Although the show was very female oriented, I had a great time last night. Alex Borstein performed at the Alex Theater (no relation, just coincidence) for an hour and a half show. I didn’t really know what to expect, but it lived up to what expectations I did have.
I heard her make guest appearances at so many places, including Loveline with Adam Carolla and KROQ’s morning show. She was practically begging people buy tickets because of her worries about even just a few people showing up. Turns out it was a full house and there were very few empty seats.
For me, her show started out wildly hilarious. I was crying from laughing so hard in the beginning. Then she continued on with the rest of the act and although it was funny, I didn’t laugh as hard. Probably because I couldn’t completely identify with everything she was saying. Despite, it was a great show! The last two things she decided to do before the show ended was to do an improv sketch with her famous character “Ms. Swan” from TV’s MadTV. The the last thing, and my highlight, was to see her introduce and sing with fellow actor Seth MacFarlane. The performed a song from an upcoming album of the Family Guy actors singing. I don’t understand why people think that releasing a music album based on a hit show is going to make any difference rather than waste money? Maybe it’ll prove me wrong. Anyway, it was really interesting seeing Seth and Alex perform as their infamous characters on stage. I would love to see them record some of their material at the studios just to see the process and listen to the good times.
I met with co-worker Kurt from Magic Mountain (He’s Mr. Freeze in the Batman Show) and I joined him and his friends at the “after party” next door for dinner. Alex Borstein was an Acme Player a few years ago of the comedy troup Acme Comedy Theater, so many of the people who attended the show were friends and wellwishers from the theater. Kurt’s roommates are friends with Alex and so I was able to follow them to actually meet her. Good times!
This week is going to be spent figuring out what to do next. I don’t have to go to my new internship yet but I’m not commited to going to my old one anymore. So, I am going to probably take the week off except for paid work to try and put things together.
Family Guy shows new episodes starting June 2005, as announced by Alex last night. Yay!