Monday, October 22, 2007
Concert-palooza, part Three of Three
Last night we caught Steven Wright at the Majestic in Dallas. The Dallas Majestic is a beautifully restored 1920's-vintage theater, similar to the Paramount in Austin. It's nice, but not nearly as awe-inspiring as the Majestic in San Antonio.
We got these tickets for Tom's birthday present. I hadn't heard much about Wright since he was on TV a lot in the '80's, so we didn't know what to expect. Not to worry, he was just as weird and hilarious as I remembered.
In a 100-minute show, there was no way to remember all the great jokes, but these one-liners stuck with me:
I'm addicted to placebos. I want to quit, but it wouldn't make any difference.Mrs. Joesblog didn't join us for this one, but she had a good excuse. The Red Sox had the bad timing to play game 7 of the ALCS at show time. Even though this was his birthday present, Tom wasn't offended. (He said if it had been one of his teams, he'd have skipped out too.)
My friend has a trophy wife, but apparently it wasn't for first place.
Wright is from Boston; I wouldn't be surprised if he had a TV backstage for score updates.
