| All of the Stupid Club members were in someone's basement. It was the very first ever Stupid Con where EVERYONE could attend! We were packed in like sardines. In between us were tables with chairs, all facing the left side of the room where a stage was set up. Over the speakers comes the announcement "And now, the entertainment for the evening..." Everyone waits, holding their breath. "WEIRD AL YANKOVIC AND TOM LEHRER!" The entire room erupted into screams of joy. I remember seeing Karen bouncing so high that she almost touched the ceiling. The entire room stayed on their feet cheering as Al and Tom walked out. Al looked just like he did at the fair. (That is, after he shaved his face during Monday's show.) Tom looked nothing like any picture I've ever seen of him. He had red hair in a buzzcut and a small red goatee. They walked to their mics and bowed to us. We stayed on our feet cheering. Al waved at us to sit down, and we did, reluctantly. Then Al and Tom started doing a two person comedy bit reminiscent of Abbott and Costello. It was hilarious! Everyone was taking picture after picture after picture. After Al and Tom left the stage, they left the building really really fast. (I think we scared them.) ;) We all hung around and talked for a long time, then everyone started to drift towards the door and leave. As I left, I passed a store where they had all sorts of rare Al merchandise. Pennants, mugs, shirts, posters-you name it, they had it. I was going to buy as much as I could until I realized that I had no money. I left the store and kept walking. I passed a school where there was a talk going on in the gym. I thought the speaker sounded really familiar, so I poked my head in. It was Steve. The gym was packed with people who were all thrilled to be there. Steve was talking about something I can't remember, but I do remember that as a visual aid, he was showing a video of the Olympics. It was an event with kind of a _|-|_ shaped thing that two women sat on and tried to maneuver across ice to a finish line. Very odd. After the speech, I went outside and helped mine clay for an art class while watching Cid, Foghorn Leghorn, and an Animaniac pull a mushroom out of the ground, light the cap of it, and pass it around and smoke it like a cigarette. My Take On It Next Dream |
| Surprising StupidCon 08/09/02 |