Comments on: On Good Friday and Spinal Tap

By: Chad

Chad — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 04:22:28 +0000

Hey… why isn’t “Cirque-De-Hey-Soos-A-Palloza” a tagline?

Three from the archives strikes again.

By: Becky

Becky — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:55:43 +0000

While I’m grateful it is not being used in reference to ABF, “Cirque-De-Hey-Soos-A-Pallooza” could very well be the best word I’ve ever heard. Kudos Chad!

By: corey

corey — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 14:30:56 +0000

It’s such a fine line between stupid and clever.

By: june

june — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 04:53:36 +0000

Sometimes B and I quote Spinal Tap lines in passing while in the presence of others and we always laugh extra hard when no one around us gets the joke…and then we wonder how that(anyone being unfamiliar with ST) is even possible.

Chad, yer a swell writer.

By: aly hawkins

aly hawkins — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 01:27:17 +0000

Thanks to this post, I dragged out my This Is Spinal Tap special edition DVD. The laughs are just as fresh today as when I first saw it in college. Pure brilliance. “Pastel black” is my new favorite color.

By: Chad

Chad — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 00:12:16 +0000

Actually,

“God of Glory : Commandos in Drag”

…was going to be the sequel.

By: Morphea

Morphea — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 22:01:16 +0000

Ah. Just followed the link. I’m an idiot.

(I still made myself laugh, though. Commandos in drag…)

Cerise

By: Morphea

Morphea — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 21:59:39 +0000

Excellent story, Chad. I give it two belly-laughs up.

To clarify: did you mean the Tim Curry of Rocky Horror (meaning, were the commandos in full drag) or the Tim Curry playing the Lord of Darkness in Legend (red, shiny, hooves, hot pants and really big horns)?

Cerise

By: Chad

Chad — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 16:40:34 +0000

Oh yeah! I forgot about the fall of Lucifer. Ok, so it’s like Rent meets Paradise Lost meets YWAM.

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 08:57:35 +0000

Having attended both of the events described so well in this blog, I can attest that what transpired Good Friday was by far the more thoughtful, moving and provocative of the two presentations (and it involved about 1/10,000 of the cost to mount). The tearing of the curtain was in no way a Spinal Tap moment, unlike the vertically-stranded demon in what Ed Sullivan might have called the “really-big-shew.” What made Hot Stuff’s predicament even more interesting was that there flames jetting up from below, and we thought that he might get his tochus fried if they couldn’t control his descent. Chad mentioned that the Cirque-De-Hey-Soos-A-Pallooza was sort of a mix of “West Side Story” and “This Present Darkness.” Actually, its pretensions were far grander, more like “Rent” meets “Paradise Lost.” They were literally telling the story of the Fall of Lucifer in one scene, followed by a jazzy night club number in the next. Go figure.

For those of you who can’t wait to see this show, don’t hold your collective breaths. I’ll take a modest, meditative Good Friday service any time.

By: Stick

Stick — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 05:58:57 +0000

Dude, when does Cirque-De-Hey-Soos-A-Pallooza open in Reno? We’re not that far from there, you know.

Sounds very cool.

By: michael lee

michael lee — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 02:52:30 +0000

wow - very cool, man.

I can picture the whole thing, it must have been great to actually be in the room.

By: TomTom

TomTom — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 01:52:46 +0000

Your story was great, I’m glad your Good Friday service worked out in the end. It sounds really cool.

But I can’t get this line out of my mind…

“…in a tight formation, like kinda-gay Navy Seals…”

A great ending to a great Easter weekend!