 6:30p.m. (Show didn't start until 7:30p.m.) We get inside and the first thing I do is buy merchandice I got a program (of course), t-shirts, pins and the tour 2000 dvd.
Finally around 7:00 they started letting us into the theatre. There was music blasting out of speakers and a very cool slide show with behind the sceens stuff from the TV show, pictures and stuff from the 2000 tour.
A little after 7:30 the show started! They started it with a film of where they were when they got the call to do the show! Bruce was on a blind date, Kevin was a dog walker, Mark was a janitor, Scott was doing comercials, and Dave was going to swim to the Catelina (sp?) Islands. Each time they got the call, Craig Northey would play the fluet! One of the best lines from this Was when Dave said "If I don't swim to the Catelina Islands, then the terrorists have won!"
After that they played "Having an Average Weekend" It had there silouetts on the screen. When the music started the energy and the rush was unbelieveable! They all run out on stage in there Dr. Suess Costumes. The first sketch was Dr. Suess Bible!!!! It went well with no mess-ups. except for Scott's loin cloth, which was riding up his rumb!! It was a lovely site! lol!!
The second sketch was Mississippi Gary. Mark combined all of the sketches, he sang "Smoken on a Night Train," he "injured" his hand doing the handbone and talked about his mean mis-treater CKathy. It was hilarious! Craig played the guitar in the back ground! He is just awsome!
The Third sketch they did was probably one of the best ones! Bruce played Rusty the very horney teenager who had a thing for old ladies!! He was doing little dances and gestering with his crotch area. The best line was when he asked Scott/old ladie "Does the carpet match the curtains?" I about lost it!!
Then the one I had been waiting for: Simon & Hecubus! Dave and Spandex!!! This is where the mistakes or I should say ad-libs start. When Simon says "Good Evening" the audience answered him back which you could tell he really didn't like. And when he did the sleep of ages on Hecubus, he did this thing where he grabbed his breast and the audience goes crazy then he starts to giggle and looks at Dave and says they want it, and so he grabbs Dave's crotch! What a site!! After that they lost it and the sketch ended.
Next out comes Mark and Bruce as the two skeeming sales men. They had a new invention called something like the self waving flag, I can't remember exactly, but it was just a rubber-band and the best part was it was free!!
The next thing I see is a boat coming across the stage and it has Jaques and Francious! They get to about the middle of the stage and who pops up? BUDDY COLE!!!! It was so funny, Jaques asked him if he would be okay if they left him "here" and he said yes because he had everything he needed in this duffle bag he had. So Jaques and Francious leave and buddy opens the bag and the only thing in the bag is a Martini glass and a Bar stool! His monalogue was great. He talked about having a three some with Dadam Hussain and his son uday it was so hilarious! I couldn't quit laughing!
Then came the best one with audiance participation. The Headcrusher!! It was so funny, he had a video camera and he would zoom in on an audience member and cruch it for everyone to see on a large screen behind him! Then the funnest thing in the whole damn show!! Kevin was dressed up like a Barbie!! And the Headcrusher started to finger her and stuff!! Not one for the children!
After the Headcrusher Bruce and Craig came out and Bruce did one of his songs off his new album. The song was "Bob Seger" and it was really god. He sure can sing! And I think I already said Craig is awsome!!
After that stage hands bring out a table and a chair. We wait a minute and then Dave comes on stage! We hear a door bell and out comes the Chicken Lady!! :>) This is my all time favourite sketch and it is even better live. There is a part where Dave goes to leave and the Chicken Lady catches him so when he goes to run back to his seat he slides over the table and lands perfectly in his chair! Then Dave was late with one of his lines and Mark starts to ad-lib and Dave says "I was going to follow you." And then he tells Mark aren't you going to ask me what I do for a living and Mark says "I'll ask the questions around here! I'm the Chicken Lady!"
Lets see....after the Chicken Lady the CKathys came out. It was funny because they came out on office chairs with wheels, so the stage hands just pushed them out on stage and Scott fell out of his chair and right on his ASS!! It was so Hilarious!! So before they actually started the sketch Bruce did some ad-libing like "Wow you're going to have a sexy ass bruse and stuff like that!! Then the rest of the sketch went just like it did on the TV show, except they added some new words like: "Is he an ass bandit?", A cock-a-vour, or my favourite "Is he a Vagitarian!"
Next they did a new skit: It had Darill and Gavin! This has got to be the best pair up of characters they could have ever possibily have done. Darill was Gavin's councelor and Gavin did the whole "Did you know that if you tell the bus driver that your mum is dead you can ride for free." And he finally got to Darill and Darill said something like: "I normally don't prescribe children drugs but in your case I don't see why not." I really can't remember it all that well but he was talking about marajuana and stuff like that.
