We make no secret of being frequent bar patrons. We make no secret of being bar patrons near where we perform, because we believe drinking is best done with a bunker-down mentality and limited exercise. Thus, we often end up drinking away our meager fortunes at Sanctuary after some shows. Not only are they enjoyable, less loud than some places and well stocked with tv’s tuned to decent programming, they also have random things inside the bar.

Wheel of Boxing. From the makers of Wheel of Russian Roulette, Wheel of Football and Wheel of NASCAR.

I just like that the guy in the picture has a skeeball on his beer. Go Charlotte Skeeball League. I will be signing up as soon as I finish my Canasta Brackets.

Pabsthenge is the remnant of an ancient Pabst civilization. Much as the Roman empire’s downfall was caused by lead and barbarians, the downfall of Pabstians came due to the eventual depletion of corduroy and the insanity of strippers who constantly had to find music to dance to that no one else had ever heard of.

I thought it was sharks or man, but apparently, it was lawn darts.

-OddBot 

This is not related to changing a baby. This is actually the internationally recognized bathroom symbol for  hermaphrodites.

The koala station is for the changing of human babies. If you have an armadillo baby, please change it at home.

 -OddBot

I really hope this person got this as a gift.

-OddBot

All of the tickets have been given away at this point. Congratulations to all of our winners! We hope you enjoy the show.

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I’m very excited about this. If you could see me right now, you would literally notice the “Definition of Excited” caption that I have hanging around my neck on a sign. It normally says “Thug Life”.

The Blumenthal Performing Arts Center will be hosting Spamalot, the musical based on Monty Python’s Holy Grail and they want us to do one of their ’Get to Know the Show’ event to help educate folks on Monty Python’s work, their legacy and to cover the fundamentals of sketch comedy writing. 

SO BEGINS A DEVIATION INTO MY THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS AND STUFF

Now, for those of you who are not familiar, this is awesome. Like any number of other comics or even just geeks of the last few decades grew up on a diet of Monty Python humor. I remember watching it on TV one random day with my mom who was kind enough to clue me into how awesome it was or catching it on random channels at odd hours on PBS or some random arts channel.

I remember watching Holy Grail on VHS as a kid and watching it on a loop so often I can still recite it. People at parties (a term I use generously. There was no beer, no make out room and no feeling of joy) would ask me for some random line and I would start reciting the entire film from that point like an irish Teddy Ruxpin. I’m surprised that I don’t occasionally wake up in cold sweats screaming

“O Lord, bless this thy Hand Grenade that with it thou mayest blow thine enemies to tiny bits, in thy mercy”.

Somewhere in the recitation of the works of Monty Python I gained my love for comedy that didn’t involve animated characters or shows about small black children being adorable (the 1980′s were a rough time comedy-wise) and to eventually to hate other people. Comedy is one of those tragic things that affects your world view. Like martial arts and being a stripper. Knowing that you can 1) Laugh at anything, 2) Beat up anything, 3) Gyrate against anything and make money fall out really affects how you see the world.

So I have Monty Python to thank for priming the pump. The rest I can blame on the social experiment that is public schools.

SO ENDS A DEVIATION INTO MY THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS AND STUFF

So anyways, we’ve got this event coming up and we are very excited. It’s an hour and a half on me and Brandon doing Monty Python and Sketch Comedy Writing. It’s going to be on Monday, February 6th from 6pm-7:30pm at Pease Auditorium on CPCC’s campus in uptown. If you’re interested in going, it is free but you need to RSVP.

-OddBot