StoneMtn Posted October 13, 2004 Report Share Posted October 13, 2004 I just bought myself tickets to see the Trailer Park Boys live in Vancouver in a couple of weeks. Has anyone seen them do a live performance? Is it just stand-up comedy? Either way, I expect this to be awesome! (Hopin' for a Bubbles guitar solo...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcO Posted October 13, 2004 Report Share Posted October 13, 2004 What's the word on new shows? I love the show but the "seasons" are way too brief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted October 13, 2004 Report Share Posted October 13, 2004 Anyone got a list of tourdates? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneMtn Posted October 13, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2004 According to TicketBastard.ca it appears that there are only two shows, and they're both in Vancouver on October 22 (7pm and 10pm). C'mon out here Velvet! I'll be at the Vancouver Airport waiting for you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted October 13, 2004 Report Share Posted October 13, 2004 Can't, I have a gig at the NAC on the 23rd. Thanks for the offer though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneMtn Posted October 22, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2004 Happening tonight. I can't even work, 'cause I'm so excited! Woo hoo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weezy Posted October 22, 2004 Report Share Posted October 22, 2004 Are you coming to the Backstage Lounge for Themasses after the TPB? Show starts around 11pm... Don't forget to invite Ricky... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted October 22, 2004 Report Share Posted October 22, 2004 StnMtn - I highly recommend weezy's suggestion. Themasses are a really good band. Plus the Backstage is a good spot (it's on Granville Island). Let us know how the TPB thing went. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneMtn Posted October 22, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2004 I have seen themasses before, and do concur. They fully rock. I will have a crew with me, coming down from sea-to-sky country, but if all agree I'll be seeing themasses for sure! ... and of course Ricky will be with me ... unless he pukes in my car again ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneMtn Posted October 23, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2004 So, the Trailer Park Boys were amusing, to say the least. They opened up a night of comedy by introducing themselves, and then with some rambling on about Sunnyvale Trailer Park. The crowd was pretty rowdy. The first thing someone did was run up to the stage to hand Ricky a cigarette; which he gladly accepted. Shortly after that, of course, a big fatty followed; which Ricky proudly held up for the crowd. (Looked like a good, solid roll, although slightly "pregnant" - perhaps 1.5 to 2 gms., but I digress...) The evening then went on to have 8 really good comedians: -Derek Edwards -Irwin Barker -Eddie Brill -Zach Galifianakis -Darryl Lenox -Demetri Martin -Costaki Economopoulos -Maria Bamford A couple weren't stellar, but they all had their moments, and overall they were hilarious. Unfortunately, the audience was clearly there to see the Trailer Park Boys and there were a number of hecklers throughout the other performances that were really just rude; both to the comics and the audience. A few comics really let them have it though. After the comedians, the Trailer Park Boys came out for their real "set", which was about 15 minutes. They started out going on about Sunnyvale again, and a girl ran up to the stage to get Julian to sign her breasts; which he did. Then some more Sunnyvale humour. Then a guy ran up to the stage to extend his hand out in which there was a ziploc containing about an oz. of BC's phinest. The bouncers actually looked a little perplexed at that, and sort of shot looks at each other, like, "Do we stop this? Ricky seems to like it..." so they just sort of waited for Ricky to accept the oz. and then just pushed the guy gently back toward the back of the theatre to let him go on his way and watch the rest of the show, rather than detain him or something equally stupid. He actually ended up sprawling out on the floor lying on his back to watch the rest of the show in the aisle next to me. (Gotta love BC!) After a bit more Sunnyvale humour, a skid with a mullet (and no shirt of course) came running out from backstage with an electric guitar and duct tape. He taped the guitar to Bubbles, in lieu of a guitar strap - beautiful trailer park ingenuity and fashion all rolled into one! Bubbles began with the opening riff from "Closer to the Heart", and sang a bit of the song. (I swear, Velvet, I thought of you and actually had my cell phone in my hand to call you and let you listen to that one live, but he cut it short.) Ricky then explained that he had several plans for the future, either staying in BC, or bringing some of our local foliage home with him to go into business out east. Either way, he needed money, and wanted 400 dollars from Bubbles, which he knew Bubbles had. Bubbles then had to admit that he met a woman last night in a Vancouver bar, and brought her back to his hotel room. He watched movies with her, and didn't realize until quite late that she was a hooker, and the evening was gonna cost 400 bucks. His big regret was, "Had I known I was on the clock, I would have at least touched her boobies." He then played a cool song, which seemed to be called "Liquor and Whores". After that, they told us about the upcoming season, which will include a Christmas episode. The episode will be called "Dear Santa, Go Fu©k Yourself". Bubbles then played a song with that same title. They did a bit more humour, and that was all she wrote. It was pretty entertaining, and the comics were great. I really didn't know what to expect, but it was a good, fun evening. (Oh ya, we skipped seeing themasses after, as the people with me were not into it, for various reasons.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted October 23, 2004 Report Share Posted October 23, 2004 Thanks for the in-depth review. I am constantly amazed at your writing-down-setlists superpower, but I think you made a typo. Is there five or six o's in Economopoulos? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneMtn Posted October 23, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2004 Five "o"'s (you sarcastic bastard); and I'll have you know that I wrote nothing during the show. All of the above was from memory, except the names of the comedians from the program. (Accuse me of a "typo" will you? ... why I oughtta...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted October 23, 2004 Report Share Posted October 23, 2004 I am a sarcastic bastard, but there was no sarcasm intended in the above post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted October 23, 2004 Report Share Posted October 23, 2004 "Liquor and Whores" I am pretty sure that is what it is called. Cigarettes and dope and mustard and balonga and liquor and whores. I love drinking at the Legion like Bubbles does. Meeting a girl that is easy and pleasin' cant be beat. I fu©king love those boys. If I were to guess, they are true caricature's of themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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