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MY FAIR BRADY

We just wrapped up the HUGE Christmas Show at the Dodge Theatre in Phoenix.  This is something that kicks our butt every year as we always work on it from about springtime.  There were many highlights from the show – including the Bungee Santa Claus bit which went off better than I could have imagined.  It’s moments during a bit like that where I love my job the most – coming up with weird and crazy ideas and hearing everyone protest the bit because they can’t see it in their mind.  That may be my fault for not explaining the bit well enough – or maybe not.  Whatever.  Once I get some video of the bit, I will do another blog on it.

A little about the show… it’s designed to raise money for the Tim & Willy Kids FUN-Dation – a non-profit charity used to help fund other charities that benefit underprivileged kids. It’s all about the kids. It’s not a concert, comedy show, or sketch show – but it has little pieces of all those elements. On top of that, with lots of surprises and moments that tug at your heart strings.  And a bungee jumping Santa Claus. During the show, we always have a special celebrity “Secret Santa” – this year’s Secret Santa(s) were Christopher Knight and his wife Adrianne Curry.  So that everyone is on the same page – Chris Knight played Peter Brady on the Brady Bunch.  Adrianne was the first winner of the show America’s Next Top Model.  They met on the VH1 Celebreality show The Surreal Life.  They then married and got their own reality show called My Fair Brady.  From what little of the show I’ve seen, it’s a cross between a trailer park and a trailer park.  White Trash fighting at it’s finest.  Before I go any further, I will say that they are the NICEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD.

If you’ve ever seen the show, then you know how much they fight. I ran outside the theatre at some point during the day and as I was coming back in, I saw the lovely couple standing outside trying to get into the theatre.  I went up to them, introduced myself, and thanked them for coming to do the show. So Chris says that everything has been wonderful so far in terms of their accommodations.  Then he says, “what exactly is the point of this show again?  What’s the charity?” Adrianne punches him in the chest, “You’re (effing) kidding, right?  You have GOT to (effing) be kidding me. “What?  I’m just asking so we can get clarification!” says Chris. “You’re (effing) kidding me!  See? This is the crap I’m sick of!  I’m tired of celebrities doing stuff for charity and they don’t even know what the (effing) charity is!” said Adrianne as she gave him another fist to the chest. “All I did was ask…” Adrianne turns to me and apologizes for Chris’s apparent lack of knowledge about the show and its beneficiary. She then turns to him again and say while punching him, “It’s a (effing) concert for (effing) homeless kids you (effing) retard.  I’m sorry for my husband.”

Uh, yeah.  Sort of. Uncomfortable. Hilarious. They boozed it up in the dressing room before their appearance and everything went well from there. Besides the Bungee Santa Bit, that was the highlight of the weekend.