Slog - Comments on Gong Show Memoirs http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/gong_show_memoirs Oh, it was a beautiful night at the Crocodile. I was not there long. But I did see the ventriloquistish woman who allowed the tiny imaginary man inside her puffy-cheeked mouth to speak and sing his heart out. I saw Jim Morrison and his mother. I saw a comic who made me laugh but whose jokes I do not remember. I saw a rhyming poet who is quite angry with the Bush administration and seemed scary in general. The gongers were afraid. I feel I missed so much ...... Copyright 2008 Fri, 13 Apr 2007 11:35:48 -0800 Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:26:57 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by elswinger Will any of the Gong Show wind up on YouTube?

]]> elswinger http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/gong_show_memoirs#c693132 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/gong_show_memoirs#c693132 Arts Fri, 13 Apr 2007 11:32:55 -0800 Comment by Carollani I took video up until my memory card was maxed during the stand-up easter bunny comic. I'll upload what I've got over the weekend.

It was a fun night—thanks Stranger!

]]> Carollani http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/gong_show_memoirs#c693133 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/gong_show_memoirs#c693133 Arts Fri, 13 Apr 2007 11:36:19 -0800 Comment by Carollani I took video up until my memory card was maxed during the stand-up easter bunny comic. I'll upload what I've got over the weekend.

It was a fun night—thanks Stranger!

]]> Carollani http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/gong_show_memoirs#c693135 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/gong_show_memoirs#c693135 Arts Fri, 13 Apr 2007 11:36:43 -0800 Comment by Callie I saw Fnarf shove a total of 14 quarters into his respective nostrils. I have a crush.

]]> Callie http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/gong_show_memoirs#c693139 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/gong_show_memoirs#c693139 Arts Fri, 13 Apr 2007 11:38:25 -0800 Comment by Ari Spool We will have Gong Show content up in our Video page soon! Have no fear, you shall see the freak show!

]]> Ari Spool http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/gong_show_memoirs#c693141 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/gong_show_memoirs#c693141 Arts Fri, 13 Apr 2007 11:42:42 -0800 Comment by otla My favorite line from host Schmader:

"Gonging a poet? Isn't that like raping a baby?"

MC Frank Zapatista: worst moniker ever.

]]> otla http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/gong_show_memoirs#c693143 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/gong_show_memoirs#c693143 Arts Fri, 13 Apr 2007 11:43:56 -0800 Comment by Callie I saw Fnarf shove a total of 14 quarters into his respective nostrils. I have a crush.

]]> Callie http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/gong_show_memoirs#c693162 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/gong_show_memoirs#c693162 Arts Fri, 13 Apr 2007 12:01:33 -0800 Comment by kerri harrop i am still scared of that poet. i totally have a crush on the bunny comedian. i am still in awe of the amazing woman that danced to glamorous life. and, I MET FNARF!!!!!

i am also still drunk.

thanks for the good times, stranger. it was a hell of a night.

]]> kerri harrop http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/gong_show_memoirs#c693164 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/gong_show_memoirs#c693164 Arts Fri, 13 Apr 2007 12:02:59 -0800 Comment by Callie Whoa. Doublt comment post was totally an accident. I seriously thought Frank Zappatista was going to shoot us all.

Kerri: Schmader, you're just mad because you used to be a poet.

David: And a baby. I used to be both.

Genius!

]]> Callie http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/gong_show_memoirs#c693172 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/gong_show_memoirs#c693172 Arts Fri, 13 Apr 2007 12:12:15 -0800 Comment by Callie Whoa. Double comment post was totally an accident. I seriously thought Frank Zappatista was going to shoot us all.

Kerri: Schmader, you're just mad because you used to be a poet.

David: And a baby. I used to be both.

Genius!

]]> Callie http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/gong_show_memoirs#c693173 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/gong_show_memoirs#c693173 Arts Fri, 13 Apr 2007 12:12:23 -0800 Comment by Aislinn I was giggling like a school girl when I met Fnarf. I had my picture taken with him. Then I ran up to a non-slogging friend and gushed about my excitement, and he looked at me like I was retarded. Fnarf is an acquired taste, apparently.

