Tonight, I’m doing Rich Prouty’s Improv Match Game at ComedySportz at 10 pm. Come see it.  It’s where they get 6 folks and basically play the match game with 2 contestants. I’ve never done it before but have heard good things about this show for a long time. To get ready, I’ve been watching classic episodes on YouTube and guys they are absolutely hilarious.  The one where Charles Nelson Reilly takes over as the host for about 5 minutes is classic.  Tonight, I’m on with some improvisers, an international model, and Schadenfriend Matt Miller.  If it gets competitive, Matt is going DOWN.

What is up with this?!  I tried to find pictures of Fukudoma fans wearing ninja outfits or those rice field hats — which I think is more of a traditional Chinese or Vietnamese headpiece anyway — but I’m not entirely sure — which is WHY I’M NOT WEARING IT IN PUBLIC TO CHEER FOR A BASEBALL PLAYER!!!  And why is it OK to do these things in support of the Japanese player and not the scores of Latin American, African American or Redneck players?!  Oh, because it’s unacceptable?  So, if I went to play baseball in Japan, my fans would dress up in gangster outfits, shoot each other with Tommy gusn, eat deep dish pizza and desperately try to win the bid for the Olympics?  Jesus, Cubs Fans — get it together — the country is watching!

Classic sweaty back.

I think it was DeWitt who started this one — I think he sent me a Han Solo or something and now the “Star Wars Figures” app on Facebook is the only one I ever use other than Poke. You can send Star Wars guys to your friends, and they can send you Star Wars guys.  Then they show-up in your profile. The more you send, the more you unlock. That’s all there is to it, and it’s pretty kick ass. If you like fun, give it a shot. I usually pass on the Mob Wars and Earth Day Gardens and this one popped-up and now I’ll be occupied all summer tending to my IG-88 turnips and 4-LOM mint leaves. Oops, gotta go, I just unlocked a Biker Scout.

Here are a few random observations from my morning commute. Isn’t that the name of a band? My Morning Commute? If it isn’t, dibs. You hear me internet? Dibs. Anyway, funny and trademark observations after the jump..

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You’ve probably seen the ROM advertised in airplane magazines. It claims to give you a total body workout in only 4 minutes. They have a free 30-day trial, after which you pay $14,615. That’s right. $14,615. It seems designed for high society professionals too busy to work out more than 4 minutes at a time. This is the self-described “BMW of exercise machines!” COME ON. Watch the video and check-out the site. This is the most snake oily absolute rip off of a product of all time, ever. Anything that leads its pitch by refuting claims by “the so-called experts” is absolutely full of crap. Plus, anyone who goes from sitting on the couch chewing on hard candy and scalloped potatoes all day to physically moving for 4 minutes a day will see an improvement, so the benefits are completely intangible. $14,615 buys 154 pairs of running shoes or 30 years of a gym membership. Thanks but no thanks, ROM.  We’ll save the money and take the stairs.

I heard this guy Jason Maraz say on the radio today “Hey, the best thing about Chicago is the Mix, 101.9″. Um, what? I know the producer made you say that but you gotta be smarter than that. The best thing? in the whole fucking town is an FM radio station? And that one? You just called out a cookie-cutter Clear Channel radio station that has the same format as stupid shit in Omaha. I know we are supposed to ignore these celebrity endorsements, but I think we should start taking these radio station promos at their word. If he thinks that 101.9 FM is the best thing about Chicago, then he will be judged accordingly. You sucked up to a couple DJs, now you pay the price. You are today’s douche of the day. Your song sucks.

Here are a few random observations from spending 7 straight days at Fullerton and the Lake for our Theater on the Lake run. We were there from Monday - Sunday last week. We thank everyone who worked on the show and of course everyone who came out. We had a great turnout opposite Taste of Chicago, Gay Pride and Cubs/Sox. After the jump, my random observations of a very weird part of Chicago… MORE »

Have you seen this video yet? The guy took 2 years to go to over 40 countries. It’s really kind of cool. Actually, it might be the coolest thing I’ve ever seen (thanks Gapers..)

Now that Battlestar’s over and we’re done with Rent Parties and Theater on the Lake for a bit, I’m catching-up on movies — and “Be Kind Rewind” was the first.   When I saw the trailer for this last year, I wanted to see it not only for a cheap re-staging of Robocop, but also to actually see how the writers would raise the stakes and justify two guys having to reshoot Hollywood movies onto VHS tapes in order to save the store.  This movie is delightful, and it looks like these guys are having an absolute blast. Perfect running order of movies that they shoot, and enough jokes to please fans who have ‘em memorized (a la Robocop). This reminds me of doing Metalstorm and RobotJox with Connor and everyone else for the NeoFuturists’ summer movie series a couple of years ago, and Adam making the giant robots out of boxes for the final battle. Awesome movie. Somewhat recommended.