(Note #2: There was a "backing into Ryan" incident at a previous show that I had told her about, just a funny little thing. The first line is sorta related to that.)
OKAY, so, Whose Live Anyway, Ottawa, Friday, Sept 23rd, 2011.
I did not back up into (Ryan). Instead, he bumped his chin on my head. I thought I bumped my head on his chin, so we're both like, "Oh my god, are you okay?" SO sweet. Felt silly, 'cause hey, he IS a human being!
Before the show in Ottawa, I got some good face time with both him and Greg.
It was SO AWESOME just to be able to sit and chat with them. Ryan was sitting on this LOW curb, smoking. I said, "So what's up with that?" He said he's trying to stunt his growth. The man just KILLS me. I asked him a Whose Line question, and got some neat little details about how they filmed the show, and what "pick ups" are. And fuckin' hoedowns. LOL Once Ryan got going with Whose Line, that was it. He told us (not sure Greg knew about this, or was there) about he got so sick of the damn things he just kept saying Fuck throughout the whole thing so they wouldn't be able to air it. I'd read about this before, but listening to him talk about it was SO much better! (Not to mention funnier. :) )
I also had a decent baseball conversation with Greg (who continues to BLOW ME AWAY with everything he knows about everything). I knew just enough about a particular umpire to hold my own in at least ONE area. Then we were talking about the Red Sox and Bill Buckner. Then he went into Johnny Pesky's play in the world series and how people still blame him but it wasn't really his fault and etc etc etc
(DON'T worry that you don't understand it, it's a Red Sox baseball thing.) GOD, it was awesome!
The show was fanTAStic. Greg does a warm-up thing with the audience, then introduces everyone. Bob, Jeff, then Chip, then Ryan. When Ryan walked out on stage, he got a standing ovation. I have never seen that before. A standing O BEFORE the show even started. Man, does Ottawa worship that man. (And probably most of the rest of Canadia, as Greg pronounces.) Oh, and we weren't in Ontario. We were in OntaRIo. He cracks me up when he changes the pronunciations of where he is.
Ryan and Jeff played Sentences and every sentence they pulled out fit EXACTLY into the scene. It was eerie. Ryan and Greg played "New Choice," and Chip and Jeff were DYING. GOD, I love watching them laugh. Hysterical!! Chip and Jeff sang to this woman who was originally from Transylvania, so yes, the vampire jokes ran rampant. During Jeopardy, Chip played Count Dracula and Ryan kept calling him Count Chocula. Just fucking HYSTERICAL, I tell ya.
Greg threw in a couple of jabs at Canada, and that's when I discovered I was the only American in my area, 'cause I was the only one laughing. I told that to Greg the next night, and he turned his back on me (wiseass.) Chip said, "Don't EVER tell a comedian you were the only one laughing!" I was like, 'he knows what I mean! Like the "Heart" joke!" (They're a female Canadian singing duo) Greg started chuckling when I said that. He knows I wouldn't insult him like that. As he was walking away before the show, I said you do know my name is Dawn, right? He was like, Of COURSE!" So after the show, I was like, people don't believe you really even know who I am, that you're just nice. He said "don't worry about it, we go way back." SWEET doesn't begin to describe these guys.
Got to talk to everyone after the Ottawa show, too. (I'll tell you about Kingston in the next post.) Chip, Jeff, Bob, Greg, Ryan (bump)... FUCKING AWESOME. I told Bob I want his job, to at least be able to play like he does. He said it's never to late to start. I said I couldn't get my fingers to move correctly, and that my hands only want to work one at a time. He said don't worry, Bach probably had the same problem, too (at least that's how I heard it). LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!
Asked Jeff about going to France and Puerto Rico. He talked about all he did in PR was drink rum, 'cause they're BIG on rum there. Rum for breakfast, rum for lunch, rum for dinner. He drank so much rum, that "I don't remember anything else about that trip."
I asked Chip what he does in the off-season, when he's not touring with these guys. ( I told him to get on the net, damnit! He's like, yeah I'm so technologically behind. I don't think he's going to do anything about that, though.) He's an actor, and listed off stuff he's done recently. I just posted a link to a new show he's doing for Disney. He's also doing a couple of HBO shows. (Wish I got that channel!) Lots of stuff going on. Guess I'll hear more about it in May.
I had had a MISERABLE drive to Ottawa, with almost no sleep the night before, and by the time I got to the hotel, I was crying and wondering what the hell I was doing there. Driving 8 hours (during which my muffler half fell off and I had to call AAA to fasten it back on) just to see a 90-minute show. I told myself I'm just tired. Take a shower, lie down, things will be all right. I felt better by the time I got to the theater, and I must say, an anti-anxiety pill worked WONDERS, as well.
As I drove away after the show, I said, "THAT'S why I do this. Shows, guys, love. Damn, life is satisfying right now."
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