The show works this way.We choose one suggestion from the audience, some common object that everyone is familiar with. And then...we craft a brand new play with that suggestion.
Last night we got vacuum cleaner.
(Insert your own suck joke here.)
The show opened with Chris' help desk evangelist trying to get Jeff's "Imperial" vacuum cleaner working. Instead, he helped Jeff get back on the right track in his marriage...after a bit of throwing and kicking and smacking the machine around.
Next, Jeff played a doctor who was sharing a tough diagnosis with Chris. Apparently, Chris' health scare was the result of a dust bunny attack...or maybe not.
Chris gave a guided tour of the famed Hoover mansion. Jeff (in full tourist mode) was stunned to learn that Mr. Hoover did not invent the vacuum cleaner, just the logo design for the first one.
The Pointless Parade featured (you guessed it) a vacuum cleaner theme this year. Imagine: floats decorated in vacuum cleaner accessories and the only backwards-moving parade ever.
Times, indeed, are hard. So hard that Mrs. Rosewater got trapped in her sofa bed looking for change. Lucky for her that Chris, her neighbor, heard her cat vomiting. She might have been stuck there forever nibbling on "a Wrigley's."
And finally, Jeff interviewed for a job in sales with the company who distributes the famed "Imperial" vacuum cleaner. Not sure if this is a good career move for him, though...Ohio State grads probably shouldn't work with erratic, suicidal Michigan grads.
So that was our official "Opening Night" show. Hope some of you who were there, give us a little feedback here on the blog.
Oh! And lest I forget...Improv!Able Cause followed us with an outstanding set of short-form improv games. If you come next week, we sure to stay late to see these guys.
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