Dr. D's Salute To Al

Post by **M3m3s3** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 10:21 pm

What time is everybody going? I'm probably going to be there at 11 (or before) and stay for all three shows. Should we plan to meet somewhere?

Post by **fred27** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 3:33 am

i took a friend from online to 2 Al shows in canada, when i picked her up, her mom wrote down all my vehicle info, i had the black van at the time, she was a rocky horror friend, and im also dating a guy from online, almost 2 yrs now

Post by **Aron** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 5:05 am

Mega bummer, I'm up to my eyes in homework.

Mon Oct 29, 2007 3:06 am

I was there for the two last shows, got to see Kevin, Cid, Ken and Trish (Ken took a photo of me with Al's foot on my shoulder at the Greek, or was that a photo of Al with his foot on my shoulder?

) Let me see... Al songs played included Belvedere Cruisin', Baby Likes Burping, It's Still Billy Joel to Me, You Don't Take Your Showers, Pac Man, Nature Trail to Hell, The Night Santa Went Crazy (sorry I didn't notice which version), the Japanese version of Jurassic Park (and Dr. D. was rather surprised to find somebody in the audience singing along in Japanese) and that extremely rare Al rarity, White & Nerdy

Dr. D. said he was sure Al wasn't at the fairgrounds because if he had been, he'd have been flogging the good Doctor with a piece of broccoli for pulling all those oldies out of the archives. Also a nice array of demented horror music, including the title song to "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes." I know I'm gonna miss her, a tomato ate my sister. At each show there was a random drawing for goodie bags of Al stuff and a grand-prize oversize photo (I THINK Cid said they were from the Weird Al Experience, but I might be wrong) of Al. Anyway, at the first show I attended, I WON THE GRAND PRIZE! A great big photo of Al jumping in the air (you know the photo) that just barely even fit in the back seat of my car. And as though that weren't enough, I also had the winning ticket for a goodie bag at the last show, but I told Dr. D to draw again because, well, once you've got Weird Al crammed in the back seat of your car, it doesn't get any better than that, and I thought someone else might as well share the Al joy. After the show, I asked Dr. Demento to sign one of the Yankobucks I've been carrying around in my fanny pack in hopes of someday visiting the country where they will be legal tender, and he posed for a picture with me.

A lovely day, and my luck didn't turn until I was driving home, when my "check engine" light came on, and my car coasted regretfully to a halt on the northbound 405. Doctor, cue "Stop draggin' my car around..." :lookround:

Mon Oct 29, 2007 3:13 am

Sounds like a whole lot of fun! Too bad I couldn't make it, I would have loved to have been there. That's so cool that you won the grand prize, OE! Awesome!

Sorry about the car though.

Post by **fred27** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 3:22 am

what was the jumping photo? was it a promo pix or concert pix

Post by **Elvis** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 3:26 am

Orthography Enthusiast @ Oct 28 2007, 09:06 PM wrote: I WON THE GRAND PRIZE!

A first class one-way ticket to.... ALBUQUERQUE!!?

A great big photo of Al jumping in the air (you know the photo) that just barely even fit in the back seat of my car.

Oh. That's cool too, I guess.

Congratulations! Sorry about the car.

Dave

Mon Oct 29, 2007 3:59 am

fred27 @ Oct 29 2007, 01:22 AM wrote: what was the jumping photo? was it a promo pix or concert pix

It was this photo. But really big. Like I said, it barely fit in my back seat.

MarlinsGirl · Post by **MarlinsGirl** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 4:03 am

Orthography Enthusiast @ Oct 28 2007, 09:59 PM wrote: It was this photo. But really big. Like I said, it barely fit in my back seat.

That would probably make a great Headboard.

Post by **M3m3s3** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 4:45 am

Congrats on winning the photo! What was in the goodie bag that you gave away?

I actually didn't go. It's a really long story.