| I was at an Al concert in a huge movie theatre. It was so huge that the stage didn’t reach all the way over to the wall-there was about twenty feet on either side that was composed of blank walls and alcoves. Brian and I were sitting in front of one of these alcoves, about eight or ten feet from the stage. The only good part about our seats was that they were in the front row. We could just barely see Al if we craned our necks waaaaaay over to the left. After the first set, the band left the stage and the lights came up to half. The door in the alcove in front of us opened, and Al stepped out. My brain froze in shock. Brian’s jaw hit the floor. (Well, figuratively anyway.) Al gave us that raised-eyebrow look and said “The band and I are kinda tired…we’re gonna leave now.” I gave a look of panic to Brian. Brian was giving me the same look back. “Um…Al…” he finally got out. “If…if I gave you twenty bucks, would you stay?” “Sure!” So Brian dug out a twenty and handed it to Al. Al pocketed the cash and flopped down next to us. He turned back toward the light booth and gestured to the techie. The techie nodded and flipped a switch. The lights went down, and the screen unrolled. The screen flickered to life with the legend “UHF Part Three” and the crowd HOWLED with delight. The basic premise of the movie was that Teri was tired of waiting for George to propose, so she was going to do it herself. The only problem was that every time she tried, George got distracted and changed the subject. Example- “George, I have something really serious we should talk about.” “Okay, dear, let me just…” And he’d take a HUGE bite out of a twinkie-weiner sandwich. Eventually the movie was over. The lights went up, Al bid us goodbye, and Brian and I stumbled out of the theater completely disbelieving of what had just happened. My mom pulled up in her van, and the instant that I opened the door, I was babbling about how cool it was and that I got to see Al up close and that he talked to me. My Take On It Next Dream |
| Al-cove Fun 01/14/02 |