]]> Aislinn http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/gong_show_memoirs#c693174 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/gong_show_memoirs#c693174 Arts Fri, 13 Apr 2007 12:12:49 -0800 Comment by Callie I wanted to do exactly that too, Aislinn, but he was with his wife(?) and I didn't want to seem creepy. He's totally internet famous! Or at least slog famous...

]]> Callie http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/gong_show_memoirs#c693179 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/gong_show_memoirs#c693179 Arts Fri, 13 Apr 2007 12:15:19 -0800 Comment by Matt Schmader: Last night you told us this would happen again. We are going to hold you to it. Holy god, it needs to happen again.

]]> Matt http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/gong_show_memoirs#c693187 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/gong_show_memoirs#c693187 Arts Fri, 13 Apr 2007 12:25:19 -0800 Comment by infrequent i want to see what fnarf looks like. is his info on the gawker stalker site?

]]> infrequent http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/gong_show_memoirs#c693211 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/gong_show_memoirs#c693211 Arts Fri, 13 Apr 2007 12:48:51 -0800 Comment by Fnarf I was completely unprepared for the phenomenon of cute young girls running up to me and bashfully asking for a photo with me. I don't think Missus Fnarf was too upset; bemused perhaps. If she's annoyed at anyone, it's me, for stuffing quarters in my nose in a roomful of people. I think she wishes I would find entertainment options that she can tell her folks about!

And I totally called the kooky poet. I saw him earlier in the bar, with his leather pants and punk-military regalia (a studded beret?), going through his zippered binder of tightly-scribbled whatevers, and I said to a friend "dollars to doughnuts that one's going to go on a scary political rant". He did.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/gong_show_memoirs#c693216 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/gong_show_memoirs#c693216 Arts Fri, 13 Apr 2007 12:50:51 -0800 Comment by Callie Fnarf, he was wearing a kilt too, wasn't he? I'm glad he didn't subject us to his business end, as well. Also, I totally didn't know it was you stuffing quarters into your nose until after you were mostly done. I turned to my friends, who were chanting "Fnarf!" and was like "what are you saying?! I was so stoked when I realized! To be honest, and I think I drunkenly mentioned this to Schmader, I had totally pictured you with a long, dark ponytail and maybe some sandals with socks. I'm glad I was wrong!

]]> Callie http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/gong_show_memoirs#c693232 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/gong_show_memoirs#c693232 Arts Fri, 13 Apr 2007 13:01:05 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Callie, the long, dark ponytail was during a few rough months in 1992. And sandals with socks isn't me, though I could maybe go there as long as they weren't Tevas or Birkenstocks. And as long as the socks were Argyle.

That was not my first time on the Crocodile stage. I also appeared in a dance contest during a Lois Maffeo show back in 1993 or 4, doing "the vacuum cleaner", and beating out "the ironer" and "the floor scrubber" for first prize. I still have the lucky shirt I wore.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/gong_show_memoirs#c693242 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/gong_show_memoirs#c693242 Arts Fri, 13 Apr 2007 13:14:58 -0800 Comment by infrequent perhaps teh ironer could give you some tips for keeping that shirt in top shape. but whatever you do, don't listen to the floor scrubber.

]]> infrequent http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/gong_show_memoirs#c693252 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/gong_show_memoirs#c693252 Arts Fri, 13 Apr 2007 13:25:07 -0800 Comment by Callie I love Lois. I grew up in Olympia. She's such a sweet lady. I was totally thinking of teva's. And a predilection toward D&D... not that I don't have one.
Again - glad I was wrong!

]]> Callie http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/gong_show_memoirs#c693294 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/gong_show_memoirs#c693294 Arts Fri, 13 Apr 2007 14:22:35 -0800 Comment by amie dude, that skit from resovoir dogs rocked. the chick with the pink hair was hot. and that other chick was hotter.

]]> amie http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/gong_show_memoirs#c698592 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/gong_show_memoirs#c698592 Arts Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:02:41 -0800 Comment by Annie Totally!!!! That brunette wench quoting Tarantino made me cum in my shorts!!!

]]> Annie http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/gong_show_memoirs#c698594 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/gong_show_memoirs#c698594 Arts Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:06:00 -0800 Comment by Vaneesa What about the amazing-ness of the Disney medley?! SO much talent, yet the judges were a little gong-happy that night, as we all know....

]]> Vaneesa http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/gong_show_memoirs#c699039 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/gong_show_memoirs#c699039 Arts Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:26:57 -0800