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Edited on Sat Jun-25-05 11:34 PM by jazzjunkysue
Alright. It’s late, so I’m going to try to give you some details before I drop off and forget half of them.
Basically, Marc is even sweeter and crazier in person as he is on the show. As he took the stage after two warm up comedians, he said, half under his breath, that he still finds it hard to believe that anyone likes him….to which the audience just yelled and applauded louder. I hope he thought we were a good audience, because, it seemed to me that we laughed at everything, and it just kept building all evening. I know my stomach ached from laughing so hard, and I’m sure I wasn’t alone.
He started with a riff about how if you’re depressed these days, you’re one of the sane ones, with all the crazy things going on in the world. He let loose about his bi-polar dad calling him in the middle of the night to ask Marc to help him build an amusement park. He ended with, “Yeah, Dad. Call me when you’re crying, tomorrow. It’s 3 am.. Goodnight.” Then he asked us if it was too harsh to go after his dad like that. Typical Marc, all the way.
He riffed about Christians, and how they tell kids to find the colored eggs and then they can eat the chocolate bunny, but it’s the jews who are the weird-os. “Go sit on the big man’s lap and ask him to give you stuff for free.” He did equal parts of laughing at liberals as well as the right wingers, and himself, of course. Nothing he said was divisive, and it was all true, and painfully funny. Just brilliant and hysterical.
At one point about a third of the way into the show, a big nasty bush supporter started heckling him in the middle of a neo-con rant about doing something serious to Karl Rove. I’m not sure what the guy said, but, Marc handled him so beautifully. He accepted that the guy had a different point of view, quite respectfully, and then asked him if he was going to ruin the show for everyone else. The guy didn’t say much else. Marc said something about going back to making fun of the Bush administration, and the entire room exploded, and the guy knew he didn’t stand a chance. Marc never got angry at him or defensive, and I never even noticed when he left. I think Marc got back into his riff and didn’t notice, either. But he said nothing personal or negative to the man, and was so nice and gracious. We wanted blood, of course, but that’s not in Marc’s nature. If I wasn’t hooked before, I was a goner at that point. I will not believe for a second that Marc will not replace Seinfeld on TV: Marc’s about 10 times more talented, funny, and compelling. You just want to get to know him and keep it all coming. He’s like all of your best friends rolled into one. He’s so much fun. He’d be awesome on TV. Honestly, I thought he was really sexy. Ooooooo! There, I said it.
There was this one woman in the audience who kept answering him back, and after a while, it got a little annoying, but, still, he made a few bits about it. She was coming down on him for eating fish, like, he lacks compassion for fish. Right. OK. And it got to him a little. He’s so sweet. She said she ate milk and cheese and it was OK because those companies didn’t abuse the animals. He came back with, “Really? When was the last time someone pulled on your (three letter expletive starting with t and ending with t’s) for an hour,” and she said “Last week, and she liked it,” after which it got quite colorful and even funnier. We were screaming. But she was OK because it gave him something to riff off of, and you found out this huge talent doesn’t just read lines. He’s naturally funny, no matter what.
He brought to life one of his youthful demons, and it was quite entertaining. Then, he brought him back as an older demon, craving ice cream instead of stronger substances, and that got us all going, big time. Basically, it got to the point where he was confessing his sins and insecurities right to us in the front, totally dead-pan, and he’d get us to feel his pain, and then land a great punch line, and we’d all erupt again. We kept falling for it all night. I was in the front row, literally with my knees on the stage, so, it was a thrill, just to have him talk right to me many times. He did that with everyone he could see, and afterwards, he was so sweet greeting everyone out in the hallway. He couldn’t be nicer to everyone. But he wasn’t trying to be nice: It’s just his nature.
Marc’s wife is beautiful and so young! She waited patiently outside while he took a lot of time with us. I didn’t want to annoy her by bothering her, but, she was waiting for the fans to let him go. I knew it was his wife, because I was standing inside the door when he arrived and she was with him. I stopped him and shook his hand and thanked him for keeping us all sane and saving the world. I tried not to take long or be a jerk. I gave him a nice fan letter. I hope he read it, but, who knows. It was so exciting!
If anyone lives within a 2 hour drive of one of his appearances, you owe it to yourself to go see him, before he gets so famous, that he stops playing these little clubs in the suburbs. At some point, I’m convinced he’ll be on TV and then he won’t have time or energy to go out to the clubs where you get him up close. Don’t put it off. You’ll be happy to drive home, with a big smile on your face and a very warm, soulful feeling. You’ll be glad you did.
Thanks, Marc! We love you!
:hi::loveya::hug:
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