Janet? Dr. Scott! Janet? Brad! Rocky! - Page 2

PanTheMan · 03-13-2008, 12:03 AM

It Is quite the event on the Queen Mary I am told.

But alas, RHPS is dying out, and not what it used to be.

SzczerbiakManiac · 03-20-2008, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by PanTheMan

But alas, RHPS is dying out, and not what it used to be.

I respectfully disagree with your first assertion. I have been involved with Rocky for over 25 years and I think it's just as vibrant. There will always be peaks and ebbs in its popularity, but the Rocky community has continued to thrive. It may not feel the same as it did back in the 70s and early 80s, but neither does the national landscape. Rocky is not the same as it used to be because youth culture is not what it used to be. While there may be the occasional old fart like myself going to Rocky, its core audience has been and always will be young people, so as they change, so does Rocky.

innerSpaceman · 03-13-2008, 07:36 AM

I'll say.

But perhaps that's as it should be.

Oh, it's been 31 years since I experienced the start of the Rocky phenonmenon, and rode that wave for the good part of a decade. I'm amazed it's still continuing in any form.

cirquelover · 03-13-2008, 11:32 AM

The last time I saw RHPS must have been in the early 80's. Have a great time, wish I could join you!

Chernabog · 03-13-2008, 12:10 PM

I'm pretty amazed that it is still on too (1975 was when the film was released), but it is, and it doesn't seem like casts like Midnight Insanity (the Long Beach cast, and the best) is going anywhere anytime soon.

Gemini Cricket needs to actually go -- he's only seen it on video, which we rocky horror veterans like to call "masturbation"

BarTopDancer · 03-13-2008, 12:14 PM

GC is a virgin?!?!

Hummmm

innerSpaceman · 03-13-2008, 12:20 PM

Oh we should take him. I'd like to see it once at the Queen Mary. I wish it could be on some cool anniversary date, cause I'd also like it to be the last time I ever see it. Heheh.

It was released in 1975 (and my ex actually saw it on its initial release), but it flopped, and did not become an audience-participation midnight dress-up phenomenon until late '76 or early '77 at the Waverly in Greenwich Village. I started seeing it in early '77 at the Mini Cinema in Uniondale on Long Island. Less trendy than the Waverly or its replacement, the 8th Street Playhouse in Manhattan. But, frankly (no pun intended) we put on way better shows. I visted the Waverly and the 8th Street quite often, and though they were more famous, they had nothing on the Mini.

When I moved to L.A. in '78, I started seeing it at the Tiffany on the Sunset Strip ... but eventually moved to, once again, a lesser known theater with a tremendously better show, the Cove in Hermosa Beach.

I think I stopped going regularly in '83. I went to the Tiffany a few more times after that, and to the Nuart a couple of times. I had a blast just a few years ago when Cherny "sponsored" a time warp trip to see it in Long Beach ... and found it astounding (again, no pun) that some of the Long Beach cast from 20 years earlier were still performing. OMG.

Some of my fondest coming-of-age teenage and young 20's memories were tied up with the RHPS. I will cherish those always, and Rocky will forever lie dearly in my heart.

Chernabog · 03-13-2008, 12:39 PM

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Oh we should take him. I'd like to see it once at the Queen Mary. I wish it could be on some cool anniversary date, cause I'd also like it to be the last time I ever see it. Heheh.

Actually -- I just checked at www.midnightinsanity.com and they are now performing at the Warner Grand - 478 W 6th St San Pedro, CA 90731. So no more on the Queen Mary.

Check out the website, it looks like a cool theatre!!! Kinda sad that they keep having to switch the theatres around (they had been at the Art Theatre in Long Beach at 4th and Cherry for nearly a decade, thats where we used to go in High School). But they ARE the best cast (and I have seen at least 7 different ones, for somewhere around 60-70 times total for a live cast RHPS). Hopefully the Warner Theatre will be a good fit for them!

I'd love to go and support them in the next few weeks if anyone is down to do that!! I'll bring the rice! (pounds and pounds of rice)

muahahhahahaAHAAhahahhaah!!

SzczerbiakManiac · 03-20-2008, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Chernabog

Actually -- I just checked at www.midnightinsanity.com and they are now performing at the Warner Grand - 478 W 6th St San Pedro, CA 90731. So no more on the Queen Mary.

Check out the website, it looks like a cool theatre!!!

It is a beautiful art deco theater. It was designed by the same guy who designed the Pantages in Hollywood.

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I'd love to go and support them in the next few weeks if anyone is down to do that!! I'll bring the rice! (pounds and pounds of rice)

muahahhahahaAHAAhahahhaah!!

We'd love for you to come on down, but please don't bring rice or anything else to throw. The theater was very recently restored and we don't want to do anything that might ruin the work that was done.

And yes, I'm saying "we" because I recently re-joined Midnight Insanity. I was actually a founding member of that cast, way back in the Balboa days, but I retired from Rocky 12 years ago.

The last day of every month is Lingerie Night, so that's usually a good night to come, but regardless of what night you attend, you'll get a good show.

Chernabog · 03-20-2008, 01:18 PM

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We'd love for you to come on down, but please don't bring rice or anything else to throw. The theater was very recently restored and we don't want to do anything that might ruin the work that was done.

Congrats on rejoining!!! You didn't tell us!!! We need to make this a LoT nite if you're actually IN the dang thing.

I don't understand the no throwing thing though -- is this something that will happen on the test runs of this show at this theatre, or a permanent thing? That's one of the main fun things of the Rocky experience.

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Chernabog Biophage Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The Moon Posts: 2,679	I'm pretty amazed that it is still on too (1975 was when the film was released), but it is, and it doesn't seem like casts like Midnight Insanity (the Long Beach cast, and the best) is going anywhere anytime soon. Gemini Cricket needs to actually go -- he's only seen it on video, which we rocky horror veterans like to call "masturbation" __________________ And they say back then our universe Was a coal black egg Until the god inside Burst out and from its shattered shell He made what became the world we know ~ Bjork (Cosmogony)
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Oh we should take him. I'd like to see it once at the Queen Mary. I wish it could be on some cool anniversary date, cause I'd also like it to be the last time I ever see it. Heheh. It was released in 1975 (and my ex actually saw it on its initial release), but it flopped, and did not become an audience-participation midnight dress-up phenomenon until late '76 or early '77 at the Waverly in Greenwich Village. I started seeing it in early '77 at the Mini Cinema in Uniondale on Long Island. Less trendy than the Waverly or its replacement, the 8th Street Playhouse in Manhattan. But, frankly (no pun intended) we put on way better shows. I visted the Waverly and the 8th Street quite often, and though they were more famous, they had nothing on the Mini. When I moved to L.A. in '78, I started seeing it at the Tiffany on the Sunset Strip ... but eventually moved to, once again, a lesser known theater with a tremendously better show, the Cove in Hermosa Beach. I think I stopped going regularly in '83. I went to the Tiffany a few more times after that, and to the Nuart a couple of times. I had a blast just a few years ago when Cherny "sponsored" a time warp trip to see it in Long Beach ... and found it astounding (again, no pun) that some of the Long Beach cast from 20 years earlier were still performing. OMG. Some of my fondest coming-of-age teenage and young 20's memories were tied up with the RHPS. I will cherish those always, and Rocky will forever lie dearly in my heart.
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