Then the stage hands bring out a table and Three chairs! One chair is alone on the side of the stage and the other two are at the table. Dave and Kevin sit down at the table and Craig sits in the other chair reading a news paper. The sketch is "Citizen Kane." So then they come to the part where Kevin gets the newspaper and proves Dave wrong. As he goes over to Craig adn asks him for the paper, Craig tells him "No," and Kevin takes the paper away he says "MotherF*cker!" Another twst was when Kevin pushes Dave back he falls backwards out of his chair! lol!!
So that sketch ends and out comes Bruce and Mark dressed as cowboys and they start paroding Citizen Kane. This eventually turns into Running Faggot! Dave and Kevins' yeeeehhhhhhaaaawwwwwssssss were alot longer than on the TV show!
They then come out to take bows and we all start to go crazy, naturally we give them a standing ovation, so we wait a couple of seconds, still applauding wildly and they come out again!! Yea Baby we get an encore!!
The encore was "Joymakers" It was so funny, at one point Bruce answers the phone and says does anyone know spanish and Dave says "Let me try......" he listens for a second and then in that very cute Dave way he says "Nope!" Just the way he said it was funny!!!
Finally the show is over!!! I shouldn't say finally because I really didn't want it to end!!!! So we gave them another Standing ovation and then we all leave.......................
And now for the unbelieveable part of my KITH experience...........
We asked the security guards inside where KITH would be coming out and they told us to wait by the buses. So we get out there and there is quite a few people out there so we waited. After a little while our limo driver (my mom got me a limo because I went for my b-day) comes up and tells us that they had put baracades up by the other stage door and there were alot more cops there and stuff. So I was getting very confused trying to decide what door to wait at! We finally decide to wait between the two doors and see what happens. After waiting a couple more minutes I heard some one go "Whooo!" Where the baracades were, so me and my brother go running over there and we see a van pulling out! A security guy asked us to get behind the baracades, so of course we comply and we really couldn't see who was out side yet because the crowd was in the way. Finally some people move out of the way and who do we see?....KEVIN!!!
We couldn't get to him right away so I just stood there and watched him sign stuff. Some guy handed him a cell phone and he took the phone and in his cartoonish voice he keeped saying his name over and over and over. (Kevin McDonald, Duh!) It was so funny!! FInally we get up to him (well my brother does) and he notices my brothers shirt! The simon & hecubus one, so he tells my brother that is a great shirt and you should wear it to bed!! (Kevin is my brother's favourite by the way) So he signs the program and we go up to the front of the line. (Closer to the stage door)
All of a sudden SCOTT appears!! My brother hands him the book and he signs it (right on his forhead I might add) andy my brother asks him if he could write happy birthday Anne on it. Being the nice, sweet guy that he is, he wrote it!! Nexy came BRUCE & MARK!!!!
So Bruce starts moving down the line quickly, so my brother goes down a little to where he is. Bruce was having a conversation with two girls, so my brother trying to be nice, not knowing Bruce can do two things at once, was going to wait until he was finished talking. Everytime Bruce would go for the book my bro would pull it back (Bruce was going to sign the program while he was talking) So this went on for a couple seconds until I finally said "Tony give him the program!" So Bruce finally gets the book and signs it and goes on his way! At that moment my brother hands me the jbook and tells me "I got 3 (autographs) you get the last 2!" I freaked because that left Mark and Dave. Not that I have favourites or anything but......
Next thing I know my brother pushes me on my back right up to where MARK was standing!! My legs turned to rubber!! He was having a conversation so all I did was ask him to sign my book. I don't think he heard me, because he didn't really acknowledge me. (don't get me wrong he noded his! lol!!) Plus I must have been holding on to the program tighter than I thought because he had to like yank it out of my hands! (not rudley of course) I said thank you and he went oh his way!
One more to go! My brother asked a lady at the stage door if Dave was still inside? She said Mark was the last one! Now i love the other four don't get me wrong, I was just as happy with seeing them! Their my Peaches but Dave is my Cream!!
So I got sort of sad, when all of a sudden I hear my Dad and brother telling or yelling at me that he is down at the other end! So I am thinking to my-self, yea right sure he is, and they yell again!! So I run down there and I stop dead in my tracks!! He was! Surounded by a bunch of people was DAVE!!! A guy says hey there's a little man that wants through (my brother) So my brother gets through, hands Dave the letter I wrote him and then points at me! I love Dave's smile! It's more gorgous in person! So I hand him my program and my Dad askes him if he will take a picture with me cause it is my birthday! In his cute, little sexy voice he says "Sure" The next thing I know his arm comes around me, I do the same and right before we take the picture when we are like hugging and his cheek is against mine he tells me "Happy Birthday!" right in my ear! I can still hear it!!! I thank him so much, almost forget to get my book back and then walk away. I move to the back of the crowd and my dad starts shaking me and asking me if i'm okay! I was gasping for air. I really couldn't breath!! I started to cry! I cryed almost the whole way home! I have never been so happy in my life!!
Also if you go here, you can see the pic of Dave and Me. I am gonna try to make a page w/all my pics, but the one of Dave and me came out the best and thats the only one I have scanned right now. :(
Marie @ 1:15 PM