Kids in the Hall at the Grove

[Ghoulish Delight]

http://www.thegroveofanaheim.com/events/show.aspx?ID=1328

It's a little spendy, but it's on my birthday and around the corner so we couldn't say no. We've got our tickets already.

[mousepod]

Cool! Though I'm tempted to see them the following night at the Orpheum.

[Deebs]

I am crushing your head because you get to go and I do not!

[mousepod]

FYI - Kids in the Hall will be doing a free show tonight at 10pm at the Steve Allen Theater on Sunset. First come, first served.

[wendybeth]

I'm jealous. I loved their show- never missed it. (Girl Drink Drunk is one of my favorites).

[Ghoulish Delight]

Unbelievable. After all these years, still bloody hilarious. New material, old favorites, every bit of it funny.

Best moment of the night was between Scott Thompson and Bruce McCullough as Kathy and Cathy. They walk out on stage and Bruce's mic (the kind taped to the side of his head) is cutting out. So a roadie sneaks up behind him and hands him a standard handheld microphone. They both kinda look at each other for a beat, then Scott: "Should I pull my vibrator out too? No, I'll just straddle this chair." And then 5 minutes of riffing about the mic, then back to the scene.

All that said...the Grove at Anaheim sucks hardcore.

It all made sense when we looked up the history and learned that it opened as (I'm not making this up) "Tinseltown Studios: An Awards Show Themed Restaurant". The place is a piece of sh*t, the seating is in flat tiers so they can do dinner-shows instead of stadium style or even just a standard sloped house. So if you're stuck in the back of one of the tiers (like we were), you're f*cked. Spent the whole show bouncing around our seats trying to see.

Retardedly, they could solve a lot of that problem simply by raising the stage by a foot or 2. The closest seats were far enough back from the stage that it wouldn't be an issue, and the people in the back would be able to actually see. Lame. And to top it off, the sound was kinda crappy. I will definitely not be paying to go back there ever again.

[BarTopDancer]

All that said...the Grove at Anaheim sucks hardcore.

It all made sense when we looked up the history and learned that it opened as (I'm not making this up) "Tinseltown Studios: An Awards Show Themed Restaurant". The place is a piece of sh*t, the seating is in flat tiers so they can do dinner-shows instead of stadium style or even just a standard sloped house. So if you're stuck in the back of one of the tiers (like we were), you're f*cked. Spent the whole show bouncing around our seats trying to see.

Retardedly, they could solve a lot of that problem simply by raising the stage by a foot or 2. The closest seats were far enough back from the stage that it wouldn't be an issue, and the people in the back would be able to actually see. Lame. And to top it off, the sound was kinda crappy. I will definitely not be paying to go back there ever again.

Crap. We have tickets to see Rent there next week. :(

[Ghoulish Delight]

Do you know where your seats are? If you're near the front of one of the tiers you're fine.

[BarTopDancer]

Not a clue. Oh well.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

That said...seeing this show was well worth the neck craning. If something ends up there that I really want to see, I'd go. It does mean that it would be advantageous to keep up on their schedule so we can get better seats. Crappy venue = more attention to said venue. Ironic, eh?

It was so freaking cool to see all of them doing the stuff I've loved them for and still writing and growing. :)

[€uroMeinke]

All that said...the Grove at Anaheim sucks hardcore.



Yeah, thought the same thing when we saw Air there - the only thing that saved that show was "festival seating" which meant we stood on the first tier. That place needs a major make-over if it's ever to be a real venue.