I stepped to the front of the stage and started speaking:
"In the beginning was the bet, and the bet was good, because [the other guy] lost..."
But I was wearing a hard hat when I said those words, so obviously this year...we lost. We performed as the Village People in front of an audience of fifty or so of our friends (and some somewhat stunned civilians). The picture is below, because I figure it'll be all over the Internet tubes soon, anyway...
But there's a light at the bottom of every bushel, because a) the guy in the sumo diaper (technically a mawashi) actually won the bet this year, until he foolishly made a side bet with me; and b) the drunk couple in the bar after we performed asked the bartender if "that band is coming back on". We also passed the hard hat and raised almost $500 for Riders for Health, a pretty good charity.
Year before last, four friends made a bet against a fifth friend on the MotoGP motorcycle roadracing championship and won - American Nicky Hayden defeated Italian superstar Valentino Rossi.
Last year, we started talking terms on the bet and one of the four of us - hint, he had to dress as the Indian - accepted prematurely (he didn't get points), and we bet on Nicky again. Sadly, Nicky was rewarded for his championship when Honda unveiled the motorcycle he had to ride this last season, and it was designed for his diminutive and humorless teammate, Dani Pedrosa instead of him, Vale beat Nicky, but I managed to get a side bet in on young Australian Casey Stoner, riding the Ducati.
And Stoner was flawless all season; technically superb, committed, and psychologically unflappable by master gamesman Rossi.
We've started negotiating the terms of the new bet...
(Yes, we did Y.M.C.A. We even rehearsed and had choreography and stuff. When we pay up, we pay up.)
Glad to see you've found your niche.
Carry on!
Yeah, but what do we do next year?
And now you've suddenly given me the urge to see all the old "Carry On!" movies...
A.L.
looks like the bar in the bowling alley on crenshaw, is that pv bowl?
David
A.L., two quick questions: Do you guys have a name? Do you have representation or does one book an engagement directly with you? Okay, a third: what are your fees? As you may remember, I run a summer concert series in the park and we're always looking to widen the ranges of musical styles offered.
That is wrong, wrong on so many levels.....
Now, where did I lose that lunch?
And somebody tell me where I can get brain bleach in Austin, Tx.
David - no, even though PV Bowl is around the corner from my house...
All American Lanes in Eagle Rock...
A.L.
My friends and I used to dream about teaming Pink Floyd with Led Zeppelin.
Not - repeat, not - teaming up The Village People with Meatloaf. That seriously did not occur to us.
Glen, that's sorta where Tool fits in...
"Not - repeat, not - teaming up The Village People with Meatloaf" -
HAH!! I didn't even THINK of that!!
LOL!
Isn't dressing up as the Village People considered torture?